HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 1940 



Read Before Ordering — This Catalogue Cancels All Previous Quotations 



The Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges on Farm Seeds Except Where Noted. 

 Prices are Subject to Change Without Notice. 



About Forwarding and Remitting — Remittances should be 

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

 Bank Draft, Express Purchasing Order or Registered Letter. 



When Shipped by Freight We Deliver Potatoes in good con- 

 dition, into the hands of transportation companies; our responsibility 

 ceases there. Consignee then assumes all risks of heating, freezing 

 and delays. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING, boxes, cases or 

 barrels. Cloth bags ire charge for, viz.: 1 peck, 10c, J4 bushel, 15c; 

 1 bushel. 20c; 2 bushels, 35c Burlap bags, 1 peck, 10c; j.i bushel, 

 12c; 1 bushel, 15c; 2 bushels, 20c; 4 bushels, 25c; 6 bushels. 30c; 

 8 bushels, 40c No charge for bags with lawn grass mixtures. Special 

 packing of seeds for foreign shipments, when necessary, in tin-lined 

 cases or double sacks, we charge for at cost. 



Accounts — We will be pleased to open charge accounts for the con- 

 venience of our customers. Kindly furnish trade references. 



FARM MANAGER S — We have always on hand applications by 

 competent men for positions as farm and estate managers, men who 

 have been trained in the business and are well posted on agriculture 

 generally, also the raising and care of live stock. We will be very 

 pleased to enter into correspondence with those who require the ser- 

 vices of such. We make no charge for this service, either to employer 

 or employee. 



ARE FARMERS OF EXPERIENCE know that success depends 

 largely on weather conditions and proper cultivation, so in accordance 

 with the universal custom of the seed trade, PETER HENDERSON 

 & CO., gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, 

 productiveness, or any other matter, of any Seeds, Bulbs, Roots or 

 Plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible 

 for the crop. 



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 



Brassica Napus 



Bromus Inermis 



Broom Corn 



Buckwheat 



Canada Blue Grass 



Carpet Grass 



Carrots 



Clovers 



" Permanent (Mixed) 



Colonial Bent 



Corn, Dent 



" Flint 



" Fodder 



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 



Egyptian Wheat ...... 



English Blue Grass .... 



" or Perennial Rye 

 Grass 



Fertilizers 



Fescue, Chewings 



Festuca duriuscula 



" elatior 



" heterophylla 



" ovina 



" tenuifolia . . 



pratensis 



Fine Leaved Sheep's Fes- 

 cue 



Fiorin 



Glycine hispida 



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5 

 5 



fi 

 7 



7 

 12 



16 



11 



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. 



LOO 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. 



15 lbs. 



4 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



8 to 10 qts. 



8 to 10 qts. 



Broadcast, 2 bu 



Drilled, 1 bu. 



12 lbs. 



100 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



30 lbs. 



15 lbs. 



10 to 25 lbs. 



40 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



10 to 12 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



4 to 5 lbs. 



5 lbs. 

 75 lbs. 



75 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



70 lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 50 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 



Green Manuring Mixture 

 Grimm Alfalfa 



Hard Fescue 



Herd's Grass of the South . 



' " North. 



Hungarian Grass 



Italian Rye Grass 



June Clover 



" Grass 



Kaffir Corn 



Kentucky Blue Grass .... 

 Korean Lespedeza 



Ladino Clover 



Lespedeza Korean 



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.... 



Pennisetum spicatum .... 



Perennial Red Clover .... 



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4 

 4 



6 

 12 

 3-4 



7 

 11 

 11 

 12 



7 



Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



40 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 



10 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 



40 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 30 lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 30 lbs. 

 25 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



60 lbs. 



12 to 14 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 



8 to 10 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 

 15 lbs. 



8 lbs. 

 14 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 

 75 lbs. 

 30 to 40 lbs. 



12 lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



70 lbs. 



30 to 40 lbs. 



10 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



Broadcast, 15 lbs. 



f Drills. 5 to 6 lbs. 



1 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. 

 8 lbs. 

 12 lbs. 



Phleum pratense 



Poa annua 



" 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 



Shallu 



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 



Trifolium 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 . . . 



Wild White Clover 



Wood Meadow Grass. . . . 



Yarrow 



Yellow Trefoil 



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Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



25 lbs. 

 50 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. 

 \yi bushels 



50 lbs. 

 15 lbs. 

 5 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. 

 35 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. 



5 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



60 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 

 60 lbs. 



100 lbs. 



Ii4 bushels 

 8 lbs. 



50 lbs. 



15 lbs. 

 S lbs. 



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



Copyright 1940 by Peter Henderson & Co., New York, N. Y. 



