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_. HENDERSON'S... 


SPEGIAL 


(RASS JIIXTURED 
ros, HAY. 22 


~ PERMANENT PASTURE. 


BENDERSON’S.. 


SUPERIOR SEEDS 
GRASSES, 


GLOVERS. neetiee: 25 f 37 Goria 


FORAGE PLANTS, 
ROOT GROPS, 


ETG., ETG., ET 


| Copyright, 1904, by Peter HEND 


AMERIGAN. 
Farmers’ Manual 


PETER rENDERSON & 60. 


NDT ST. 
NEW YORK. 


N & Co. 


epies Received 


22 1904 


yyright Entry 


PAGE Sow (if alone) 


per Acre 
ARpeCBSeErerePEccood g) 2 bushels. 
: ey 9 3 bushels. 
“vulgaris ee Red Top 10 3 bushels. 
sé Ran Cyne eer ar 10 20 Ibs. 
Alopecurus pratensis—See Meadow Foxtail............... 9 3 to 4 bushels. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum—See Sweet Vernal, peren.. 10 316 bushels. 
Avena flavescens—See Yellow Oat Grass.................... 3 3 bushels. 
ui elatior—See Tall Meadow Oat Grass 9 4 to 5 bushels. 
Arrhenatherum See Tall Meadow Oat 
9 4 to 5 bushels. 
Awnless Brome Grass. 14 35 Ibs. 
Alsike or Hybrid Clover.. ee |) a9 8 Ibs. 
AlTaliMiGloVertecrecsteesecrtere cy sret eer ere eee 16 20 Ibs. 
Artichokes... 35 8 to 10 bushels. 
Australian S 35 2 lbs. 
Barleye:.:----: (s 5 2 2 25 1144 to 2 bu. drilled 
Beet Sugar.. |S 6 to 8 lbs. 
Bermuda Grass 14 6 lbs. 
Bromus inermis—See Awnless Brome Grass........ = 14 35 lbs. 
Bokhara Cloverinccsstcc ccs a ls 10 Ibs. 
Broom Corn..... 7 30 8 to 10 lbs. 
Buckwheat.... ee 26 1 bushel. 
Beans, Field....... ...]34to35| 1 bushel drilled. 
Catia (ay BlusiGrassieccctcccssenscccesececersencsemecree eee 13 3 bushels. 
Cynodon dactylon—See Bermuda Grass...........2......... 14 8 Ibs. 
Creeping Bent or Fiorin.................. i) 2 bushels. 
Crested Dog’s Tail 13 11 bushels. 
Cynosurus cristatus—See Crested Dog's Tail. 13 11% bushels. 
Clovers .. SEL 5-16: 
Cow Grass—See Mammoth Red Clover........ Ae 15 10 to 12 Ibs. 
Crimson or Carnation—See Scarlet Clover.. one 16 14 Ibs. 
Corns Dentan di Elint,..cesssccceseccesic-ceeseeese ...| 27-29 8 to 10 qts. 
« Broadcast, 2 bu. 
MOG GON: sesr.cesexeez 30 DrleaMeln a 
fateh BE OD Sieeece et hes vies 27 6 to 8 qts. 
Carrots.. ; 37 4 (bs. 
Cotton. 42 15 lbs. 
Dactylis glomerata—See Orchard Grass.............0........ 10 3 bushels. 
DO UTE Shskesse cere etsc cote sere Seco trea ete ene one 31 8 to 10 lbs. 
English Blue Grass—See Meadow Fescue...........02.-..0.- “12 21% bushels. 
ss orberennialiRye Grass ieccce.-<-csers escort seseess sees 12 2% to 3 bushels. 
Festuca elatior—See Tall Meadow Fescue................... a fal 2% bushels. 
ie heterophylla—See Various Leaved Fescue..... abal 3 bushels. 
5S ovina—See Sheep’s Fescue...............csscessseesee- ala 2% bushels. 
“ tenuifolia—See Fine Leaved Sheep’s 
Fescue .... oe 1 3 bushels. 
sé pratensis—See Mea oes 12 21% bushels. 
“e rubra—See Red Fescue...... ..... a2 alae 2 bushels. 
a duriuscula—See Hard Fescue.. ee 10 2 busheis. 
Fine Leaved Sheep’s Fescue...... ses abl 3 bushels. 
Plax" Seed :iccsscsis tsetse. scesce a 85 14 to 34 bushel. 
MiOTIN——See Creepin S Ben b.rs-cs 25. se. cece ssssseeesre= deceeasesseetee 9 2 bushels. 
Grasses, MATLO WS: 2 osececesrcesecccuseace iva scnanedendececeson cn mereseuee 9 to 14 
Permanent Pasture Mixtures........... 2to 7 83 bushels. 
te SS Clover, for above. Pe 2 10 lbs. 
se Renovating MISURYE: Sires eareatccacesecttnts eeteettene. 8 1 bushel. 
xe LOTAENOP SOU Cec tesn-. rece eaecd ce soes teaver catenins 14 
Herd’s Grass (of the South)—See Red Top................. 10 3 bushels. 

“« (of the North)—See Timothy. . eS 138 8 to 12 qts. 
Hungarian Grass—See Hungarian Millet.. Bl 253 1 to 1 bushel. 
PE Ar GUBescue Xe. cccseseiescccsccgacube sn sassecseeces sete meseseete scenes: 10 2% bushels. 
TtaliansRye) Grass sere. 22ce-s--c02 rasacre sett ens Saemecte ee meat eee 12 3 bushels. 
June Grass—See Kentucky Blue..............ccsccceescseeeseeees 13 2 to 3 bushels. 

“* Clover—See Red Clover... 1S 10 top 12 lbs. 
aApan' CLOVER) ..:.cecsccecsssesc ese 15 14 Ibs. 
Johnson Grass. ‘ sae 14 1 bushel. 
DETUSALCMY COLD. sce ces cooss cccecercsteeiee sscstersssoeomre eoeeeeeeteeee BL 5 Ibs. 

I GATOR Me cde ccecccdesccsssesscens danstageaes eda saccavdseeecermeaseneeae 31 ,ot te 10 Ibs. 
Wwentueky Blue Grasses. ccecseteeeceeecakcssecr corer 13 2 to 3 bushels. 
AVA PUTIG Sous cescees cae sts acataccee cat snouee oss ree cep aeusts sess ti ecsan cates oot 35 2 to 3 bushels. 
Lolium italicum—See Italian Rye Grass.. 12 3 bushels. 
Lolium perenne—See English Rye Grass.. 12 2% to 3 bushels. 


IN DE and Table of Quantities PAGE Sow (if alone 
Required per Acre per Acre 


Ihucerne—SecevAllfalianmecstecs-<sc:seeetecttectenctsctecerersneeresaene 16 20 Ibs. 
Lespedeza striata—See Japan Clover 15 14 lbs. 
Meadow Foxtail.. 9 3 to 4 bushels. 
At Fescue. 12 21% bushels. 
Mammoth or Pea Vine Clover 15 10 to 12 lbs. 
Medicago sativa—See Alialfa.. . 16 20 Ibs. 
Millo Maize—See MOUTAS!sesercess-s 6 381 8 to 10 lbs. 
Millet, German and Hungarian...................:.5. + : 33 f a 10. Ebushelt 
“s Pearl, Egyptian, Cat-Tail or Horse Millet... 33 4 Ene aie 
ss Japanese (in drills, 10 Ibs. per acre)....... ie 32 Broadeast, 15 Ibs 
Man pels ie eee cc teea nec cersratoone necen seats E 38 6 to 8 lbs. 
Melilotus alba—See Bokhara Clovet...........cseesssese020+- 15 10 lbs. 
Onobrychis sativa—See Sainfoin....................sc.eeseeeeees 385 83 to 4 bushels. 
Orchard Grass..... a 3 bushels. 
OBTS Error ecesasteenete sca recsceeces sconces oenarecetrenceene accent ance onee 3 bushels. 
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IR ATEN Deceeceveseont ccssseceeenanesacavecaces sesmecseets ly SL 6 Ibs. 
Poa nemoralis—See Wood Meadow Grass. 3 2 2 bushels. 

‘*  pratensis—See Kentucky Blue.................. 13 2 to 3 bushels. 

“ trivialis—See Rough Stalked Meadow Grass 10 1% bushels. 

“ arachnifera—See Texas Blue Grass.......... : 14 6 lbs. 
Phleum pratense—See Timothy..................-2cs:eeeeeeeeeee 13 10 to 16 qts. 
Oba tOeSiaescceccesstreseccsteccnars secon scacteateertensa sae teeerenesmennnes 40-41 | 12 to 14 bushels. 
Peas, Field Sleoo 3 bushels. 

£69) NCO Wijecsccscccctcccesvscescecscest ee ssosstae BS 2 bushels. 
Pea Vine Clover—See Mammoth Clover .... eal aS 10 to 12 lbs. 
Perennial Red Clover—See Mammoth Clovet.............. 15 10 to 12 lbs. 
Rapes in elishi-c...cscsctcsecsssscor a] Bis 2 to 4 lbs. 
Red MO Dress: =| 20 3 bushels. 

“< Fancy.. 10 20 lbs. 
Rhode Island Bent. = 9 3 bushels. 
Red or Creeping Fescue ... Ll! 215 bushels. 
Reugh Stalked Meadow Grass........... 10 114 bushels. 
Red Clover (Common or June Clover)... ae iS 10 to 12 Ibs. 
Reana luxurians—See Teosinte........ con 31 6 to 8 lbs. 
IRV Ciecscenesesscccrevtesctosccvensvsrresors eo 25 1% bushels. 
Root Crops : 37-39 
Ruts) Ba gana: ...csseicccsescsevccasecsscccesssceuwsevestesetensesrusenereare 39 2 to 3 lbs. 
Sorghum Halapense—See Johnson Grass.. 14 1 bushel. 
Sweet Vernal—true perennial 10 31% bushels. 
Sheep?s: MescuG ee: -ancenseesnseeesere= Pere jee al 2% bushels. 
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass—See Kentucky , Blue... 13 2 to 3 bushels. 
Sweet Clover—See Bokhara Clover.................:.::000es0e 15 10 Ibs. 
ScarletiClovericecs scccceeesssesesseseesea “ 16 14 Ibs. 
Sainfoin.......... = 385 3 to 4 bushels 
Sorghunis.. 30to031 8 to 10 Ibs 
Sugar Beet 38 6 to 8 lbs 
Sugar Cane: 30 8 to 10 1bs 
Sunflowers: .:-c---sceses Bd 4qts 
Swedish Clover—See Alsike.. Eee 8 lbs 
SSUON FoR S302 8 o Brera Peer ieee rn serene a eter ty ner 34 34 bushel. 
Texas/BIWC' Grass! eccc.c-ceccesssceeusccsrecseecsscessetecesoersssores 14 6 Ibs. 

Tall Meadow Oat Grass. d 9 4 to 5 bushels. 

é POSCUG oo lricce-ccesscccecasecsee 11 2% bushels. 
Timothy or Herd’s Grass of the North.. - 13 10 to 16 qts. 
Trifolium pratense—See RCO) ClOVeIyeecsescscecesece-teseee : 15 10 to 12 Ibs. 
ss perenne—See Mammoth Clov er. 15 10 to 12 lbs. 
ee repens—See White Clover - 15 8 lbs. 
hy incarnatum—See Scarlet Clover ” 16 14 Ibs. 
es hybridum—See Alsike Clover...... ee 15 8 lbs. 
81 6 to 8 lbs. 
39 2 to 3 Ibs. 
39 2 to 3 Ibs. 
Vetch; Springs (ares) -<..-..c-Jcc-sccces:sessndseeeeecessscssccens feces BY 2 bushels. 
st Sand or Winter... 36 1 bushel. 
Various Leaved Fescue ala 3 bushels. 
Wiood = MeadowsGrassx.c.ceccrcsscssccacssestecsecssortaceese sears 12 2 bushels. 
White or Dutch Clover # ifs 8 Ibs. 
Wheat |20to24 11% bushels. 
Wild Rice 35 
Zizania aquatica—See Wild Rice...........................2.- ‘ 85 


ABOUT.-FORWARDING AND REMIZTENG. 
should be madé éithef tif. the .form of 2 oP.t 70. Rita Order, 
Express Money Order, Bank Draft, Express’ Purchasing O7 der 
or Registered Bethe, OS OKC 

Farm Sééds* we &3 not aeliver “fnee, bat” niake no charge for 
packing boxes, ‘barrels *or castage of gbeds to any railroad 
station, steamship line or express office in New York City. 
Consignee pays the transit charges. Cloth bags we charge 


for, but only at cost, viz.: 1 peck, 10c.; % bush., 12c.; 1 bush., 
15c.; 2 bush., 20c. 

All Grass Seed Bags, excepting for Timothy and Clover, 
we furnis’: free. 

SPECIAL PACKING for FOREIGN SHIPMENTS, in tin- 
lined cases or double sacks, charged for at cost. 

SPECIAL QUOTATIONS given to buyers of large quan- 


tities. 


PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express 


or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any 


other matter of any Seeds, Bulbs or Plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. if the 
purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 


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‘““Blood will tell tes Tt is not enough to Know that seeds grow, for weed seeds will grow! 


x The vital point is, What will they produce? This is a matter that is 
in seeds . uO) ian Re Ch epee hi too seldom taken into consideration by the average buyer, many of whom are more 
as well asinanimals . interested in hunting for the lowest in price, while progressive farmers and gardeners 
appreciate that ‘‘ blood will tell’’ in seeds as well as in animals, and realizing that 
their profits for a whole year depend upon the seeds they plant, they avoid ‘‘cheap’’ seeds as being poor economy, knowing 
that superior seeds produce superior and more profitable crops. ‘ 

While we do not wish to appear egotistical, yet in justice to ourselves and our seeds, and for the benefit of people who 
have never dealt with us, we claim to be the producers and distributers of the best seeds in the world—it is our business 
and our profession. We know that planters of seeds buy them entirely on confidence; we realize that to lose a man’s con- 
fidence is to lose his patronage. If you have never used our seeds, try them this year, and we will try and retain your 
confidence, as we have succeeded in doing with annually-increasing thousands for over half a century. 


