. Cadwell & Jones, successors to R. D. Hawley & Co., catalogue for 1895 of seeds and implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. SEEDS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 67. Selected Farm Seeds. LEGUMINOUS CROPS—For Green Manuring. (NITROGEN TRAPS.) The question of soil enrichment has become a most important one to the eastern farmer, and millions of dollars are expended annually for commercial fertilizers in which the Potash costs 4 to 5 cents per pound; Phosphoric Acid 7 to 8, and Nitrogen, 16 to 20 cen
. Cadwell & Jones, successors to R. D. Hawley & Co., catalogue for 1895 of seeds and implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. SEEDS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 67. Selected Farm Seeds. LEGUMINOUS CROPS—For Green Manuring. (NITROGEN TRAPS.) The question of soil enrichment has become a most important one to the eastern farmer, and millions of dollars are expended annually for commercial fertilizers in which the Potash costs 4 to 5 cents per pound; Phosphoric Acid 7 to 8, and Nitrogen, 16 to 20 cents per pound. Some of our more progressive farmers, and the experiment stations, have now taught us that it is useless waste of money to continue buying this most expensive Nitrogen. All that is required can be caught from the atmosphere by any or all of the leguminous plants that grow so freely in this latitude ; and most of them may be grown as catch crops at seasons of the year when the land would otherwise be idle, and from $15 to $25 worth per acre of the Nitrogen of the air gathered and stored in the land for future use. Cow Peas and Sofa Beans may be sown in early July after crop of grain, early vegetables, potatoes or strawberries, and make an enormous growth by October, and have the land ready for use for late fall or early spring planting, or they may be sown between rows of corn or other green crops at the last cultivation in mid- summer. The Clovers may be sown later in July or very early in August, either alone or between rows at last hoeing, and will grow until the ground freezes. Crimson Clover starts very early in the spring and will be 18 inches high and in full bloom ready to plow under by the middle of May, in ample time for most farm crops. Red and Mammoth Clover will be a few weeks later, but ready to plow down in time for tobacco and other crops of midsummer planting. Nitrogen is the most expensive item in tobacco culture ; it can all be saved by the use
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