From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 
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“Peas could be made to bring more Nitrogen to the soils of this 
country every year than is now purchased annually by the farmers 
at a cost of a million dollars.’”’ Year Book of the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. 
FIELD PEA, Canada White 
The great value of Field Peas in farm economy is not sufficiently appreciated. 
They will flourish in districts too cool and uncertain for corn, particularly in our 
northern states from New England to Oregon. 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, therefor of special value for feeding growing and working animals. 
Peas are also great soil improvers, putting the land in better mechanical con- 
dition 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 abund- 
ance 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. They may then be harvested in time to sow the land to crimson 
clover, millet or dwarf Essex rape. 
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. 25c.; 10 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 
(Vicia villosa) 
VETCH, SAND or WINTER 
The Best Legume for Sandy Soils 
It is the earliest crop for cutting, and a full crop can be taken off the land in time 
for planting spring crops. Being much hardier than Scarlet Clover, this is the forage 
plant to sow in the Northern States, where Scarlet Clover winter kills, though it 
is equally valuable in the South. Every dairyman and stock breeder in the United 
States should have a field of Winter Vetch. 
Although Sand Vetch succeeds, and even produces good crops on poor, sandy 
soils, it is, naturally, more vigorous on better land. Under such conditions the 
plant produces numerous branches 3 to 6 feet long. Both leaves and branches are 
covered with fine hairs, hence it is sometimes called ‘“‘Hairy Vetch.’’ Sand Vetch 
is hardy all over the United States, and in most places remains green all winter. 
The crop may be seeded, either from the middle of August to the middle of September, 
or in the spring from the middle of April to the middle of May. 
Sown in the fall it should be mixed with Mammoth Red Clover or Rye to serve 
as a support for the vines, thus keeping the forage off the ground. 
If sown in the spring it may be mixed with Oats or Barley. Fall sown crops furnish 
some forage before winter comes, and as growth starts very early in the spring it can 
be pastured, cut for hay, or turned under to renovate the soil. 
The foremost orchardists highly recommend Sand Vetch as a cover crop. Soluble 
plant food in porous soils leaches away in considerable amounts during the late fall 
and the early spring, when the roots of trees are not actively foraging for it. (See 
engraving.) 
Sow 60 pounds per acre, with one-half bushel of Rye or Wheat. 
Price, lb. 40c.; 10 lbs. $3.50; 25 lbs. $7.00; 100 lbs. $25.00. 
SPRING VETCHES or TARES 
(Vicia sativa) 
Sown 
A species of the Pea, grown for stock, and often mixed with Oats for soiling. 
broadcast at the rate of 100 to 150 pounds per acre. 
Price, lb. 35c.; 10 lbs. $2.75; 25 lbs. $5.00; 100 lbs. $18.00. 
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Henderson’s Japanese Buckwheat 
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 isin 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 Buck- 
wheat 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 en- 
graving.) 
Price, lb. 25c.; 10 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $3.50; 100 lbs. $6.00. 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER 
Highly valued as an excellent and cheap food for fowl. 
It is the best Egg-Producing Food known. It can be raised 
cheaper than Corn. Four pounds of seed will plant one acre. 
Price, lb. 25c.; 10 lbs. $2.00; 25 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $15.00. 
