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HEHBERSOBS'S TESTED FARM SEEDS 



MARQUIS— Spring Wheat 



This famous variety is of Canadian origin and was bred by 

 crossing Red Fife and Hard Calcutta, an acclimated Wheat 

 from India. It retains the frost-resisting qualities of 

 Red Fife and also the extreme earliness of Hard 

 Calcutta. It attracted great attention in America 

 at the New York Grain Exposition in 1911, when 

 it was awarded the $1,000 prize given by Sir 

 Thomas Shaughnessy for the best Wheat in 

 America. Marquis Wheat is almost ten days 

 earlier than any other variety and matures 

 — as several farmers put it — in time to avoid 

 rust, smut, or drought, As to product- 

 iveness many growers report 52 and more 

 bushels per acre, but a five year average 

 at Brandon Experiment Station was found 

 to be 44 bushels per acre. Milling tests 

 show that this Wheat contains a greater 

 quantity of gluten, is a better color, 

 shows greater absorption, and is heavier 

 in weight per bushel than any other 

 Spring Wheat. Our stock was raised in 

 the far North, and is early, hardy and 

 productive. We strongly recommend 

 our customers to try Marquis Wheat 

 this year. {See engraving). 



Price, bushel (60 lbs.), $5.00; 

 10-bushel lots @ 54.90. 



MARQUIS WHEAT IN 

 NEW YORK STATE 



"We sowed the Marouis 

 Wheat which we pur- 

 chased from you last 

 year, rather late in 

 May. This Wheat 

 was sown on clay loam 

 and did not receive any 

 specialipttenUon, except 

 that the soil was put 

 in a good state ofcul- 

 ticatioa at the time of 

 seeding. The field of 

 40 acres yielded ■','■' K i 

 bushels per acre, of 

 good plump grain, 

 measured when it was 

 thoroughly dry." 



C. E. HAMILTON, 

 Mac Heart's Delight Farm. 

 Chazy, Clinton Co., A". Y. 



The Earliest 

 The Most 



Productive 



The Highest 



in Quality 



Pedigreed BLUE STEM Spring Wheat 



A Good Variety to Sow Along with Pasture Grasses 



Pedigreed Blue Stem is quite distinct from all other Spring Wheats, 

 having when green a pronounced blue bloom on it, hence the name. 

 When ripe the straw is a beautiful golden yellow color. This variety is 

 remarkably free from rust, is very productive, has a hard kernel and 

 there is a total absence of beard. Its milling qualities are of the best. 



Price, bushel (60 lbs.), $5.00; 10-bushel lots @ $4.90. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR SEED WHEAT is not only grown 

 especially for seed purposes from choicest selected cross-bred and pedigree 

 strains, but it is all recleaned at our warehouses (750,000 bushels capacity) 

 which are equipped with the most modern seed-cleaning machinery in 

 America. This enables us to supply direct to the farmer plump and heavy 

 seed, of undoubted superiority, at loicest possible prices, where quality 

 -is considered. Often through pressure of other work, the seeding of WinU r 

 Wheat is neglected until too late and is either not sown at all or results 

 in failure. With the two varieties of Spring Wheat here offered, this diffi- 

 culty can be overcome by Spring sowing. They are the best of the Spring 

 Wheats, yield well, and the milling quality of the grain surpasses even the 

 best of the Wi?iter varieties. Spring Wheat is also a satisfactory crop to 

 sow along with Grass seed. 



The prices herein named are those ruling at this date (February, 1919) 

 for the crop of 1918 but they are subject to ?narket fluctuations. Delivery 

 f.o.b. New York, bags extra. Special quotations to large buyers. 



Henderson's SUPERIOR WINTER SEED WHEAT 



For illustrations and descriptions of varieties see "Henderson's Fall 

 Wheat Circular" issued in September. We offer the following varieties: 

 Jone's St. Louis Grand Prize Jone's Red Wave 



Clawson Longberry Early Red Chief 



Silver Sheaf Longberry Red Rural New Yorker 



Pride of Genesee Gold Coin, etc., etc. 



We can also take orders now for delivery from the harvest of 1918 

 at prices ruling at time of shipment. 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED RYE 



The Hardiest and Earliest Grain Crop Grown 



Rye is a valuable crop for either soiling, green fodder, straw or grain. 

 It is largely used by farmers to seed down with in the fall, and is con- 

 sidered preferable to Wheat for this purpose, as it protects the young 

 grass and matures two weeks earlier in the summer than Wheat. It is 

 also extensively used for fall pasture when sown early and for cutting 

 green in late spring and early summer, but when wanted for cutting it 

 is best sown with the Sand or Winter Vetch. (Described on page 14.) 



On light sandy soils where other cereal crops would be a failure, rye 

 can be depended upon to produce fair returns. Because of its great 

 hardiness and ability to grow upon poor land, rye is the best crop to 

 plow under to increase the humus in the soil; but this must be done 

 early in the spring before the rye has made much growth, otherwise it 

 would exhaust the moisture in the soil, to the detriment of succeeding 

 crops. A field of rye which has made good growth in the fall is often 

 pastured with cattle or sheep for a time, and also in the spring moder- 

 ately. The stock is then removed and the rye allowed to ripen. Rye 

 is the only cereal crop, which may be thus treated without great injury. 

 Sow (if alone) from 1 ] : 2 bushels to 2Vi bushels per acre. 



Henderson's SELECTED SPRING RYE 



A variety produced by planting AVinter Rye in the spring for several 

 years, and selecting the seed until the type was fixed. It is an excellent 

 "catch crop" where fall-sown grain has been winter-killed, and also 

 for fodder and grain. 



Price, $4.50 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $4.40 per bushel. 



WINTER RYE 



For winter varieties see our Fall Wheat and Grain Circular issued 

 post free in September. We offer the following varieties: 

 Henderson's New Invincible Giant Winter 



Thousandfold Winter Excelsior Winter — and Winter 



We can take orders at any time at prices ruling at time of shipment. 



