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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— FORAGE PLANTS, ETC. 



Sand or 

 Winter 



VETCH 



(Vicia Yillosa.) 



Is perfectly hardy throughout the Uni- 

 ted States, remaining green all winter, 

 and should be sown during August and 

 September, mixed with Rye, which serves 

 as a support for the plants, or in Spring 

 with Oats or Barley. 



It grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet and 

 is the earliest crop for cutting, being 

 nearly a month earlier than Scarlet 

 Clover, 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. 



It is exceedingly nutritious, much 

 more so than Clover, is eaten with relish 

 and may be fed with safety to all kinds 

 of stock. 



Sow one bushel per acre with one-half 

 bushel of Rye or Wheat. (See cut.) 12c. 

 lb., $6.50 bushel of BO lbs., 100 lbs. $10.50 

 If by mail, add 8c. per lb. 



True Dwarf Essex Rape. 



Valuable for Cattle, Sheep and Hojs. 



In the United States we have millions of acres of 

 good land that annually lie idle or run to weeds 

 latter part of the season, after the grain, potato and 

 hay crops have been harvested, a large portion of 

 which might be made to produce one of the finest 

 feeds imaginable, and in the greatest abundance, at a 

 time when cattle, sheep and hogs are roaming through 

 bare pastures in search of a scanty living. Under 

 favorable conditions it is ready for pasturing slu 

 cattle within six weeks from time of sowing, and on 

 an average one acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep 

 six weeks to two months. When on the Rape they 

 should at all times have access to salt ; but water is 

 not necessary. There are several varieties of Rape. 

 but care should be taken to procure the Dwarf Essex, 

 or English, as it is some times called, which does not 

 seed the same season as sown, unless in some excep- 

 tional cases, as when sown too early, and the young 

 plant is touched by frost. In the Northern States, it 

 should be sown from April to end of August for Fall 

 pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it 

 should not be sown in the Southern States until Sep- 

 tember, or October for winter pasture. In the lati- 

 tude of New York, it should be sown in April, or in 

 July or August. Its fattening properties are prob- 

 ably twice as good as those of Clover. 

 and for sheep the feeding value of 

 Rape excels all other plants we know 

 of. At the Michigan Experiment 

 Station. 12S lambs were pastured for 

 eight weeks on 15 acres of Rape s>'w.i 

 in July and showed a gain of 2,890 

 lbs., or at the rate of 3 lbs. per lamb 

 each week. Even so far South as 

 Alabama, it has proved a boon to the 

 farmer. In a recent bulletin pub- 

 lished by the Alabama Experiment 

 Station, they state: " Quality of pro- 

 duct good for both hogs and cattle. 

 The growth was enormous. By re- 

 peated sowings, it will and did carry 

 more hogs through our dry. hot sum- 

 mers than four times the amount of 

 land planted in anything else ever 

 grown here. I wouid recommend it 

 to all Southern farmers." To secure 

 the best results, the Rape should be 

 sown in drills. Sow tour lbs. per 

 acre broadcast two to three lbs. ]ki 

 acre in drills. {See cut.) Price of 

 True Dwarf Essex Rape, 10c. lb., 

 83.25 per bushel of 50 lbs .. 100 lbs., 

 Sti.00. If by mail, add Sc. per lb. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



Introduced into cultivation by us in 1887. and by constant selec- 

 tion we have fully maintained the large grain, totally unlike the 

 small grain usually found on the market. 



This variety has superseded all others and is now almost univer- 

 sally grown in preference to the common black and Silver Hull 

 varieties. The kernels are at least twice the size of those of any 

 other variety, and of a shape peculiar and distinct. The color is also 

 most distinct, being a rich dark shade of brown. The stra 

 heavier, it branches more, and does not need to be sown as thickly 

 as the other kinds. Flour made from it is greater in quantity and 

 equal in quality, if not superior, to that of any other Buckwheat, and, 

 as the yield shows, it is enormously prolific. It ripens a week earlier 

 than the Silver Hull and vields two or three times as much. (.See cut.) 

 $1.40 per bushel, 10 bushel lots, $1.30 per bushel. 



Truly tlie Japanese Buckwheat is one of the greatest improvements, 

 in a single line of grain, of the present age. All oilier kinds of Buck- 



wheat can be well thrown aside, and not only the bee-keepers o; our land. 

 but farmers in general, can unite in tendering <i vote of thank* to our 

 enterprising seedsman Peter Henderson. — "Gleanings in Bee Culture." 



FARM SEEDS we do NOT deliver free, but when small quantities are wanted we will prepay carriage in the United States if 8c. 



per pound is added to prices. 



