Henderson's American Farmers' Manual for 1903. 



IN DFX ^"'^ Table of Quantities 

 ' ' ' l-^L_/\ Required per Acre 



Agrostis stolouifera— See Creepins Bent 



" caDina — See R. I. Bent 



vulgaris — See Red Top 



" " Fancy 



Alopecurus pratensis— See Jleadow Foxtail 



Anthoxanthum odoratuni — See Sweet Vernal, peren.. 



Areua flavescens-See Yellow Oat Grass 



elatioi-— See Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



Arrhenatherum avenaceum — See Tall Meadow Oat 



Grass 



Awnless Broiue Grass 



Alsike or Hybrid Clover 



Alfalfa Clover 



Artichokes 



Australian Salt Bush 



Barley (Sow broadcast, 2 to '2Ms bushels). 



Beet Sugar 



Bermuda Grass 



Bromus inerniis — See Awnless Brome Grass 



Bokhara Clover 



Broom Corn 



Buckwheat 



Beans, Field 



Cynodon dactylon — See Bermuda Grass 



Creeping Bent or Florin 



Crested Dog's Tail 



Cynosurus cristatus— See Crested Dog's Tail., 



Clovers 



Cow Grass— See Mammoth Red Clover 



Crimson or Carnation — See Scarlet Clover 



Corn, Dent and Flint 



Fodder. 



'• Pop.. 



Carrots 



Cotton 



Dactylis glomerata— See Orchard Grass.. 

 Douras 



English Blue Grass — See Meadow Fescue., 

 or Perennial Rye Grass 



Festucaelatior — See Tall Meadow Fescue 



heterophylla — See Various Leaved Fescue.... 



ovina — See Sheep's Fescue 



" " tenuifolia — See Fine L>eaved Sheep': 



Fescue 



" pratensis — See Meadow Fescue 



rubra — See Red Fescue 



" duriuscula — See Hard Fescue 



Fine Leaved Sheep's Fescue 



Flax Seed 



Florin — See Creeping Bent 



Grasses, various 



Permanent Pasture Mixtures 



" " " Clover, for above.. 



" Renovating Mixture 



for the South 



Herd's Grass (of the South)— See Red Top 



'■ (of the North)— See Timothy 



Hungarian Grass — See Hungarian Millet 



Hard Fescue 



Italian Rye Grass.. 



June Grass— See Kentucky Blue.. 



" Clover — See Red Clover 



Japan Clover 



Johnson Grass 



Jerusalem Corn 



Kaffir Corn 



Kentucky Blue Grass.. 



Lupins 



Lolium itiilicum — See Italian Rye Grass.. 

 Lolium perenne — See English Rye Grass., 



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Sow < if alone) 

 per Acre 



2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 3 bushels. 



20 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 31/0 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



4 to 5 bushels. 



4 to 5 bushels. 

 35 lbs. 

 Slbs. 

 20 lbs. 

 8 to 10 bushels. 

 2 lbs. 



IV2 to 2 bu. drilled 



6 to 8 lbs. 



8 lbs. 



35 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 



1 bushel. 



1 bushel drilled. 



Slbs. 



2 bushels. 

 I'i bushels. 

 1 1/2 bushels. 



10 to 121bs. 



14 lbs. 



8 to 10 ([ts. 



J Broadcast, 2 bu. 



1 Drilled, 1 bu. 



6 to 8 qts. 



4 lbs. 



15 lbs. 



3 bushels. 

 8 to 10 Ills. 



214 bushels. 

 211. to 3 bushels. 



21/2 bushels. 

 3 bushels. 

 21/2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 21/2 bushels. 

 2V2 bushels. 

 21/2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 '/2 to % bushel. 



2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



10 lbs. 

 1 bushel. 



3 bushels. 



8 to 12 qts. 



% to 1 bushel. 



•2V2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



14 lbs. 



1 bushel. 



5 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 

 2 to 3 liushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



2V2 to 3 bushels. 



