CROTALARIA Spectabilis 
This is truly a marvelous summer cover crop, a yield of 40,000 
pounds of green material per acre is not uuncommon. The humus 
produced by such a yield is of tremendous value. More important 
still, Crotalaria is a legume adding, when turned under, the equiva¬ 
lent of 800 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre (3-year test Florida 
Experiment Station showed 885 pounds average). 
Crotalaria has succeeded all over the South, and as far north as 
Indiana. It is not a host to injurious insets and diseases. It will re¬ 
seed itself under favorable conditions, but is not a pest and can 
easily be eradicated. Splendid soil builder in orchards, etc. Fine with 
corn planted in same rows when corn is planted, or in corn and other 
farm crops at last cultivation. It will just about double crop yields 
Mung Beans (Green Seeded) 
Mung Beans grow in upright bush form, 2 to 4 feet high according 
to soil and climatic conditions. They have very heavy foliage, fine 
leaves and finer stems than any soy beans; a very important feature 
of Mung Beans is that the foliage is perfectly green and still grow¬ 
ing when the seed is ripe and ready to be threshed. The hay cures 
quickly and may be threshed in 2 or 4 days after cutting, and it 
retains all the leaves. Threshed Mung Bean hay, properly cured, is 
equal to Alfalfa hay and is readilly eaten by all kinds of live stock. 
This makes it possible to make from 5 to 20 bushels seed per acre for 
a money crop, besides obtaining at same time yield of 1 to 2 tons of 
very best quality hay high in protein. Matures in 70 to 90 days; 
harvest when majority of pods turn black. Best results with a mower 
and windrow attachment, or follow mower with side-delivery rake. 
Mung Beans are a great soil builder, when properly inoculated. 
Use Nitragin. Sow 20 pounds seed per acre in 36 inch rows—cultivate 
until rows grow together too close to permit it. 
Cow Peas 
Culture —May be sown at any time from March to September, 
either broadcast or in drills. One to two bushels per acre for broad¬ 
casting ; two to three pecks for drilling. 
SOWING COW PEAS WITH SOY-BEANS, KAFFIR 
CORN, SORGHUM, AND SUDAN GRASS. Cow-peas may be 
sown with these crops to furnish support and make the harvest 
easier. Sow half a bushel soy-beans or one peck kaffir corn or sor¬ 
ghum to ten pounds Sudan Grass with one bushel cow-peas to the 
acre. 
SOWING COW-PEAS WITH MILLET. New Era and Whip¬ 
poorwill are the best kinds to sow with German Millet—one bushel 
of peas to three-fourths of a bushel of millet per acre. The crop should 
be cut when the millet is ready. The peas will have reached the 
dough state by that time and make an excellent combination of 
large-yielding and most nutritious feed. 
WHIPPOORWILL. A favorite early bunch-growing variety. 
NEW ERA. An early,upright-growing variety. Matures early. 
BLACK STOCK. Large vining variety. Best for thin land. 
CLAY. Very similar to Black Stock, matures earlier. 
RED RIPPERS. Vines grow long; make an abundance of hay. 
MIXED. Preferred by many farmers; they will grow thicker 
than separate varieties, producing better crop of vines and forage. 
MIKED COW PEAS AND SOY BEANS. The beans, being of 
upright growth, support the long pea vines, and not only make 
the harvesting easier, but the combination of cow-peas and soy 
beans makes a better hay than either when grown alone, and they 
are easier to cure. 
LARGE WHITE BLACK EYE. The dried peas are readily 
salable as table peas during the winter. 
WHITE, CREAM, OR LADY. Fine for table use. Very prolific. 
WHITE CROWDER. An excellent variety for table use. 
BROWN CROWDER. Clay colored, large size, of fine flavor. 
following it. It is not offered as a feed crop, or hay crop, though a 
nearby farmer tells us his mules ate it readily. But it is really too 
valuable as a fertilizer to feed. It will reclam worn out hillsides, 
gullies, etc. 
Thoroughly plow, disc and harrow the soil. Sow after danger of 
frost is past, wheii moisture is present, 10 to 15 pounds per acre 
broadcast or five pounds drilled in 3-foot rows, using scarified seed 
only as with Sericea. Firm the soil immediately after planting to 
conserve the moisture, cultivate once or twice when planted in rows. 
Louisana (Baton Rouge). Experiment Station for 1929 to. 1933 
reports 5-year average yield of 22 tons green manure per acre and 
169 pounds nitrogen, equivalent to 1000 lbs. 16 per cent Nitrate Soda. 
Early Speckled Velvet' Beans 
The most valuable of all varieties and the general favorite for all 
sections. This variety is the quickest grower and the most prolific. 
Matures in from 90 to 100 days. Sow in drills in May, one peck to 
the acre. 
In the South, Velvet Beans are used very largely for winter grazing, 
and for that purpose is one of the best crops for the light soils and the 
long season of the Gulf Coast and Florida. They should be allowed to 
grow until December, or until killed by frost, after which they can be 
grazed through the winter, as the vines, leaves and pods decay very 
slowly and remain palatable a long time. Early in the year, the 
crop remaining is plowed under as a soil improver, and adds very 
materially to the productiveness of the soil. 
As a soil improver they are considered superior to cow peas, as 
they make so much larger growth and so much heavier amount of 
foliage. The proportion of nitrogen contained in the vines is about 
the same as cow peas, but as the yield is so much greater, the total 
amounts of nitrogen and humus added to the soil are correspond¬ 
ingly larger. A crop of three tons will add as much nitrogen to the 
soil as will a ton of cotton seed meal, while the amount of humus 
will be three times as great. 
Austrian Winter Peas 
Sown for the same purpose as vetch in September and October. 
Grows much like an English pea, upright and is ready to turn under 
a little earlier than vetch. Not as winter-resistant as vetch but 
usually stands 12 degrees above zero. Sow 30 to 40 pounds seed per 
acre in cotton middles. When sown broadcast with grain use 25 pounds 
Winter Peas and 3 pecks Abruzzi Rye or 1 bushel wheat or two 
bushels oats per acre. Be sure to inoculate with Nitragin. Price given 
in July. 
Winter Sand or Hairy Vetch 
One of the best winter legume and green manure crops Rarely 
ever winter killed in the South. Grows on almost any well drained 
soil, thrives on sandy soil, needs a fair amount of moisture to start, 
but endures considerable drought. Sow in September and October in 
cotton middles or with rye, wheat, oats, or barley, as vetch grows 
better if kept off the ground. Can be turned under in time to plant 
cotton or corn—a wonderful soil builder when inoculated. A fair 
feed crop and grazing crop. Inoculate with Nitragin. Sow 15 to 30 
pounds per acre, not too deep, have surface well worked and compact, 
also free of weeds. Price made in July. 
Hungarian Vetch 
Not as winter-resistant as Hairy, but nearly so. Does not grow as 
tall as Hairy, but its tonnage will surprise you. Grows off quicker 
in spring than Hairy, is more disease-resistant, and experiment 
station reports in Mississippi indicate it stores even more nitrogen 
in the soil than Hairy Vetch. Seed is cheaper per pound than Hairy, 
but being larger, you must plant more per acre. Culture same as 
Hairy Vetch. Be sure to inoculate. Price given in July. 
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