HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 



CLOVERS 



Henderson's Medium Red Clover 



Trifolium pmtense 

 Common or Medium Clover, June Clover 



Red Clover according to locality is a biennial or short- 

 lived perennial. It grows one to two feet in height and 

 usually makes two crops a year, yielding two to three 

 tons of cured hay per acre. Clover hay is very nutritious; 

 all stock fed on it require less grain ; chopped and steamed 

 it is a good substitute for green food for poultry during 

 the winter. As pasturage all animals thrive on it, partic- 

 ularly cattle, sheep and pigs, and as a green manuring 

 and soiling crop it is very valuable, adding humus and 

 nitrogen to the soil. In Northern states Red Clover 

 seed is usually sown in the spring; the earlier the better. 

 If grown alone, use 12 to 14 pounds of seed per acre if 

 broadcasted and cover not over half an inch deep. Red 

 Clover may be seeded with a number of different grasses 

 as Timothy, Orchard Grass or Tall Oat Grass, but usually 

 it is grown with Timothy, 8 to 10 pounds of Clover and 

 half a bushel of Timothy seed being sown per acre. A 

 very satisfactory combination is 5 pounds of Red Clover, 

 5 pounds of Alsike Clover, 20 pounds of Timothy and 5 

 pounds of Fancy Red Top per acre. This makes a fine 

 quality of merchantable hay and the field does not run 

 out so. soon as Clover and Timothy alone. (See engraving.) 



Price (subject to change without notice), Henderson's 

 Superior Sample (extra recleaned), 45c. per lb.; $24.75 per 

 bushel of 60 lbs.; $40.00 per 100 lbs. 



Trifolium 

 Pratense perenne 



Mammoth or PE ^ D VINE Clover 



Henderson's Superior Recleaned 



Crimson or Scarlet Clover J„ r ™™"^ m 



Plowing under a good crop of Scarlet Clover is equivalent to 20 tons of 

 stable manure per acre and even if the Clover be harvested or pastured, 

 the benefits derived from the wonderful nitrogenous root formation will 

 alone many times repay the cost of seed and labor. - ^ 



Crimson Clover cut when ccming into bloom makes hay richer in 

 protein than Red Clover, and the yield on average soils is two to three 

 tons per acre. It is especially adapted for green forage and silage and 

 is much relished by dairy stocks. .Cut green before flowers mature. 



Crimson Clover should not be fed after the flowers mature for the 

 hairs of the calyx are apt to form "hair balls" in the stomachs of animals. 



Sow at the rate of 15 pounds of seed per acre, either broadcast or 

 drilled. Cover lightly with a harrow. If sown too early, especially 

 in Southern States, it is apt to mature and form seeds the same season 

 .without making full growth. In the latitude of New York City sow 

 from July 15 to September 15, and in the South as late as October. 

 Time of flowering is June; height 2 feet. 



Price, 30c. per lb.: $15.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; $25.00 per 100 lbs. 



White Bokhara Clover (S S^X R) 



Biennial. Time of flowering, June to September. Height, 3 to 5 feet. 



A perennial leguminous plant of tall, shrub-like growth, occasionally grown as a 

 forage plant, and often for bees; the numerous small white flowers possess a sweet, 

 honey-like fragrance. The importance of Bokhara Clover, however, is its value for 

 plowing under for green manuring, particularly to prepare poor soils where it is 

 difficult to get other crops to grow. Sow 10 lbs. per acre; weight 60 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, 30c. per lb.; $16.25 per bushel; $25.00 per 100 lbs. 



Japan Clover Lespedeza Striata 



An annual leguminous plant considerably grown, particularly in the South, as a 

 summer pasture, green forage and hay crop. It also has much value as a soil enricher 

 when plowed under as green manure. It will flourish on poor and exhausted soils, 

 too poor to produce profitable crops of any other forage plant. Sow 14 lbs. per acre ; 

 weight 20 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, 45c. per lb.; $8.50 per bushel of 20 lbs.; $40.00 per 100 lbs. 



(Perennial Red Clover or Cow Grass) 

 Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 

 Quite distinct from the common Red Clover, being of larger and coarser 

 growth and valuable for purposes for which the latter is entirely unsuited. 

 It lasts longer and is two or three weeks later than common Red Clover. 

 Of very robust growth, yielding enormous bulk valuable for reclaiming 

 exhausted lands. Sow (if alone) about 12 lbs. per acre; weight, 60 lbs. 

 per bushel. Henderson's Superior Sample (extra recleaned). 

 Price, 48c. per lb.; $25.75 per bushel; $42.00 per 100 lbs. 



*^k Alsike or Hybrid Clover ygfii. _ 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July and August. Alsike or Swedish 

 Clovpr is a hybrid intermediate in growth and appearance between Red 

 and White Clovers. The blossoms are pinkish white. It is a perennial 

 and one of the hardiest of all Clovers, thriving particularly well in cool 

 and cold climates and stands freezing well, but also adapts itself to most 

 climates where Clovers grow, and will grow in moister soil than Red 

 Clover, in fact, has produced splendid crops under irrigation. The 

 plants attain a height of one to two feet; stems and leaves, though 

 smaller than those of Red Clover, are much more numerous, making 

 hay of fine texture. 



Alsike frequently produces good crops on soils on which Red Clover 

 will not grow. We strongly advise farmers to add 2 or 3 lbs. per acre 

 to their usual seeding of Red Clover and Timothy. Sow (if alone) 

 8 lbs. per acre; weight 60 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, 40c. per lb., $21.75 per bushel of 60 lbs., $35.00 per 100 lbs. 



DUTCH or 

 HONEYSUCKLE 



White Clover Trifoiim 



Perennial. _ Time of flowering, May to Sept. Height 6 in. (creeping). 



White Clover is a valuable addition to mixtures for permanent pastures, as it fur- 

 nishes considerable plant food to the other Grasses composing such mixtures. 



In mixtures for lawns White Clover is always used, as there is no plant more 

 suitable for the formation of a dense sward, and also to prevent the washing out of 

 soil during heavy rains. Sow (if alone) 8 lbs. per acre ; weight, per bushel, 60 lbs. 



Price, 80c. per lb.; $45.75 per bushel; $75.00 per 100 lbs. 



1924 WITNESSES THE COMPLETION OF OUR 78TH YEAR IN BUSINESS. FOUNDED IN 1847 BY PETER HENDERSON 



THE BUSINESS IS STILL CARRIED ON BY HIS SON AND GRANDSONS. 



