From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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BUCKWHEAT, Japanese 



Yields Double Very Early, Makes the Finest Flour 



The seed we offer is grown from the largest type imported from Japan 

 and is much larger in grain than that usually offered, being only one year 

 removed from imported Japanese seed. The kernels are at least twice the 

 size of any other variety and of a shape peculiar and distinct from all others. 

 The color is also most distinct, being of a rich dark shade of brown. There 

 is always a good market for the grain as it is in demand for all purposes. 

 For bees it is of the greatest value and for this purpose has displaced all 

 other varieties. 



An excellent plan is to sow Crimson Clover along with Buckwheat, 

 especially when put in late from middle of July to first of August. They 

 come up together, but the Buckwheat is the stronger grower and the Crimson 

 Clover makes but little showing until the Buckwheat is removed. If frost 

 should kill the Buckwheat before ripe, it may be left as a protection, the 

 dead Buckwheat being just the sort of mulching and protection needed by 

 the Clover. (See engraving.) 



Price, lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $3.50: 100 lbs. $6.00. 



COW PEAS (cffiSa) 



The Great Leguminous Crop of Our Southern States 



Cow Peas are more tender than Canada or Field Peas 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 profitable crop, either for harvesting 

 or plowing under. 



The early varieties are quite extensively and successfully grown for 

 forage and soiling as far north as Massachusetts, but so far north the crop 

 may not ripen seeds. As a soil renovator and enricher Cow Peas are very 

 valuable, as they collect nitrogen from the air in large quantities and fix 

 it in the soil, thus adding this expensive element of fertilizer to the land 

 without cost, and leaving it richer and in better condition for the future 

 crop. Cow Peas grow on all soils from the stiffest clays to porous sands, 

 barren uplands and alluvial bottoms. The feeding value is high, whether 

 as green forage, cured hay or silage, being especially rich in blood, bone 

 and muscle forming material. Hogs do well pastured on Cow Peas; an 

 acre of ripening Peas will feed and fatten 15 to 20 young hogs; sheep and 

 cattle may also be fed on the green fodder cut and wilted a little, otherwise 

 they eat it so ravenously, they are liable to bloat. For green-manuring 

 clay land, the crop should be turned under green. On sandy soil, already 

 too light, the vines should decay on the surface and then be turned under. 

 Sow 100 lbs. per acre. 



BLACK EYE COW PEAS. 

 Very much in demand. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50; 



A popular and productive early sort. 

 50 lbs. $6.00; 100 lbs. $10.00. 



FIELD PEA, Canada White 



Peas may be grown for grain, green forage, cured hay or pasture and their 

 feeding value, whichever way used. Ranks high for all farm animals, being 

 rich in muscle, blood and bone forming constituents, therefore of special 

 value for feeding, growing and working animals. Peas are also great soil 

 improvers, putting the land in better merchanical condition and enriching it 

 with nitrogen — the expensive element in fertilizers — which the pea crop 

 gathers from the air and fixes in the soil. For these reasons Field Peas 

 should have a place in the system of crop rotation, particularly on farms 

 where stock is raised, and if the peas can precede some crop that requires 

 an abundance of nitrogen, such as oats, wheat or other grain crop, the most 

 subsequent good will be realized. 



In the cool northern belt they may be sown at any time during spring or 

 early summer, but in warmer climates they should be gotten in as early as 

 possible in the spring. 



Quantity Per Acre: Sow if alone 150 lbs. per acre; if with oats or barley 

 100 lbs. of Peas and 1 bushel of the other chosen grain. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $8.00. 



NEW ERA COW PEAS. A new, extra-early variety, earlier than the 

 Black Eye, maturing in about 60 days, specially adapted for planting north. 

 Price, Hi. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $8.00. 



SOY or SOJA BEANS 



A great Soil Enricher, gathering nitrogen from the 

 air. Produces enormous crops as far North as Canada. 

 Ripening Seed as far North as Massachusetts. Espe- 

 cially Valuable (in combination with Japanese Millet 

 and Fodder Corn) for Ensilage, supplying the albumi- 

 noids or flesh-forming food. 



Planted in rows 2!. feet apart, 6 to 8 plants to the foot of row, requiring 50 

 pounds per acre, they yield 15 to 20 tons per acre of fodder, very rich in flesh 

 formers. For green feed, use from time of blossoming till pods are well filled; 

 for the silo, cut as soon as most of the pods are well filled, and cut into M-inch 

 to 2J 2 -inch lengths. The Soja Bean is also valuable as a soil enricher, gathering 

 nitrogen from the air same as Clover the roots being crowded with nodules which 

 give them this power. (See engraving.) 



EARLY WILSON BLACK. This variety has proved its earliness and value 

 in the Northern States bv not only producing large fodder crops, but ripening 

 the seed as far north as Massachusetts. The grain is the richest vegetable sub- 

 stance known, and when ground and fed to cattle gives a milk richer and better 

 than if fed other meal. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 



MAMMOTH YELLOW. This variety was developed and has been tested in 

 the East and South with very satisfactory results. Grows well on very poor 

 soils, easily reaching a height of three feet in eight weeks after sowing, in the 

 latitude of New York. This is an excellent variety for green manuring, and will 

 also make good hay and ensilage. Under ordinary growing conditions, the beans 

 will mature well before frost sets in. Plant 50 pounds to the acre. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 



BILOXI. This variety grows tall but takes 150 days to mature. Suited for 

 the South. Seed brown. 



Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $8.00. 



MANCHU. A variety used in the West and South, medium early, seed is yel- 

 low with dark eye. 

 Price, lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $8.00. 



EARLY WILSON BLACK SOJA BEAN 



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