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HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 



FIELD CARROT f ? e r e s d t .S c g k 



LONG ORANGE IMPROVED. Of large size, fair specimens averaging 

 12 inches in length, with a diameter of 3 inches at the top. Color, 

 orange-red. Fed to milch cows it imparts to the butter a delicious 

 flavor and rich golden color. 



Price, 40c. per J4 lb.; $1.00 per lb. 



DANVERS. A handsome, cylindrical-shaped Carrot of good size and 

 stump-rooted. Under the best cultivation it has yielded from 25 to 

 30 tons per acre. (See engraving.) 



Price, 40c. per H lb.; $1.00- per lb. 



WHITE V0SGES. The heaviest-cropping field Carrot, producing 

 thick, shapely Carrots, which are easily harvested. They are used for 

 stock feeding. They grow clean and free from side roots. 



Price, 40c. per J 4 lb.; $1.00 per lb. 



LARGE WHITE BELGIAN. Exclusively grown for stock. 



Price, 40c. per M lb.; $1.00 per lb. 



LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN. Similar to above except in color. 



Price, 40c. per H lb.; ^$1.00 per lb. 



DOURA RURAL BRANCHING iMillo Maize, Sorghum Vulgare) 

 A wonderfully productive fodder plant that makes a great amount 



of foliage, and can be cut several times in the season. Plant 4 to 5 



lbs. to the acre. 



Price, 16c. per lb.; $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



DOURA YELLOW BRANCHING (.Yellow miu Maize) 



Earlier than the Rural Branching, and of taller growth, often attain- 

 ing a height of 9. to 12 feet, but it does not stool out quite as much 

 from the ground, although it branches out from the joints. 



Price, 16c. per lb.; $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



JERUSALEM CORN 



Grows about five feet high, and is one of the surest crops for dry 

 countries and seasons, having in the driest season in the past 15 years 

 in Kansas produced a crop, without irrigation, when, other forage 

 plants perished. Five pounds will plant an acre. 



Price, 18c. per lb.; $14.00 per 100 lbs. 



KAFFIR CORN 



WHITE. Excellent fodder plant, green or dried, and the grain is 

 valuable for feeding poultry, 4 to 6 feet. 

 Price, 14c. per lb.; $10.00 per 100 lbs. 



RED. Taller than white; leafy and juicy; grain good for poultrv. 

 Price, 14c. per lb.; $10.00 per 100 lbs. 



POP CORN 



Sow 4 lbs. per acre. The Pop Corns we offer are shelled. 

 WHITE PEARL. Smooth, large white grains. 

 Price, 14c. per lb.; $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



AMBER PEARL. Very early; 8 to 10-inch ears; amber-colored 

 kernels; popping white. 



Price, 14c. per lb.; $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



WHITE RICE, OR RAT TOOTH. Early; white-pointed kernels. 



Price, 14c. per lb.; $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



MILLET 



Millets though quite largely grown in some sections deserve greater recognition on account of their adaptability to soils, localities, and their 

 many uses. Their chief importance is as dry weather, summer catch crops, supplementing other early summer maturing crops, and of value to 

 succeed crops that fail, such as Corn, etc. Millets are also one of the best crops for planting on newly broken land — useful in certain kinds of 

 rotation, excellent for soiling. 



GOLDEN MILLET Northern Grown 



This variety is considerably larger than 

 Hungarian and yields a much heavier crop, 

 but is later and not so quick growing, con- 

 sequently cannot be sown much after the fourth 

 of July in this latitude. To maintain its heavy 

 cropping character, seed of this variety needs 

 to be speeiahY cultivated. 



Our seed is specially grown and selected, 

 and will produce nearly double the crop ob- 

 tained from seed not so grown. Sow one 

 bushel per acre. (See engraving.) 



Price, $3.00 per bushel of 50 lbs.; 10 bushels 

 and upwards, $2.90 per bushel. 



HUNGARIAN MILLET 



Is the quickest of catch crops for hay, and 

 as it may be sown any time during the summer 

 months up to the middle of August, it is in- 

 valuable for overcoming a shortage of the 

 regular hay crop, being fairly drought resistant. 



Sow 1 bushel per acre. 



Price, $3.50 per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10 bushels 

 and upwards, $3.40 per bushel. 



rKA n I i MIEEE 1 (Penniseium Spicatum) 



This has been cultivated in the Southern 

 States, under the names of African Cane, Egyp- 

 tian Millet, Cattail Millet and Horse Millet, 

 It grows with tropical luxuriance in strong, loamy 

 soil. Is not so hardy as the other varieties, and 

 succeeds best in latitudes south of New York. 

 Sow in drills, 5 to 6 lbs. per acre; if broadcast, 

 8 lbs. per acre. 



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



JAPANESE MILLET 



(Panicum Cruss-Galli Major) 

 Especially Valuable for the Northern and 

 New England States. The Best Recent Intro- 

 duction for the Silo and Cutting Green 



Entirely distinct from any other Millet, 

 grows tall and produces an enormous crop. It 

 grows 6 to 8 feet high, stands remarkably 

 well notwithstanding its great height, and yields 

 from 10 to 12 tons green fodder per acre. When 

 cured it makes an excellent quality of hay, 

 and its feeding value is far superior to Corn 

 fodder, and it is much relished by all kinds of 

 stock, whether green or cured. If to be made into 

 hay, cure as you would a heavy crop of Clover. 



This ensilage combination will certainly 

 become popular, and when generally used, as 

 we predict it will be, it will result in a saving 

 of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to 

 the dairymen and farmers of the United States. 

 This Millet does not endure drought well, 

 except it be sown early in retentive soil, and 

 it is not adapted to the climate, nor is it recom- 

 mended for the Southern States'; but north of 

 Washington, D. C, and especially for good, 

 rich soils, we confidently recommend its general 

 cultivation. It will produce a fair second 

 cutting, if sown early in May, and cut when in 

 blossom. It may be sown from the middle 

 of May to the 1st of July, broadcast, at the 

 rate of 15 lbs. per acre, but it is better to sow 

 it in drills, 12 to 18 inches apart, using 10 to 

 12 lbs. per acre, and hoed between the rows to 

 keep down all weeds until the plant attains 

 a height of 12 to 18 inches, when its rapid growth 

 will smother all weeds. 



Price, 15c. lb. ; 10 lbs., $1.25 ; 100 lbs., $10.00. 



An ideal ensilage mixture may be composed of two parts of Japanese Millet to one part of Soja Beans mixed when filling the silo. 



