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COW 
PEAS 
PLANT COW PEAS FOR NITROGEN 
Cow Pea hay is relished by all livestock, is equal to clover and 
contains much more digestible protein than timothy. Horses need 
no grain when fed cow pea hay. Racks help cure it. 
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS: “No one 
thing can add more to the agricultural wealth of the South than 
PLANT COW PEAS from = See 
April to August, on any type 
of soil not too wet. Drill % to 
34 bushel per acre in 2% or 3- 
foot rows and cultivate 2 or 3 
times; or broadcast 114 to 2 
bushels when corn or cotton ig 
turned by; or with a disc drill 
on grain stubble without plow- 
ing. 300 lbs. of 18% super- 
phosphate materially in- 
creases the yield. Harvest for 
hay when the first pods turn 
yellow; leave in the swath till 
well cured. To increase the 
yield, support the peas and aid 
in curing the hay, broadcast % 
bushel soybeans, or 15 lbs. of 
millet, sorghum or kaftir corn, 
or 10 lbs. of sudan grass with 
one bushel of cow peas per 
acre. 
INOCULATE COW PEAS 
WITH 
WOOD’S INOCULATION 
BRABHAM — Wilt-Resistant. 
Matures in 75 to 90 days. 
The heaviest yielding cow 
pea for hay, pea production 
or soil improvement. It is 
disease-resistant and makes 
cow peas profitable when 
land has become so badly 
» diseased that other varieties 
fail. It makes an upright 
vigorous growth, holds its 
foliage well, withstands bad weather at maturity and makes the 
finest quality hay. The seeds are similar to Whippoorwill, but 
Smaller, and do not require to be seeded as thickly. It does well 
on poor land. It is as early as Whippoorwill, as disease-resistant 
as Iron and is an ideal variety. 
WHIPPOORWILL or SPECKLED—Matures 
Makes a large vigorous growth and yield of 
wilt land. Upright growth, easy to harvest. 
feet long. 
BLACK— Matures in 75 to 90 days. Long running fine growth and 
heavy yield of peas on non-wilt land, One of the best varieties 
for pasturing hogs. 
MIXED COW PEAS—For hay, soil improvement or hogging down, 
as it grows thicker, matures early, produces an abundant growth 
on non-wilt land, stands up well, yet the seed costs less per 
bushel, 
MIXED COW PEAS AND SOY BEANS—The beans, being of up- 
right 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. 

in 75 to 90 days. 
peas or hay on non- 
Vines are usually 6 
PRICE F. at eC ons NOT POSTPAID POSTPAID 
Bushel 60 lbs, Peck 1% Bus. 
Mixed Cow Peas....... 
Mixed Cow Peas and 
Soy Beans .......... 
Whippoorwill Cow Peas 
Brabham Wilt-Resist- 
ant Cow Peas........ 
Black Cow Peas, 
Miediuni Pej wick. clove ec 
Velvet Beans— 
100 Day Speckled 
Peck 44 Bus. Bus. 
The cow pea and velvet bean 
crops were unusually short and 
the supply is limited. Write for 
prices. 
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5t024 25t099 100 5 10 25 
Lhs. ibs. Lbs. | Gbhs. Lbs. bs. 
Navy Beans ... ...... 13¢......11¢......10%c | 90c.$1.65, $3.40 
Cotton can be grown for three su 
ase” 
the gro wine roo. pee Wheat and oat lands put into co 
cessive years after cow peas. 
chanical condition. There is no cheaper way to improve poor land. 
eas after harvest can be seeded to grain again in the fall, making fe 
tao crops a year on the same land. Cow peas do not require expen- — 
sive fertilizer, but add nitrogen to the soil and improve its me- — 

VELVET BE AN S The South’s Wonderful Forage ~ 
and Soil Improving Crop sg 
They make an enormous growth, larger than any other forage “a 
plant. Considered superior to cow peas as a soil-improver. aie 
Makes Nutritious Fall and Winter Grazing—In the South, velvet ee: 
beans are used very largely for winter grazing. They should be al- 
lowed to grow until killed by frost, after which they can be grazed — 
c, 
through the winter, as the vines, leaves and pods decay very slow- 
ly and remain palatable a long time. . 
Velvet beans are usually grown with corn. The corn is planted 
in 5-foet rows, 3 feet apart in the row, and the beans planted be- 
tween the corn. At the last working, beans are planted:-again in 

the middles between the rows of corn. When the corn is dry itis — 
pulled from the stalk and cattle turned in to graze. 20 pounds will | 
plant an acre in 5-foot rows, 3 feet apart in the row. 
100-DAY SPECKLED—Although it will not mature the pods in 
100 days, this is one of the earliest varieties and can be grown 
farther north than the common velvet beans. South of Virginia 
they will mature in a season of average length. In more north- 
erly sections, where the seeds will not mature, it will make a 
wonderful growth of vines for 
a fine soil improver. 
OSCEOLA VELVET BEANS—Give excellent results as a forage 
crop in Virginia, where we have found it to make fully as much _ 
growth of vine as the 100-Day, with pods larger and farther ad-- 
vanced in the same length of time. It is free of itchy furze. — 
NAVY B EAN S Michelite Strain 
An improved strain—very prolific—maturing in 90 to 95 days. 
and larger yielding than the ordinary navy bean. The pods on the 
Stalk stay off the ground, as they have a stronger root growth, 
which is most important when heavily loaded with pods. Navy 
beans should be planted by every farmer for dried beans for 
or baked beans all winter. Nothing tastes better in cold weather. 
Plant in June or July, 2 or 3 beans in hills a foot apart, in 8-foot 
rows; 1 lb. to 200 feet; 15 lbs. per acre. Cultivate early, before 
they blossom, but not deeply, nor while wet with dew. 
Parcel Post Prices on Field Seeds E 
The postpaid prices quoted apply to Va., N. C., W. Va, Ma.,- 
Del., N. J. and Penna. 
: For postage to other states refer to page 65. Sea 

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