The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
MONEY IN cow PEAS.
you Grow the Right Variety, you Can Market at
Very Profitable Prices.
Editors Progressive Farmer

Very Profitable Prices
Editors Progressive Farmer:
While so much is being said and written about
the productive side of farming, there is not a
great deal written about the marketing of farm
produce It strikes the writer that this is very
important part of real farming, as what farm
er gets for his produce when ready for market
will determine to great extent his profits for the
year.
Being familiar with the marketing of COW peas,
having handled this season from twelve to fifteen
thousand bushels, shipping far south Vera
Cruz, Mexico, and north to Massachusetts,,
think we in a position to note the needs OF
the trade on this particular product of the farm.
We desire to call the attention of the farmer
to few facts in regard to the kind of peas to
raise for market. For the table use the black
eye white pea, thoroughly cleaned and not mixed
with yellow-eye or any other variety, will bring
from fifteen to twenty cents per bushel more
than the yellow-eye Now whether the blaek-eye
white will yield as well as the yellow-eye, some
other party can state, but we think they will in
this section. California blacke-eyed peas bring
from twenty-five to fifty cents per bushel more
than North Carolina, for the reason that they
cleaner and not mixed and are more uniform. We
had parties to write all winter and send
pies of the California peas, and ask us to send
as good as these Now, there is reason why we
cannot raise them as good, if not better.
The next hiohest price peas the yellow
eyed whites, and there is good demand every
winter for these peas, as they just edible
as beans, and if properly put on the market will
sell for nearly as much as Michigan beans.
There is some competition on these peas from
Virginia.
For sowing purposes we believe North Carolina
furnishes more meas than all the Southern States
combined. We find the trade. however, is
discriminating than they a few years back.
The following varieties, in order named, have
proven the best sellers and bring best prices
New Era, Small Whip, Improved Whippoor-
will, Red Ripper, Clay and Wonderful.
When you your peas, try and get seed that
is not mixed, as mixed peas bring from fifteen
to twenty-five cents per bushel less than the other
varieties named, and some seasons are very hard
to SELL except for feeding purposes
The farmers everywhere just waking up to
the value of the pea for both fertilizing pur-
poses and for hay, and North Carolina should be
able to supply them all with their seed.
When you market your peas this fall, first have
them clean; secondly, have each kind separate;
thirdly, raise one of the above varieties, and you
will be able to get good price for them fourthly,
market your peas before the season is over.
The farmer who lives in Ohio Missouri be-
gins to make arrangements for his seed in Feb
ruary or March, and naturally the best demand
comes at this season of the year. Quite lot OF
peas carried over every year for the benefit OF
the weevils W. J. SHUFORD,
Manager Hickory Milling Co.
Catawba Co., n G.