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HENDERSON'S FARMERS MANUAL 



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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 2J-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 '."inch 

 to 2 Jr-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 by 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. $1.50; 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. TMs 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. $1.50; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 



BILOXT. 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 



COW PEAS (cISn^g) 



Cow Peas are the great leguminous crop of our Southern 



States, where they play the same important role in 



rotation farming that Clovers and Canada 



Peas do in the North 



Cow Peas are more tender than Canada or Field Peas and should 

 not be sown untU 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 

 J3T plowing imder. 



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 futurt- 

 .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, ciued 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. $1.75; 



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



GREEN MANURING SEED MIXTURE 



A combination of various rapid-growing legumes which will add humus 

 and nitrogen to the soil. Plant early in the fall for turning under in the 

 spring. Mixture may be broadcast, or sow at the rate of 1 lb. per 1,000 

 square feet. 



Price, lb. 50c.; 2 lbs. 90c.; 5 lbs. $2.00; 10 lbs. S3. 75; 25 lbs. $9.00; 

 60 lbs. $16.00; 100 lbs. $30.00; transportation paid. 



A popular and productive early sort. 

 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $8.00. 



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



