From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK IT 
BUCKWHEAT, Henderson’s Japanese 
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 is in 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 Buckwheat 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 engraving.) 
Price, Ib. 25c.; 10 Ibs. $1.75; 50 Ibs. $3.50; 100 lbs. $6.00. 
COW PEAS (X88) 
The Great Leguminous Crop of Our Southern States 
Cow Peas are more tender than Canada or Field Peas and should 
not be sown until 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 
or plowing under. 
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. Asa 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 future 
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, cured 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. 
FIELD PEA, Canada White 
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, therefore of special 
value for feeding, growing and working animals. Peas. are also great soil 
improvers, putting the land in better merchanical condition 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 abundance 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. 
BLACK EYE COW PEAS. A popular and productive early sort. 
Very much in demand. 
Price, lb. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $2.00; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 Ibs. $8.00. 
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. $2.00; 50 Ibs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $8.00. 
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 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 24-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, Ib. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $1.75; 50 Ibs. $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. This 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 Ibs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 Ibs. $7.00. 
BILOXI. This variety grows tall but takes 150 days to mature. Suited for 
the South. Seed brown. i 
Price, lb. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $1.75; 50 Ibs. $4.50; 100 Ibs. $8.00. 
MANCHU. A variety used in the West and South, medium early, seed is yel- 
low with dark eye. 
Price, lb. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $4.50; 100 Ibs. $8.00. 
Quantity Per Acre: Sow if alone 150 Ibs. per acre; if with oats or barley 
100 Ibs. of Peas and 1 bushel of the other chosen grain. 
Price, lb. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $2.00; 50 Ibs. $4.50; 100 Ibs. $8.00. 
Note 
THE 
Nitrogen 
GATHERING 
Nodules 
CN THESE 
Soja Bean 
ROOTS 
SS 
EARLY WILSON BLACK SOJA BEAN 
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