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•PETER HENDERSON A.CO.,NEW YORK- 



CANADA FIELD PEAS. 



MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



If by mail in quantities o/^g lb. and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8c. per lb. 



Spring Vetches or Tares. (Vicia sativa.) A species of the pea, 

 grown for stock, and sometimes mixed with oats for soiling. 

 Sown broadcast at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels per acre. 10c. per 

 lb. ; $2.85 per bushel of 60 lbs. ; 10-bushel lots, $2.75. 



Wild Rice. {Zisania aquatica.) An annual which sows itself in 

 the fall, about middle of September, lies dormant all winter, in 

 spring commences to sprout as soon as the water gets warm, 

 reaching the surface during the first half of June. It grows very 

 rapidly, in one to eight feet of water, ripens late in August or 

 early in September. It succeeds best when sown in the fall 

 broadcast, from a boat, in two to three feet of water having a 

 mud bottom, but it can be sown In the spring. As an attraction 

 for wild fowl it cannot be equaled. In large ponds and lakes it 

 purities the water, affords plenty of food and refuge for small and 

 large fish. Price, 25c. per lb., or by mail, 35c. per lb. ; per 100 

 lbs., $20.00. 



Parsnip, Long Smooth. Excellent for dairy cows, possessing 

 nutritive properties of the highest quality. 10c. per oz. ; 20c. 

 per V4 lb. ; 60c. per lb. 



Artichokes, Jerusalem. A hardy perennial, forming roots like a 

 potato, making excellent feed for stock, especially for hogs. 25c. 

 per quart ; $1.25 peck ; $4.00 per bushel ; 3 lbs. by mail, 75c. 



Field Lupins. May be sown from April to Julj', and s\icceeds well 

 on the poorest soil ; and many poor lands have had their value 

 greatly enhanced by plowing in Lupins. 25c. per lb. ; $15.00 per 

 100 lbs. 



Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. Highly valued as an excellent 

 and cheap food for fowls. It is the best egg-pkoducing food 

 known. It can be raised cheaper than corn. Plant seed in anj- 

 waste piece of ground, from early spring to the middle of July. 

 Four quarts of seed will plant one acre. 12c. per lb. ; SI. 75 per 

 bushel ; S6.50 per 100 lbs. 



Cotton, Sea Island. 15c. per lb. ; SIO.OO per 100 lbs. 



Cotton, Upland. 15c. per lb. ; SIO.OO per 100 lbs. 



Flax Seed. Price, 25c. per quart, by mail 40c. ; S4.00 per bushel. 



CABBOTS. 



Sow seed in May In drills. Rows should be 2 feet apart and plants tMnned out 

 to 3 or 6 inches apart. 



Carrots are grown chiefly for horses, and they are very fond of 

 them. On good sandy soil and with good cultivation they yield 20 

 tons per acre. Sow 5 lbs. per acre. The best sorts for stock are : 

 White Vosges. The heaviest cropping field Carrot, producing 

 thick shapely car- 

 rots, which are easi- 

 ly harvested. They 

 are used for stock 

 feeding. (See cut.) 

 lOc. per oz. ; 30c. per 

 1^ lb. ; 80c. per lb. 

 Long Orange Im- 

 proved. Of large 

 size, fair specimens 

 averaging 12 inches 

 in length, with a di- 

 ameter of 3 inches at 

 the top. Color orange 

 red. 10c. per oz. ; 

 30c. per J^ lb. ; 70c. 

 per lb. 

 Danvers. Color of this 

 valualile sort is a 

 rich shade of orange. 

 Under the best cul- 

 tivation it has yield- 

 ed from 25 to 30 tons 

 per acre. 10c. per 

 oz. ; 30c. per J^ lb. ; 

 80c. per lb.; per 10 

 lbs., S7 50. 

 Large White Belgian. 

 Exclusively grown 

 for stock. 10c. per 

 oz. ; 25c. per ^ lb. ; 

 50c. per lb. 

 Large Yellow Bel- 

 gian. Similar to 

 above, except in 

 color. 10c. per oz. ; 

 25c. per J^ lb. ; 50c. 

 per lb. " ■ " 



" Peas could be made to bring 

 more nitrogen to the soils of this 

 country every year than is now 

 purchased annually by the 

 farmers at a cost of millions of 

 dollars." — {Year-book of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture.) 