Henderson’s Superior Eos Superior Grass, Clover, Cereal and other Farm Seeds 
(which we supply only direct to the planter) are not only of the best pedigree 
Farm Seeds strains, but are of high germination and of choicest, recleaned quality. Our ware- 
houses (250,000 bushels capacity), being especially equipped with the most modern seed- 
ftre Grown from Pedigree Strains cleaning machinery, enable us to supply direct to the farmer Recleaned Grass and 
other seeds of undoubted superiority at lowest possible prices when quality is consid- 
ered. We are to-day the largest direct suppliers of recleaned grass seeds to the farmer in America, and, if at times lower 
prices are quoted, depend upon it that it is at the sacrifice of quality, for we are so equipped that no responsible mer- 
chant can undersell us for the same qualities. We would warn our customers that the markets are at the present 
time flooded with much inferior, and, in many cases, absolutely worthless, grass and clover seeds, much of which has been 
purposely adulterated and is sold to the unsuspecting farmer by country merchants who do not have the expert knowledge 
to detect the adulteration, and upon whom it has been foisted by unscrupulous dealers. 


A FARM MANAGERS. 


We have from time to time applications by competent men for positions as 
farm and estate managers, men who have been trained to the business, and are 
well posted on agriculture generally, and the raising and care of all kinds of farm 
stock. We will be very pleased to enter into correspondence with those who re- 
quire the services of such. We make no charge to either employer or employee. 


ARE PROCURABLE 
ONLY DIRECT FROM US! 


We no longer supply th . 
keaeare, ong RE y through dealers, store 

By only supplying the planter direct we 
protect many customers who have had 

inferior Seeds, etc., foisted upon them 

as “‘Henderson’s.”’ 


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CHAS. HENDERSON, President. 35 & 37 CORTLANDT ST., NEW YORK. 


HENDERSON’S 


OPEGIAL GRASS MIXTURE 


For Hay and Permanent Pasture. 


This famous mixture has seeded thousands of 
acres of meadow and pasture land for progres- 
sive farmers and stock raisers in various parts 
of the United States, with most gratifying 
results. It is a well-balanced combination of 
@ number of native and acclimated foreign 
grasses and clovers, blended and improved 
upon during exhaustive trials under widely 
varied conditions, soils and localities for several 
years, until practically perfect, our aim being 
to produce under the extremes of the American 
climate of heat, drought and cold, a PERMA- 
NENT, dense and deep-rooting turf that would 
yield year after year the maximum quantity of 
hay and afterwards to afford, if desired, a con- 
stant and abundant pasturage. Another im- 
portant essential being superior quality, invit- 
ing, sweet and nourishing, whether as hay or 
pasture. That we have been successful is 
attested by the numerous letters of praise for 
this special grass mixture that we have received 
from the users, and the tributes to its merits 
published in many of the agricultural journals. 
Space permits us to print extracts from but a 
few of these encomiums on pages 4 and 5, 
to which we refer you, and for the complete 
description of Henderson’s Special Grass Mix- 
ture for Hay and Permanent Pastures, see 
next page, 3. 


PRICES 


Henderson’s Special Grass Mixtures 


(Described on pages 3 to 8) 
Per Bushell of 14 Pounds. 


For Hay and Permanent Pasture for Light soils 


66 
66 
66 
66 
66 
66 


66 
66 


66 


66 


OG Medium soils 


s Heavy soils Per bushel, $2.50 


20 bush. at 2.45 


Woodlands and Orchards, . . . .(page 8)( 59 « at 2.40 


Hay only, . 


° ° e e 


Pasture only, .. . 
Renovating Old Pastures,. . . . (page _ 8). 


MIXED PERMANENT CLOVERS 


10 Pounds required 


for 1 acre, 


$2.25. 


+ + + « e (page 6)|100 « at 236 
te orth pacer ss) 


should be sown in addition to the above grass 
mixtures, but on account of greater weight the 
clover should be sown separately, and in cold 
latitudes, in the spring. This mixed clover com- 
prises White, Mammoth Perennial or Cow Grass, 
Alsike, ete. 


For HAY and 


The Yield of Hay under favorable conditions averages 3 to 4 
tons per acre at the first cutting, or nearly double that of 
Timothy and Clover, and larger yields are not unusual; then, 
if not pastured, the second crop is usually about one-half the 
quantity of the first. This shows the great value of this 
special mixture of grasses over Timothy, which seldom yields 
a second crop, nor can it be pastured after cutting without 
seriously damaging the next season’s yield, for Timothy after 
cutting throws its strength into its bulbous base, on which its 
yield the next season depends. 


in Earliness this special grass mixture is about two weeks 
ahead of Timothy, enabling the haying to be finished before 
grain harvesting presses. This earliness gives a longer 
growing season for the aftermath, whether it is to be pastured 
or again cut for hay. 


Pasturage. After the hay crop is cut the grass commences 
to grow at once, recovering its verdure in a few days’ time and 
affording a continuous pasturage even through dry summer 
weather, until winter sets in; or the field may be pastured 
from earliest spring and still be in prime condition for yielding 
hay or pasture the next season, and so on year after year, for 
the various grasses composing this special mixture are all 
dense, fibrous-rooting varieties, sustaining noinjury from crop- 
ping—proving its value over Timothy, which would be injured, 
probably ruined, under similar conditions. 


Permanency. MHenderson’s Special Grass Mixture for Hay 
and Permanent Pasture, if properly laid down, will maintain its 
heavy cropping qualities twenty years and more if occasionally 
top-dressed with manure or suitable commercial fertilizer, and it 
will steadily improve, whereas a stand of Timothy soon com- 
mences to become thin and in three or four years must be plowed 
up and resown or rotated—with all of the attendant expense. 


Heat and Drought-Resisting. The various kinds of grasses 
composing this special mixture are fibrous, deep-rooting varie- 
ties that spread and intermingle, forming a tough matted sod, 
free from stooling or tussock growth, and, in consequence, the 
grasses protect their own roots and are therefore less susceptible 
to extremes of heat and drought, retaining their verdure even 
through dry, hot weather, when Timothy is burned up. 


Prices... 


PERMANENT PASTURE 


Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant 
Pasture 


Adapted to a Wide Range of Soils and Climate. This 
special mixture of grasses will thrive under a greater variety 
of soil and climatic conditions than Timothy, and in many 
instances gives bountiful returns where Timothy can scarcely 
be grown. 


Daisies cannot exist in an established field of this special 
grass mixture—which covers the ground so thoroughly with 
dense turf, and if daisies be in the field they do not get a chance 
to seed, the hay being ready to cut before the daisies are ripe. 


The Initial Cost is more in seeding with Henderson’s 
Special Grass Mixture, but the ultimate returns are much 
more profitable than those from ordinary hay and pasture 
fields, and when the other advantages are considered—includ- 
ing the permanency of a maintained yield—the first expense 
will be found a paying and satisfactory investment. 


The Seed Required. The amount of seed necessary to 
sow an acre largely depends on the quality of the land; 
the poorer the soil the larger the quantity required. 
Taking one soil with another, and owing to the fact that 
the seeds we use are of higher quality and better cleaned 
than ever, a fair average would be 3 bushels to the acre. 
The thicker the seeds are sown the sooner will a fine, close 
turf be obtained. 

To those accustomed to sow Timothy and Clover, the quantity 
of seed we recommend will seem large, but the seeds of these 
permanent grasses are quite different from Timothy, being 
much larger and lighter ; but experience has proven that satis- 
factory results cannot be obtained with less seed than we 
recommend, unless under exceptionally favorable circum- 
stances. It may be sown in either spring or fall. 


A Description of Soil and Locality should be given when 
ordering. In the preparation of these mixtures for permanent 
pasture, the greatest care is exercised in selecting such 
varieties as are suited to the soil to be sown and are likely to 
realize the object in view. To facilitate this, a description of 
the soil and climate, and the purpose for which sown, and if 
with or without a grain crop, should accompany each order. 
FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING ENCLOSED IN EVERY 
BAG. 


HENDERSON’S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE for HAY and PERMANENT 
PASTURE, for light soils, medium soils or heavy soils (state which 


——— in ordering): $2.50 per bushel of 14 Ibs.; 20-bushel lots @ $2.45 per bushel; 
50 bushels @ $2.40; 100 bushels @ $2.35. Mixed Permanent Clovers, 10 lbs. tosow an acre, $2.25. (See page 2.) 


HENDERSON’S 
Sire Cir Ave 
GRASS 
MIXTURE 


for HAY and 
PERMANENT 
PASTURE. 


Described and priced 
on pages 2 and 3. 


Prisca 63 yn5> 


PENNSYLVANIA. 


“ The grass seed I bought of you produced four mowings for feeding during 
last season and is the best piece of grass in this section.” Rey. U. MYERS. 


“The growth is simply wonderful, and do not think there is any other grass 
to equalit for hay or pasture. I sowed about ten acres, from which I have cut 
what I consider the best hay ever made on my farms.” J. S. Lone. 


“The Grass seed sent me turned out well. It makes a good grass for 
meadow or for grazing. It is fine, close grass and the cattle like it.” 
Patt A. OLIVER. 


“ The green appearance of the field attracted universal attention. The seed 
seemed to get hold of the soil completely. It has far surpassed clover and timo- 
thy in the amount it yields.’’ J. B. CUMMINGS. 


CONNECTICUT. 


“The 16 bushels Permanent Pasture Grass you sent me has proved a per- 
fect success. I shall want more in the spring.” J. S. MACFARLANE. 


*«T used 30 bushels of your mixture for permanent meadow on seven acres 
in one fieid, and a little Jess than three acres in another. This year from the 
three acres I got 9 two-horse loads of excellent quality, and from the seven 
acres I got 28two-horse loads, averaging a ton each. I expect to get a good 
second crop. The mixtures are better than the old-fashioned seeding of Timothy, 
Red-top and Clover.” R. E. HOLMES. 

NEW JERSEY. 


“‘From your Permanent Pasture Mixture, about eighty bushels, I had two 
crops, together about 3% tons per acre.” E GEHBEN. 


“Your Grass Mixture was acknowledged by all who saw it to be the best 
field of grass in this section.” JOHN S. BIGELOW. 


“We mowed a very good crop the 20th of June, and in two weeks had 
good pasture—the best in the township, and very good now, and much admired 
by the neighboring farmers. Our Timothy meadow is nearly all killed or dried 
up, no pasture. But the Special Grass Mixture is now very Dice and green.” 

E. W. BRUEN. 

““T have an even, solid stand of grass that affords ample pasture, and far 
better than those adjoining me who depend on Clover and Timothy.’”’ 

E, P. LAFETRA. 
VERMONT. 

“7 have used your grass seeds for several years, and they are easily the besé 
in the market.” C. KIMBALL. 

“Tam more than pleased with the results of both Lawn and Pasture, and 
am satisfied that P. H. & Co.’s seeds are unsurpassed.” Cc. F. Hastines. 


ONLY A FEW OF 
MANY 


LETTERS 
OF PRAISE 


from 
STOCK MEN 
and 


FARMERS 


We have 
HUNDREDS MORE of 
SIMILAR PURPORT 


VIRGINIZA., 

““My manager is enthusiastic over your Mixture for Hay and Permanent 
Pasture. He claims this year he cut 3 tons per acre the first cutting, 134 tons the 
second, and will cut 2 tons the third. The field is a grand sight. People come for 
miles around to see it.”” E. E. BARNEY. 


TOW Ss. 
“The Grass Mixture I got 01 you has done extra well, especially this year ot 


drought. It stood the drought and yielded about twice as much as Ti 
and the cattle seem to do better on it.”’ WILLARD Wines se 


MARYLAND. 

“Tt gives me pleasure to inform you that from the Grass seed I bought of you 
I got a good standand a splendid growth. I am well pleased; it does well in ‘this 
section.” S. C. Jones. 

SINTRESG 7p peg) Fee 
_ ‘The crop was much in excess of ordinary grass seeds or Timothy used in the 
neighborhood. As an evidence of my satisfaction, I have seeded down another 
lot this fall, using the same seed.”’ JAMES A. MILLER, JR. 

“ The Special Grass Mixtures bought from you have given every satisfaction, 
and, after my experience with them, I should never think of planting Timothy 
again. CHARLES H. LEAYCRAFT. 

“It’s the finest piece of grass anywhere about here. An old farmer told me 
last week it would cut 31% tons to the acre sure.” JAMES M. RICHARDS. 

“Your Special Mixture of Grasses was a success; compared with Timoth 
and Clover, the yield is double.’’ B OscaR SILLECK. 4 

*<It has yielded more than double the amount of pasture apiece of Timothy 
and Clover of the same size would have done under the same conditions.”’ 

FRANK G. McCoLuum. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 

“The Grass Seed turned out very satistactory, and we have this year cut 
three large crops of grass from the land seeded last fall with the seed bought 
ofyou. C. E. RoGers. 
ad Es The seed for the meadow land was allright, and has proved a great success 
inevery way. I have cut two heavy crops each year.’’ W. 4H. FAIRBANK. 

“« The Grass Seed came up so rank I had to cut it the forepart of June,a 
very heavy crop ofnice hay.” E. L. BARTLETT. 2 

_ “This is the third year and there was aheavy crop cut on it two weeks before 
Timothy was ready, aud much to my surprise, there was quite a good second 
crop in spite ofthe very dry season.”’ H. L. Park. 


ENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE OR TAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE... 


OFFERED ON PAGES 2 AND 3. 


EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE TRIBUTES OF PRAISE BY THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. 


From ‘‘CouNTtTRY GENTLEMAN,” published in Albany, N. Y. 
GRASS CULTURE. 


By invitation of Messrs. PETER HENDERSON & Co. of New York, a represent- 
ative of this paper visited their experimental grass plats. 

To reproduce English turf in the face of American drouths and heat may not 
be possible; to better the common clover and timothy practice, with 
its frequent thin results and speedy running out, is surely feasible. 
Instead of three or four varieties, ten to fifteen or twenty are used; tall and 
short grasses, coarse and fine, late and early sorts, are deftly combined in vary- 
ing proportions according to the end in view. 

Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the 
close, rich turf hid every particle of soil. There did not seem to 
be room for another spear of grass. Going over to an ordinary 
timothy meadow near by, the contrast was striking. The individual 
spears in a foot square could easily be counted; “‘standing-room’’ 
for more was abundant. The soil had not been ‘‘worked for all it 
Mae worth,’”’ and the thoughtful farmer might do some suggestive 

guring. 


From ‘ AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST,’”’ published in New York City. 
BEST GRASSES FOR HAY AND FOR PASTURE. 

