HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 1938 



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. 



Abott Forwarding and Remitting — Eemittances should be 

 made either in the form pf a P. 0. Money Order, Express Money Order, 

 BanI; 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 ive charge for, viz.: 1 peck, 10c. , Ji bushel. 15c.: 

 1 bushel, 20c.: 2 bushels. 30c. Btirlap bags, 1 peck, 7c.; 3^ bushel, 

 10c. ; 1 bushel, 12c.: 2 bushels. 15c.: 4 bushels. 20c.: 6 bushels, 30c.: 

 8 bushels. 35c. 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 — Parties having no account with us — who order goods 

 without remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New York 

 City reference preferred on account of the shorter delay pending in- 

 vestigation. 



FARil MANAGERS — "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. 



ALL 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, Btilbs, 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 Com 



Buckwheat 



Canada Blue Grass 



Carpet Grass 



Carrots 



Clovers 



" Permanent (Mixed). 



Colonial Bent 



Corn, Dent 



■■ Flint 



Fodder 



Cow Grass 



Cow Peas .■ • • ■ 



Creeping Bent or Florin . . 



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 



English Blue Grass 



or Perennial Rye 

 Grass 



Fertilizers 



Fescue, Chewings 



Festuca duriuscula 



elatior 



heterophylla. ... 



ovina 



" tenuifolia . 



pratensis 



rubra 



Fine Leaved Sheep's Fes 



cue 



Fiorin 



Garawi Grass 



Page 



3 

 3 



15 



12 

 16 

 14 



3 



3 



7 

 14 



3 



n 



13 



3 



4 

 16 



7 



1 



3 

 9-10 

 11 

 11 



7 



12 



3 



4 

 4 



7 

 3 

 4 



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. 



100 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. 



S to 10 lbs. 



40 lbs. 



60 



lbs. 



15 



lbs. 



4 



lbs. 



10 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



8 to 10 qts. 



S to 



:o qts. 



/ Broadcast, 2 bu 



( Drilled, 1 bu. 



12 



lbs. 



100 lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



40 



lbs. 



15 



lbs. 



10 to 



25 lbs. 



40 



lbs. 



60 



lbs. 



10 to 



12 lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



4 to 



5 lbs. 



75 



lbs. 



75 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 



lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



15 to 20 lbs 



Glycine hispida 



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 



Lespedeza striata 



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 



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1 



14 

 1-2 

 7 

 12 

 13 



Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



50 lbs. 



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. 



14 



lbs. 



60 



lbs. 



75 



lbs. 



30 to 40 lbs 



12 



lbs. 



6 to 8 lbs. 



50 



lbs.. 



30 to 40 lbs 



10 



lbs. 



50 lbs. 

 3roadcast, 15 lbs. 



I Drills, 5 to 6 lbs. 



I 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. 



Pennisetum spicatum .... 

 Perennial Red Clover .... 



Phleum pratense 



Poa 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 



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 



Trif olium 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 . . . 

 Wood Meadow Grass 



Yarrow 



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Sow (if alone) 

 per Acre 



8 lbs. 

 12 lbs. 

 25 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. 

 IK bushels 



50 lbs. 

 15 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. 



30 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. 

 8 lbs. 

 2 to 3 lbs. 



2 to 3 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



60 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 



60 lbs. 

 100 lbs. 



IK bushels 

 8 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



15 lbs. 



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



Copyright 1938 by Peter Henderson 6- Co., Nczc York, A". 1". 



