R.B.BUCHANAN SEED CO. MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE. 
Austrian Winter Peas 
MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEEDS 
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Buchanan’s Austrian Winter Peas 
1250—AUSTRIAN WINTER PEAS—Introduced into the U. S. A. about ten years ago from 
Central Europe where the dairy farmers plant them very extensively to be used as green 
forage during the winter and spring. 
This winter Pea has endured temperatures of 10° below zero in Oregon with only a light 
snow covering and 3° below in Washington, D. C. In Georgia it has survived without injury 
when Oats and all Vetches except Hairy Vetch were killed. 
The Delta Experiment Station at Stoneville, Miss., recommends Austrian Peas and 
Vetch the safest legume crops to use and advises Delta planters to plant 15 to 20 pounds 
to acre in cotton middles after the first picking of cotton. 
These Peas should be planted after the first good season after September 10th, and then 
on for six weeks according to your latitude. At the South Mississippi Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, Poplarville, Miss., these peas were planted October 27th, came up promptly and 
grew luxuriantly until March 10th. 
A good plan for planting is to disk about 25 to 30 pounds per acre about 2 inches deep 
in cotton middles for green manure. If sown for hay it is best to mix 25 pounds of Peas 
with 1 bushel Oats—Oats hold the Peas up to be cut. 
Austrian Peas when used for soil improvement should be turned under the first half 
of March. When used for hay they are ready about the same time as Oats planted the 
same time. 
Price—1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 85c; 10 lbs., $1.40; 15 lbs., $1.95; 25 lbs., $3.00 
The Austrian Winter Pea is a Legume plant and should be inocu¬ 
lated with Nitragin to improve your crop and soil for future crops— 
the cost is about 15c an acre. See page 65 for inoculation for all 
legume crops. 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES 
W With a 
NITRAGIN 
r The Onqinal Legume inoculator^^ 
A Quick and Cheaply Grown Pasturage for Sheep, Hogs, Cattle and Poultry 
Ready in 6 to 8 Weeks from Sowing 
CULTURE—Sow either broadcast or in drills 18 inches to 2 feet apart; when grown in drills 
and cultivated occasionally, the leaves will cover the intervening space; this method is a fine 
weed killer. Allow 8 to 10 weeks for it to attain its maximum growth. Sow it as early as 
possible—February, March or early April; 3 to 4 pounds plant an acre in drills ; to 8 pounds 
broadcast. Sow again next fall for grazing during the fall, winter and spring. 
Formerly Rape was grown especially for sheep and lambs, but in recent years it has 
been found equally good for providing pasture for all kinds of stock. It has been 
estimated to yield more than 10 tons of green forage per acre that, for fattening, is 
claimed to be worth, pound for pound, double the value of clover. One of the State 
experiment stations reports that the lowest average gain on lambs fed on Rape alone 
was 7 to 8 pounds per month. Another experiment station recommends the sowing 
of 5 to 6 pounds Rape to the acre in corn at the last working, and stating that this 
has proved a particularly profitable practice, as an enormous crop can be grown at a 
cost of about 50 to 60 cents per acre. An acre of rape will easily pasture twenty hogs 
for two months. 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
Broom Corn 
Do not turn stock into a Rape pasture when they are hungry, nor when the Rape 
is wet, as it may induce bloating; allow them to remain a short while the first day, 
and increase the time each succeeding day. Give stock access to salt while feeding 
on Rape; they should also have hay or straw convenient in case of bloat. 
Price—1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $1.25; 15 lbs., $1.80; 25 lbs., $2.90 
Broom Corn 
Broom Corn belongs to that group of plants known as sorghums. The United States 
consumes and exports about 50,000 tons annually. The average yields of brush are 
about 600 pounds to an acre under favorable conditions and 200 to 300 pounds under 
unfavorable conditions. Planting in early June usually produces the best crops 
in most sections. Any land that will grow corn will grow broom corn. When ground 
is thoroughly warm plant in rows Z x /i feet apart. When up, thin to one plant about 
every six inches. Cultivate as you would corn, cut when the seed are in the dough 
stage, thrash the same day and put in drying frames for a week and then bale 
carefully. Six to eight pounds of seed will plant one acre. There are about 30,000 
seed in one pound. 
1270— EVERGREEN (Tall or Standard Type)—Grows 7 to 15 feet high, bears a 
brush 16 to 24 inches in length, used in making all types of brooms. 
1271— OKLAHOMA (Dwarf Type)—Grows 4 to 7 feet tall, matures in about the same 
time as Standard Evergreen or slightly earlier. 
1272— SCARBOROUGH (Dwarf Type)—It is later, slightly taller and has somewhat 
longer brush and less reddened chaff on the seeds than Evergreen Dwarf. Bears fewer 
seeds and easier thrashed than many varieties. 
1273— BLACK SPANISH (Black Jap, Tall Type)—Is shorter and earlier than Ever¬ 
green (Tall) and has dark brown or black chaff on the seeds. It usually grows to 
a height of 6 to 11 feet and is ready for harvesting 10 days earlier than the Ever¬ 
green variety. 
Price, either variety—1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 85c; 10 lbs., $1.25; 25 lbs., $2.90 
(Patre 64) 
