PETER HENDERSON & CO, NEW YORK.— FORAGE PLANTS. 



English H^pe 



TRUE DWARF ESSEX. 



In the United States we have millions of acres of j 



land that annually lie idle or run to weeds the latter 



of the season, after the grain, potato and hay crops have been 



harvested, a large portion of which might be made to produce one of the finest feeds imaginable, and in the greatest 



abundance, at a time when cattle and sheep are roaming through 

 bare pastures in search of a scanty living. Rape may be sown 

 broadcast at the rate of 6 lbs. per acre, and harrowed in, or the 

 land may be thoroughly harrowed and the seed sown in drills, 

 18 to 24 in. apart, at the rate of 2 to 3 lbs. per acre. Under 

 favorable conditions it is ready for pasturing sheep or cattle 

 within six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average one 

 acre will carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks to two months. 

 There are several varieties of Rape, but care should be taken 

 to procure the Dwarf Essex, which does not seed the same 

 season as sown. In the Northern States it should be sown from 

 May to August for fall pasturing, but as it thrives best in cool 

 weather, it should not be sown in the Southern States until Sep- 

 tember 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, fattening and putting them in excellent condition for market- 

 ing without the addition of grain or other purchased feeds. At 

 the Michigan Experiment Station, 128 lambs were pastured for 

 eight weeks on 15 acres of Rape sown in July and showed a gain 

 of 2,890 lbs., or at the rate or 3 lbs. per lamb each week. To 

 secure the best results the Rape should be sown in drills and the 

 plan has been successfully tried of sowing Scarlet Clover broad- 

 cast at the same time, pasturing the Rape in the fall and plowing 

 under the Clover the following spring. Sow 6 lbs. per acre broad- 

 cast, 2 to 3 lbs per acre in drills. 12c. lb., $9.00 100 lbs. 



NEW HARDY FORAGE PLANT. 



SAND, HAIRY OR WINTER VETCH. 



Succeeds on poor sandy soils, grows to a height of 3 to 4 feet 

 and seems proof against both heat and cold and when sown in 

 fall yields a crop early the following spring. If cut when in bloom 

 it will yield a second crop which may be allowed to seed if 

 desired. Sow half bushel to a bushel per acre. $6.00 bushel of 



WINTER OR SAND VETCH. 60 lbs. , I5C. lb. 



