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74 EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN °Seeds 
Canada Field Peas 
For Fodder and 
Green-Manuring 
“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 a cost of millions of dollars.” — ( Yearbook of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture.) 
For the Northern States there is no crop of greater value than Field Peas. Whether for fodder, 
in mixture with Oats, sown at the rate of 2 bushels of Peas and 1 bushel of Oats per acre, or the 
Peas sown alone at the rate of 3 bushels per acre for plowing under, there is no crop that we can so 
strongly recommend. Peas have the power of extracting nitrogen from the air, the soil from 
which a crop of Peas has been harvested is richer in nitrogen than before, and there is no kind 
of live stock on the farm to which Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed witfy positive advantage. 
The Marrowfat and Canada Field Peas, especially the white variety, are valuable for 
early spring sowing; being exceptionally hardy, the crop is not easily injured by late 
frosts. Sown alone for fodder or in combination with Oats for hay, or as a crop to plow 
under for green manure, they are unsurpassed. Peas can be followed by Millet or 
Crimson Clover. (See engraving.) 
Canada 
White 
Field 
Peas 
Henderson’s Japanese Buckwheat 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
Sand or Winter Vetch (Vicia Villosa) 
Japanese Millet 
Prices of Field Peas for Fodder and Green-Manuring. 
Peas, Canada White, SI.50 per peck; S5.50 per bushel of $0 
lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $5.40 per bushel. 
Cow Peas 
Cow Peas are more tender than Canada or Field Peas and 
should not be sown until Corn-planting time. Cow Peas, being 
of very rapid growth during the warm weather, can be sown as 
late as the middle of July with reasonable assurance of a profit¬ 
able crop, either for harvesting or plowing under. 
The early varieties of Cow Peas are quite extensively and 
successfully grown for forage and soiling as far north as Massa¬ 
chusetts, but so far north the crop may not ripen seeds. As a 
soil renovator and enricher Cow Peas are very valuable. A crop 
of Cow Peas collects nitrogen from the air in large quantities and 
fixes it in the soil, thus adding this expensive element of fertilizer 
to the land without cost, and leaving it richer and in splendid 
condition for the future crop. All crops do well after Cow Peas 
Cow Peas grow on all soils from the stiffest clays to porous sands, 
barren uplands and alluvial bottoms. The feeding value of Cow 
Peas is high, whether as green forage, cured hay or silage, being 
especially rich in blood, bone and muscle-forming material. For 
green-manuring clay land, the crop should be turned under green. 
On sandy soil, already too light, the vines should decay on the 
surface and then be turned under. Sow 2 bushels per acre. 
Black Eye Cow Peas. A popular and productive early sort. 
Price, $7.00 per bu. of 60 lbs.; 10-bush, lots, $6.90 per bu. 
New Era Cow Peas. A new, extra-early variety, earlier than the 
Black Eye, the quickest growing of any of the Cow Peas, 
maturing in about CO days, specially adapted for planting 
north. Yields well. Price, $6.50 per bushel of 60 lbs.. 
10-bushel lots, $6.40 per bushel. 
This grand variety, introduced by us several years ago, has proven a bonanza to Buck¬ 
wheat raisers in this country. It is of strong, branching growth, stands up well and pro¬ 
duces from two to four times as much grain as any other variety under same conditions. 
It is also fully a week earlier. 
Henderson’s Japanese Buckwheat seed is grown from the largest Japanese type imported 
by us for stock seed and is therefore immensely superior to that grown here for several sea¬ 
sons whereby it has deteriorated. Sojv 1 bushel per acre. (See engraving.) Price, $1.-0 
peck; £3.50 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $3.40 per bushel. 
Under favorable conditions Rape is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle within six weeks 
from time of sowing, and on an average one acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks 
to two months. When on the Rape they should at all times have access to salt: but water 
is not necessary. In the Northern States it should be sown from May to the end of August 
for fall pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown in the South¬ 
ern States until September or October for winter pasture. In the latitude of New York, 
July or August is the best time to sow. Sow 4 lbs. per acre broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre 
in drills. Price, 25c. lb.; $10.00 bushel of 50 lbs.; 100 Ids. $18.00. 
It succeeds and produces good crops on poor, sandy soils, though it is much more vigorous 
on good land and grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly hardy, remaining green all 
winter, and should be sown during August and September, mixed with Rye, which serves 
as a support for the plants, or in spring with Oats or Barley. 
It is the earliest crop for cutting, and a full crop can be taken off the land in time for 
planting spring crops. Being much hardier than Scarlet Clover, this is the forage plant 
to sow in the Northern States, where Scarlet Clover winter-kills, though it is equally 
valuable in the South. Every dairyman and stock breeder in the United States should 
have a field of it. 
(See engraving.) Sow 1 bushel per acre, with bushel of Oats or Barley# Price, 25c# 
ib.; $12.75 bushel of 60 lbs.; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
Is particularly valuable in the Northern States as a quick-growing forage and ensilage 
crop, attaining a height in good soil of 6 to S feet and yielding from 10 to 18 tons of green 
fodder per acre. For feeding green, it may be cut from day to day as needed until the 
seed begins to ripen. During this period it is much relished by stock. For dried fodder 
it should be cut in the blossom stage, and is preferred by horses and cattle to Timothv 
and Clover hay. For ensilage, two parts of the Millet in combination with one part 
~ " * afai . 
Soya Bean forage, form a complete balanced ration that may be fed without grain. Sow 
from May to July, lbs. of seed per acre if broadcasted, or if in drills 12 to 18 inches 
apart, use 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. Price, 20c. lb.; 10 lbs. $1.75; 100 lbs., $15.00. 
We shall be pleased to make Special Prices, large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed. 
