PU5SELL-HECKLE 
SEED COMPANY 
CROTALARIA Spectabilis 
This is truly a marvelous summer cover crop, a yield of 40,000 pounds of green material per 
acre is not uncommon. The humus produced by such a yield is of tremendous value. More 
important still, Crotalaria is a legume adding, when turned under, the equivalent 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 insects and diseases. It will reseed 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 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 reclaim worn out hillsides, gullies, etc. 
Thoroughly plow, disc and harrow the soil. Sow after danger of frost is past, when mois¬ 
ture is present, 10 to 15 pounds per acre broadcast or five pounds drilled in three-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. 
Louisiana (Baton Rouge). Experiment Station for 1929 to 1933 reports five-year average yield 
of 22 tons green manure per acre and 169 pounds nitrogen, equivalent to 1,000 pounds 16 per 
cent Nitrate Soda. 
COW PEAS 
Culture—Sow one to two bushels per acre 
broadcast. Two to three pecks in drills. When 
sown with soy beans, kaffir corn, sorghum 
and Sudan grass sow half a bushel soy 
beans or one peck kaffir corn or sorghum to 
10 pounds Sudan grass with one bushel cow 
peas to the acre. 
WHIPPOORWILL. A favorite early bunch¬ 
growing variety. 
NEW ERA. An early, upright-growing va¬ 
riety. 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. 
MIXED 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. 
FOR QUANTITY PRICES 
WINTER HAIRY VETCH 
One of the best winter legume and green 
manure crops. Rarely ever winterkilled 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-resis¬ 
tant, and experiment station reports in Mis¬ 
sissippi 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. 
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 20 to 25 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. 
I N K 
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 per¬ 
fectly green and still growing 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 readily 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 attach¬ 
ment, or follow mower with side delivery rake. 
Mung Beans are a great soil builder, when prop¬ 
erly inoculated. Use Nitragin. Sow 10 pounds 
seed per acre in 36-inch rows—cultivate until rows 
grow together too close to permit it. 
VELVET BEANS 
(Early Speckled) 
The most valuable of all varieties and the gen¬ 
eral 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 1/2 bushel 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 tjie 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 correspondingly 
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. 
PRICE LIST ENCLOSED 
