Johnson's garden & farm manual : 1910 . j.\PANESE MILLET—Field from which our seed was saved. 60 JOHNSON SEED COMPANY FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS PEASFor Fodder and Plowing Under. FIELD OF SOUTHERN BLACK OR RAMS HORN COW PEAS IN THENORTH. SOWN JUNE l6th, PLOWED UNDER AUGUST 3ISt. COW PEAS (The Great Soil Improver) Make Poor Land Rich, Good Land More Pro-ductive, and Enrich the Soil Green crops plowed under are one of the bestand cheapest ways of improving the soil. For thispurpose the cow pea is most popular, especially formedium or light soil. They should be sown in Mayor June, at the rate oi i
Johnson's garden & farm manual : 1910 . j.\PANESE MILLET—Field from which our seed was saved. 60 JOHNSON SEED COMPANY FODDER AND SOILING PLANTS PEASFor Fodder and Plowing Under. FIELD OF SOUTHERN BLACK OR RAMS HORN COW PEAS IN THENORTH. SOWN JUNE l6th, PLOWED UNDER AUGUST 3ISt. COW PEAS (The Great Soil Improver) Make Poor Land Rich, Good Land More Pro-ductive, and Enrich the Soil Green crops plowed under are one of the bestand cheapest ways of improving the soil. For thispurpose the cow pea is most popular, especially formedium or light soil. They should be sown in Mayor June, at the rate oi i% bushels to the acre, andplowed under as soon as they have attained theirfull growth. There is no surer or cheaper meansof improving poor soil than by sowing cow peas. COW PEAS FOR HAY If planted early, say by middle of May, in thecentral corn belt section, a crop can be cut andcured for hay the same as clover, then the stubble,in a short time, will put out a new growth to beturned under in the Fall as a fertilizer. The best varieties of Cow Peas for all purposesare the following: SOUTHERN BLACK EYE COW BLACK, or RAMS , CLAY and NEW ERA.
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