PETER HENDERSON A. CO., I\EW YORK 



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PEAS FOR FODDER fl(lD GREEH UAHURIHG. 



"■Peas could be made to bring vwre 

 nitrogen to the soils of this country every 

 year than is 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 

 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.) 



COW PEflS. 



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 dispensewith buying that most costly 

 ingredient for commercial fertilizers — 

 nitrogen. Valuable for green forage or 

 hay crop. 



BLACK-EYED COW PEAS. An ex- 

 cellent early sort and valuable as a soil 

 improver and also as a forage crop, 

 yielding a large amount of rich, nutri- 

 tious food. $2.90 per bushel of 60 lbs. ; 

 10-bushel lots, $2.80 bushel. 



BLACK COW PEAS. Earlier than 

 the Black Eye, but the yield is only 

 medium. $2.80 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 

 10-bushel lots, $2.70 per bushel. 



CANADA WHITE PEAS. For fodder 

 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 lbs. ; 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 P'ield Peas, whether for 

 growing alone or in mixture with oats 

 or barley. $3.00 bushel of 60 lbs. ; 10- 

 bushel lots, $2.90 bushel. 



JVLISCEIiliflrlEOUS AGJ^ICUllTUf^AIi 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. (Atriple.v 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. 20c. oz., $1.50 lb. 



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. $1.00 peck, $3.25 bushel. 



A desirable variety to grow, 

 11.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 



BOSTON SMALL PEA BEAN. 



being early, hardy and prolific. 



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. lb., $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. It can be raised cheaper than corn. 

 Four quarts of seed will plant one acre. 10c. lb., $1.50 bushel, 

 $6.00 per 100 lbs. 



FLAX SEED. 25c. quart, by mail, 40c. ; $4.00 bushel. 



SAINFOIN. An excellent fodder plant, particularl3' for 

 light, dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone or chalky soils. 12c. 

 lb., $10.00 per 100 lbs. 



SPRING VETCHES, or TARES. {Vicia saliva.) 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. lb., $2.75 bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.65 bushel. 



WILD RICE. (Zizania 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 in the spring. As an 

 attraction for wild fowl it cannot be equalled. 25c lb., $18.00 

 per 100 lbs. 



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