By a judicious choice of seeds, mixtures have been effected which will give con- 
stant pasturage in this climate from early spring until late in the autumn. 

Timothy, and in many parts ‘‘timothy and clover,” is the standard grass in 
the country. While timothy is a valuable grass, there are some other kinds so 
much better, which last longer, yield a heavier crop, will stand various climatic 
and soil conditions better, it is astonishing that the majority of farmers should 
still stick to the timothy without even giving one or more of the other kindsand 
mixtures a fair trial. 

It should be remembered that a discriminate mixture of grasses 


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tion with 


PREPARATION 


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SILOS, etc., etc. 


and clover gives a better result than does any kind grown by itself, 
for the simple reason that mixtures are bound to grow closer to- 
gether on the ground, and thereby their component species protect 
one another from undue heat and drought. 

Such mixtures are far superior to timothy or “timothy and 
clover,’’ or any one grass, costing but a little more, lasting much 
longer, and giving frequently more than double the yield. 


From “FARM AND HOoME,”’ published in Springfield, Mass. 


MORE HAY AND BETTER PASTURE. 


Bare pastures are a source of loss to thefarmer. The broad acres that must 
be devoted to grass are paying taxes and interest, and if not covered with 
luxuriant hay and pasture are breeding weeds. If seeded with well-proportioned 
mixtures of proper grasses, even the steep hillside will yield pasture and hay, 
which every farmer knows is rich with money. 

The tendency to run out and the many thin stands obtained with timothy and 
clover, or with any separate grasses, led to the trial of mixtures of imported 
and other grasses which have become naturalized in America. The natural sod 
is formed of a mixture of many grasses, each variety having a certain use in 
meeting the varying conditions of growth. 

The enormous yield of nearly 4% tons of good hay per acre should 
convince any one that more hay and better pasture can be grown 
with mixtures than with timothy and clover alone, as, under the 
very same conditions, the latter yielded less than a ton and a half 
(2,760 lbs.) per acre. 


From ‘“‘RursAu NEw YORKER,” published in New York City. 


THE VALUE OF GRASS SEED MIXTURES. 


This firm (P. H. & Co.) has been engaged in a long series of experiments in 
making up mixtures of grass seeds for hay and permanent pasture, and also for 
lawns. The underlying idea seems to be that 
these different grasses, having different root 
systems, will occupy the ground more fully if a 
number of different kinds are sown together. 

The first piece we visited was one that was 
seeded with about three bushels per acre of 
Henderson’s Special Grass Mixture for Hay 
and Permanent Pasture for Light Soil. Mow- 
ing had begun in this plot, and it was so 
thick on the bottom that much difficulty 
was experienced in getting the mower 
through it. 

The earliness of the grasses as com- 

pared with Timothy is a desirable 
feature, as the haying season comes on at a 
time when there is little pressing work going 
on, and the hay is allin the barn before grain 
harvest. 
_ Few of the old-time methods of seed- 
ing will give an amount of hay equal to 
this first cutting,and after the hay is off, 
the grasses will startup againsoquick- 
ly that fine pasturage will be afforded, 
or at least 12 ton per acre more hay may 
be cut in August or September. 


——- ~ 


ss MIXTURE 
FOR HAY J 


oy 


ik ER SEEDIN 


PNGRASS MIXTURE for PERMVANEN IT’ HAY 


LTHOUGH the most widely cultivated hay grass in the United States is Timothy, 

PRODUCES * or a mixture of Timothy and Clover, and while they answer the putsaes 

admirably on farms where the soil is suitable and where the usual three and 

DOUBLE THE QUANTITY four years’ rotation is carried on, yet, there are many other grasses which will 
yield more profitable returns. 

of The prevailing low prices of Wheat, Corn and other grain crops have made their 


growing, and the usual rotation farming unprofitable, especially in the Eastern States, 
where it is impossible to compete with the rich prairie soils of the West, but hay 
still yields a fair profit, and the farmer whose land is sown with a proper mixture 
of Permanent Grasses, requiring only an occasional top-dressing of manure or 
fertilizer to MAINTAIN THEIR HEAVY CROPPING QUALITIES FOR 
TWENTY YEARS OR MORE, does away with the necessity for plowing and 


TIMOTHY and CLOVER 


and maintains the yield 20 years and 


more. 
rotation cropping with all its attendant expense. 
AoA The most serious item of expense on the farm, the labor bill, can be largely reduced 


and thus give reasonable prospect of profitable annual returns at a minimum of 
labor and expense. The seed of these Permanent Grasses is more costly than 
Timothy, and more is required per acre, but by reason of their heavy cropping quali- 
ties and permanency they soon repay the extra cost and leave a handsome margin 
for the farmer, when the cost of plowing, harrowing and re-seeding Timothy every 
three and four years is taken into consideration. ‘ 

The grasses used in this Mixture recover quickly after the hay crop is cut, and yield 
either a second crop or pasture in the greatest abundance during the summer and fall 
months. Within a few days after cutting, their rich green appearance as compared 
with Timothy is a desirable feature, especially in fields close to the house, as it gives 
a park-lawn effect to the surroundings. Sow 3 bushels per acre. Directions in every bag. 
Price, $2.50 per bush.; 20 bush. @ $2.45; 50 bush. @ $2.40; 100 bush. @ $2.35. (State 
whether wanted for light, medium or heavy soils.) Mixed Permanent Clovers, 10 
lbs. to sow an acre, $2.25; should be sown in spring. (See page 2.) 


SUPPLIES A GOOD CROP OF 


HAY 


In dry seasons when ordinary 


Hayfields are burned up. 3 3: 
AYA 
QUALITY SUPERIOR. 


yDERSONS OPECIAL Grass M |XTURE 


“PERMANENT PASTURE. 


soereanss arxruae ™ PERMANENT 


HERE is no more important part of a farm than a good pasture, and that can only be obtained 
by the use of the proper grasses, varieties that have different root formations and different 
habits and seasons of growth, in order to maintain a rich, close turf throughout the entire 
season. Timothy should never be used for pasture, because it will noé stand trampling, and 
soon runs out when heavily pastured and at best is short-lived, as compared with the perma- 

nent grasses used in our Special Mixtures. These Mixtures contain over a dozen of the best perma- 
nent grasses, both American-grown and imported. All are permanent, and when once established 
will last indefinitely, if the fertility of the soil is kept up by occasional top-dressing. Owing to the 
different habits of growth, the grasses grow closer together and form a rich, close turf, covering 
the soil completely and forming a protection to the roots during hot, dry weather, thereby enabling 
these grasses to maintain a rich green appearance when Timothy and other grasses are burned 
up. The thick turf also prevents animals poaching through and destroying the pasture. 

We have for years studied the subject of pastures and their formation with exhaustive tests on 
our own trial farms, where we have had growing separately and in different mixtures all the grasses 
of which seed can be procured in commercial quantities. These trials have been broadly studied and 
the results watched with critical interest on the farms of our customers. We are in an unrivalled 
position to advise you on the subject and to supply suitable grass seeds for Permanent Pasture. 
While it costs a little more to seed an acre with this special mixture, yet results are so superior and 
permanent that they more than offset the original cost. Sow not less than 3 bushels per acre. 
Directions enclosed in every bag. 


PRICE: $2.50 per bushel; 20 bushels @ $2.45; 50 bushels @ $2.40; 100 bushels @ $2.35. 
(State whether wanted for light, medium or heavy soils. ) 


Mixed Permanent Clovers, 10 lbs. to sow an acre, $2.25, Should be sown in spring. (See page 2.) 


PASTURE 


SUPPLIES 
GONTINUOUS and ABUNDANT 


PASTURAGE 


OF 20 Years 


AND MORE, 


From Earliest Spring until 
Winter. 


GREEN AND SUGGULENT 
ALL SUMMER LONG, 
WHEN 


ORDINARY GRAZING LANDS 
ARE BURNED UP. 


UNQUESTIONABLY 
SUPERIOR. 


Hitec iat: 


EN DERSON °S RASS lands, in consequence of being constantly mown or pastured without being 

fertilized or manured, frequently become impoverished and deficient in the 

R ti Mi : : Hore valuable and nous erastes, aud in une pecens Reece It is 

requently unnecessary to plow up such land unless it be full of weeds. e turf 

‘ enova ing ixture should be well harrowed with a sharp-tooth harrow, and, if possible, top-dressed 

FOR with soil and well-rotted stable manure, which should be well harrowed in, and 

then sown with HENDERSON’S RENOVATING MIXTURE, atthe rate of one 

: Im in Old P t Duele) per pcre) aug ase pounds of mixed clover: ae meture. is compere” of 
ose sorts that are best suited for sowing on o astures or meadows, and it will | 

prov g as ures. speedily improve the quality and increase the areance! March and April are the 

$2.50 per bushel of 14 Ibs. best months for sowing, choosing an interval between rains if possible, though, 

20-bushel lots, $2.45 per bushel. if inconvenient to sow then, very satisfactory results can be obtained by fall sowing. 


Mixed Clovers, 5 Ibs. to sow an acre, $1.15. After sowing, the ground should be lightly harrowed and afterward well rolled. 


’ 1 NLESS there is a superabundance of nitrogen in the soil and a consequent 

EN D ERSON S Special J excessive wood growth, in which case it is desirable to sow the land with 
is grasses, it is now customary to sow orehatds wh cover Steps such as Cow 

Peas, Clover, ete. These are plowed under and the orchard kept in constant 

Grass Mixture cultivation. "But where it is desired to sow the orchard with grass, or for wood- 

land pastures, even when the shade is comparatively dense, we can with all 


confidence recommend this mixture. 
BR Woodland Pastures. It is composed of a selection of grasses which from exhaustive experiments 
we have found will thrive under trees. Orchard Grass is, of course, one of the 
$2.50 per bushel of 14 Ibs. best grasses for the purpose, but this mixture is much superior, as it will make a 
20-bushel lots, $2.45 per bushel. closer and more even pasture than Orchard Grass alone. 


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NATURAL 


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GRASSES. 


Descriptions of varieties adapted to all soils, climates and conditions in the 
United States. 


‘**GRASS IS KING.’’ It embraces one-sixth part of the whole vegetable kingdom, and is the true basis of Agriculture in the highest condition. 
‘‘No grass, no cattle; no cattle, no manure; no manure, no crops! 


CREEPING BENT OR FIORIN. 
(Marsh or Broad Leaved Bent.) 


Botanical, Agrostis alba stolonifera. German, Fioringras. 
French, Agrostide blanche stolonifera. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 1 to 2 feet. 


This grass is well gh na 
adapted for moist fA ee SOE 


situations, and valua- ASE 
ble for affording 
herbage in early 
spring and late au- 
tumn, before other 
grasses have com- 
menced or have stop- 
ped growing, and in 
consequence is ad- 
vantageously includ- 
edin permanent pas- 
ture mixtures. It is 
also excellent for 
lawns. 

Sow (if alone) 2 
bushels per acre. 7B 

Weight, about 20 
Ibs. per bushel. 

Price, 28 cts. per 
Ib. ; $5.25 per bushel; 
$25 .00 per 100 lbs. 


MEADOW FOXTAIL. 


Botanical, Alopecurus pratensis. German, Wisen Fuchsschwanz. 
French, Vulpin des prés. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, May. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 


This grass closely 
resembles Timothy, 
but flowers much 
earlier, and thrives 
in all soils excepting 
dry sands or gravels. 
Its highest state of 
perfection is attained 
in strong. moist, rich 
soils, and it is par- 
ticularly valuable as 
@ permanent pasture 
grass, being of very 
early and rapid 
growth. It is highly 
relished by stock; 
endures close crop- 
ping and forms alux- 
uriant aftermath,and 
quickly revives after 
along drought. It is 
very nutritious, but } x 
unfortunately loses a WS Pama An 7 ap 
large percentage in : we 
weight after being Waa y/ 0 
cut forhay. Sow (if Wi 4 rf 
alone) 3 to 4 bushels 
per acre; weight, 
about 2 Ibs. per 
bushel. 

Price. 35 cts. per 
Ib. ; $2.35 per bushel ; 
$30,00 per 100 Ibs. 


CREEPING BENT. 


MEADOW FOXTAIL. 


TALL MEADOW 
OAT GRASS. 


Botanical, Arrhen- 
atherum avena- 
ceum. German, 
Fr anz 6 sisches 
Raygras. 
French, Avoine 
élevée. 

Perennial. Flowers in 


May and June. 
Height, 2 to 4 feet. 


(This is the Ave- 
na Elatior of Lin- 
neus.) Valuable 
for permanent 
pastures on ac- 
countof its luxuri- 
ant early and late 
growth. It is also 
highly recom. 
mended for soil- 
ing,as it furnishes 
an abundant and 
early supply of 
fodder; after be- ¥ 
ing mown it pro- 
duces a very thick 
aftermath. It 
grows spontane- 
ously on deep, 
sandy soils when 
once naturalized, 
and succeeds on 
tenacious clover 
soils. Sow (if 
alone) 4 to 5 bush- 
els per acre; 
weight, about 10 
Ibs. per bushel. 
Price, 28 ects. per 
Ib. ; $2.70 per bu.; 
$25.00 per 100 Ibs. 


TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS. 


RHODE ISLAND BENT. 


(Brown Bent or Dog’s Bent.) 
Botanical, Agrostis canina. French, Agrostide des chiens. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, June and July. Height, 1 to 2 feet. 


Its hardy creeping habit renders it desirable for close sward, and. 
it is found to be a very desirable sort in some parts of the country 
for lawns. Sow (if alone) about 3 bushels per acre; weight, 14 Ibs. 
per bushel. Price, 40c. lb. ; $5.25 bushel; $35.00 per 100 Ibs. 


AWNLESS BROME GRASS. 


Botanical, Bromus inermis. German, Trespe de Hongrie. 
French, Bréme de Hongrie. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, June to August. Height, 2 to 5 feet 
For price. full description and illustration of this valuable 
new grass, see page 14, 


—--FARM SEEDS::-. 


10 : 
ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS. 


Botanical, Poa trivialis. German, Gemeines Rispengras. 
French, Paturin commun. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 

Tne Lombardy ‘‘ Queen of Meadow” Grass. An excellent grass 
for good, deep, rich, moist meadows and stiff, heavy clays. It 
gives a constant supply of highly nutritive herbage, for which 
horses, sheep and cattle show a marked partiality. Sow (if alone) 
14 bushels to the acre; weight, about 14 lbs. per bushel. Price, 
40 cts. per lb. ; $5.25 per bushel; $35.00 per 100 lbs. 


