for Fodder and Green Manuring. 
PEAS 
“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 1 ea 
and Oats in mixture 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 ue sown until corn planting time. Cow Peas, being of very rapid growth during 
the warm weather, can be sown as late as the middle of July with reasonable assurance 
LONG S WHITE TARTAR OATS. 
The Ideal Oat for the American Farmer . 
earliest, heaviest and most prolific domestic-grown Oat in cultivation. It is 
/ -g suitable for all soils; of robust and vigorous constitution, is remarkably early 
L f \. and an immense cropper; the straw is long and stout, stands up well and does 
not readily lodge or twist. The heads measure from 8 to 10£ inches, and the 
kernels are of immense size, thick, plump and heavy, and is undoubtedly the 
heaviest cropping domestic white oat ever offered. 
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., SI.40 bush, of 32 lbs.; 
10-bush, lots, SI.30 per bush.; 100-bush, lots, SI.25 per bush. 
Henderson’s 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, per peck. $0.75 
Per bushel of 50 lbs. 2.60 
3 bushels (sufficient for one acre). 7.00 
10 bushels and upward, per bush. . . . 2.25 
100-bushel lots, per bush. 2.15 
OI a prontaoie crop, einiei ioi imivcanu^ w. 
Prices of Peas for Fodder and Green Manuring. 
Peck. 
Bush, of 
60 lbs. 
10 bush, 
lots, at 
60c 
81.80 
81.70 
70c 
2.20 
2.10 
“ Large Marrowfat. Of immense growth, the best of 
75c. 
2.75 
2.65 
COW PEAS. Black eyed. Of great value in the Southern 
States and also in the Northern States as a green summer 
feed for sheep, and as a green crop for plowing under. . . . 
1.25 
4.50 
4.25 
SAND OR WINTER VETCH. 
(Vicia Villosa.) 
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, re¬ 
maining 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 should have a field of 
it, and if you try it once you will never be a season 
without 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 pnve 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. 
Sow one bushel per acre, with one-half bushel of 
Rye or Wheat. (See cut.) Price. 10c. lb., 85.50 
bush, of 60 lbs.; 100 lbs., $9.00. If by mail, add 8c. 
per lb. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 
Under favorable conditions Rnpe is ready for pasturing sheep 
or cattle withiu six weeks from time of sowing, and on an average 
one acre will carry 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 South¬ 
ern States until September or Octobei 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., S3.25 bush, of 50 lbs., 100 lbs. S6.00. If 
by mail, add 8c. lb. 
FARM SEEDS we do NOT deliver free, but when small quan¬ 
tities are wanted WE WILL PREPAY CARRIAGE IN UNITED 
STATES if 8c. per pound is added to prioes. 
