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Pf, A nb * or Fodder and Green Manuring. 



"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." — {Yearbook of the U . S . Department 

 of Agriculture.) 



For the Northern States there is no crop of greater value than 

 Field Peas, and none is more neglected, which can only be attributed 

 to a lack of knowledge as to its merits. Whether for fodder, 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 from 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 mix- 

 ture cannot be fed with positive advantage. The Canada varieties and Marrowfat should be 

 sown early in the spring, but Cow Peas are more tender and should not be sown unti corn- 

 planting time. Cow Peas, being of very rapid grow'b. 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. 



L ONG'S WHITE TARTAR OATS. 



^^■rHIS gTand Oat has fully maintained its reputation as the earliest, heaviest and most 

 / -4 prolific domestic-grown Oat in cultivation. It is suitable for all soils; of robust 

 I fL and vigorous constitution, is remarkably early and an immense cropper; the 

 ^^ straw is long and stout, stands up well and does not readily lodge or twist. The 

 heads are very long, measuring from 8 to 10£ inches, and the kernels are of im- 

 mense size, thick, plump and heavy, and is undoubtedly the heaviest cropping domestic 

 white oat ever offered. Planted alongside some of the older varieties in a field of 40 acres, 

 it yielded more than double the number of bushels per acre of any of the other sorts. 



Its extreme earliness, great length and strength of straw, thick, plump grains and the 

 heavy yields it is capable of producing give Long's White Tartar all the necessary quali- 

 fications which go to make an ideal oat. (See cut.) Price, 50c. pk., §1.40 bush. (32 lbs.); 

 10-bush. lots, Sl-30 per bush.; 100-bush. lots, SI. 25 per bush. 



Hendersons Imported CLYDESDALE OATS 



THE MOST POPULAR HIGH-GRADE WHITE OAT IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The climate of America is unsuited to the pro- 

 duction and maintenance of the highest grade of 

 oats, and unless a heavy imported oat be used for 

 seed purposes at least every second or third year, 

 they become light, "chaffy," inferior in quality 

 and unprofitable. The financial benefit to the 

 American farmers by the annual distribution of 

 several thousand bushels of HENDERSON'S 

 IMPORTED CLYDESDALE OATS is in- 

 estimable. These oats weigh naturally 50 lbs, 

 per measured bushel, and they deteriorate 

 in weight only from three to four lbs. each 

 year they are grown here, so that the produce is 

 worth for seed purposes at least double the 

 market value of ordinary oats. We offer these 

 oats for sale at the weight of 50 lbs. per bushel, 

 exactly as grown for us in Britain, so that those 

 purchasing will actually receive for every bushel 

 over one and one-half bushels according to 

 the American standard, which reduces the price 

 of "The Clydesdale" to $1.44 per standard 

 bushel Of 32 lbs. Another most important ad- 

 vantage of Henderson's Clydesdale Oats to the 

 farmer is the fact that they have been thoroughly 

 cleaned by our most improved machinery, and 

 are absolutely free from weed seeds. (See cut.) 

 Price, 75c. per peck, $2.50 per bushel (of 50 

 lbs.) Or we will supply 3 bushels (150 lbs.), the 

 quantity t-> seed an acre, for $7.00. 10 

 bushels and upward, $2.25 per bushel; 100- 

 bushel lots, $2.15 

 per bushel. 



Prices of Peas for Fodder and Green Manuring. 



Peck. 



Bush, of 

 60 lbs. 



10 bush, 

 lots, at 



Peas, Canada White. (See cut.) 



60c. 

 70c. 



75c 



85c. 



$1.80 

 2.20 



2.75 



3.00 



SI. 70 



" Canada Blue 



2.10 



" Large Marrowfat. Of immense growth, the best of 



2.65 



COW PEAS. Of great value in the Southern States and also 

 in the Northern States as a green summer feed for sheep. 



2.90 



SAND or WINTER VETCH. 



(Vicia Villoma.) 



Though it succeeds and produces good crops on poor, 

 sandy soils, it is much more vigorous on good land and 

 grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly hardy 

 throughout the United States, remaining green all winter, 

 and should be sown during August and September, mixed 

 with Rye, which serves as a support for the plants, or in 

 spring with Oats or Barley. 



It is the earliest crop for cutting, being nearly a 

 month earlier than Scarlet Clover, and a full crop can be 

 taken off the land in time for planting spring crops. 

 Being much hardier than Scarlet Clover this is the forage 

 plant to sow in the Northern States, where Scarlet Clover 

 winter-kills, though it is equally valuable in the South. 

 Every dairyman and stock-breeder in the United States 

 ehould have a field of it, and if you try it once you will 

 never be a season with nut it. 



It is exceedingly nutritious, much more so than Clover, 

 is eaten with a relish and may be fed with safety to all 

 kinds of stock. 



It will also prove valuable for a Hay crop in the South 

 and dry Western regions, as it may be sown in the fall 

 and will make a luxuriant growth during the fall and 

 spring months, and will yield a heavy crop, which may 

 be cut and stored before the droughts set in. Owing to 

 scarcity of forage in the section where Sand Vetch is 

 grown, most of the crop was cut for feed, and seed is, in 

 consequence, very scarce and high in price this year. 



Sow one bushel per acre, with one-half bushel of Rye 

 qr Wheat. (See cut.) Price, 14c. lb., S7.50 bush, of 60 

 lbs.; 100 lbs. $11.50. If by mail add 8c. per lb. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 



Under favorable conditions Rape is ready for pasturing 

 sheep or cattle within six weeks from time of sowing, and on 

 an average one acre will car y twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks 

 to two months. When on the Rape they should at all times 

 have access to salt; but water is not necessary. In the Northern 

 States it should be sown from May to the end of August for fall 

 pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool weather, it should not 

 be sown in the Southern States until September or October for 

 winter pasture. In the latitude of New York, July or August 

 is the best time to sow. Its fattening properties are probably 

 twice as good as those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value 

 of Rape excels all other plants we know of. Sow 4 lbs. per acre 

 broadcast, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre in drills. (See cut.) Price 10c. lb., 

 $3.25 bush, of 50 lbs., 100 lbs. $6.00. If by mail, add 8c. lb. 



FARM SEEDS we do NOT deliver free, but when smalt 

 quantities are wanted WE WILL PREPAY CARRIAGE IK 

 UNITED STATES if 8c. per pound is added to prloes. 



