VETCHES 
Winter or Sand Vetch 
A great legume for hay and fertilizer. Less sensitive to 
acid than most clovers. Best soil builder for sandy soil. Has 
a very fiborous soil binding root system. Adapted to most 
any well drained soil. May be sown spring or fall. Lives 
over one winter. The plant is hardy and may be grown far 
north. Prefers fairly cool growing weather for largest growth. 
Being vine like full seedings are usually made with rye or 
wheat for support. Spring seedings may be made with spring 
grain although full crop does not come until next year. Sow 
20 to 30 lbs. of seed per acre. Inoculation of seed is advised. 
Spring Vetch 
This variety must be sowed in the spring, but it is just as 
productive and as highly nutritious as Winter or Sand Vetch. 
You use from fifty to seventy pounds per acre. Develops 
rapidly and can be sowed with oats or barley. This variety 
does not survive the winters. 
COW PEAS 
VALUE 
Cow Peas are a quick 
growing legume crop. They 
make wonderful high pro¬ 
tein feed. They have early 
maturity and grow well 
even on poorer land. Very 
extensively grown in the 
south but may be grown in 
most any section having a 
warm season. Do not plant 
until after corn planting 
time. They should not be 
confused with Field Peas 
which want cool weather. 
Cow Peas are somewhat 
vine like but make hay of 
high feeding value. A crop 
of Cow Peas plowed under 
does wonders in soil im¬ 
provement. 
VARIETIES 
New Era—This is the 
earliest of all varieties of 
Cow Peas. The seeds are 
the smallest of all cow peas 
and requires less to plant 
in an acre. We recommend 
about 60 to 70 lbs. per acre 
when drilled in. 
Whippoorwill—This is a 
medium early variety of 
Cow Peas. They are more 
largely grown probably on 
account of its long vine and 
its large yield of both hay 
and peas. For an unusual 
growth, we recommend this 
variety. When sown for 
hay, recommend from one 
and one-half to two bushels 
per acre. 
CANADIAN FIELD PEAS 
If you need a lot of fine rich feed early, I urge 
you to grow some Canada Field Peas. You can 
plant them as early in the spring as the ground 
can be worked. Generally seeded with some spring 
grain to help support the vines. A bushel to 1% 
bushel of peas with about the 
same amount of oats or bar¬ 
ley makes a great crop. It is 
not the most economical to 
sow but if you need lots of 
feed and want it quick it sure¬ 
ly does the work. 
Canada Field Peas are 
grown principally in the 
northern sections of the 
United States but if put in 
early enough will produce 
profitably most anywhere. 
They are high in protein. You 
can cut and feed them green 
or use a? a regular hay crop. 
A mixture of Field Peas with 
a spring grain crop makes 
wonderful dairy feed. There 
is nothing like them for quick 
heavy crops. 
They may be drilled in and 
many simply disc them in with 
small grain seed. It pays to inoculate your seed 
(see page 24) and sow early. Be sure to sow high 
quality seed. You will find Sunfield’s Canadian 
Field Pea seed worthy of the price and economical 
in the end. 
