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A GOLD MINE ON EVERY DAIRY FARM. 
Corn 1 h undoubtedly the most serviceable crop that has been used for 
ensilage, but however well preserved in the silo, it is an incomplete food for 
cattle. Its carbohydrates or heat-producing parts are proportionately in 
excess of its albuminoids or flesh-forming parts. 
The farmer has in the past, at the expense of Ids purse, supplied the 
deficiency by feeding grain grown on the farm, or by buying oil cake, cotton¬ 
seed meal or other feed rich in albuminoids. This expense can be avoided by 
using The “Henderson” Ensilage Combination, which is composed 
of two parts Fodder, Corn or Japanese Millet to one part Early 
Soja Beans. An equal acreage of each will produce about the right propor¬ 
tion, and the mixture may be made at time of cutting the fodder and filling 
the silo. 
Mixed in the above proportions it is a complete, balanced ration for 
milch cows without the addition of grain or other purchased feed. 
It will mean a saving to the farmers of hundreds of thousands of dollars, 
and will revolutionize dairying in the Northern States. 
N° up-to-date dairy can be profitably operated without a silo, and no silo 
should be filled with corn alone while the Early Soja Bean can be grown in 
any part of the United States. 
The Soja Beans and Japanese Millet are offered on this 
page ; the Fodder Corn on page 75. 
FIELD BEANS AND PEA5 
FOR FODDER AND GREEN HANURING. 
BEAN, Henderson’s Early Soja. The ordinary Soja Bean of 
the South Is too late to be of value in the Northern States. 
This variety ripens even in Massachusetts, where it grew 
nearly four feet In height,was heavily podded and yielded 
over ten tons per acre. It is a very valuable fodder 
variety eit her for curing,feeding green or for the silo. 
It Is a rich nitrogenous feed, is unsurpassed as a 
flesh former, an«l. like the (’lovers, is a soil improv¬ 
er. (See cut.) 15c. lb., $1.00 peck, $8.50 bushel 
of 00 lbs. 
BEAN, Soja. $1.00 peck, $8.00bushel of 60lbs. 
“ Boston Small Pea. $1.00 peck, 
$3-50 bushel of 00 lbs. 
“ Burlingame Medium. $1.00 peck, 
$8.50 bushel of 00 lbs. 
“ White Marrowfat. $1.00 peck, 
$8.50 bushel of 00 lbs. 
“ Improved Red Kidney. $1.00 
peck, $3.50 bushel of 00 lbs. 
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 carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks 
to t wo 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 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 uh 
those of Clover, and for sheep the feeding value of Rape 
excels all other plants we know of. Sow 4 lbs. per acre broad¬ 
cast , 2 to 3 Him. per acre in drills. (See cut.) 10c. lb., $3.50 
bushel of 50 lbs., 100 lbs. $7.00. If by mail, add 8c. lb. 
PEAS FOR FODDER. 
“ 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.”—(year¬ 
book 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 alack of knowl¬ 
edge 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 tin* 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 livestock on the farm to which 
Peas and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with 
positive advantage. 
The Mummy. Very heavy cropper. $2.00 
bushel. 
Barge Marrowfat. Of immense growth, the 
best of the Field Peas for fodder. $2.00 
bushel; 10-bushel lots. $1.90 bushel. 
Canada White. (See cut.) 50c. peck, $ 1.75 
bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.60 bushel. 
Canada Blue. 50c. peck, $2.00 bushel of 60 lbs.; 
10-bushel lots, $1.90 bushel. 
Cow Peas. 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. $2 50 
bushel of 60 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 bushel. 
SAND OR WINTER VETCH. (Vlcia Vlllosa.) 
Tk perfectly hardy throughout the United StnteH, remaining green all winter, and 
should he howu during Auguet and September, mixed with Kye, which nerves as a 
support for the plants, or in spring with Oats or Bariev. 
it grows to n height of 4 to 5 feet and 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 hi the Northern States, where Scarlet Clover winter kills, though it Is equally 
valuable In the South. 
It Ih exceedingly nutritious, much more so than Clover, is eaten with relish and may 
be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. 
Sow one bushel per acre with one-half bushel of Kye or Wheat. (See cut.) 
$1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel of 60 lbs., 100 lbs. $6.00. If by mail, add 8c. per li> 
MILLET. 
10c. lb., 
German or Golden. 10c. lb., 100 lbs. 
$3.00. $1.60 bushel (50 lbs.); 10-bushel 
lots, $1.50. 
Hungarian. 10c. lb., 100 lbs. $2.25, 
$1.15bu. (481bs.); 10-bushel lots, $1.10. 
Pearl. 12c. 11>., 1 00 lbs. $1 0.00. 
Japanese. Sown from middle of May to 
end of July broadcast at tlie rate of 12 
lbs. per acre, or in drills 8 lbs. per acre, it 
will grow 6 to 8 feet in height and yield 
12 to 20 tons per acre. It maybe siloed, 
fed green or cured into hay, and its feed¬ 
ing quality is superior to fodder corn. 
Ensilage composed of two parts of this 
Millet to one port of Soja Beans is a com¬ 
plete, balanced ration for milch cows 
without the addition of grain. iSeecut.) 
10c. lb., 10 lbs. 90c., 100 lbs. $8.00. 
SORGHUM. 
For full descriptions see Henderson's 
American Farmers' Manual, free on 
application. Price Price 
per lb. 100 lbs. 
Early Amber Sugar Cane. 
One of the most valuable 
forage plants, and will yield 
several cuttings a season. 
Culture the same as for Corn.10c. $6.00 
Early Orange Sugar Cane. 
A little la ter than the Amber... 10c. 
Broom Com, Evergreen.10c. 
Kaffir Corn.10c. 
Rural Branching Doura.12c. 
Jerusalem Corn.12c. 
Yellow Branching.12c. 
Sorghum Halapense (John- 
son Grass). (See page 73.) 
FARM SEEDS we do NOT deliver free, but when small quantities are wanted we wi 
States if 8c. per pound is added to prices. 
prepay carriage in United 
