HENDERSON’S FARMERS MANUAL 1939 
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The Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges on Farm Seeds Except Where Noted. 
Prices are Subject to Change Without Notice. 
Asout Forwarpinc anpd Remitrinc—Remittances should be 
made either in the form of a P. O. Money Order, Express Money Order, 
Bank Draft, Express-Purchasing Order or Registered Letter. 
WHEN SHIPPED BY FREIGHT Wer Detiver Poraroes in good con- 
dition, into the hands of transportation companies; our responsibility 
ceases there. 
and delays. 
Consignee then assumes all risks of heating, freezing 
WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING, pene cases or 
barrels. 
1 bushel, 20c%; 
10c.; 1 bushel, 12c.; 
8 bushels, 35c. 
Cloth bags we charge for, viz.: 
2 bushels, 30c. 
1 peck, 16c., % 
Burlap bags, 1 peck, 7c.; % 
2 bushels, 15c.; 4 bushels, 20c.; 
No charge for bags with lawn grass mixtures. 
Pues 15¢.; 
bushel, 
6 bushels, 30c.; 
Special 
packing of seeds for foreign shipments, when necessary, in tin-lined 
cases or double sacks, we charge for at cost. 
venience of our customers. 
Accounts—We will be pleased to open charge accounts for the con- 
Kindly furnish trade references. 
FARM 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 
gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, 
& CO., 
productiveness, or any ‘other matter, of any Seeds, Bulbs, 
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 TENGIS Le ome pews 
stolonifera 
palustris 
Alfalfa 
Clover 
Andropogon sorghum var. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. 
Astoria Bent............ 
Avena elatior. 
Awnless Brome Grass . 
Barley (Sow broadcast, 
WZ 5 DS) sre rare eyaneduier tears 
Beans; OOIaiee canines 
Beet; Sugar sc cccncs.c oa.cre ee 
Beggar Weed............ 
Bent Grass 
Bermuda Grass.......... 
Bokhara Clover.......... 
Brassica Napus.......... 
Bromus Inermis 
Broom Corn 
Buckwheat 
Canada Blue Grass...... 
Garpet. \Grassiacisscrcinars 
Carrots 
Clovers 
‘* Permanent (Mixed). 
Colonial Bent 
Corn, Dents... sc cu.s0000% 
“Flint 
“Fodder 
Cow Grass 
Cow Peas.. no 
Creeping Bent or Fiorin .. 
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. .. 6635. 
Egyptian Wheat....:..: 
English Blue Grass 
or Perennial Rye 
Grass 
Fertilizers 
Fescue, Chewings.. oy, 
Festuca duriuscula....... 
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Sow (if alone) 
per 
50 
50 
30 
Acre 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
30 to 40 lbs. 
8 
lbs. 
8 to 10 lbs. 
30 
50 
50 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
20 to 25 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
50 1 
drilled 
bs. 
6 to 8 lbs. 
10 to 12 lbs. 
20 to 25 lbs. 
8 to 
40 
60 
10 lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
15 Ibs. 
4 
10 
50 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Ibs. 
8 to 10 qts. 
8 to 10 ats. 
Broadcast, 2 bu. 
Drilled, 1 bu. 
12 
lbs. 
100 lbs. 
50 
50 
30 
15 
10 to 
40 lb 
60 
10 to 
50 
4 to 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
25 lbs. 
Se 
lbs. 
12 lbs. 
lbs. 
5 lbs. 
5 lbs. 
75 
75 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
70 
50 
50 
50 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Glycine hispida... 
Grasses, Hay and ‘Perma- 
nent Pasture. 
Permanent Hay 
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Mixtures.. 
Bs Permanent Pas- 
ture Mixtures 
a Permanent Pas- 
ture Clover, for 
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Green Manuring Mixture 
Grimm Alfalfa 
Hard Fescue 
Herd’ s Grass of the South. 
se North: 
Hungarian Grass 
Italian Rye Grass... icccs . 
amen Clover va.< cc. sieteceeucr 
SS JGTASS y acarsiats srevohe eae 
Kathir Corn’ isin o cisds sgetacsis 
Kentucky Blue Grass.... 
