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THE “HENDERSON” ENSILAGE 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 
jor cattle, Its carbohydrates or heat-producing parts are proportionately 
in excess of its albuminoids or flesh-iorming 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 ayoided 
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 cther purchased 
feed. It will mean a saving to the farmers of hundreds of thousands of 
dollars, and will revolutionize 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 77. 
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FIELD BEANS and PEAS 
FOR FODDER AND GREEN [1ANURING. 
BEAN, Henderson’s Early Soja. The 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. 
It is a rich nitrogenous feed, is unsurpassed as a 
flesh former, and, like the Clovers,is a soil improv- 
er, deriving its nitrogen from the air. (Seecut.) 
15¢.1b., $1.50 peck, $5.00 bushel of 60 Ibs. 
BEAN, Soja. $1.00 peck, $3.00 bushel of 601bs. 
nn Boston Smail Pea. $1.00 peck, 
$3.00 bushel of 60 lbs. 
Lt Burlingame Medium. $1.00peck, 
$3.00 bushel of 60 lbs. 
we White Marrowfat. $1.00 peck, 
$3.25 bushel of 60 Ibs. 
Improved Red Kidney. 
peck, $3.00 bushel of 601bs. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
Under favorable conditions 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 
those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape 
excels all other plants we know of. Sow 41bs. per acre broad- 
east, 2 to 3 Ibs. per acre in drills. (See cut.) 10c. Ib., $4.00 Canada Blue. 50c. peck, $1.50 bushel of 60 Ibs.; 10-bushel 
bushel of 50 Ibs., 100 Ibs. $8.00. If by mail, add 8c. lb. lots, $1.40 bushel. 
SAND OR WINTER VETCH. (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 Ciover 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.1b., 
$1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel of 60 Ibs., 100 Ibs. $6.00. If by mail, add 8c. per Ib. 
MILLET. SORGHUM. 
German or Golden. 10c. Ib., 100 Ibs. | For full descriptions see Henderson’s 
$3.00, $1.50 bushel (50 Ibs.); 10-bushel | y 
PEAS FOR FODDER. 
«Peas could be made to bring more nitrogen to the soils of 
this country every year than is now purchased annually 
by the farmers at a cost of millions of dollars.”’—( Year- 
book ofthe U.S. Departmeut of Agriculture.) 
For the Northern States there is no crop of greater 
value than Field Peas and none is more neglected, 
which can only be attributed to alack 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, there is no crop that we can so strongly 
recommend for more extended culture. 
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. We have much pleasure in 
recommending this Pea for soiling or fodder, 
either in mixture with oats or grown by itself. 
60c. peck, $2.00 bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel 
lots, $1.85 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. $1.90 bushel of 60 Ibs. ; 10-bushel 
lots, $1.80 bushel. 
Canada White. (See cut.) 50c. peck, $1.40 bushel of 60 
Ibs. ; 10-bushel lots, $1.30 bushel. 
$1.00 
American Farmers’ Manual, free on 
lots, $1.40. application. Price Price 
Hungarian. 10c. lb., 100 Ibs. $2.75, per lb. 100 lbs, 
$1.40 bu. (48 ]bs.); 10-busheliots, $1.30. | Early Amber Sugar Cane. 
Pearl. 16c.1b., 100 1bs. $12.00. One of the most valuable 
Japanese. Sown from middle of May to | forage plants, and will yield 
end of July broadcast at the rate of 12 | several cuttings a season. 
lbs. per acre, or in drills 8 Ibs. per acre, it Culture the same as forCorn.12¢c. $6.00 
will grow 6 to 8 feetin height and yield | Early Orange Sugar Cane. 
12 to 20 tons per acre. Itmay besiloed, A little later than the Amber.1 2c. 6.00 
fed green or cured into hay, andits feed- | Broom Corn, Evergreen.....12c. 6.00 
ing quality is superior to fodder corn. | Kaffir Corm..................00....... 12¢c. 6.00 
Ensilage composed of two parts of this Rural Branching Doura...12c. 6.00 
Millet to one part ofSoja Beans is acom- | Jerusalem Corn.................. 12c. 8.00 
plete balanced ration for milch cows | Yellow Branching.............. 12¢ 6.00 
without the addition of grain. (Seecut.) 
20e. 1b., 10 Ibs. $1.60, 100 lbs. $12.00. 
‘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. 
