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HENDERSON'S TESTED FARM SEEDS 



WINTER RYE 



THE HARDIEST AND EARLIEST GRAIN CROP GROWN 



Rye is a valuable crop for either Boiling, green fodder, straw or grain. It is largely used by farmers 

 to seed down with in the fall, and is considered preferable to Wheat for this purpose, as it protects the 

 young grass and matures two weeks earlier in the summer than Wheat. It is also extensively used for 

 fall pasture when sown early and for cutting green in late spring and early summer, but when wanted 

 for cutting it is best sown with the Sand or Winter Vetch. 



On light sandy soils where other cereal crops would be a failure, rye can be depended upon to produce 

 fair returns. Because of its great hardiness and ability to grow upon poor land, rye is the best crop to 

 plow under to increase the humus in the soil; but this must be done early in the spring before the rye 

 has made much growth, otherwise it would exhaust the moisture in the soil, to the detriment of succeeding 

 crops. A field of rye which has made good growth in the fall is often pastured with cattle or sheep for a 

 time, and also in the spring moderately. The 

 stock is then removed and the rye allowed to 

 ripen. Rye is the only cereal crop which may 

 be thus treated without great injury. 



Sow (if alone) from 1^ bushels to 2}/% bushels 

 per acre. 



ROSEN RYE 



A NEW LARGE YIELDING RYE 

 THRIVES WELL ON ALL SOILS 



This remarkable Rye is destined to become 

 one of the leading varieties grown in America. 

 It is extremely hardy due to the fact of its 

 Russian origin. 



Rosen Rye was brought to its present high 

 state of development at the Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College, where it has proven superior 

 to all other sorts in growth and productivity. 



While the average yield for rye throughout 

 the United States is only 15 bushels to the 

 acre, Rosen Rye has yielded up to 45 bushels 

 to the acre. 



The plant is extremely vigorous, producing 

 a luxuriant stiff straw from large stools. On 

 account of its vigorous stooling habit only one 

 bushel will be required to sow an acre. 



The grain of Rosen Rye is extremely attrac- 

 tive, plump, and heavy. It commands the 

 highest market prices wherever offered. 



One of the principal merits of this valuable 

 grain, is that it thrives equally as well on light 

 soils as it does on heavy soils. It has proven 

 to be a dependable sort by producing large 

 crops in unfavorable seasons when other kinds 

 only gave meager yields. (See engraving.) 



Price, 35c. per quart; 90c. per peck; $2.50 

 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 per 

 bushel. 



GIANT WINTER RYE 



A remarkably heavy cropping Rye, having" 

 in fair tests outyielded many other varieties 

 both in straw and grain. The straw is of 

 uniform length, strong and of extraordinary 

 stiffness. 



Price, 30c. per quart; 80c. per peck; $2.25 

 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.15 per 

 bushel. 



WINTER RYE 



The variety most commonly cultivated, 



whether sown for grain, straw or cutting green. 



Price, 30c. per quart; 80c. per peck; $2.25 



per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.15 per 



l)UShel. THE NEW ROSEN RYE 



