10 Cow Peas 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
Memphis, Term 
Cow Peas 
Culture: May be sown any time from March to Septem¬ 
ber, either broadcast or in drills. One to two bushels per 
acre for broadcasting; two to three pecks for drilling. 
SOWING COW-PEAS WITH SOY-BEANS, KAFFIR 
CORN, SORGHUM AND SUDAN GRASS. Cow-peas may 
be sown with these crops to furnish support and make the 
harvesting easier. Sow half a bushel soy-beans or one peck 
kaffir corn or sorghum or ten pounds Sudan grass with one 
bushel cow-peas to the acre. 
SOWING COW-PEAS WITH MILLET. New Era and 
Whippoorwill are the best kinds to sow with German millet 
•—one bushel of peas to three-fourths of a bushel of millet 
per acre. The crop should be cut when the millet is ready. 
The peas will have reached the dough state by that time 
and make an excellent combination of large-yielding and 
most nutritious feed. 
WHIPPOORWILL. A favorite early bunch-growing vari¬ 
ety. 
NEW ERA. An early, upright-growing variety. Matures 
early. 
BLACK STOCK. Large vining variety. Best for thin land. 
CLAY. Very similar to Black Stock, matures earlier. 
RED RIPPERS. Vines grow long; make an abundance of 
hay. 
MIKED. Preferred by many farmers; they will grow 
thicker than separate varieties, producing better crop of 
vines and forage. 
MIXED COW-PEAS AND SOY BEANS. The beans, being 
of upright growth, support the long pea vines, and not 
only make the harvesting easier, but the combination of 
cow-peas and soy beans makes a better hay than either 
when grown alone, and they are easier to cure. 
LARGE WHITE BLACK EYE. The dried peas are readily 
salable as table peas during the winter. 
WHITE, CREAM OR LADY. Fine ror table use. Very pro¬ 
lific. 
WHITE CROWDER. An excellent variety for table use. 
BROWN CROWDER. Clay colored, large size, of fine flavor. 
Mung Beans (Green Seeded) 
Mung Beans grow in'upright bush form. 2 to 4 feet high 
according to soil and climatic conditions. They have very 
heavy foliage, fine leaves and finer stems than any soy 
beans; a very important feature of Mung Beans is that the 
foliage is perfectly green and, still growing when the seed 
is ripe and ready to be threshed. The hay cures quickly 
and may be threshed in 2 or 4 days after cutting, and it 
retains all the leaves. Threshed Mung Bean hay, prop¬ 
erly cured, is equal to Alfalfa hay and is readily eaten by 
all kinds of live stock. This makes it possible to make 
from 5 to 20 bushels seed per acre for a money crop, be¬ 
sides obtaining at same time yield of 1 to 2 tons of very 
best quality hay high in protein. Matures in 7 0 to 90 days; 
harvest when majority of pods turns black. Best results 
with a mower and windrow attachment, or follow mower 
with side-delivery rake. 
Mung Beans are a great' soil builder, when properly in¬ 
oculated. Use Nitragin. Sow 20 pounds seed per acre in 
36 inch rows—cultivate until rows grow together too close 
to permit it. 
Velvet Beans 
Makes an enormous growth for forage, also worth mil¬ 
lions to the South as a soil builder. 
Makes Nutritious Fall and Winter Grazing. —In the South, 
velvet beans are used very largely for winter grazing, and 
for that purpose is one of the best crops for the light soils 
and in the long season of the Gulf Coast and Florida. They 
should be allowed to grow until December, or until killed by 
frost, after which they can be grazed through the winter, 
as the vines, leaves and pods decay very slowly and remain 
palatable a long time. Early in the year, the crop remain¬ 
ing is plowed under as a soil improver, and adds very ma¬ 
terially to the productiveness of the soil. 
As a soil improver they are considered superior to cow- 
peas, as they make so much larger growth and so much 
heavier amount of foliage. The proportion of nitrogen 
contained in the vines is about the same as cow-peas, but 
as the yield is so much greater, the total amounts of nitro¬ 
gen and humus added to the soil are correspondingly larger. 
A crop of three tons will add as much nitrogen to the soil 
as will a ton of cotton-seed meal, while the amount of 
humus will be three times as great. 
EARLY SPECKLED OR 100-DAY VELVET The most 
valuable of all varieties and the general favorite for all 
sections. This variety is the quickest grower and the 
most prolific. Matures in from 90 to 100 days. Sow in 
drills in May, one peck to the acre. 
Iland Corn Planters 
Especially desirable for replanting corn, etc. Both styles, 
either the one-hand or two-hand planters are accurate, 
strong and durable. They can be set to plant two to six 
grains in a place as required; simple and easy to operate. 
Price: One-hand planter $1.75 each; two-hand planter 
$1.25 each, f.o.b. Memphis. See Tool Page for correct prices. 
QUANTITY AND CURRENT PRICES ON ALL COW 
Cow Peas are a favorite hay crop. They are also excel¬ 
lent for building up land. 
Canada Field Peas 
Canada Field Peas are one of the best cover crops that 
can be grown; also excellent for hay. Resists the cold 
weather. 
Sow in January, February and March, 60 to 90 pounds of 
seed to the acre with one bushel of oats. 
Jerusalem Artichoke 
Fine for fattening hogs. They grow just like Irish pota¬ 
toes. Every hog raiser should grow Artichokes; the hogs 
will harvest them without cost. Plant in 4-foot rows any 
time in March or April, dropping the cut pieces 18 inches 
apart in the row. They will produce 200 to 300 bushels to . 
the acre. It requires 3 bushels to plant one acre. 
Chufas 
An excellent hog-feeding crop, fine for light soils. Plant 
in rows, one peck to the acre, in April or May. 
Shell and Soup Beans 
These are grown to use as dried beans during the winter. 
Plant in June and July using 15 to 20 pounds to the acre. 
Plant in 4-foot rows and cultivate well. All of the follow¬ 
ing varieties grow in a semi-bush form. One pound drills 
150 to 200 feet of row. Be sure to inoculate this crop. 
NAVY BEANS. The snowy whiteness and uniform size of 
a good true stock gives them preference over ordinary 
stock and puts the grower in a position to command a 
better price. Well selected stock also gives a better yield 
than the common run of Navy Beans. Do not make the 
mistake of planting too early for if planted too early the 
beans after harvesting will probably be buggy. The last 
of June or in July plant in rows 3 feet apart, dropping 
two or three beans a foot apart in the rows. Cultivate 
early, but not while the dew is on the foliage, nor after 
they begin to blossom, and do not cultivate deeply after 
they are three or four inches high. 15 lbs. will plant 
an acre. 
GREAT NORTHERN BEANS. Beans slightly larger than 
the Navy Beans; snow white and of splendid cooking 
quality. 
RED KIDNEY BEANS. The good old-fashioned cooking ISf 
bean. Large size and of good flavor. 
PINTO BEANS. Fine cooking bean, bears heavily. 
WHITE KIDNEY BEANS. Standard variety of excellent 
quality and flavor. 
Price any of above 5 varieties of Shell or Soup Beans uni¬ 
form as follows: Postpaid, 1 lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 35c. Not pre¬ 
paid, 1 lb., 15c; 2 lbs., 25c. 
PEAS ARE GIVEN ON OUR GREEN INK LIST. 