ORCHARD GRASS. (Rough Cocksfoot.) 


Botanical, Dactylis glomerata. Gertaan, Gemeines Knaulgras. 
French, Dactyle pelotonné. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, June. Height, 3 feet. 


This is one of the most valuable and widely known of all the 
grasses, being of exceptional value in permanent pasture mixtures 
on account of its 
earliness and its 
rapidity of growth. 
It is ready for graz- 
ing several days 
before any other 
6o,grass, except Mead- 
(ea ow Foxtail. Afterbe- 
) ing mownitproduc- 
Fox es a luxuriantafter- 

b<y.. Math. It isquick to 
S&S recover from close 
cropping, ‘‘five or 
six days being suffi- 
cient to give a good 
bite.” Itis relish- 
ed heartily by all 
kinds of stock, 
sheep even passing 
all other grasses to 
feed upon it. It 
succeeds on almost 
any soil, especially 
in moist, shady 
places, and in por- 
ous subsoils its 
roots extend to a 
great depth. It ex- 
hausts the soil less 
than many other 
grasses, and stands 
drought well, keep- 
ing green and grow- 
ing when other 
grasses are dried 
up. It flowers 
about the time of 
Red Clover. and 
makes a. splendid 
mixture with it 
to cut in blossom 
for hay, although it 

ORCHARD GRASS. should be cut early 
or grazed close, as it becomes hard and wiry and loses its nutritious 
qualities, to a certain extent, when ripe. It should not be sown 
in mixture with Timothy, for, being three weeks earlier, it becomes 
pithy if allowed to stand until the Timothy is ready to cut. Cut at 
the proper time, however, there is no better or more succulent 
hay. It is inclined to grow in tufts, and should therefore have 
other grasses sown with it and be sown very evenly. This tuft- 
ing characteristic unfits it for lawn purposes. Sow (if alone) 3 
to: 4 bushels per acre; weight, about 14.lbs. ver bushele Price, 
Choicest, Re-cleaned Seed, 22¢. lb.; $2.75 per bushel; $19.00 per 
100 lbs. : 


SWEET-SCENTED WERNAL. 


(True Perennial.) 


Botanical, Anthoxanthum odoratum. German, Gemeines Geruchgras. 
French, Flowve odorante. 
Time of flowering, May and June. 


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Perennial. Height, 1 to 2 ft. 


Very valuable on account of its delicious perfume, to which our 
hay fields and pastures owe their fragrance. The odor is more 
distinguishable when the grass is drying or dried, and when in- 
cluded in hay its aroma is imparted to the other grasses, making 
it relished by the stock and enhancing the value of the hay. Sow 
(if alone) 31g bushels per acre; weight, about 10 lbs. per bushel. 
Price, $1.25 per lb.; $12.00 per bushel; 


| about 12 Ibs. per bushel. 


(Burden’s Grass, Herd’s Grass of the South, and in poor soils 
‘*Fine Top.’’) 
Botanical, Agrostis vulgaris. German, Amerikan red-tep. 
French, Agrostis d’ Amérique. 

Perennial. Time of 
flowering, July. Height, 
1 to 2 feet. 

Valuable either 
for mixing in hay 
or permanent pas- 
ture grasses; is 
&¢ common through- 

* gout the country; 
se succeeds almost 
everywhere, but 
reaches its highest 
state of perfection 
in a moist, rich soil, 
in which it attains 
a height of 2 to 2144 
feet. If for pasture, 
it should be fed 
close, as it is not 
relished after it 
grows up to seed. 
It is often sown 
/ with Timothy and 

—- Red Clover; the lat- 
\= ter of course soon 
Bae zas= disappears, the 
5S -—e= Timothy follows; 
== then the Red Top 
> takes its place. Sow 
(if alone) 3 bushels; 
weight, 14 lbs. per 
bush. Price, 12 cts. per Ib.; $1.45 per bushel; %¥.vu per 1UU Lbs. 
Fancy.— Weight, 32 lbs. per bushel. Price, 18 cts. per ]b.; $5.25 per 
bushel of 32 Ibs. ; $15.00 per 100 Ibs. 


HARD FESCUE. 


Botanical, Festuca duriuscula. German, Harter Schwingei 
French, Fétuque durette. 


Height, 18 to 24 inches. 


A dwarf growing, very hardy grass of great value, and the 

most robust of the ere 
Eel as 

dwarf grasses. Suc- =F 
ceeds in dry situa- 
tions, and is one of 
the most important 
of the Fescues for 
permanent pas- 
tures. In hay its 
presence. indicates 
a superior quality, 
and after being 
mown it produces 
a very large quan- 
tity of food. It 
comes early, stands 
long droughts well ; 
stock eat it with 
avidity, especially 
sheep. The com- 
mon name solely 
applies to the flow- 
er heads, which, 
when ripe, become 
decidedly hard; the 
herbage, however, 
is decidedly tender 
and succulent. 
From the fineness 
of its foliage and 
its resistance to drought in summer and cold in winter, it is well 
adapted for lawn grass mixtures. Itis somewhat inclined to stool, 
but when sown with other grasses, if sown evenly, it will not show 
this characteristic. Sow (if alone) 21g bushels per acre; weight, 
Price, 20e. per lb. ; $2.20 per bushel; 


RED TOP. 


Perennial. Time of flowering, June. 


HARD FESCUE, 


$16.00 per 100 lbs. 


We are prepared to make up Special Mixtures of Grass Seeds for particular 
purposes—situations or conditions—and any correspondence in regard to such will” 
receive our prompt attention.—P. H. & Co. 


p 


TALL MEADOW 
FESCUE. 


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Botanical, Festuca #328 
ES 


elatior. German, 
Hoher Wiesen- 
Schwingel. French, 
Fétuque élevée. 
Perennial. Time of 
flowering, June and 
July. Height, 3 to 4 
feet. 


A coarse growing: 
grass, neverthe- 
less it is very nutri- 
tive and produc- 
tive, and is natur- 
ally adapted to 

' moist, stiff orclayey 
soils and shady 
woods, and is con- 
sidered by some 
authorities to be 
one of the _ best 
grasses in cultiva- 
tion. Itis greedily 
eaten by stock 
when green, and 
should be included 
in all permanent 
pasture mixtures 
for moist or strong 
lands. It also 
makes avery good 
quality of hay, but 
is too robust for 
lawn purposes. : 
Sow (if alone) 214 Z4= 
bushels per acre; >= 
weight, about 14°32 
\bs. Price, 50 cts. 
per lb.; $6.50 per 
bushel; $45.00 per 
100 Ibs. 


, 


TALL MEADOW FESCUE. 


VARIOUS-LEAVED 
FESCUE. 


Botanical, Festuca 
heteronhulla. Ger- 
man, 
triger Schwingel. 
French, Pétuque 
feuilles variées. 


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Perennial. Time of 
flowering, June and 
July. Height, 24% to 
3 feet. 


A native of France 
andavaluable grass 
for permanent pas- 
tures, especially on 
uplands, and is a 
very popular conti- 
nental grass, well 
adapted where a 

y ~heavy swath is 
; wanted. It yields 
Wd a large bulk of her- 
47 bage, but produces 
little feed after 
mowing. Its beau- 
tiful, dark green 
foliage renders it 
suitable for park 
mixtures. Sow (if 
alone) 3 bushels per 
acre; weight, about 
14 Ibs. per bushel. 
Price, 28 cts. per lb., 
$3.65 per bushel, 
$25.00 per 100 lbs. 


WaRIOUS LEAVED FFSCUT 


—. . ‘PETER HENDERSON &CO.,NEW YORK::: 


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SHEEP’S FESCUE. 
Botanical, Festuca ovina. German, Schafschwingel. 
French, Fétuque des brebis. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, June and July. Height varies from 6 to 20 inches. 


For good upland or 
dry pastures, a large 
portion of this grass 
should be included 
in the mixture, es- 
pecially if it is used 
for sheep grazing, as 
it is greatly relished 
by them. The Tar- 
tars generally pitched 
their tents in proxim- 
ity to this grass on 
account of its value 
«to their herds. It is 
short and dense in 
growth, and its excel- 
lent nutritive qual- 
ities more than coun- 
terbalance its slight 
deficiency in quanti- 
ty. Its fine foliage and 
compact habit render 
it desirable for lawn 
mixtures. Sow (if 
alone) 216 bushels 
Price, 20 cts. per 1p. 5 


SHEEP’S FESCUE. 
per acre; weight about 12 lbs. per bushel. 
$2.20 per bushel; $16.00 per 100 lbs. 


FINE LEAWED SHEEP’S FESCUE. 
Botanical, Festuca ovina tenuifolia. German, Feinblittriger 
Schwingel. French, Fétuque a fewille menue. 

Perennial. Time of flowering, June. Height varies from 8 to 24 inches. 

This is similar to the Sheep’s Fescue mentioned above, except 
that the leaves are much finer. Cattle are very fond of it, and it 
grows naturally in many parts of the world. It is found in the 
Arctic regions, in the wilds of New Zealand, andin Europe. In the 
northern districts of Great Britain it sometimes forms the whole 
food of the Highland cattle. It is very suitable for permanent 
pasture, especially on uplands and dry soils. Its rich, dark green 
gives a fine appearance to hay, ana renaers it also valuable for 
Jawn mixtures for dry situations. 

Sow (if alone) 3 bushels per acre; weight, about 14 lbs. per 
bushel. Price, 45 cts. per lb.; $5.76 per bushel; $40.00 per 100 lbs- 


RED or CREEPING FESCUE. 


Botanical, Festuca rubra. German, Rother Schwingel. 
French, Fétuque rouge 
Perennial. Time of e 
flowering, Juneand Ju- 
ly. Height, 2 to 234 feet. 
This grass isof a 
remarkable creep- 
ing habit and en- 
dures severe 
droughts. Its roots 
penetrate so deep- 
ly into the soil that 
it remains fresh 
and green when 
other varieties are 
apparently dried 
up. Itis particular- 
ly adapted for dry 
pastures by the 
seaside and on 
loose, light soils, 
the slopes of 
railroad cuts, ete., 
if dry. It yields 
an average bulk of 
herbage of fair 
quality, although 
most nutritious at 
time of flowering. 
Sow (if alone) 21g 
bushels per acre; 
weight, about 14 
lbs. per bushel. 
Price, 28 cts. per 
lb.; $3.65 per bush.; 
$24.00 per 100 lbs. 


RED FESCUE fai 


12 
MEADOW FESCUE. ENGLISH or PERENNIAL 
(English Blue Grass or Sweet Grass.) RYE-GRASS 
Botanical, Festuca pratensis. German, Wiesenschwingel. Botanical lon i ; 
= . French, Fétuque des prés. ; otanical, Loliwm pees: Geran Englisches Raygras. 
erennial. Time of flowering, June and July. Height, 18 to 24 inches. rench, Ray-grass Anglais. 
One of the very Perennial. Time of flowering, June. Height, 15 to 24 inches. 


best of our natural This grass is considered invaluable for permanent pastures. It 
grasses; very valu- | produces an abundance of remarkably fine foliage, tillers out close 
able for permanent | to the ground and soon forms a compact sward. After being cut 
pastures. it ishigh- | it grows up in a very short time and remains bright and green 
ly nutritious and 
greedily eaten by all 7 
kinds of stock and 
is very fattening; 
" makes excellent hay 
and succeeds well 
in almost all soils, 
although it does best 
in moist land. Itis 
robust in habit and 
never grows in tufts, 
although it should 
be sown with other 
grasses. Itis one of 
the earliest grasses 
in the spring and 
one of the latest in 
autumn, being par- 


AERA ticularly valuable for 
(yew i fall and winter pas- 
We fy pe N , tures. In the cli- 


mate of Virginia it 
often remains green 
under the snow 
through the winter, 
and in consequence 
is frequently called 
«« Evergreen Grass.” 
Sow (if alone) 2'4 
bushels per acre; 
weight, about 22 lbs. 
; per bushel. Price, 
MEADOW FESCUE. 16c. per lb.; $3.25 per ENGLISH RYE-GRASS. 
bu.; $14.00 per 100 lb. 


throughout the season; it consequently is well adapted for lawn 


: PrALIAN RYE-GRASS. mixtures. It is also a good variety for hay if cut when in blossom, 
Botanical, Lolium italicwum. German, Italienisches Raygras. as it is then most nutritious; if cut much later it becomes woody. 
French, Ray-gras d’ Italie. It flourishes best in situations not too dry or subject to droughts. 


Sow (if alone) 244 to 3 bushels per acre; weight per bushel, 24 Ibs. 
ye rae (extra fine sample), 10 cts. per lb.; $2.00 per bushel; $8.@0 per 
: ‘ S. 


Biennial. Time of flow- 
ering, June or July. 
Height, 1% to 30 ins. 

A variety une- 
qualled for produc- 
ing an abundance 
of nutritious feed 
in the early spring, 
as well as through- 
out the season, and 
it gives quick and 
successive growths 
until late in the 
fall, even if cut 
several times, pro- 


WOOD MEADOW GRASS. 


Botanical, Poa nemoralis. German, Hainrispengras. 
: French, Paturin des bois. fe 


Perennial. Time of flowering, June. Height, 134 to 2 feet. 


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KW I ‘| good ‘Shaded 

UNE Pasture ” grasses, 
Wrss Z| oe and furnishes a fine 
aes ane succulent and nu-gs 


viding the land is ip = 7 
in good condition AFT _ ritive herbage®* 
and not too dry. It Days Seeds which is very much ° 
is of succulent char- Were relished by cattle. 

NS , It is splendidly 


acter and quickly ~ 
responds to rich 
food and moisture. 
It thrives on almost 
any good soil, but 
reaches its most 
perfect state in 
moist, fertile land. 
As it is not peren- ay: 
nial, itisnotadapt- ssSs/f able for lawns over- 
ed for permanent 3S SS74 ! FINS aS MW shadowed by trees. 
pastures, but for <6 ‘ 1% It produces a much 
one or two year’s ; , x thicker growth 
than either Poa 


adapted for moist, 
shady places, and 
should be included 
in all mixtures for 
permanent pas- 
tures and lawns for 
moist soils. It is 
particularly valu- 


lay it is unsurpass- 
ed. Sow (if alone) pratensis ortrivialis. 
3 bushels per acre; Sow (if alone) 2 
bushels per acre; WOOD MEADOW GRASS, 


weight about 18 lbs. 
per bushel. Price, 
10c. per lb. ; $1.50 per 
bush.; $8.00per1001b. 


weight per bushel, about 14 lbs. Price, 50 cts. per Ib.; $6.50 per 
bushel ; $45.00 per 100 Ibs. 


