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But when small quantities 

 are wanted l>y express or 

 mail, we w ill prepay post- 

 age or carriage, if 8c. per 

 lb. or 10c. per quart is 

 added to prices. 



P ARLY GREEN SOJA BEAN 



This variety produces enormous crops as far north as 

 Canada, and will ripen its seeds even in Massachusetts. It 

 grows about 4 ft. high and yields ten to twenty tons of green 

 fodder per acre, or 20 to 40 bushels of Beans. 



It is a valuable leguminous plant for the farmer and dairy- 

 man for either green or cured fodder or grain. It is especially 

 valuable for ensilage in combination with fodder corn or 

 Japanese Millet, thus furnishing a complete balanced ration 

 with an agreeable aromatic flavor, and is greedily relished by 

 cattle. It increases the milk and butter and fattens the 

 stock. The grain is also exceedingly nutritious, ranking, 

 when ground, even higher than cotton seed or linseed meal 

 for feeding cattle, hogs and other stock. 3 lbs. of Soja Bean 

 meal added to the grain ration of milch cows produces a rich 

 milk. 



Soja Beans are great soil enrichers, adding humus and fix- 

 ing nitrogen from the air. The seed may be planted as soon 

 as the soil is warm — a little later than corn — in rows 30 

 inches apart, 6 to 8 seeds to the foot, requiring 3 pecks per 

 acre. (See cut.) 



Price, 10c. lb., S1.25 pk., $4.00 bush, (of 60 lbs.); 10 bush., 

 @ $3.90 bush. 



For other kinds 



of Field Beans 



see page 62. 



H ENDERSON'S JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT 



This grand variety, introduced by us several years ago, 

 has proven a bonanza to Buckwheat raisers in this coun- 

 try. It is of strong, branching growth, stands up well and 

 produces from two to four times as much grain as any 

 other variety under same conditions. It is also fully a 

 week earlier. The seed of ot'R Japanese variety is nearly 

 as large again as that of other Buckwheats; it makes the 

 finest flour and for bees has practically displaced all 

 other sorts where known. 



The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station reports 

 that it has grown Henderson's New Japanese Buck- 

 wheat for two years and has found it superior to the old 

 varieties in several important respects. " It is larger and 

 stronger, and stands up better during storms, and its 

 seeds are larger, but what places it far ahead of other 

 varieties is that of setting full crops of Buckwheat in 

 dry, hot weather. It can also be sown much earlier 

 than other varieties, thus avoiding loss by early frost." 



Henderson's Japanese Buckwheat seed is grown from 

 the largest Japanese type imported each year by us for 

 stock seed, and is therefore immensely superior to that 

 grown here for several seasons, whereby it has deteriorated > 



Price, 50c. pk., $1.40 bush.; 10 bush., @ $1.30 bush. 



All other kinds of 

 Buckwheat are 

 now discarded, 



«3- WE CAN SUPPLY "rE* 



SOIL-INOCULATING GERMS, 



recommended by 

 The U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



For improving the yield, health and vigor of Beans, 

 Peas, Alfalfa, Clovers, etc., and the fixation of Nitro- 

 gen in the soil for future crops. To those who 

 desire to make the experiment we will mail our 

 " Soil Qerm Circular." 



For 



other 



kinds of 



Field Corn 



see page 62. 



HENDERSON'S EUREKA Y ^° w CORN 



DENT 



This is the finest and most productive field corn grown; it is 

 a tremendous yielder — 150 bushels of shelled corn per acre is not 

 unusual. The plants grow 12 to 15 feet high, a large proportion 

 of them bearing two immense ears to the stalk; the ears are very 

 handsome, averaging 12 to 15 inches long, with small red cob 

 covered full, and over both butt and tip ends, with 18 to 22 even 

 rows of large, deep grain of a rich orange-yellow color. It is 

 fairly early for so large a dent corn, but, of course, does not 

 mature as quickly as the small early dent and flint varieties, but 

 where 100 to 110 days of "corn weather" are assured, it is the 

 corn to grow. It gives unqualified satisfaction from Connecticut 

 to Ohio and South, but north of that latitude we do not advise 

 planting it unless in favored localities. 



Price, 20c. qt., 65c. pk., $2.25 bush.; 10 bush., @ $2.15 bush. 



Wood's Northern White Dent. The earliest, large, white Dent 

 Corn. Vastly superior in every respect to the Flint and small 

 Dent varieties. Will ripen in New York State, except in 

 that portion north of Rochester and Trov. 

 Price, 20c. qt., 75c. pk., S2.75 bush.; lO'bush., @ $2.65 bush 



For 

 other 

 kin ds 

 of Millet 

 see page 63 



JAPANESE MILLET 



A very distinct variety that is particularly valuable in 

 the Northern States as a quick-growing forage and en- 

 silage crop, attaining a height, in good soiUof 6 to 8 feet 

 and yielding from 10 to 18 tons of green fodder per acre. 

 For feeding green, it may be cut from day to day as 

 needed until the seed begins to ripen. During this period 

 it is much relished by stock; cattle especially consume it 

 without waste before touching green fodder corn, and 

 cows fed on it invariably increase in milk. For dried 

 fodder, it should be cut in the blossom stage; it averages 

 6 tons of cured fodder per acre, and while coarser than hay, 

 it is freely eaten by stock and is often preferred by horses 

 to Timothy and Clover hay; when sown early, it produces 

 a fair second cutting. For ensilage, two parts of the 

 Millet in combination with one part Soja Beans forage, 

 forms a complete balanced ration that may be fed, with- 

 out grain, even to milch cows. Sow from May to July, 

 15 lbs. of seed per acre if broadcasted, or if in drills, 12 to 

 18 inches apart, use 10 to 12 lbs. per acre; the latter 

 method is preferable so the crop may be cultivated until 

 it gets ahead of the weeds. Price, 10c. lb.; 10 lbs., 

 90c; 100 lbs.. $7.50. 



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