HENDERSON'S TESTED FARM SEEDS 



SAND OR WINTER VETCH 



(VICIA VILLOSA) 



THE EARLIEST CROP FOR CUTTING OR PLOWING UNDER IN SPRING 

 A VALUABLE UPBUILDER FOR POOR OR IMPOVERISHED SOIL 



Sand or Winter Vetch is perfectly 

 hardy throughout the United States 

 remaining green all winter. It should 

 be sown during August and September 

 mixed with rye which serves as a sup- 

 port for the plants. When sown in 

 spring mix with oats or barley. 



It is ready for cutting a month 

 earlier than any other fall sown forage 

 plant, and a full crop may be taken off 

 before planting spring crops. As a 

 forage crop it is exceptionally valuable 

 especially in the Northern States where 

 Scarlet Clover winter kills. It is highly 

 nutritious, is eaten with relish and may 

 be safely fed to all kinds of stock. 



In the South and dry Western parts 

 of the country, it has proven valuable 

 as a hay crop, when sown in fall and 

 cut early in spring, before the droughts 

 set in. 



Sand or Winter Vetch will grow 

 even on barren soils, though of course 

 it will grow much more luxuriantly 

 on good soils. Being a legume, it 

 attracts atmospheric nitrogen, which 

 is stored in the soil. When grown 

 on new soils it will prove advantageous 

 to inoculate with Farmogerm. Sow 

 one bushel to the acre with one-half 

 bushel of rye. 



Price, 20c. lb.; $11.50 per bushel 

 of 60 lbs.; $18.00 per 100 lbs. 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE 



PROVIDES PERFECT PASTURE and is GREATLY RELISHED BY ALL STOCK 



INDISPENSABLE FOR SHEEP AND HOGS 



Sow in the North from April to end of August and in the South 



During September and October 



In the United States we have millions of acres of good land that annually lie idle or run to 

 weeds the latter part of the season, after the grain, potato and hay crops have been harvested, a 

 large portion of which might be made to produce one of the finest feeds imaginable, and in the 

 greatest abundance, at a time when cattle, sheep and hogs are roaming through bare pastures in 

 search of a scanty living. Under favorable conditions it is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle with- 

 in 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. 

 There are several varieties of Rape, but care should be taken to procure the DWARF ESSEX, or English, 

 as it is sometimes called, which does not seed the same season as sown, unless in some exceptional cases, 

 as when sown too early and the young plant is touched by frost. In northern States it should be sown 

 from April to end of August for fall pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown 

 in the Southern States until September or October for winter pasture. In the latitude of New York it 

 should be sown in April, or in July or August. 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. At the Michigan 

 Experiment Station 128 lambs were pastured for eight weeks on 15 acres of Rape sown in July, and showed 

 a gain of 2,890 lbs., or at the rate of 3 lbs. per lamb each week. Even so far South as Alabama it has 

 proved a boon to the farmer. In a recent bulletin published by the Alabama Experiment Station they 

 state: "Quality of product good for both hogs and cattle. The growth was enormous. By repeated 

 sowings it will and did carry more hogs through our dry, hot summers than four times the amount of 

 land planted in anything else ever grown here. I would recommend it to all Southern farmers." To 

 secure the best results, the Rape should be sown in drills. Sow 4 lbs. per acre broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per 

 acre on drills. 



Price, 20c. per lb.; $7.50 per bushel of 50 lbs.; 100 lbs., $14.00. 