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TIMOTHY OR HERD’S GRASS 
Of the North. 

Botanical, Phlewm Pratense. German, Thimotée-Gras. 

French, Fléole des pres. 


Time of flowering, June and July- 


This luxuriates in 
moist, ‘loamy soils, 
and sometimes, in 
favorable situa- 
tions, attains a 
height of 4feet,and ¥¥ 
even on light soils 9% 
it yields fair crops. & 
It is exceedingly 
nutritious, particu- 
larly when ripe, but 
as it is then very 
hard, itis better to¥ 
cut it soon after my 
flowering.” It® 
makes magnificent ¥ 
hay. On dry soils 
Timothy forms a 
bulbous swelling at 
the base of the 
stems from which 
the next year’s 
growth starts. It 
is, therefore, high- J 
ly injurious under § 
such circumstances ¥f 
to pasture stock on 
the fall growth, as 
they trample and 
cut the leaves offf} 
that should protect 
it during the winter. 
Even in its most 
flourishing condi- 
tion it is more or } 
less injured by pas- } 
turing it. Sow (if 
alone) 14 tol bushel 
per acre; weight 

er bushel, 45 lbs. TIMOTHY. 

rice, Henderson’s Standard Sample, 10 cts. per lb.; $3.00 per 
eushel ; $6.50 per 100 lbs. (subject to change without notice). 

A farmer who always looks for the cheapest and pays little or no attention to 
the quality and cleanliness cf the Timothy, Clover and other grass seed heannually 
sows, will sooner or later find his farm overrun with weeds, and naturally con- 
clude farming isa fatlure. The seedsof many of the most pernicious weeds so 
closely resemble the genuine seeds as to require an expert of long experience to de- 
tect them, and the farmer should be certain that the merchant has the expert 
knowledge. Asan instance, hundreds of thousand: of pounds of Red Clover heav- 
ily adulterated with Yellow Trefoil (a smali yellow-flowered annual Clover of lit- 
tle or no value) have in recent years been sold to the unsuspecting farmer by 
country merchants who didnot have the expert Rr ouleage to detect it, and upon 


whom tt had been foisted by unscrupulous dealers, who by means of this adulter- 
ation can undersell the market and still make more than a legitimate profit. 


CRESTED DOGSTAIL. (Gold Grass.) 


Botanical, Cynosurus cristatus. German, Kammgras. 
French, Crételle des prés. 
Perennial. T'me of flowering, July. Height, 1 to 1% feet. 


A fine, short grass that 
should enter into all perma- 
f nent pasture mixtures, espe- 
4 cially for dry, hard soils and 
ee hills pastured with sheep, as it 
uz, is very hardy and but little af- 
gy fected by extremes of weather. 
¥ Sheep fed in pastures where 
this abounds are less subject 
my tofoot rot. It is tender and 
ay nutritious and relished by all 
% stock until it commences to 
ripen ; it then becomes wiry. 
On account of its close grow- 
ing habit, the dense turf it 
produces and its evergreen 
foliage, it is particularly desir- 
able for lawn mixtures. Sow 
(if alone) 114 bushels per acre; 
weight about 21 lbs. per bushel. 
Price, 50 cts. per lb. ;$10.00per 
bushel ; $45.00 per 100 lbs. > 


Perennial. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 


/ IN | 
li WH) HAD 
WAHMs 


KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 

Also called June Grass, Smooth Stalked: Meadow Grass, Green 
Meadow Grass, and Spear Grass. 

German, Wiesen Rispengras. 


Botanical, Poa pratensis. French, 


Paturin des prés. 
Height, 10 to 15 inches. 


Perennial. Time of flowering, June. 


This valuable grass 
is suited to a variety 
of soils, from an aver- 
age dry one to moist 
meadows. It is ex- 
ceedingly popular in 
most parts of the 
country as a pasture 
grass. It is very pro- 
ductive, unusually 
early, and presents 
a beautiful green ap-# 
pearance in early 
spring, while other 
grasses are yet dor- 
mant. It furnishes 
delicious food for all 
kinds of stock all 
through the season— 
unless thereshould be 
a protracted drought, 
which would cause it 
to slowly dry up—un- 
til the fall rains, when 
it springs forth and 
grows _ luxuriantly, 
and furnishes pas- 
turage until frozen 
up in winter. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 

In Kentucky and similar latitudes, when allowed its full fall 
growth, it makes fine winter pasture, and sheep, mules and horses 
will paw off the snow and get plenty to live on without other 
food. It makes asplendid lawn grass, forming a thick turf, and 


' being of very even growth, producing only one flowering stem & 


year, while many other grasses continue to shoot up flower stalks 
throughout the season. Kentucky Blue Grass also makes hay of 
excellent quality, but the yield for this purpose is not equal to some 
other grasses. Sow (if alone)3 bushels per acre. Though offered 
at the standard weight of 14 lbs. per bushel, we keep nothing but 
fancy recleaned seed, free from chaff, the natural weight of which 
is 20 to 25 lbs. per measured bushel. Price, 20 ets. per lb. ; $2.35 per 
bushel of 14 lbs. ; $16.00 per 100 Ibs. 


CANADA BLUE GRASS. 
(Poa Compressa.) 


Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 6 to 12 inches. 
A valuable grass for hard, 
dry soils. It grows on land 
so poor and thin as to exclude 
the growth of other grasses. 
It is especially valuable for 
dairy pastures. Cows feeding 
on it yield the richest milk 
and finest butter. Being ofan 
extensive, creeping habit, it 
forms a strong turf. Not ree- 
ommended for highly culti- 
vated Jand, as it is liable to 
become troublesome owing to 
its creeping rootstocks. Itis 
an exceedingly valuable pas- 
ture grass on dry, rocky knolls 
and should form a portion of 
the mixed grasses for such 
soils; asit shrinks very little 
in drying, it makes heavy hay 
in proportion toits bulk. Sow, 
if alone, 3 bushels per acre. 
Weight of bushel, 14 lbs. 
Price, 14c. per lb., $1.75 per 
bushel, $12.00 per 100 lbs. 


CANADA BLUE GRASB. 


eS iu 
Your Special Mixture of Grasses for Permanent Pasture has given entise satis 
fection. No mere Timothy for me.—CHABLES EVEEDING, Branford, Cona. 


Drought-Resisting Grasses. 


AWNLESS BROME GRASS. (Bromus Inermis.) 


When we introduced and offered seed of this grass in 1889, our experimental 
experience with it enabled us to claim for it drought-resisting qualities which have 
since been amply proven. In addition to this quality, we now claim for it extreme 
hardiness, it having stood uninjured the severe winters of Northern Canada with the 
snow covering purposely removed to test its hardiness. It is now extensively grown 
throughout all parts of Canada and the United States, and wherever known it is much 


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appreciated both for hay and pasture. 
throughout the United States. 


It will grow on lands too poor for nearly all other valued grasses, and under 
climatic conditions which would render impossible the cultivation of nearly all other 
varieties, though of course it will not produce so abundantly. The following extracts 


from reports give some idea of its wide geographical value: 


James Fletcher, of Canadian Experimental Farms, in his evidence before Agricultural 


Committee of the Canadian Parliament, said: 


“Of alk the imported grasses this is undoubtedly the most valuable. 
feet high. 
West Territories. 
every person who sent in a report. 


heavy and uniform cropper.”’ 
Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., says: 


“This grass certainly presents a fine appearance, and the Experiment Station reports, nearly without 
it is evident from these reports that the grass is little influ- 


exception, praise it in the highest terms. 
enced by changes of climate. 
seems to do equally well. 
and stands protracted drought better than any other variety.” 


Bulletin, Mississippi Experiment Station, says: 


“Endures our summer heat and drought much better than Rescue Grass, and, being a perennial, is 
It remains fresh and green during a larger part of the year than any other grass 


much more permanent. 
we have.” 


Bulletin, United States Grass Experiment Station, Garden City, Kan., says: 
“Bromus Inermis is the grass for this Western country; it is the best out of seven or eight hundred 


varieties tried on this Station.” 


Sow 35 lbs. per acre. (See cut.) 


Price, 20 cts. per lb., $2.60 per bushel (of 14 Ibs.), $16.00 per 100 Ibs. 


BERMUDA GRASS. (Cynodon Dactylon.) This 
———— —___ is a grass that is eminently 
adapted for the Southern 
States, as it withstands drought and the scorching rays of 
; the sun better than any other variety. In 
all tropical countries this grass is highly 
esteemed for its drought-resisting qualities, 
and also for the peculiar habit of its growth; 
the wiry roots of the grass in running over 
the surface of the ground form a strong, 
fibrous matting. This has caused it to be 
sown largely for the pur- 
pose of binding banks of 
ereeks and dams, ete. For 
y <== lawns it is also highly 
eT prized, as while all other 
eeaaesssses grasses are burned up dur- 
ing the hot season, Ber- 
muda Grass will remain 
green, and, if regularly mown, it will 
make quite a velvety carpet. The only 
drawback is that in winter it looks a 
little brown, but in the Southern States 
an all-the-year-round green lawn can be 
maintained by sowing English Rye Grass 
every fall at the rate of 50 lbs. per acre 
and harrowing or raking into the Ber- 
muda Grass sod. Bermuda Grass seed 
should be sown in the spring, as it will 
not germinate until warm weather comes. 
As a grass for hay or pasture, it matures 
and gives its first cutting ordinarily in 
June. It does not succeed further north 
than Virginia. Sow 6 lbs. per acre. 
(See cut.) 


Price of Seed, 
70 cts. per lb.; 


100 lbs., 


BERMUDA GRASS. 60 cts. per Ib. 


With the possible exception of Florida, it thrives 


It grows a heavy crop four 
Tt is the one grass above ail others reported upon favorably and uniformly trom the North 
I sent out over 2,000 packets of seed for testing, and it was spoken of most highly by 
These reports show that it is of value in the West, and the expe- 
rience ofit in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces is no less favorable. 


In Canada, in Mississippi, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and California it 
It is resistant to intense cold, to sudden and extreme changes of temperature, 


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It is an extremely 


AWNLESS BROME GRASS (Bromus inermis). 


(Sorghum Halapense.) Asa 
JOHNSON GRASS. reation or hay pace) this va- 

riety is highly esteemed in the 
South, where during the hottest and driest seasons it can be 
relied upon to yield heavily. The aggressiveness of this grass has 
caused it to be considered a veritable curse by some farmers by 
spreading into cultivated fields, but it is highly esteemed by those 
who understand it. Where it is desired to keep it within bounds, 
the seed should never be allowed to ripen, as it spreads from the 
seeds disseminated through hay much more than is generally 
supposed. Besides, when fully ripe, the feeding value is little 
better than corn stalks, but, cut before the seed tops emerge from 
the sheaths, its value as shown by chemical analysis is better 
than Timothy hay. When cut at time recommended, the embryo 
seeds are unpollenized and imperfect, and are incapable of sprout- 
ing, so there is no possibility of introducing this grass where it is 
not wanted by using such hay. We only advise the sowing of 
Johnson Grass where it is desired to remain as permanent 
meadow. Should be sown August to October, or in spring, at 
the rate of one bushel per acre. 


Price, 18 cts. per tb., $4.00 per bushel of 25 Ibs., $14.00 


per 100 Ibs. 
TEXAS BLUE GRASS. perennial creeping 

grass, closely related 
to Kentucky Blue Grass, but stands drought and heat better, and 
is, therefore, of greater value in the Southern States as a winter 
pasture or Lawn Grass. An all-the-year-round green pasture or 
lawn can be maintained, even in the extreme South, by sowing 
half each Bermuda and Texas Blue Grass, neither seeming to 
crowd out the other, Texas Blue being one of the few grasses able 
to withstand the aggressive habit of Bermuda. Sow during 
showery weather in spring or fall, preferably in the fall. Parties 
ordering should be careful to state Texas Blue Grass, so as not to 
confound it with Kentucky Blue Grass. 


(Poa Arachnifera.) A 


Price, 20 cts. per packet, 40 cts. per oz., $1.00 per 4% Ib., 
$3.00 per Ib. 


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——— "5 O)_' Va 
Clovers are one of the most important factors to 
C LOV RS. success in agriculture. They exhaust the soil less 
than any other class of plants giving equal bulk; 
they derive nitrogen (the most costly element in fertilizers) from the atmosphere, and 
actually add to the fertility oftheland. Clovers are of the greatest value for plowing 
under for supplying humus and nitrogen. 


RED CLOVER. (Common or Medium Clover, June Clover.) 


Botanical, Trifolium pratense. German, Kopfklee, roth bluhender. French, Trefle rouge. 


This is by far the most important Clover for practical agriculture. It grows luxuri- 
antly in stiffloams, and is fond of lime, though it adapts itself to a variety of soils. 
In the Northern States it is generally sown in the spring, and in a short time yields 
abundantly. Sow (if alone) 12 to 141lbs. per acre. If sown in spring after Timothy, 8 
tol10lbs. peracre. CAUTION.—EHvery care should be exercised in buying Red Clover, for 
there are always on the market at a cheap price large quantities, badly infested with weed 
seeds, which in size and appearance closely resemble Red Clover, and cannot be cleaned out. 
Our seed is of high germination, pure and free from weed seeds and foreign matter. Price 
(subject to change without notice) Henderson’s Standard Sample (extra recleaned), 
16c. lb., $9.00 bush. of 60 lbs., $15.00 per 100 Ibs. 


“The Clover I bought from you last spring is the best they 
have had on that farm in twenty years, so I am told by the 
family that occupied it for sixty-five years.” 

THOMAS SKIPPER, Woonsocket, R. I. 


MAMMOTH OR PEA VINE RED CLOVER. 
(Perennial Red Clover, Cow Grass.) 


Botanical, Trifolium pratense perenne. German, 
Bullenklee. French, Trefle vivace d Angleterre. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 3to5ft. 


Quite distinct from the common Red Clover, and 
valuable for purposes for which the latter is entirely 
unsuited. It lasts longer and is two or three weeks 
later than common Red Clover. Of very robust 
growth, yielding enormous bulk, valuable for re- 
claiming exhausted lands. Sow (if alone) about 12 
lbs. per acre; weight, 60lbs. per bushel. Hender- 
son’s Standard Sample(extra recleaned) (see cut), 4 
18c. per 1b.,$10.00 per bushel, $16.00 per 100 lbs. 


