HENDERSON'S 



American Farmers' Manual 



I K| |"*\ C" V and Table of Quantities 

 ■' ftiA required per Acre. 



Agrostis stolonifera — See Creeping Bent 



canina — See R. I. Bent 



" vulgaris — See Red Top 



Fancy 



Alopecurus pratensis — See Meadow Foxtail 



Anthoxanthuru odoratum — See Sweet Vernal, peren.. 



Avena flavescens— See Yellow Oat Grass 



elatior— See Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



Arrhenatherum avenaceum — See Tall Meadow Oat 



Grass 



Awnless Brome Grass 



Alsike or Hvbrid Clover 



Alfalfa Clover 



Artichokes 



Australian Salt Bush 



Beet Sugar 



Bermuda Grass 



Broraus inermis— See Awnless Brome Grass 



Bokhara Clover 



Broom Corn 



Buckwheat 



Barley (Sow broadcast, 2 to 2V& bushels). 



Beans, Field 



Cynodon dactylon— See Bermuda Grass 



Creeping Bent or Fiorin 



Crested Dog's Tail 



Cynosurus cristatus— See Crested Dog's Tail.. 



Clovers 



Cow Grass — See Mammoth Bed Clover 



Crimson or Carnation — See Scarlet Clover 



Corn, Dent and Flint 



" Fodder 



•' Pop 



Carrots 



Cotton 



Dactylis ; 

 Douras... 



;!omerata — See Orchard Grass . 



English Blue Grass — See Meadow Fescue.. 



or Perennial Rye Grass 



Ensilage Combination 



Festuca elatior — See Tall Meadow Fescue 



heterophylla — See Various Leaved Fescue 



" ovina — See Sheep's Fescue 



tenuifolia — See Fine Leaved Sheep's 



Fescue 



" pratensis — See Meadow Fescue 



rubra — See Red Fescue 



duriuscula — See Hard Fescue 



Fine Leaved Sheep's Fescue 



Flax Seed 



Fiorin — 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 



Kaffir Corn 



Kentucky Blue Grass.. 



Lupins 



Lolium italicum — See Italian Rye Grass.. 



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Sow (ifalone 

 per Acre 



2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 3 bushels. 



20 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 3M> bushels. 



3 bushels. 



4 to 5 bushels. 



4 to 5 bushels. 

 35 lbs. 

 8 lbs. 

 20 lbs. 

 8 to 10 bushels. 

 2 lbs, 



6 to 8 lbs. 



8 lbs. 



35 lbs. 



10 lbs. 

 S to 10 lbs. 



1 bushel. 

 IVa to 2 bu. drilled 



1 bushel drilled. 



8 lbs. 



2 bushels. 

 1 Vz bushels. 

 1% bushels. 

 8 to 14 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



14 lbs. 



8 to 10 qts. 



t Broadcast, 2 bu 



/ Drilled, 1 bu. 



6 to S qts. 



4 lbs. 



3 bus'iels. 

 8 to 10 lbs. 



2% bushels. 

 2!/;> to 3 bushels. 



2I2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 1V-2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 2V2 bushels. 

 2'2 bushels. 

 2% bushels. 



3 bushels. 

 %to % bushel. 



2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



10 lbs. 

 1 bushel. 



3 bushels. 



8 to 12 qts. 



J /2 to 1 bushel. 



'2V-2 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



14 lbs. 



1 bushel. 



8 to 10 lbs. 

 2 to 3 bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 

 3 bushelB. 



NDEX 



and Table of Quantities 

 required per Acre. 



Lolium perenne — See English Rye Grass 



Lucerne — See Alfalfa 



Lespedeza striata — See Japan Clover 



Meadow Foxtail 



" Fescue 



Mammoth or Pea Vine Clover 



Medicago sativa — See Alfalfa 



Millo Sfaize— 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 



Onobryehis sativa — See Sainfoin 



Orchard Grass 



Oats ._. 



Poa nemoralis — See Wood Meadow Grass 



pratensis— See Kentucky Blue 



" trivialis — See Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 



arachnifera— See Texas Blue Grass 



I'hleum pratense — See Timothy 



Potatoes 



Peas, Field 



" Cow 



Pea Vine Clover — See Mammoth Clover 



Perennial Red Clover — See Mammoth Clover 



Red Top 



" Fancy 



Rhode Island Bent 



Red or Creeping Fescue 



Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 



Red Clover (Common or June Clover) 



Keanaluxurians— See Teosinte 



Rye .": 



Root Crops 



Rut a Baga 



Rape, English 



Sorghum Halnpense — See Johnson Grass 



Sweet Vernal — true perennial 



Sheep's Fescue 



Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass — See Kentucky Blu 



Sweet Clover — See Bokhara Clover 



Scarlet Clover 



Sainfoin 



Sorghums 



Sugar Beet 



Sugar Canes 



Sunflower 



Swedish Clover — See Alsike 



Texas Blue Grass 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



•' " Fescue .' 



Timothy or Herd's Grass of 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 aquatiea — See Wild Rice 



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Sow i if alone* 

 per Acre 



2' 2 to 3 bushels. 

 20 lbs. 

 14 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 2' 2 bushels. 

 10 to 12 lbs. 



20 lbs. 



S to 10 lbs. 



'; to 1 bushel. 



I Drills, 5 to 6 lbs. 



i Broadcast. S lbs. 



Broadcast. 15 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 3 bushels. 

 3 bushels. 



2 bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 

 1 Vi bushels. 



6 lbs. 



10 to 16 qts. 



12 to 14 bushels. 



3 bushels. 



2 bushels. 

 10 to 12 lbs. 

 10 to 12 lbs. 



3 bushels. 

 20 lbs. 



3 bushels. 

 2% bushels. 

 1% bushels. 

 1 to 1 2 lbs. 

 6 to 8 lbs. 

 114 bushels. 



2 to 3 lbs. 

 2 to 4 lbs. 



1 bushel. 



3 a 2 bushels. 

 2M> bushels. 



2 to 3 bushels. 



10 lbs. 

 14 lbs. 



3 to 4 bushels. 

 S to 10 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 



4 qts. 



8 ll.s. 



6 lbs. 



4 to 5 bushels. 

 2'/> bushels. 



10 to 16 qts. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



8 lbs. 



14 lbs. 



8 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



2 bushels. 



1 bushel. 



3 bushels. 



2 bushels. 

 8 lbs. 



l'i bushels. 



3 bushels. 



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