Prices for Fodder and Green-Manuring. 
Peas, Canada White. 
“ Canada Blue. 
44 Large Marrowfat. Of immense growth, the 
best of Field Peas for fodder. 
COW PEAS. ^ Black-eyed. Of great value in the 
Southern States and also in the Northern States 
(sown after May 1st) as a green summer feed 
for sheep, and as a green crop for plowing 
under. (Sow 2 bush, per acre.). 
Peck. 
70c. 
$ 1.00 
1.25 
Bush, of 
60 lbs. 
S2.50 
3.00 
4.50 
4.00 
10 bush, 
lots, at 
S2.40 
2.90 
4.40 
3.75 
SAND or WINTER, VETCH. 
(Vicia Villosa. ) 
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 perfect¬ 
ly 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, being nearly a month earlier than Scarlet 
Clover, and a full crop can be taken oil 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 stockbreeder in the United States 
should have a field of it. 
It is exceedingly nutritious, much more so than Clover, is eaten with a relish 
and may be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. 
It will also prove valuable for a Hay crop in the South and dry Western 
regions, as it may be sown in the fall and will make a luxuriant growth during 
the fall and spring months, and will yield a heavy crop, which may be cut and 
stored before the droughts set in. 
Sow 1 bu. per acre, with H bu. of Rye or Wheat. Price, 12c. lb., $5.75 bushel 
of 60 lbs.; 100 lbs., $9.00. If by mail, add 8c. per lb. 
E ARLY GREEN SOJA BEAN. 
JAPANESE MILLET. 
A very distinct variety that is particularly valuable in the Northern 
States as a quick growing forage and ensilage crop, attaining a height 
in good soil of 6 to 8 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; cattle especially consume it without waste before 
touching green fodder corn, and cows fed on it invariably increase in 
milk. For dried fodder, it should be cut in the blossom stage; it is 
freely eaten by stock and is often preferred by horses to Timothy and 
Clover hay; when sown early, it produces a fair second cutting. For en¬ 
silage, two parts of the Millet in combination with one part Soja Beans 
forage, form a complete balanced ration that may be fed without grain. 
Sow from May to July, 15 lbs. of seed per acre if broadcasted, or if in drills 
12 to 18 inches apart, use 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. ( See cut.) Price, 10c. lb.; 10 
lbs., 90c.; 100 lbs., S7.50. ( For other varieties of Millet see page 69.) 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
Under favorable conditions Rape is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle with¬ 
in 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 Southern States 
until September or October for winter pasture. In the latitude of New York, 
July or August is the best time to sow. Its fattening properties are probably 
twice as good as those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape excels 
all other plants we know of. At the Michigan Experiment Station, 128 lambs 
were pastured for 8 weeks on 15 acres of Rape sown in July, and showed a gain 
of 2,890 lbs., or at the rate of 3 lbs. j>er lamb each week Sow 4 lbs. per acre 
broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. Price 10c. lb., $3.50 bush., of 50 lbs. 
100 lbs. $6.50. If by mail, add 8c. lb. 
This variety produces enormous crops as far north as Canada, and will ripen 
its seeds even in Massachusetts. It grows about 4 ft. high and yields ten to 
twenty tons of green fodder per acre, or 20 to 40 bushels of Beans. 
It is a valuable leguminous plant for the farmer and dairyman for either 
green or cured fodder or grain. It is especially valuable for ensilage in combi¬ 
nation with fodder corn or Japanese Millet (two parts of Millet to one part of 
Soja Beans), thus furnishing a complete balanced ration. It increases the milk 
and butter and fattens the stock. The grain is also exceedingly nutritious, 
ranking, when ground, even higher than cotton seed or linseed meal for feeding 
cattle, hogs and other stock. Three pounds of Soja Bean meal added to the 
grain ration of milch cows produces a rich milk. 
Soja Beans are great soil enrichers, adding humus and extracting nitrogen from 
the air. Sow 3 pecks per acre. (See cut.) 
Price, peck, $1.75; bushel (60 lbs.) $5.00; 10 bushels ® $4.85. 
FIFI n PF A Q for fodder and 
1 11 — I—L/ 1 LnJ; 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 two bushels each 
per acre, or the Peas sown alone at the rate of three 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, and 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 wmch Peas and Oats in mix¬ 
ture cannot be fed with positive advantage. The Marrowfat and Canada 
Held 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 plough 
under for green manure, they are unsurpassed. Peas can be followed by Millet 
or Crimson Clover. Cow Peas are more tender and should not be sown until 
cornplanting 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 profitable crop, either for harvesting or plowing under. 
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