Ni") 
ven 


Vo 


A, 
Nisan 


COW GRASS, 
MAMMOTH OR PEA VINE CLOVER. 


per 100 lbs. 


Age JAPAN CLOVER. 
Dadi » Bass , (Lespedeza striata.) 

XK di He es Is not a true Clover, but 

uN ISS Va Me : in appearance and habit of 


MEDIUM RED CLOVER. 


any other forage plant. 


the best pasture plant for impoverished soil in the Southern States. 
weight, 20 lbs. per bushel; 30c. per Ib., $5.50 bushel of 20 lbs., $25.00 per 100 Ibs. 


WHITE BOKHARA CLOVER. (Sweet Clover.) 


Botanical, Melilotus alba. German, Wumderklee. French, Trefle de Bokhara. 
Biennial. Time of flowering, June toSeptember. Height, 2 to 4 feet. 


This is a tall, shrubby plant, bearing quantities of small white flowers of delicious fra- 
grance, and is exceedingly valuable for bees, and is also of great value to plow under asa 


fertilizer. Sow 10lbs. per acre. 25c. per lb., $13.75 per bushel, $22.00 per 100 lbs. 


WHITE CLOVER. 


Botanical, Trifolium repens. 


Perennial. Time of flowering, May to September. Height, 6 inches (creeping). 

A very hardy creeping variety, which accommodates itself to a great variety 
of soils, but grows most luxuriantly in moist ground or in wet seasons. It 
is valuable in mixtures for permanent pastures and lawns, and also prevents 
the soils from being washed by heavy rains. Sow (if alone) 8 lbs. per acre; 
weight, per bushel, 60 lbs. 


growth is much like White 
Clover. It is especially valu- 
able in the Southern States, 
where it will flourish on poor and exhausted soils, too poor to produce profitable crops of 
It is an annual, but once sown it reseeds itself from year to 
year, and inthat way will last indefinitely, and is pronounced by competent authoritiesas 
Sow 14 Ibs. peracre; 


(Swedish Clover.) 


Botanical, Trifolium hybridum. German, Bas- 
tard Klee. French, Vrefle hybride. 
Perennial. Time of flowering, July and August. 

This is one of the hardiest of all the Clovers. 
It succeeds on any soil, and resists extremes of 
drought and wet. It yields enormously, and 
can be cut several times in a season; is very 
nutritious, and is good for either green food, 
pasturing or cured for hay. It is valuable for 
sowing with other grasses and clovers, as itforms 
a thick bottom, and increases the yield of hay. 
Alsike Clover frequently produces heavy crops 
on soils on which Red Clover will not grow. We 
strongly advise farmers to add 2 or 3 lbs. per 
acre to their usual seeding of Red Clover with 
Timothy. Sow (ifalone) 8 lbs. per acre; weight, 
60 lbs. per bushel. (Seecut.) 22c. lb., $12.75 
bushel, $20.00 per 100 lbs. 


(Dutch or Honeysuckle Clover.) 
German, Weissklee. French, Trefle blanc. 


(See cut.) 30c. per lb., $17.50 per bushel, $28.00 


WHITE CLOVER. 


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16 = . — : 
ALFALFA oR LUCERN. 
(Medicago Sativa.) 
The Deepest Rooting, Soiling and Hay Plant Grown. 


Opens up the Subsoil. Adds Nitrogen and Humus to the Land. 


YIELD.—When fully established it yields as much as eight to twelve, and sometimes as high as sixteen, tons 
of cured hay per acre at three to four cuttings each year. The hayis palatable and very nutritious. 

By the New Jersey Experiment Station and other competent authorities the feeding value of the hay is 
placed at $20.00 as compared with Timothy at $12.00 perton. Asasoiling plant for cutting and feeding 
green during the summer it is of the utmost value on all dairy farms, as it is ready for first cutting 
about the time for planting Corn and about as early as green Rye can be cut, and is ready for cutting 
about every six weeks thereafter. Alfalfa should be cut every time it begins to blossom, whether 
the growth is short or tall, for if allowed to form seed, it shortens the life of the plant. 

Owing to slow growth the first season, almost the entire growth going to roots, the land should 
be clean and free from weeds, and it is, therefore, best to follow Potatoes, Corn or some other 
crop that has been thoroughly hoed and kept free from weeds. 


DEEP ROOTING.—Its drought-resisting qualities are remarkable, ren- 
dered so by the wonderful root formation, THE ROOTS GOING DOWN 
DEEPER THAN ANY OTHER PLANT, eight to twelve feet being usual, 
and a depth of thirty feet has been reported. This deep-rooting quality 
enables it to reach and utilize plant food beyond the reach of other plants. 

There is no plant which can be fed green or cured into hay that is deserv- 
ing of wider cultivation than Alfalfa, and there is no State in the Union where 
it cannot be successfully cultivated under the following conditions - 


LIME NECESSARY.—One of the essentials for its success is LIME in some form, 
either in the soil or subsoil, and if lime or marl is present, profitable crops may be expected. 
Therefore, ifit is known that there is no lime in the soil, it should be applied as a 
top-dressing when the land is being plowed preparatory to sowing the seed. 


GOOD DRAINAGE is neces- 
sary,for an excess of surface water 
soon rots the roots and under 
these conditions the plants seldom 
live longer than one or two years, = - Go 
though excellent results have been : | Yoon 4 
obtained on clay soils, provided Y VF ; 
always that lime is in the soil ; f XK ae 
or subsoil, either naturally or 
applied. 


TIME OF SOWING.—The 
best time to sow in this section is 
in April, and if the land is thor- 
oughly clean and free from weeds, 
it may be sown broadcast, using 
20 Ibs. per acre, and such weeds as 
appear kept down by the mowing 
machine with the cutter bar raised 
so as to avoid cutting near the 
crowns of the young plants. But, 
even under the most favorable 
conditions the better plan is to 
drill the seed in rows 16 inches to 
2 feet apart, at therate of 15 to 20 
Ibs. per acre. As soon as the 
young plants are high enough to 
mark the rows, cultivation should 
begin, and if the soil is kept clean 
and meilow by frequent stirrings, 
the Alfalfa, if cut often and not 
allowed to go to seed, will after 
the first year cover the ground 
and easily keep ahead of all 
weeds. 22c. 1b.; $12 50 bushel 
of 60 lbs.; $20.00 per 100 

Se 


W/ Censors or Seale CTV ele 


(Trifolium Incarnatum.) 


THE MOST VALUABLE PLANT FOR 
RESTORING THE FERTILITY 
OF WORN-OUT SOILS. 


THE value of Scarlet Clover is now so thoroughly 
established that we have no hesitation in recom- 
mending that all lands from which crops have been 
harvested during the summer and fall should be sown 
with Scarlet Clover for plowing under the following 
spring. Authorities who have made a careful estimate 
state that plowing under a good crop of Scarlet Clover 
is equivalent to 20 tons of stable manure per acre, and 
even if the clover be harvested or pastured, the bene- 
fits derived from the wonderful nitrogenous root for- 
mation will alone many times repay the cost. 

If intended for feeding, it should always be cut 
while in the young stage and never fed to stock after the 
crop has ceased flowering, as serious results are apt to 
follow the feeding of over-ripe Crimsou Clover. It is the 
cheapest source of nitrogen and should be extensively 
used throughout the entire Eastern States. Its value as 
a winter soil mulch and for green manuring for orchards 
cannot be overestimated. 

In the latitude of New York, time for sowing may ex- 
tend from July 15th to September 15th, and further South 
up to October. The seed needs to be only lightly covered, 
and a good plan is to sow on fresh plowing and cover 
with alight harrow. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. 


Choice new crop seed of highest growing quality, thoroughly 
recleaned and free from weed seeds, (0c. Ib., $4.25 bush,, 
$6.75 per (00 Ibs. 


ALFALFA OR LUCERN. 
(Medicago Sativa.) 


The IDEAL OAT for the AMERICAN FARMER. 


VERY EARLY. 
VIGOROUS CONSTITUTION. 
IMMENSE YIELDER. 


HIS grand oat has fully borne out all we said regard- 

( J] ing it last year; altho the past season was a most 

; unfavorable one for all grain crops, it has main- 
tained its reputation as the earliest, heaviest and 

most prolificoatincultivation. Itis suitable for all soils, 
of robust and vigorous constitution, is remarkably early 
and an immense cropper ; the straw is long and stout, and, 
as a consequence, stands up well and does not readily 
lodge ortwist. The heads are very long, measuring from 
8 to 10% inches, and the kernels are of immense size, thick, 
plump and heavy. It has already proven its superiority, 
and is undoubtedly the heaviest cropping domestic white 

~ oat ever offered. Planted alongside some of the older va- 
rieties in a field of 40 acres, it yielded more than double 
the number of bushels per acre of any of the other sorts. 
Its extreme earliness, great length and strength of 
straw, thick, plump grains and the heavy yields it is 
capable of producing gives Long’s White Tartar all the 
necessary qualifications which go to make an ideal oat. 


Price, 606. peck, $1.75 bu. (32 Ibs.); 10-bu. lots, 


ONG’S WHITE % 


a) 


TARTAR OATS. 


FROMTHE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 


FEBRUARY 14th, 1903. 


== PROMISING NEW OATS.——= 


Recently while on the farm of I. S. Long in Lebanon County, Pa., 
the editor saw one of the largest and most promising varieties of oats 
that has been introduced into this country. It was imported in 1901 
for Mr. Long and he grew about 40 acres the past season. When 
growing, it attracted a great deal of attention in his neighborhood, 
and farmers from all over the community came to see the field. It 
not only has long, strong and vigorous straw, but stands erect and 
lodged less this season than any other variety in the neighborhood. 
The yield was quite uniform and ran about 125 bushels per acre in the 
best portions of the field. 

The kernels are long, thick and perfect. Several heads picked 
without special selection from a bunch brought to the office of Amer- 
ican Agriculturist measured 8% to 10% inches long. When threshed, 
it came out of the spout at the rate of two bags per minute, or an 
equivalent of nearly five bushels, at the ordinary run of the thresher. 

This new variety planted in the same field with some of the older 
kinds, not only retained its weight, but produced more than double in 
quantity of any others. He seeded about three bushels per acre. It 
was sown broadcast, but he is not an advocate of sowing oats broad- 
cast and thinks he would have had better success if he had drilled 
them. The illustration reproduced herewith shows an average 
bunch of these oats, which gives a fairly good idea not only of the 
size of the straw, but of the immense heads. Two of the straws in 
our office were 4 feet long, and some of those in the sheaf standing 
beside Mr. Long exceeded this length. 


$1.65 bu.; 50-bu. lots, $1.60 bu.; 100-bu. lots, $1.55 bu. 


where 
possible 


We shall be pleased to make Special Prices} 


to buyers of large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed. } ¥ri 


cee FARM SEEDS..:... 


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ENDERSON’S 
IMPORTED 


A VARIETY OF WHITE OATS OF EXTRAORDINARY 
WEIGHT, EARLINESS AND PRODUCTIVENESS, 
The Natural Weight of which is 50 pounds to the Bushel. 


Since we introduced this Grand Oat it has steadily and 
deservedly gained in popularity, until to-day it is THE 
MOST POPULAR HIGH-GRADE WHITE OAT IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 

The climate of America is unsuited to the production 
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 ultimate financial 
benefit accruing to the American farmers by the annual 
distribution of several thousand bushels of HENDERSON’S 
CLYDESDALE OATS cannot be overestimated. Theseoats 
weigh naturally 50 Ibs. 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 Ibs. 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 Ibs. 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 foreign and weed seeds. (See cut.) Price, by ex- 
‘ press or freight, $1.00 per peck; $2.50 per bushel (of 
50 Ibs.) Or we will supply 3 bushels (150 Ibs.), the 
quantity to seed an acre, for $7.00. 10 bushels and 
upwards, $2.25 per bushel; 100-bushel lots, $2.15 
per bushel. 


What Our Customers Think Of&——————— 
HENDERSON’S IMPORTED CLYDESDALE OATS. 


““We got one bushel of Clydesdale Oats from your house four years ago. 
We have been very successful with them; we now raise no other kind. We 
had about 1,100 bushels of them this year, but wish to renew the seed.”” 
WILLIAM ARCHER, Brier Hill, New York. 
“Last spring I sowed 100 pounds of your celebrated Clydesdale Oats on 
1% acres of ground and have just thrashed 170 bushels of the finest oats 
everseen in this part ofthecountry. I write you thisstatement to acknowledge 
the great benefit you have bestowed on the grain-growing sections of our 
country by furnishing such seed.’* 
ROBERT WOLF, Canvas Prairie, I. T. 
“The one pound of Clydesdale Oats I bought of you thrashed 222pounds 
ofthe finest oats leversaw. They weighed 50 pounds to the bushel.” 
WM. HEMSTOCK, McMinnville, Oregon. 
“Your Clydesdale Oats are the grandest oats I have ever seen in allmy 
fife.” JAMES WILLIS, Farrington, Va. 
“The imported Clydesdale Oats I bought of you areincomparably good. 
Such vigorous-growing oats I never saw.” 
W. W. NEWSON, Fort Worth, Texas. 


aun... CLYDESDALE OAs 


(Grown in Northern New York.) 


In order to give Henderson’s Clydesdale a still wider 
distribution and make their value universally known, and 
to enable us to offer them at a price within the reach of 
every farmer, we have had several thousand bushels 
specially grown for us in the United States during the past 


Henderson’s Imported Clydesdale Oats Are Genuine Only When year. These we have thoroughly recleaned, and are extra 
3 choice and heavy, free from all foul seeds and light and 
Direct From Us. imperfect grains. We are within the mark when we say 


4 : vi i der i y cultivation 70 to 80 

In the ‘Ohio Farmer,” Mr. J. T. Hickman, ofthe Ohio Agricultural Experiment WBeSE oats will viele ‘hah ar ee c 5 t tio t 100 
Station, states that samples of Henderson's Clydesdale Oats and Clydesdale Oats bushels per acre, and under favorable circumstances 

procured from other sources have shown, in a series of experiments, in favor of bushels per acre can reasonably be expected. $1.25 


Henderson’s Clydesdale. He also states that the average yield of Clydesdale Oats a @ 2 . i 
procured from other sources was something like nine bushels per acre below the bushel (32 Ibs.); 10-bushel lots, $1 O bushel; 100 


Tesults obtained from Henderson’s Clydesdale. bushel lots, $1.15 bushel. 