I M n F X ^"^ Table of Quantities 

 I IN L^Q/\ Required per Acre 



Lucerne — See Alfalfa 



Lespedeza striata — See Japan Clover 



Meadow Foxtail 



Fe.scue _ 



Mammoth or Pea Vine Clover 



.Medicago sativa — See Alfalfa 



Millo Maize — See Douras 



Millet, German and Hungarian 



Pearl, Egyptian, Cat-Tail or Horse Millet 



Japanese (in drills. 10 lbs. per acre) 



Mangels 



Melilotus alba— See Bokhara Clover 



Onobrydiis sativa — See .Sainfoin 



Orchard Grass 



Oats 



Parsnip 



Poa nemoralis — See Wood Meadow Grass 



" pratensis — See Kentucky Blue 



" trivialis — See Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 



" arachnifera— See Texas Blue Grass 



Phleiim jjratense — See Timothy 



Potatoes 



Peas, Field 



Cow 



Pea Vine Clover — See Mammoth Clover 



Perennial Red Clover — See Mammoth Clover 



Rape. English 



Red Top 



" Fancy 



Rhode Island Bent 



Reil or Creeping Fe.scue 



Rough Stalked .Meadow Grass 



Red Clover (Common or June Clover) 



Reana luxurians — See Teosinte 



Rye 



Root Crops 



Ruta Baga 



Sorghum Halapense — See Johnson Grass 



Sweet Vernal — true perennial 



Sheep's Fescue 



Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass— See Kentucky Bine 



Sweet Clover — See Bokhara Clover 



Scarlet Clover 



Sainfoin 



Sorghums 



Sugar Beet 



Sugar Canes 



Sunflower 



Swedish Clover — See Alsike 



Soja Bean 



Texas Blue Gra.ss 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



Fescue 



Timothy or Herd's Grassof the North 



Trifolium pratense — See Red Clover 



perenne — See Mammoth Clover. 



repens — See White Clover 



incarnatum — See Scarlet Clover 



" hybridum— See Alsike Clover 



Teosinte 



Turnips 



Ruta Baga, Russian or Swedish 



Vetch, Spring (Tares) 



" Sand or Winter 



Various Leaved Fescue 



Wood Meadow Grass 



White or Dutch Clover 



Wheat 



Wild Rice 



Yellow Oat Grass 



Zizania aquatica— See Wild Rice 



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Sow I if alone) 

 per Acre 



20 lbs. 

 14 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 2V2 bushels. 

 10 to 12 lbs. 



20 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 



1/2 to 1 bushel. 



j Drills, 5 to 6 lbs. 



1 Broadcast, 8 lbs. 



Broadcast, 15 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 3 busliels. 

 3 bu.shels. 



6 lbs. 



2 bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 

 IVa bushels. 



6 lbs. 



10 to 16 qts. 



12 to 14 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 2 bushels. 



10 to 12 lbs. 

 10 to 12 lbs. 



2 to 4 lbs. 



3 bushels. 

 20 lbs. 



3 bushels. 

 2I2 bushels. 

 IV2 bushels. 

 10 to 12 lbs. 

 6 to 8 lbs. 

 IV2 bushels. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



1 bushel. 

 31 2 bushels. 

 2I2 bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 



10 lbs. 

 14 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 8 to 10 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 



4 qts. 



8 lbs. 



% bushel. 



6 lbs. 



4 to 5 bushels. 

 2Vi bushels. 



10 to 16 qts. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



Slbs. 



14 lbs. 



Slbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



2 bushels. 



1 bushel. 



3 bushels. 



2 bushels. 

 Slbs. 



IV2 bu.shels. 



3 bushels. 



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should be made either in the form of a P. O. Money Order, 

 Express RIoney Order, Bank Draft, Express Purchasing Order 

 or Registered Letter. 



Farm Seeds we do not deliver free, but make no charge for 

 packing boxes, barrels or cartage of goods to any railroad 

 station, steamship line or express office in New Yorli Citj'. 

 Consignee pays the transit charges. Cloth bags we charge 



12c. ; 1 bush. 



1 peck, 10c. ; '2 bush, 

 excepting for Timothy and Clover, 



in tin- 



for, but only at cost, viz. : 

 15c.; 2 bush., 20c. 



All Grass Seed Bags 

 we furnish free. 



SPECIAL PACKING for FOREIGN SHIPMENTS, 

 lined cases or double sacks, charged for at cost. 



SPECIAL QUOTATIONS given to buyers of large quan- 

 tities. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or anj' 

 other matter of an}' Seeds, Bulbs or Plants thej' send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the 

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