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THE VALUE OF GREEN MANURE CROPS 
They make your soil more fertile and check soil erosion 
The two most important factors of a fertile soil are: An abundance of organic 
matter or humus, and an abundance of plant food. The latter may be easily 
supplied from the fertilizer bag. but the former is a much more troublesome 
problem. Dairy farms, on which liberal supplies of manure are produced, and 
• •n which sods and crop residues are turned under, should have little difficulty in 
beeping up the organic matter supply of the soil; with the judicious use of ferti- 
lizer and lime it would be a comparatively easy matter to maintain crop yields. 
With ether types of farms, however, particularly vegetable and fruit farms, the 
problem of keeping the soil adequately supplied with organic matter is one which 
requires considerably more attention. The most economical and one of the most 
satisfactory means of maintaining soil fertility, is the use of a green manuring 
mixture of seed. 
GREEN MANURE, SEED MIXTURE 
A combination of various rapid-growing legumes which will add humus and 
nitrogen to the soil. Plant early in the fall for turning under in the spring. 
Mixture may be broadcast, or sow at the rate of 1 lb. per 1 ,000 square feet. 
Price, lb.. 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $2.00; 10 lbs., $3.75; 25 lbs.. $8.00; 50 lbs.. 
$16.00; 100 lbs., $30.00; transforation paid. 
VETCH, SAND or WINTER (Vida Satin) 
The Best Legume for Sandy Soils 
It is the earliest crop for cutting, 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 should have a field of Winter Vetch. 
Although Sand Vetch succeeds, and even produces good crops on poor, sandy 
soils, it is, naturally, more vigorous on better land. Under stich conditions the 
plant produces numerous branches 3 to 6 feet long. Both leaves and branches are 
covered with fine hairs, hence it is sometimes called "Hairy Vetch." Sand Vetch 
is hardy all over the United States, and in most places remains green all winter. 
The crop may be seeded, either from the middle of August to the middle of 
September, or in the spring from the middle of April to the middle of May. 
Sown in the fall it should be mixed with Mammoth Red Clover or Rye to serve 
as a support for the vines, thus keeping the forage off the ground. 
If shown in the spring it may be mixed with Oats or Barley. Fall sown crops 
urnish some forage before winter comes, and as growth starts very early in the 
spring it can be pastured, cut for hay, or turned under to renovate the soil. 
The foremost orchardists highly recommend Sand Vetch as a cover crop. 
Soluble plant food in porous soils leaches away in considerable amounts during 
the late fall and the early spring, when the roots of trees are not actively forag- 
ing for it. 
Sow 60 pounds per acre, with one-half bushel of Rye or Wheat. 
Price, lb.. 40c; 10 lbs., $3.50; 25 lbs.. $7.50; 100 lbs.. $25.00. 
SPRING VETCHES or TARES (Tida vaiosa) 
A species of the Pea, grown for stock, and often mixed with Oats for soiling. 
Sown broadcast at the rate of 100 to 150 pounds per acre. 
Price, lb., 35c; 10 lbs.. $2.50; 25 lbs.. $5.75; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
A Page of Vital Interest to 
Every Farmer and Qardener 
This page is of vital interest to every garden owner, as well as <o every 
farmer, because good tillage on large or small areas requires ground 
covers and green manures. No cultivated area should be allowed to 
remain without a ground cover for even a short time, or erosion and the 
wind will cause serious damage to it. 
All of the following items are valuable not only for the crops they 
produce, but also as ground covers and soil improvers- A combination 
of either Wheat or Rye and Vetch is excellent. 
SUPERIOR SEED WHEAT Sow 1\ Bushels per acre 
It is grown especially for seed purposes from the choicest selected cross- hred and 
pedigreed strains, and recleaned at our warehouses which are equipped ivilh modern 
seed-cleaning machinery. This enables us to supply direct to the farmer plump and 
heavy seed, at lowest possible prices, when quality is considered. The variety offered 
is the best of the Spring meats, yield well, and the milling qualities of the grain 
surpasses even the best of the Winter varieties. Spring Wheat is also a satisfactory 
crop to sow along with Grass seed. 
MARQUIS— Spring Wheat 
Earliest. Most Productive. Highest in Quality. 
This famous variety is of Canadian origin and was bred by crossing. Red Fife 
and Hard Calcutta, and acclimated Wheat from India. It retains the frost- 
resisting qualities of Red Fife and also the extreme earliness of Hard Calcutta. 
Marquis Wheat is almost ten days earlier than any other variety and matures — 
as several farmers put it — in time to avoid rust. smut, or drought. As to pro- 
ductiveness many growers report 52 and more bushels per acre, but a five year 
average at Brandon Experiment Station was found to be 44 bushels per acre. 
Milling tests show that this Wheat contains a greater quantity of gluten, is a 
better color, shows gi"eater absorption, and is heavier in weight per bushel than 
any other Spring Wheat. Our stock was raised in the far north, and is early, 
hardy and productive. We strongly recommend our customers to try Marquis 
Wheat this year. 
Price, peck. $1.25; bushel (60 lbs.). $4.2S. 
WINTER SEED WHEAT 
For illustrations and descriptions of varieties of Winter Wheat see "Hender- 
son's Fall Wheat Circular" issued in Au°ust. We offer the leading varieties. 
We can also take orders now for delivery from the harvest "f 194.5 at prices 
ruling at time of shipment. 
RYE — Sow IV2 bushels per acre 
SELECTED SPRING RYE 
A variety produced by planting Winter Rye in the spring for several years, 
and selecting the seed until the type is fixed. It is an excellent "catch-crop" 
where Fall sown grain has been winter-killed, and also for fodder. 
Price, peck. $1.10; bushel (56 lbs.). $3.50. 
ROSEN 
A remarkahly heavy crop- 
ping Rye. having in fair 
tests outyielded many other 
varieties both in straw and 
grain. The heads average six 
inches in length and are filled 
from end to end with plump 
medium-sized grains. 
Price, qt., 30c; )A peck, 
60c; peck, $1.00; bushel. 
$3.50. 
WINTER 
Grown for green manuring 
and putting the soil in a 
loamy condition, also for 
green early fodder. 
Price, qt., 30c; 14 peck, 
50c; peck. 80c; bushel. $2.50. 
For Greater Yields 
Treat All 
Cereal Seed 
With New Im- 
proved "Ceresan" 
To 
smuts; 
OATS. 
LEY. 
control destructive 
improve vour yield of 
WHEAT and BAR- 
Recommended by 
N. Y. STATE Colleges. 
1 pound treats 52 Bushels. 
Price. 1 lb.. 80c; 5 lbs.. 
$3.40. 
The Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges on Farm Seeds, Except Where Noted. 
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