We shall be pleased to make Special Prices (where possible) to Buyers of large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed. Write us. 


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AS PETER HENDERSON &CO., NEW YORK::: 


sme" SEED OATS. 


ESPECIALLY GROWN FROM SELECTED STOCK FOR SEED 


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PROBSTEIER 
OATS. 


PURPOSES. RECLEANED BY THE MOST IMPROVED MACHINERY, 
FREE FROM WEED SEEDS, SMALL AND IMPERFECT GRAINS. 


IMPORTANT.—A change of Seed Oats is even more necessary than a change of Seed 
—_ Potatoes, and they should be renewed at least every second or third 
year. At the low prices at which we offer below choice recleaned Seed Oats, IT WILL PAY 
EVERY TIME to even renew stock every year. Oats grown on the same soil or in the same 
neighborhood year after year deteriorate rapidly and soon become light, chaffy and unprofitable. 


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LINCOLN. On its merits this has become one of the most popular. Is very strong- 
strawed, is very early, and is more nearly rust-proof than any other variety. The grain 
is heavy, handsome, and thin skinned. You cannot go wrong in sowing this variety. 
$1.10 bushel (32 Ibs.); 10 bushels and upward, $1.05 bushel; 100 bushels and 
upward, $1.00 bushel. 


PROBSTEIER. A leading white variety. It is very productive and heavy, and straw 
very strong. It is of Scandinavian origin, but well adapted to this climate; it ripens two 
or three days later than many varieties, but yields better. (See cut.) $1.00 bushel (32 
Ibs.); 10 bushels and upward, 95c. bushel; 100 bushels and upward, 90c. bushel. 


SILVER-WHITE MAINE. A grand oat of vigorous habit of growth and seems to thrive 
better under hot, dry and other unfavorable weather conditions than most other varieties. 
$1.10 bushel (32 Ibs.); 10 bushels and upward, $1.05 bushel; 100 bushels and upward, 
$1.00 bushel. 


WHITE RUSSIAN. Is somewhat coarse, but is much appreciated for its rugged har- 
diness. It stools freely, has strong, stiff straw, heads large with plump grain. A heavy 
cropper. It is a side oat, all the grain being borne on one side. $1.10 bushel (32 Ibs.); 
10 bushels and upward, $1.05 bushel; 100 bushels and upward, $1.00 bushel. 


BLACK TARTARIAN. The most prolific and distinct variety of Black Oat grown. Its 
ear is carried all on one side; it is very early, long and strong-strawed, and bears a short, 
plump grain. 40c. peck, $1.30 bushel (32 Ibs.); 10 bushels and upward, $1.25 bushel; 
100 bushels and upward, $1.20 bushel. 


HENDERSON’S 
SUPERIOR 


WINTER 
OATS. 


WINTER or 
TURF OATS 
are quite extensive- 
ly grown in the 
Southern States, 
where they are in high favor. 
Sown in the fall they either 
afford excellent pasturage 

during the winter or give abundant yield the following 
season. The demand for oats of this character has 
been gradually extending northward, and to meet it 
we have been growing in Northern Pennsylvania, for 
several years, an acclimatized strain which is remarka- 
bly hardy and will stand the winter as far north as New 
Jersey. They are incomparably superior to the Winter 
or Turf Oats of Virginia; they stool out strongly, are ear- 
lier, more vigorous and less susceptible to rust; they have stiff 
straw, stand up well, and are much more productive than 
Spring Oats. Sow in September, at the rate of 1% bushels per 
acre, and sow deep. They will stand much more severe weather 
when planted four inches deep than near the surface. (See cut.) 40c. 
peck, $1.25 bushel (32 1bs.); 10-bushel lots and upwards, $1.20 bushel. 


We are always leased to Near from our farmer friends and offer any advice free on subjects connected with farm crops, efc. 


oe F ++ FARM SEEDS.::: 


TA ENDERSON’S SUPERIOR 


Often, through pressure of other work, the seeding of Winter Wheat is neglected until too late and is either not sown at all 


With the two varieties of Spring Wheat here offered, this difficulty can be overcome by Spring sowing. 


They are the best of the Spring Wheats, yield well, and the milling quality of the grain surpasses even the best of the winter 


o> WELLMAN FIFE. © 


The best of all the Spring Wheats, having large heads and 
grain, and tall, strong straw, with white chaff heads and dark 
amber kernels. The grainis very hard and produces the finest 
grade of flour, and is eagerly sought after by millers. 
Enormously productive, and is invaluable for spring sowing 
where the Winter Wheat has been killed, or where it was not 
} sown. (See cut.) $2.25 per bushel (60 1bs.); 
10-bushel lots, $2.10 per bushel. 


Spring wheat is also a satisfactory crop to sow along with grass seed. 


© = SASKATCHEWAN FIFE.===e 


The favorite variety in the great Spring Wheat sections of 
the Northwest, where it is much esteemed by the farmer for 
its earliness, productiveness, vigorous growth and freedom 
from smut and diseases, and by the miller on account of its 
unsurpassed milling qualities. $2.10 per bushel (60 Ibs.); 
10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 


C—O 


“Last spring I purchased one quart 
of the Saskatchewan Fife Spring 
Wheat. I sowed the same on five 
square rods of land where one crop 
had been grown before. I threshed 
four bushels and forty-four pounds 
of very ine wheat, weighing sixty- 
five pounds to the bushel. I found 
some stools that contained as many 
as eighty stalks of bearing size from 
one kernel. Most of the stools con- 
tained from forty to fifty stalks. 
That was more than I expected to 
Taiseé, more than ever was raised, 
and I think wore than ever will be 
raised again from & like amount of 
seed. Iam gure when every farmer 
will start to raise it, it will be a 
great thing forthe country.” 

—J. W. Noorny, Angus, Minn. 


Et AES 


. ENDERSON’S 
0 For SUPERIOR 
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WE NOT BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW 


Winter Seed Wheat cratvs sowina: 


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DESCRIBED ON FOLLOWING PAGES, 21 TO 24. 


To be shipped from new 1904 Harvest as soon as ready next 
Autumn—crops permitting. We will give you the benefit of our 
lowest prices on the varieties ordered—ruling at time of shipment. 


It is an advantage to make plans and order the Seed before sowing season, for during the Press of summer work, it is 


apt to be put off until too late for best results. 


FROM SE : 
UA PETER HENDERSON &CO.,NEW YORK:-- GI 


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RURAL NEWYORK 


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ENDERSON’S 


expERSON'S WINTER SEED WHEAT. 


Prices are subject to the fluctuations of the market. The prices herein named are those ruling August, 1904. 
Delivery f.o.b. New York, bags extra. 


ROPER Selection of Seed Wheat, as well as Proper Cultivation, are essen- 
tial in securing highest results, for, like any other product, it is the poor article 
that brings the poor returns, while there is always a market for the superior 

product at remunerative prices. It costs almost as much to lay down an acre of wheat 
that yields only 15 bushels per acre as one that will yield from 35 to 50 bushels—the first 
scarcely returns the cost of the investment, while the latter yields a handsome profit, 
and the leading essential needed to attain such results is to use superior seed. The 
‘running out” of certain varieties of wheat is considered by experts as due to the improper selection of wheat intended for seed pur- 
poses, for wheat is such a strictly self-pollenizing plant that unless cross-pollination is practiced occasionally even between plants of the 
same variety, and intelligent selection made of the ideal plants, there is a tendency towards loss of vigor and eventually it ‘‘runs out.” 
“Tt is noteworthy that in this country the wheat hybrids thus far produced, which have given valuable results, are racial hybrids» 
in many cases very complex, including several different races.’’ —Year Book U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Most of the new varieties of HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR WHEATS that we offer in this catalogue are the offspring from 
cross-bred combinations of meritorious Russian and American races, with some blood from the Mediterranean long berry. This is the 
blood that was utilized in producing the widely-grown Winter Fife, Early Red Clawson, Early Genesee Giant, and other well-known 
varieties, so that it may confidently be expected that the later, carefully-bred sorts now offered will show remarkable improvement in all 
desirable qualities, including yield, gluten, milling qualities, hardiness, health, vigor, etc. HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR SEED 
WHEAT is not only grown especially for seed purposes from choicest selected cross-bred and pedigree strains, but it is all recleaned at 
our warehouses (250,000 bushels capacity), which are equipped with the most modern seed-cleaning machinery in America. This enables 
us to supply direct to the farmer plump and heavy seed, of undoubted superiority, at lowest possible prices, where quality is considered. 


TWO GRAND NEW WINTER WHEATS FOR 1904. 


Henderson’s Superior 


.. Seed Wheat 


is grown from pedigree races. 


Silver Sheat Longberry Red (Bearded). 


The most perfect Longberry Red Wheat grown. It will prove to 
be the finest Longberry Red ever known, and will make asensation 
among wheat growersand millers as soon as known. This marvel 

_ originated from a cross between the well-known American Bronze 
and a cross from Lancaster and a seedling Longberry. It is one 
of the hardiest of all wheats, a strong, healthy grower and can be 
sown very late. If sown early, 114 bushels of seed per acre will be 
enough on strong soil. Straw of light yellow color, medium tall, 
thick-walled and strong; head long, wide and full; chaff thin and 
silvery white; grain large, dark and flinty, and nearly as long as 
rye kernels. It will command the highest market price of any Long- 
berry yet grown, and will be the leading fancy milling wheat ofthis 
country. Price, $1.25 per peck, $3.50 per bushel. 


Early Red Chief (Beardless). 


We herewith introduce avery superior new wheat, for which 
we predict a grand future. It originated from Early Red Clawson 
and Red Arcadian. Without doubt, Early Red Chief will prove a 
wonder in the wheat line, being a rough-and-ready sort that can 
be depended upon for a granary filler even in unfavorable seasons. 
It is one of the strongest-growing and productive sorts yet intro- 
duced; its growth in the fall is strong, foliage large, thick and 
dark, covering the ground early in the season, and can be sown very 
late. Itis one of the first to startin spring. Straw exceptionally 
thick-walled; strong heads, long and wide, carried erect, of a 
reddish brown shade, complet packed with large, dark red 
kernels. Price, 80c. per peck, $2.50 per bushel. 


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Two Grand 


WINTER 
 WHEATS 


RURAL NEW YORKER i 


a] ESE are both the result of upwards of twenty years’ thoroughly scientific crossing and careful selection at 
the hands of the late Mr. E. 8. Carman, the well-known editor of the Rural New Yorker, and raiser of many 
of the most valuable agricultural introductions of recent years. These two varieties have been selected 

from hundreds of crosses and varieties as superior in all desirable qualities. They have now been grown in most 


Rural New Yorker 
(Ne. 57). 


wheat-growing sections, and most flattering testimony has been 
received by us regarding their merits. 


“Bearded” Rural New Yorker 


(Number 57) 


has heavily-bearded heads which are beautifully symmetrical, being 
pointed at the tip, broad in the middle, and tapering towards the stem. 
The straw is unusually tall and strong and stools freely, frequently 
having 35 to 40 stalks from a single grain. The heads are com- 
pact, averaging three kernelsto a spikelet or ‘“‘breast,” and ten breasts 
to aside. The kernels are of medium size and of an attractive color, 
between the so-called ‘‘red’”? and amber, possessing the requisite 
degree of hardness for the production of the finest grade of flour, and 
is much sought after by millers. The chaff is clear white, with a trace 
of velvet sufficient to make it difficult for the green fly to attack it, and 
the headsdo not mildew as the full velvet chaff varieties are liable to do. 
(See cut.) 75c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 


“Beardless” Rural New YOrker 


(Number 6) 


This beardless variety is a hybrid between Rye and Armstrong 
Wheat, though all traces of Rye have disappeared and it now appears 
a handsome, beardless Wheat. It succeeds and produces heavy 
crops on poor, thin land, where Wheat could not be successfully 
or profitably grown, and it also has extreme hardiness to recom- 
mend it. When first raised, some years ago, the top of the culms 
was downy with Rye culms. This characteristic could not be fixed, 
so that for this variety the culms having no down were alone selected. 
The gold-colored straw is very thick and strong, easily supporting 
the heavy grain without breaking. The large amber kernels are 
placed four to a breast, eight breasts to a side, with long symmetrical 
heads having a brown chaff. (See cut.) One of our growers says: 


“It stools as strong as any wheat I ever saw. It had a vigorous, healthy growth 
all the season, and stood well without lodging. Itis very hardy.” 


75c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 


Beardless 
Rural New Yorker (No. 6). 


LET US BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW} EORISOMENCE, |WINTER SEED WHEAT |For next 


HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR 


FALL’S SOWING 


TO BE SHIPPED—CROPS PERMITTING—FROM 1904 CRORS AS SOON AS READY—AT OUR LOWEST PRICES AT TIME OF SHIPMENT. 


ROCURABLE O° =~ eg ae oo ea RT 1 


Jones’ Bearded Longberry. (No. 1.) 


HT are confident that this variety will prove to be the most profitable Longberry yet known —it is the result 


of experiments in crossing this type covering several years—and we feel that it will rapidly displace the 
old Longberries now no longer profitable on accqunt of weak vitality and light yield, although their quality 
is the standard by which all other sorts are judged. JONES’ BEARDED LONGBERRY (No. 1)is a grand 
variety and one of the most productive, hardy and profitable sorts ever sent out. It has made a record of 541¢ 
bushels peracre. It has a sturdy, wiry straw of good length, not liable to lodge even on very fertile soil; heads 
long, wide and exceptionally well filled, bearded and of a rich brown shade; kernels large and long, of an attractive 
blending of red and amber, indicating to millers its high milling character and requisite hardness for producing 
a fine grade of flour. Especially adapted for late sowing, giving large yields when sown in October. (See cut.) 
75¢. per peck, $2.25 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 


Pride of Genesee (Bearded). 


One of the most productive varieties, having a long, well-filled head, and the fact that it will give a reasonably 
good crop on land so poor that common sorts would be a failure, cannot fail to make it a popular sort, as the head 
does not decrease in proportion to the straw, being large and well filled 
on avery short, light growth of straw. 
75c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 


Clawson Long berry (Beardless). 


