HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 1935 



INDEX AND QUANTITIES TO SOW PER ACRE 



Agrostis tenuis 



" stolonifera 



" palustris 



Alfalfa 



Alsike, Hybrid or Swedish 



Clover 



Andropogon sorghum var. 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum . 



Astoria Bent 



Avena elatior 



Awnless Brome Grass .... 



Barley (Sow broadcast, 



125 lbs.) 



Beans, Soja 



Beet, Sugar 



Beggar Weed 



Bent Grass 



Bermuda Grass 



Bokhara Clover 



Brassiea Napus 



Bromus Inermis 



Broom Corn 



Buckwheat 



Canada Blue Grass 



Carrots 



Clovers 



" Permanent (Mixed). 



Colonial Bent 



Corn, Dent 



" Flint 



Fodder P. ■ 



Cow Grass 



Cow Peas 



Creeping Bent or Fiorin . . 



Creeping Red Fescue 



Crested Dog's Tail. 



Crimson or Carnation 



Clover 



Cynodon dactylon 



Cynosurus cristatus 



Dactylis glomerata 



Desmodium tortuosum. . . 



Domestic Rye Grass 



Doura or Durra 



English Blue Grass 



" or Perennial Rye 

 Grass 



Fertilizers 



Fescue, Che wings 



Festuca duriuscula 



elatior 



heterophylla 



ovina 



" tenuifolia. . 



pratensis 



" rubra 



Fine Leaved Sheep's Fes- 

 cue 



Fiorin 



Garawi Grass 



Glycine hispida 



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Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



30 lbs. 



30 to 40 lbs. 



8 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 



30 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



20 to 25 lbs. 



100 lbs. drilled 



50 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



10 to 25 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



2 to 4 lbs. 



20 to 25 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 



40 lbs. 



60 lbs. 

 4 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



8 to 10 qts. 



8 to 10 qts. 



) Broadcast, 2 bu. 



I Drilled, 1 bu. 



12 lbs. 



100 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



40 lbs. 



15 lbs. 



10 to 25 lbs. 



40 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



4 to 5 lbs. 



75 lbs. 



75 lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



15 to 20 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



Grasses, Hay and Perma- 

 nent Pasture .... 

 Permanent Hay 



Mixtures 



Permanent Pas- 

 ture Mixtures . . 

 Permanent Pas- 

 ture Clover, for 



above 



Renovating Mix- 

 ture 



" various 



Woodland Pas- 

 tures 



Grimm Alfalfa 



Hard Fescue 



Herd's Grass of the South . 



" " " North. 



Hungarian Grass 



Italian Rye Grass 



Japan Clover 



June Clover 



Grass 



Kaffir Corn 



Kentucky Blue Grass .... 

 Korean Lespedeza 



Lespedeza striata 



Lolium italicum 



perenne 



Lucerne 



Mammoth or Pea Vine 

 Clover 



Mangels 



Meadow Fescue 



Medicago sativa 



Melilotus alba 



Millet, Golden German 

 and Hungarian. . . 

 Japanese (in drills, 

 10 lbs. per acre) . . . 

 Pearl, Egyptian, 

 Cat-Tail or Horse 



Millet 



Milo Maize 



New Zealand Fescue 



Oats 



Orchard Grass 



Pacey's' Perennial Rye 

 Grass 



Panicum crus-galli 



Pasture grasses 



Pea Vine Clover 



Peas, Cow 



" Field 



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Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



40 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 



10 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 



40 lbs. 

 30 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



30 lbs. 



25 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



14 lbs. 

 12 to 14 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 



15 lbs. 



14 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



75 lbs. 



30 to 40 lbs. 



12 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



30 to 40 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



Broadcast, 15 lbs. 



f Drills, 5 to 6 lbs. 



\ Broadcast, 8 lbs. 



4 to 5 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



3 bushels 



60 



lbs. 



75 



lbs. 



15 



lbs. 



40 



lbs. 



12 



lbs. 



100 



lbs. 



150 



lbs. 



Pennisetum spicatum . . 

 Perennial Red Clover . . 

 Phleum pratense ...... 



Poa compressa 



" nemoralis 



" pratensis 



" trivialis 



Potatoes 



Rape, English 



Reana luxurians 



Red Clover (Common or 



June Clover) 



Red Fescue 



Red Top Fancy (Herd's 



Grass of the South) . . 



Rhode Island Bent 



Rough Stalked Meadow 



Grass 



Ruta Baga 



Rye 



Seaside Bent 



Scarlet Clover 



Sheep's Fescue 



Smooth Stalked Meadow 



Grass 



Soja Bean or Soy Bean . . . 



Sorghums 



Sudan Grass 



Sugar Beet 



Sugar Cane 



Sunflower 



Swedish Clover 



Sweet Clover 



Sweet Vernal 



Tall Meadow Fescue 



" Oat Grass . . 



Tares 



Teosinte 



Timothy or Herd's Grass 



of the North 



Tobacco 



Trif olium hybridum 



incarnatum .... 



pratense 



" perenne 



repens 



Turnips 



Ruta Baga, Rus- 

 sian or Swedish. . . 



Various Leaved Fescue . . . 

 Vetch, Sand, Winter or 



Hairy 



Spring (Tares) .... 



Vicia sativa 



Vicia villosa 



Vigna catjang 



Wheat 



White or Dutch Clover . . . 

 Wood Meadow Grass 



Yarrow 



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Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



8 lbs. 

 12 lbs. 

 25 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 10 to 12 bushels 



2 to 4 lbs. 

 6 to 8 lbs. 



12 to 14 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



30 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 2 to 3 lbs. 

 XVi bushels 



50 lbs. 

 15 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



15 to 20 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



4 lbs. 



8 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



30 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



100 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



25 to 35 lbs. 



8 lbs. 

 15 lbs. 

 12 to 14 lbs. 

 12 lbs. 

 8 lbs. 

 2 to 3 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



60 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 



IK bushels 

 . 8 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



"* 15 lbs. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



(C) 1935 bij Peter Henderson & Co.', New York, N. Y. 