For the Northern States there 

 is no crop of greater value than 

 Field Peas and is more neg- 

 lected, which can only be attrib- 

 uted to a lack of knowledge as 

 to its merits. Whether for fod- 

 der, in mixture with oats, sown 

 at the rate of. two bushels each 

 per acre, or the Peas sown alone 

 at the rate of three bushels per 

 acre for plowing under, there is 

 no crop that we can so strongly 

 recommend for more extended 

 culture. 



Like all leguminous crops, Peas have the power of extracting 

 nitrogen from the air, and the soil froni /which a crop of Peas has 

 been harvested is richer in nitrogen than before the Peas were sown 

 upon it, and there is no kind of live stock on the farm to which 

 Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with positive advantage. 

 Canada White. 50c. peck; $1.40 bushel; 10-bushel lots, SI. 30 



bushel. 

 Canada Blue. 50c. peck ; SI. 50 bushel ; 10-bushel lots, SI. 40 bushel. 

 The Mummy. We have much pleasure in recommending this Pea 

 for soiling or fodder, either in mixture with oats or grown by 

 itself. 60c. peck; S2. 00 bushel; 10-bushel lots, SI. 85 bushel. 

 Cow Peas. One of the most valuable of the leguminous crops, and 

 is a soil improver which can be sown in the spring or summer and 

 plowed under in the fall. It has no superior, especially for light 

 soils. Its capacity for gathering nitrogen from the air is not sur- 

 passed by the clovers, and enables the farmer to dispense with 

 buying that most costly ingredient for commercial fertilizers — 

 nitrogen. S2.00 bushel ; 10-bushel lots, SI. 90 bushel. 



Early Soja Beans. These beans have attracted much attention, 

 in recent years on account of their high feeding qualities, but all 

 were too late to be of value in the Northern States. The varietj' 

 here offered was originally imported from Northern Japan, and 

 during the past four years has proved its earliness and value in 

 the Northern States by not only producing large fodder crops, 

 tout ripening the seed as far north as Massachusetts. They are 

 worthy of a place on every farm, either as a grain crop or fodder 

 crop to feed green, or for the silo. The grain is the richest 

 known vegetable substance, and when ground and fed to 

 cattle gives a milk richer and better than cotton seed or 

 other meal. Planted in rows 213 feet apart, with 6 to 8 plants 

 to the foot of row, requiring about half a bushel per acre, they 

 yield 15 to 20 tons per acre of fodder exceedingly rich in flesh 

 formers, and valuable for mixing with Japanese millet (seepage 

 16) or corn fodder, both being deficient in protein, in which the 

 Soja Bean excels. 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 2'4 inch lengths. The 

 best plan is to mix with two parts of corn fodder to one part of 

 the bean fodder, with a few sunflower heads chopped up and 

 added. The mixture can be made as the silo is being filled, and 

 is a complete balanced ration for milch cows, without the addi- 

 tion of grain or other purchased feeds, and if universally used 

 would result in a saving of hundreds of thousaufls of dollars to 

 the farmers of the United States. They are soil enrichers, 

 gathering nitrogen from the air in the same manner as clover, 

 the roots being crowded with tubercles which give them 

 this power. Price, 15c. lb.; Si. 50 peck; So. 00 bushel. 



Burlingame Medium. A little smaller in the grain than the ordi- 

 nary medium beans, but is whiter and far handsomer in appear- 

 ance. SI. 00 per peck ; S3. 00 per bushel. 



Improved Red Kidney. Much moi'e prolific than the ordinary 

 Ked Kidney, and is the most popular red shelled bean. $1.00 per 

 peck ; $3.00 per bushel. 



Boston Small Pea Bean. A desirable variety to grow, being early, 

 hardy and prolific. SI. 00 per peck ; $3.00 per bushel. 



"White Marrowfat or Navy. The variety so extensively grown for 

 sale in the dry state. $1.00 per peck; S3.25 per bushel. 



WHrrE vosGEs carrot. 