Korean Lespedeza....... 
Ladino Clover 
Lespedeza Korean 
Lolium italicum 
SS. WPOTETIME Sawe aereiv os 
Lucerne 
or Pea Vine 
Mammoth 
Clover 
Mangels sesiccc aacd aan eae 
Meadow Fescue 
Medicago sativa. 
Melilotus alba. 
Millet, Golden German 
and Hungarian.. 
Japanese (in drills 
10 lbs. per acre). 
Pearl, Egyptian, 
Cat-Tail or Horse 
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Orchard: Grassinc 4s scce ects 
Pacey’s Perennial Rye 
GlaSS ai anes eee aaee 
Panicum crus-galli 
Pasture: grasses ..4c4 sje ares 
Pea Vine Clover 
Peas, Cow 
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Broadcast, 15 lbs. 
Sow (if alone) 
per Acre 
50 lbs. 
40 lbs. 
40 lbs. 
40 lbs. 
10 
40 
lbs. 
lbs. 
12 to 
60 
8 to 10 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
15 lbs. 
8 lbs. 
14 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
75 lbs. 
30 to 40 lbs 
12 Ibs. 
6 to 8 lbs. 
70 lbs. 
30 to 40 lbs 
10 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
Drills, 5 to 6 lbs. 
Broadcast, 8 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
3 bushels 
60 lbs. 
Perennial Red Clover.... 
Phleum pratense 
Poaannitaht. scram cisteke 
““ compressa 
NEMOTALIS -.,000 Cisyere erers 
pratensis 
trivialis 
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Reana luxurians 0.65660 
June Clover) 
RediMescue’. cc sncitieie: 
Grass of the South) .... 
Rhode Island Bent....... 
Grass 
Rye 
Shallu 
Sheep’s Fescue 
Smooth Stalked Meadow 
Grass 
Soja Bean or Soy Bean... 
Sorghums 
Sudan Grass 
Sugar Beet 
Sugar Canesun onsen oa 
Sunflower 
Sweet Clover 
Sweet Vernal 
Tall Meadow Fescue..... 
Oat Grass. 
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of the North 
Tobacco. Re 
Trifolium ‘hy bridum...... 
incarnatum.... 
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Turnips 
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sian or Swedish... 
Various Leaved Fescue . 
Vetch, pene Winter or 
Hairy 
“Spring (Tares).. 
Vicia sativacansciiieetae 
Vicia villosa 
Wienacatjane.csntssnasncte 
Wheat 
White or Dutch Clover... 
Wood Meadow Grass..... 
Yarrow 
Yellow Trefoil .. 
Red Clover (Common or 
Red Top Fancy (Herd’s 
Timothy or Herd’s Grass 
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Sow (if alone) 
per Acre 
12 Ibs. 
25 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
60 Ibs. 
50 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
50 Ibs. 
10 to 12 bushels 
2 to 4 Ibs. 
6 to 8 lbs. 
12 to 14 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
30 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
2 to 3 lbs. 
l% bushels 
50 lbs. 
15 lbs. 
5 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
10 to 12 lbs. 
15 to 20 lbs. 
6 to 8 lbs. 
10 to 12 Ibs. 
4 lbs. 
8 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
35 Ibs. 
50 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
100 Ibs. 
6 to 8 lbs. 
25 to 35 Ibs. 
8 lbs. 
15 Ibs. 
12 to 14 lbs. 
12 Ibs. 
8 lbs. 
2 to 3 Ibs. 
2 to 3 Ibs. 
50 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
100 ibs. 
100 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
1% bushels 
8 lbs. 
50 Ibs. 
15 lbs. 
8 lbs. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO., 35 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK, N. Y. 
Copyright 1939 by Peter Henderson & Co., 
New York, 
NeeYs 
