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PEAS 
For Fodder and Green-Manuring. 
“Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of thiscountrj r 
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 recom¬ 
mend. 
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 which 
Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with positive advantage. The 
Canada varieties and Marrowfat should be sown early in the spring, 
but Cow Peas are more tender 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 reason¬ 
able assurance of a profitable crop, either for harvesting or plowing 
under. 
Prices for Fodder and Green-Manuring. 
Peck. 
Bush, of 
60 1 bs. 
10 bush, 
lots, at 
Peas, Canada White. (See cut.) . 
60c. 
S2.25 
82.15 
“ Canada Blue. 
75c. 
2.75 
2.65 
“ Large Marrowfat. Of immense 
growth, the best of the Field Peas for 
fodder. 
80c. 
3.00 
2.90 
COW PEAS. Black-eyed. Of great 
value in the Southern States and also 
in the Northern States as a green sum¬ 
mer feed for sheep, and as a green crop 
for plowing under. 
SI. 25 
4.25 
4.00 
Sand or \ / i 
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 perfectly hardy, re¬ 
maining 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 cut¬ 
ting, being nearly a month earlier 
than Scarlet Clover, 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 stockbreeder 
in the United States should have 
a field of it. 
It is exceedingly nutritious, 
much more so than Clover, is 
1 eaten with a relish and may be fed 
I 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 luxur¬ 
iant 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 £ bu. of 
Rye or Wheat. Price, 12c. lb., 
So.75 bushel of 60 lbs.; 100 lbs., 
89.00. If by mail, add 8c. per lb. 
Forage and Soiling Crops. 
EARLY GREEN SOJA BEAN. 
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 fixing nitrogen from 
the air. (See cut.) 
Price, peck, 81.50; bushel (60 lbs.) 84.50; 10 bushels @ $4.40. 
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 
ensilage, 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, 12c. lb.; 
10 lbs., SI.00; 100 lbs., $9.00. (For other varieties of Millet see page 69.) 
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