BUIST’S GARDEN GUIDE 
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DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
An English Forage Plant of Great 
Value to the Farmer and Planter 
The sheep and cattle farmers of 
Great Britain regard Essex Rape as 
an indispensable crop, and it can be 
seen growing on almost every farm. 
It is a forage plant of the greatest 
value, of rapid growth, yielding 
from twenty to twenty'five tons of 
green forage to the acre, which 
affords the finest pasture for sheep, 
hogs, cattle and poultry — they 
always thrive and fatten on it. It is 
perfectly hardy and in the Southern 
States can be sown from August to 
April. In the North sow from 
March to May and from August to 
October. Give stock access to salt 
while feeding on rape. 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
It makes an excellent salad or 
“Greens,” and can be grown as a 
substitute for turnip greens; it is extensively planted in the South for that purpose. Sow 
8 to 10 pounds per acre broadcast and 4 pounds in drills. Lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs., $5.00. 
HAIRY OR WINTER VETCH (Vicia Villosa) 
The Vetch is another very valuable forage plant, which has been grown very extensively 
in England and Germany for many years, and cannot be recommended too highly to the 
farmers and planters of this country. Judging from the increased demand the past year, many 
have already been impressed with its great value. Sow broadcast from July to October, at 
the rate of twenty'five. to thirty pounds per acre, with three pecks of wheat, rye or oats, which 
will support the Vetch, greatly increasing its growth and keeping it from the ground; it 
should be cut for a hay crop just as the grain has headed out, or when it is still in a milky state. 
Lb., 30c; 10 lbs., $1.60; 25 lbs., $3.50; 100 lbs., $12.50. 
COW PEAS 
The great soil improvers. Makes poor land rich. Makes good land more productive. Also 
makes a splendid and nutritious green forage or hay crop, enriching 
the soil even when the crop is cut off 
T HERE is no surer or cheaper way of improving the soil than by sowing Cow Peas. The 
plant is a legume, and through the agency of the nitrogen producing bacteria on its roots 
adds this valuable plant food to the soil, much cheaper than it is possible to obtain in any other 
way. Cow Peas make excellent hay; if planted by the middle of May, in the latitude of 
Philadelphia, a crop can be cut and cured for hay same as clover, then stubble with its new 
growth may be turned under as a fertilizer. Sow V/z bushels to the acre. 
“Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of this country every year than is now purchased 
annually by the farmers at the cost of millions of dollars.”— Year book of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. 
Following are the best varieties. As prices fluctuate, write for prices if wanting in quantity: 
WHIPPOORWILL 
An early, upright growing variety; makes a 
good growth of vine, more largely used and 
sold than any other sort. Write for prices. 
GRAY CROWDER 
A large speckled pea, early to mature, very 
prolific, a splendid land improver, and valu' 
able as a forage crop; makes an enormous 
yield of rich, nutritious food. Write for 
prices. 
SOUTHERN BLACK EYE 
A very prolific early sort, vines erect. Very 
popular in the South, where the peas are used 
both in a dry and green state for the table. 
Write for prices. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
Valuable in the Northern climate for cattle 
feeding. Excellent for horses and pigs, when 
sown with oats. Sow broadcast and harrow 
in at the rate of two bushels per acre. Peck, 
$1.15; bu., $4.00. 
BLACK WILSON SOJA BEANS 
Very desirable as a forage crop, producing 
immense quantities of nutritious feed besides 
being an excellent soil improver and will with' 
stand drought better than any other forage 
crop. Sow broadcast at rate of 1 to V/z bus. 
to the acre or plant in drills 3J/2 feet apart, 
half bushel per acre. Write for prices. 
