Hoffman's 
Want Early Green Feed? Read Below 
PEAS 
CANADA PEAS 
Splendid for early green feed. Rich in 
protein. Grows quickly. Plant very early. 
Plant with oats—1 y 4 bushels of each per 
acre. Drill peas first 3 to 3^ inches deep. 
Then the oats iy 2 to 2 inches deep. Oats 
support the vines, making the crop more 
palatable. 
For use in hog runs, a bushel of Canada 
Peas, a bushel of oats, 3 or 4 pounds of rape 
seed and 7 to 10 pounds of sweet clover or 
alfalfa will cover an acre. Sow early in the 
spring and the pigs can start on it when the 
plants are 9 or 10 inches high. 
Canada Peas make pasture for hogs, sheep 
and cattle. To avoid trampling by stock, 
some folks mow and feed it green or make 
into hay. Cut when oats is comparatively 
green and the peas have begun to form 
pods. A new growth will then appear. 
“I am well pleased with 
your Hybrid Corn. It yielded 
better than corn of my own 
seed. Stalks stood espe¬ 
cially well, while other corn 
was blown down badly.”— 
John M. Myers, Bucks 
County, Pa. 
Early Spring Pasture 
Rye sown in the fall can be 
used as early spring pasture. 
It should be grazed when it 
reaches a growth of 8 to 10 
inches. It will carry two or 
three cows per acre on good 
land. 
COW PEAS 
Fine for the south. Not used much in 
the north. Succeed on poor ground. 
Please don’t confuse Cow Peas with Can¬ 
ada Peas. They are entirely different. Cow 
Peas dare not be planted early. Canada Peas 
are planted very early! 
Handle about like soy beans. Inoculate 
the seed. Cow Peas don’t stand up well. 
They are good for pasturing, hogging down, 
or turning under. Plant \y 2 inches deep. 
The "New Era’’ variety has more erect habits 
than other sorts. 
For hay or green feed, sow 3 pecks Golden 
Millet with 1 bushel Cow Peas per acre. Cut 
when Millet is in bloom regardless of ma¬ 
turity of Cow Peas at the time. 
“I get the best results from 
Kansas Alfalfa — it lasts 
longer—the crop lasts more 
years.” — Ella K. Mease, 
Coopersburg, Pa. 
“I have never had better 
results than I had from 
your U. S. Verified Red 
Clover bought in 1937. We 
had a very good hay crop 
while many surrounding 
fields were far from satis¬ 
factory. All other seeds ever 
bought from Hoffman’s dur¬ 
ing the past several years 
have been most satisfactory.” 
—James I. Boone, Danville, 
Pa. 
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