2 FARM SEEDS...-:-.- — 
THE “HENDERSON ENOILAGE COMBINATION. 
A GOLD MINE ON EVERY DAIRY FARM. 
Corn is undoubtedly the most serviceable crop that has been used for 
ensilage, but however well preserved in the silo, it is an incomplete food 
forcattle. Its carbohydrates or heat-producing parts are proportionately 
in excess of its albuminoids or flesh-forming parts. 
The farmer has in the past, at the expense of his purse, supplied the 
deficiency by feeding grain grown on the farm, or by buying oil cake, cotton- 
seed meal or other feed rich in albuminoids. This expense can be avoided 
by using The ‘‘Henderson’’ Ensilage Combination, which is com- 
posed of two parts Fodder, Corn or Japanese Millet to one part 
Early Soja Beans. An equal acreage of each will produce about the right 
proportion, and the mixture may be.made at time of cutting the fodder 
and filling the silo. 
Mixed in the above proportions it is a complete balanced ration for 
milch cows without the addition of grain or other purchased 
feed. It will mean a saving to the farmers of hundreds of thousands of 
dollars, and will revoiutionize dairying in the Northern States. 
No up-to-date dairy can be profitably operated without a silo, and no silo 
should be filled with corn alone while the Early Soja Bean can be grown in 
any part of the United States. 
The Soja Beans and Japanese Millet are offered on this 
page; the Fodder Corn on page 75. 
FIELD BEANS AN? PEAS 
FOR FODDER AND GREEN MANURING. 
BEAN, Henderson’s Early Soja. ‘he ordinary Soja Bean of 
the South is too late to be of value in the Northern States. 
This variety ripens even in Massachusetts, where it grew 
nearly four feet in height, was heavily podded and 
yielded over ten tons per acre. It is a very valuable 
fodder variety either for feeding green or for the silo. 
Itis a rich nitrogenous feed, is unsurpassed as a 
fleshformer, and, like the Clovers, is a soil improy- 
er, deriving its nitrogen from the air. (See cut.) 
15e. lb., $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel of 60 Ibs. 
BEAN ,Soja. $1.00 peck, $3.00 bushel of 601bs. 
ss Boston Small Pea. $1.00 peck, 
$3.00 bushel of 60 Ibs. 
‘* Burlingame Medium. $1.00 peck, 
$3.00 bushel of 60 Ibs. 
as White Marrowfat. $1.00 peck, 
$3.50 bushel of 60 lbs. 
‘* Improved Red Kidney. $1.00 
peck, $3.25 bushel of 60 Ibs. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
Under favorable conditious Rape is ready 
for pasturing sheep or cattle within six weeks 
from time of sowing, and on an average one 
acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks 
to two months. When on the Rape they should 
at all times have access to salt; but water is not 
necessary. In the Northern States it should be 
sown from May to the end of August for fall 
pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it 
should not be sown in the Southern States until Sep- 
tember or October for winter pasture. In the latitude 
of New York, July or August is the best time to sow. \; 
Its fattening properties are probably twice as good as x) \ Whi Wh cae 
those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape T1898 py py TER HENOE 
excels all other plants we know of. Sow 4 lbs. per acre broad- A ibe 
east, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. (See cut.) 10c. lb., $4.00 
bushel of 50 lbs., 100 lbs. $8.00. If by mail, add 8c. lb. 
SAND OR WINTER WETCH. (Vicia Villosa.) 
Is perfectly hardy throughout the United States, remaining green all winter, and 
should be sown during August and September, mixed with Rye, which serves as a 
support for the plants, or in spring with Oats or Barley. 
It grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet and is the earliest crop for cutting, being nearly a 
month earlier than Scarlet Clover, and a full crop can be taken off the land in time for 
planting spring crops. Being much hardier than Scarlet Clover, this is the forage plant 
to sow in the Northern States where Scarlet Clover winter kills, though it is equally 
valuable in the South. 
It is exceedingly nutritious, much more so than Clover, is eaten with relish, and may 
be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. 
Sow one bushel per acre with one-half bushel of Rye or. Wheat. (See cut.) 10c. Ib., 
$1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel of 60 Ibs., 100 Ibs. $6.00. Ii by mail, add 8c. per lb. 
PEAS FOR FODDER. 
« Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soiis of 
this country every year than is now purchased annually 
by the farmers at a cost of millions of dollars.’’—( Year- 
book of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 
For the Northern States there is nocrop of greater 
value than Field Peas and none is more neglected, 
which can only be attributed to a lack of knowl- 
edge as to its merits. Whether for fodder, in 
mixture with oats, sown at-the rate of two 
bushels each per acre, or the Peas sown alone 
at the rate of three bushels per acre for plowing 
under, thereis nocrop that we can so strongly 
recommend for more extended eulture. 
Like all leguminous crops, Peas have the 
power of extracting nitrogen from the air, 
and the soil from which a crop of Peas has 
been harvested is richer in nitrogen than 
before the Peas were sown upon it, and there 
is no kind of live stock on the farm to which 
Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with 
positive advantage.” 
The Mummy. Very heavy cropper. $2.00 
bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 bushel. 
Large Marrowfat. Ofimmense growth, the 
best of the Field Peas for fodder. $1.60 
bushel ; -10-bushel lots, $1.50 bushel. 
Canada White. (See cut.) 50c. peck, $1.40 
bushel of 60 Ibs.; 10-bushel lots, $4.30 bushel. 
Canada Blue. 50c. peck, $1.50 bushel of 60 lbs.; 
10-bushel lots, $1.40 bushel. 
Cow Peas. Of great value in the Southern States 
and also in the Northern States as a green summer feed 
for sheep, and as a green crop for plowing under, $2.00 
bushel of 60 Ibs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.90 bushel. 
MILLET. | SORGHUM, 
German or Golden. 10c. lb., 100 Ibs. For full descriptions see Henderson’s 
$3.00, $1.50 bushel (50 lbs.); 10-bushel | American Farmers’ Manual, free on 
lots, $1.40. application. Price Price 
Hungarian. 10c. lb., 100 Ibs. $2.7 
$1.40 bu. (481bs.); 10-bushel lots, $1.3¢ 
Pearl. 12c. lb., 100 lbs. $10.00. | 
Japanese. Sown from middle of May to | 
end of July broadcast at the rate of 12 | several cuttings a season. 
Ibs. per acre, or in drills 8 lbs. per acre,it | Culture thesameasforCorn...12c. $6.00 
will grow 6 to 8 feetin height and yield | Early Orange Sugar Cane. 
12 to 20 tons per acre. Itmay besiloed, | AlittlelaterthantheAmber..12¢c. 6.00 
fed green or cured into hay, and its feed- | Broom Corn, Evergreen.....l2c. 6.00 
BY per lb. 100 Ibs. 
). Early Amber Sugar Cane. 
One of the most valuable 
forage plants, and will yield 
ing quality is superior to fodder corn. BamiriCornincrccsssteee eens ize! 6200 
Ensilage composed of two parts of this Rural Branching Doura...12c¢. 6.00 
Millet to onepartof Soja Beansisa com- Jerusalem Corn............. ..-12¢. 8:00 
plete balanced ration for milch cows | Yellow Branching.............. 12c. 6.00 
without theadditionof grain. (See cut.) Sorghum Halapense 
10c. 1b., 10 Ibs. 80c., 100 Ibs. $7.00. | (Johnson Grass). (See page 73.) 
FARM SEEDS we do NOT deliver free, but when small quantities are wanted we will prepay carriage in United 
' States if 8c. per pound is added to prices. 
