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BD PETER HENDERSON &CO., 
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PEAS FOR FODDER AND GREEN MANURING. 
““Peas could be made to bring more 
nitrogen to the soils of this country every 
year than ts now purchased annually by 
the farmers at a cost of millions of dol- | 
lars.’’—Yearbook of the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
For the Northern States there is no 
crop of greater value than Field Peas 
and none is more neglected, which can 
only be attributed to a lack of knowl- 
edge as to its merits. Whether for fod- 
der, in mixture with oats, sown at the 
rate of two bushels each per acre, or 
the Peas sown alone at the rate of three 
bushels per acre for plowing under, 
there is no crop that we can so strongly 
recommend for more extended culture. 
Like all leguminous crops, Peas have 
the power of extracting nitrogen from 
the air, and the soil from which a crop 
of Peas has been harvested is richer in 
nitrogen than before the Peas were 
sown upon it, and there is no kind of 
live stock on the farm to which Peas 
and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with 
positive advantage. The Canada va- 
rieties and Marrowfat should be 
sown early in spring, but Cow Peas 
are more tender and should not be @ 
sown until corn-planting time. Cow fg 
Peas, being of very rapid growth 
during the warm weather, can be 
sown as late as the middle of July 
with reasonable assurance of a profita- 
ble crop, either for harvesting or plow- 
ing under. (See cut.) 
HENDERSON’S FIELD PEAS FOR FODDER. 
COW PEAS. 
One of the most valuable of the legu- 
minous crops, and as a soil improver 
} can be sown in the spring or summer 
and plowed under in the fall. They 
have no superior, especially for light 
soils. Their capacity for gathering 
nitrogen from the air is not surpassed 
by the clovers, and enables the farmer 
to dispense with buying that most costly 
ingredient for commercial fertilizers— 
nitrogen. Valuable for green forage or 
hey crop. 
BLACK-EYED COW PEAS. Anex- 
| cellent early sort and valuable asa soil 
improver and also as a forage crop, 
yielding a large amount of rich, nutri- 
tious food. $2.70 per bushel of 60 lbs. ; 
} 10-bushel lots, $2.60 bushel. 
BLACK COW PEAS. Earlier than 
the Black Eye, but the yield is only 
medium. $2.50 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 
10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 
+o CANADA WHITE PEAS. For fodder 
Ras i) sow with oats at the rate of 2 bushels 
{ per acre; if alone, 3 bushels per acre. 
60c. peck, $2.00 bushel of 60 lbs.; 10- 
bushel lots, $1.90 bushel. 
CANADA BLUE PEAS. /70c. peck, 
$2.50 bushel of 60 1lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 
$2.40 bushel. 
LARGE MARROWFAT PEAS. Of 
immense growth, yield heavily both 
grain and fodder, and we consider them 
the best of the Field Peas, whether for 
growing alone or in mixture with oats 
or barley. $2.90 bushel of 60 1bs.; 10- 
bushel lots, $2.80 bushel. 
MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 
If by mail in quantities of half pound and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 cents per pound. 
ARTICHOKES, JERUSALEM. Strong tubers. A hardy 
perennial, forming roots like a potato, making excellent feed for 
stock, especially for hogs. 20c. quart, $1.00 peck, $3.00 bushel. 
AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH. (Alriplex semibaccatum.) A 
valuable forage plant recently introduced and highly recom- 
mended for growing on alkali soils and in sections subject to 
protracted droughts. Experiments have proven that it will 
grow on soils where nothing else will grow. It is nutritious 
and readily eaten by all kinds of live stock. One pound of 
seed is sufficient for an acre. The best plan is to sow the seed 
in well-prepared garden soil and the seedlings, when 2 or 3 
inches high, planted 6 or 8 feet apart. 15c. oz., $1.25 1b. 
VELVET BEAN. A leguminous plant which grows an enor- 
mous crop, but is very late, and is valuable only in the South- 
ern States and tropical countries. Specially desirable for 
plowing under in orange groves and sugar plantations. $1.00 
peck, $3.25 bushel. 
BURLINGAME MEDIUM BEAN. A little smaller in the 
grain than the ordinary medium beans, but is whiter and far 
handsomer in appearance. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 
IMPROVED RED KIDNEY BEAN. Much more prolific than 
the ordinary Red Kidney. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 
WHITE MARROW or NAVY BEAN. The variety so exten- 
sively grown for sale in the dry state. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 
BOSTON SMALL PEA BEAN. A desirable variety to grow, 
being early, hardy and prolific. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 
FIELD LUPINS. May be sown from April to July, and suc- 
ceed well on the poorest soil; are particularly valuable for 
plowing under on poor, sandy soils. 15c. 1b., $12.00 per 100 lbs. 
SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Highly valued as 
an excellent and cheap food for fowl. It is the best EGG-PRO- 
DUCING FOOD known. Itcan be raised cheaper than corn. 
Four quarts of seed will plant one acre. 10c.1b.,$1.50 bushel, 
$6.00 per 100 Ibs. 
FLAX SEED. 25c. quart, by mail, 40c. ; $4.00 bushel. 
SAINFOIN. An excellent fodder plant, particularly for 
light, dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone or chalky soils. 12c. 
1b., $10.00 per 100 lbs. 
SPRING VETCHES, or TARES. (Vicia sativa.) A species 
of the Pea, grown for stock, and often mixed with oats for 
soiling. Sown broadcast at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels per acre. 
10c. 1b., $3.25 bushel of 60 1bs.; 10-bushel lots, $3.15 bushel. 
WILD RICE. (Zzzania aquatica.) It succeeds best when 
sown in the fall broadcast, from a boat, in 2 to 3 feet of water 
having a mud bottom, but it can be sown inthespring. Before 
sowing soak in water for 24 hours. As an attraction for wild 
fowl it cannot be equalled. 25c. 1b., $18.00 per 100 lbs. 
on Subjects in 
Worter Advice Free concave Preparation and Maintenance of Grass Lands, 
FORAGE CROPS, SOILING, 
ROTATION, SILOS, ETC. 
