Jloffman’s 
CANADA 
PEAS 
INOCULATE 
This Seed 
IT PAYS! 
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In Northern areas or on higher lands in Southern terri¬ 
tories where the soil is good and there is plenty of moisture, 
Canada Peas make a splendid soiling crop. Not especially 
popular for hay, but splendid for early green feed. As a 
soil builder they have a very definite place in Northern sec¬ 
tions where the soil conditions are favorable. 
Just as soon as the frost is out of the ground, you can plant 
Canada Peas. They grow quickly. Popular way is to plant 
Canada Peas with an early oats—plant both just as early 
as possible— l]/ 4 bushels of Canada Peas with the same 
quantity of oats per acre. Both may be mixed and sowed 
together. Most folks sow each separately. The Peas should 
be drilled first 3 to 3^ inches deep. Then the oats 1 y 2 
to 2 inches deep. Deeper planting protects the Peas if 
very dry Spring weather is met with. If Peas are planted 
alone 2 y 2 bushels are required. 
While Canada Peas are not well adapted for pasture, 
some farmers use them in their hog runs. A bushel of 
Canada Peas, a bushel of oats, 3 or 4 pounds of rape seed 
and 7 to 10 pounds of sweet clover or alfalfa will cover 
an acre. Sow early in the Spring and the pigs can start on 
it when the plants are 9 or 10 inches high. 
The growth of Peas planted alone is upright for a time, 
after which it falls and completes its growth in a prostrate 
position. Planting with oats supports the vines, makes the 
crop more palatable, more accessible. 
Canada Peas make an abundant pasture for hogs, sheep 
and cattle. Yet trampling of stock destroys much of the 
crop. Some folks let the growth become tall, then mow 
and feed it green or make into hay. Cutting should take 
place when oats is comparatively green and the peas have 
begun to form pods. After this cutting a new growth will 
appear. 
The Canada Pea part of the hay is rich in protein. There 
is no other method of producing so quickly a growth of 
such valuable feed in the forepart of the Summer as Canada 
Peas and Oats. # 
“Enclosed find a picture of my oats. This was 3 acres of your 
Victory Oats and yielded 176 Bu. or 5833 Bu. to the acre. I 
was always well satisfied with your seeds.” 
M. S. Kistler, New Tripoli, Pa. 
“For twenty years I have been sowing your seeds, and I am 
very well pleased with them. I find them just as you say they 
are.” H. E. Winter, Cogan Station, Pa. 
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