This grand cross-bred Longberry was produced from the same blood 
that bore the famous Red Clawson crossed with Longberry stock. It 
resembles, in some respects, Red Clawson in the field, but is a stronger 
grower and more prolific stooler, and has sturdy, wiry straw. Heads 
long, wide and full; chaff, brown and free from beards; grain, dark am- 
ber of the finest quality, large, long, and of true Longberry type. Like its 
parents, it delights in strong clay loam, and on such soil, with thorough 
preparation, it will often yield fifty bushels or more per acre. It is 
largely grown by some of the best wheat growers, by whom it is highly 
recommended. (See cut.) Sow 11g bushels per acre. 

75¢c. per peck, $2.25 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.00 per bushel. 


Diamond Grit or Winter SasKatchewan 
(Bearded). 

A worthy rival to the hard spring wheats. It is superior to every 
known winter wheat for milling, with the added advantage of making 
more and finer flour per bushel than any other sort. It is wonderfully 
productive, of medium height, and of strong, wiry growth; is extremely 
hardy and very early. The heads, of medium length, are closely set with 
grain, 4 and 5 kernels abreast—in fact, the head is nearly all grain, of nf 
gene id goler: short, a pa weighing 64 lbs. to the measured bushel. | 

is wheat adapts itselfto all soils, and has a promising future. (See cut. : , 
75c. per peck, $2.00 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 per SA deseserrconl Loc bcey 


DIAMOND GRIT 


WINTER SASKATCHEWAN 


Jones’ Bearded 
Longberry 
(No. 1), 


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A GRAND Wheat, the progeny of the celebrated Winter Fife crossed with two excellent seedlings. It retains 
all of the good qualities of the parents, marking a steady advance over the latter in quality, productive- 
ness and the flinty character of the grain. It is without doubt the hardest of all wheats grown. In milling 
qualities it is superior, containing sufficient gluten for making quick-raising flour of chalk-like whiteness and 
light bread. It is one of the earliest wheats, ripening with the Early Red Clawson; a strong, healthy grower, 
stooling rapidly in the fall; starts early in the spring, and is one of the first to head. Straw a little above medium 
height, strongand wiry; heads very long, wide and well filled ; chaff white and bearded ; grain medium long, plump 
and of clear amber shade; bran exceptionally thin, hence will make more flour than most any sort grown. Itis 
one of the heaviest-weighing sorts. It took the first place at the Kentucky Experiment Station over 17 other 
varieties grown under same conditions. (See cut.) 75c. per peck, $2.00 per bush. ; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 per bush. 


Henderson’s Superior Seed Wheat. 


It costs almost as much to lay down an acre of wheat that 
yields only 15 bushels per acre as one that will yield from 35 to 
50 bushels. The first scarcely returns the cost of the investment 
while the latter yields a handsome profit. The leading essential 
needed to attain such resultsis to sow Henderson’s Superior Seed 
Wheat, which is grown especially for seed purposes from cross- 
bred, select pedigree strains of undoubted superiority. 


Gold Coin (Beardiess). 


A very popular wheat that the increasing demand for the 
seed would indicate is a most satisfactory variety over a large 
extent of territory. Itis unusually productive, having yielded 
over 60 bushels per acre—while 50 and over is not unusual—and 
even on large acreages it seldom runs under 40 bushels per 
acre. One of its enthusiastic users writes: 

“Tt is the best variety for yielding and standing up ever placed before 
the American farmer, and fairly crowds out other kinds where it has been 
tried in this section.”’ 

“Clawson and Fife do well on my farm, but the Gold Coin does best ot 
You should callit ‘Henderson’s Best of All Wheat.’”’ 


The straw is very stiff and does not lodge even on the richest 
land. The head is long and compactly filled with choice white 
grain, frequently having five kernels abreast. (See cut.) 

75c. per peck, $2.00 per bush; 10-bushel lots, $1.85 per bush. 


Pedigree (€2necee) Giamt.  (Hali-Bearded.) 


This variety is truly a wonder in the wheat line for thrifty 
fall growth, early spring stooling, strong, short-jointed straw, 
solid filled head, fine, hard, amber grain and exceptionally 
fine milling qualities. On strong clay loam or river bottom it 
has yielded at the rate of 601g bushels per acre, and stands up 
well under high culture. It isa cross from the old Genesee 
Giant, possessing all of the good qualities of that famous variety 
when at its best. Itis stronger in growth, more compact in 
head, and produces a verylarge grain. Can be sown very late 
with a certainty of standing the winter and gives an enormous 
yield. Sow late and use two bushels of seed per acre. (See cut.) 


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i: Should be more grown than it is, especially in these days of low-priced 3 
wheat. The straw makes excellent rough feed for all kinds of stock. It 
; is alsoone of the best grains with which to sow down to grass in spring. 

NEW WHITE HULLESS. A valuable new variety, which should 
be sown at the rate of 142 bushels per acre about the time of sowing 
Oats. It is two or three weeks earlier than ordinary Barley, grows 
about the same height, and will not shatter in the field, even when 
very ripe. The grain is not unlike Wheat, and weighs about 60 
lbs. per bushel, instead of 48 lbs. as other Barley. For feeding to horses 
and hogs, when ground, it is unequaled, and is also exceedingly valu- 
able as hay, if cut and cured just before ripening. .75c. per peck, $2.00 
per bushel of 48 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.80 per bushel. 

TWO-ROWED DUCK-BILL, The heads are of great length, and 
when maturing become slightly curved; the grains arelarge and plump 
and brighter than any other variety of two-rowed Barley. The straw 
is stronger than the old popular Chevalier Barley, and has yielded 
nearly 70 bushels per acre. 50c. per peck, $1.60 per bushel of 48 lbs. 


VERMONT CHAMPION. Two-rowed, early, hardy and prolific. 
50c. per peck, $1.60 per bushel of 481bs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.50 per bushel. 


Is a valuable crop for either soiling, green fodder, straw or grain. It 
is largely used by farmers to seed down with in the fall, and is consid- 
ered 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. 


SPRING RYE. A variety produced by planting Winter Rye in 
the spring for several years, and selecting the seed until the type was 
fixed. It is an excellent ‘‘catch-crop’’ where fall-sown grain has been 
winter-killed, and also for fodder and grain. $2.00 per bushel of 56 
lbs.; 10 bushels and upward, $1.85 per bushel. 

EXCELSIOR WINTER RYE. A variety from Vermont, that has 
never failed to yield at the rate of from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. With 
the originator, a four-acre field yielded 52 bushels to the acre. $1.50 
per bushel of 56 1bs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.40 per bushel. 

WINTER RYE. The variety most commonly cultivated, whether 
sown for grain, straw or cutting green. $1.10 per bushel of 56 lbs.; | 
10-bushel lots, $1.00 per bushel. ; 

THOUSANDFOLD RYE. Said to be the most productive Rye in cul- | 
tivation; the straw is tall and strong, with long, heavy heads, and stands 


up well. Especially recommended where Rye is grown more for the 
3 straw than the grain. $1.50 per bushel of 56 lbs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.40 
BARLEY. per bushel. RYE, GIANT WINTER. 
GIANT WINTER RYE. Unquestionably the heaviest cropping Rye 
in existence, having in fair tests outyielded all other varieties both in 


HENDERSON'S straw and grain. The heads average six to eight inches in length and BENDERSON:S 
SUPERIOR SEEDS | are filled from end to end with large, plump, heavygrains. The straw SAS UCMis SISSIES 
ACEI is giant in length and strength and of extraordinary stiffness, resisting CNIS LARA NALS OMEN 


DIRECT FROM US 


SUPERIOR CROPS | severe wind and rain storms to a remarkable degree without lodging. 
(See cut.) $1.75 per bushel of 56 1bs.; 10-bushel lots, $1.60 per bushel. 


We are always pleased to fear from our farmer friends and offer any advice free on subjects connected with farm crops, ele. 


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JAPANESE BUOGKWHEAT 


“JT had a small quantity of Japanese Buckwheat from you 
last year, which I planted on the 5th day of July, and from 
this I cut, and had in good, clean Buckwheat, 1,392 pounds, 
which ripened earlier and has produced more than three 
times the yield of the Silver Hull with the same culture.” 

Davin BEAM, Midvale, N. J. 

“The Japanese Buckwheat ripened about one week sooner 
than the old-fashioued kind, and produced more than as 
much again to the same amount ofsowing the past season.” 

LEMUEL VAN NEss, Pompton, N. J. 

“Truly, the Japanese Buckwheat is one of the greatest im- 
provements, in a single line of grain, ofthe present age. All 
other kinds of buckwheat can be well thrown aside; and not 
only the bee-keepers ofour Jand, but farmers in general, can 
unite in tendering a vote of thanks to our enterprising 
seedsman, Peter Henderson.’’—GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 

“T prefer the Japanese Buckwheat to all other kinds.” 

F. N. Hitton, Pontiae, Mich. 

“The Japanese Buckwheat I got from you beats any I ever 
saw.” C. A. DEAN, Meshoppen, Pa. 

“ The Japanese Buckwheat I purchased from you is distinct, 
and stands the sun better than any other sort.” 

JOHN WILSON, Sandwich West, Essex Co., Ontario, Can. 

“The Japanese Buckwheat that I purchased from you 
yielded me over five hundred-fold.” 

J. C. VAUSELODR, Faribault, Minn. 

“7 found your Japanese Buckwheat first rate; it yielded 
four times more than the old kinds did in the same lot.” 

Davin Ceas, Bloomville, N. Y. 

“The Japanese Buckwheat I had of you last year produced 
four times as much (by weight) as any other variety, not 
counting what my neighbor’s chickens, who visited it daily, 
stole.” Puitie WECE, Col. Co., N. Y. 


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GROWN FROM IMPORTED SEED 


Sx aoe we introduced the Japanese Buckwheat nearly twenty years ago, the ten- 
dency, on account of the hot, dry summers in the United States, has been 
for the grain to gradually grow smaller. The seed we offer is grown from 
the largest type imported from Japan and is much larger in grain than that 
usually offered, and it will pay all growers to renew their seed. The seed we 
offer is only one year removed from imported Japanese seed. This variety is 
now more generally grown than any other, but to those to whom it may still 
be unknown we would say that the kernels are at least twice the size of any 
other variety and of a shape peculiar and distinct from all others. The color 
of the kernels is also most distinct, being of a rich dark shade of brown. It 
ripens fully a week earlier than the Silver Hull, the straw is heavier, and it 
branches more and does not need to be sown so thickly as the other kinds. 
There is always a good market for the grain as it is in demand for all purposes, 
the export demand now being enormous. For bees it is of the greatest value 
and for this purpose has displaced all other varieties. 


ALWAYS SOW WITH CRIMSON CLOVER 


An excellent plan is to sow Crimson Clover along with buckwheat, es- 
pecially when put in late from middle of July to first of August. They come 
up together, but the buckwheat is the stronger grower and the Crimson Clover 
makes but little showing until the buckwheat is removed. If frost should kill 
the buckwheat before ripe, it may be left as a protection, the dead buckwheat 
being just the sort of mulching and protection needed by the clover. The Crimson 
Clover and mulching of buckwheat can be plowed under in May and for potatoes 
or corn there is no better preparation. Japanese Buckwheat is one of the most 
satisfactory crops to sow on new or rough land, but buckwheat should invari- 
ably be sown as a second or catch crop, and we would advise all growers to sow 
Crimson Clover along with itas recommended above for, even though the buck- 
wheat be killed by an early frost, the value of its own humus is worth more 
than the cost of the seed in addition to its value as a winter protection to the 


clover. 
Price, $1.40 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $1.30 bushel. 


“Last year I raised 116 bushels, 85 of Japanese and 31 of Silver Hull. I think the Japanese 
quite a bonanza.” J.H. KENNEDY, Quenemo, Osage Co., Kan. 

“Your Japanese Buckwheat is a grand success and an acquisition of sterling worth, out- 
yielding all other varieties fourfold, with ordinary culture.” JACOB SENN, Cheswold, Del. 


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The Earliest Large, White Dent. 


Ripens thoroughly in latitudes 
South of Albany and Buffalo. 


Extraordinarily 
Prolific, 
often yielding 
110 bushels 
shelled corn per acre. 


LARGE EARS, 


10 to 12 inches long, 
7 to 8 inches 
in circumference. 


Long Kernels, 
Small Cob. 


Ears 2 to 3 feet 
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Northern White DENT. 


The Climax of 40 Years’ Selection! 


While the raiser, Mr. James Wood, of Westchester County, N. Y., ex-President of the New 
York State Agricultural Society, does not claim this to be anew variety, having originally been 


a white Southern Corn, yet by forty years of intelligent selection, it has become the earliest 


and 
LUXURIANT, 
making fine fodder. 


large white Dent Corn we know of, and is quite distinct from the original parent. 
ripen in Connecticut, New York State (except in that portion north of Rochester and Troy), 
Southern [lichigan, Southern Wisconsin, etc., and being vastly superior in every respect to 
the flint varieties and the small Dent Corns usually raised, will be by far the most profitable 


It will 


sort in latitudes north of New York City, where the Eureka cannot safely be planted. 
This Corn was referred to in the New Vork Tribune Farmer, Noy. 7th, 1901, in an article on Mr. Wood’s farm, as follows: 


“Forty years ago Mr. Wood set out to find the most profitable variety of 
Corn for him toraise. He had learned that his farm was nearly on the dividing 
line between the south and the north, agriculturally considered, so he tried the 
white Southern Dent, obtaining his seed from Long Island, where it had been 
grown for twenty years. It did well, but the ear was from 4% to 5 feet from 
the ground, leaving a nearly valueless butt, and the cob was too large a por- 
tion oftheear. Forforty years he has been breeding out the butt and the cob. 
The lower ear on the stalk is now only two feet or so from the ground, and the 


relative size of this cob has been greatly reduced. 

. “Corn breeding is exciting much attention at this time. Here are the 
results of forty years of experiment on that line, and a better Object lesson 
could hardly be found to establishits value and hint atits enormous possibili- 
ties. Mr. Wood always looks for one and a half bushels of ears from twenty- 
five hills, and this represents a larger proportion of shelled corn than is 
usually estimated. He has often raised 110 bushels of shelled corn to the 
acre,” 


(See cut.) 2O cts. quart, SO cts. peck, $3.00 bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.85 bushel. 


HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR SEEDS ARE PROCURABLE ONLY FROM US DIRECT—we do not supply through Dealers. 


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HENDERSON’S 


EureKa 


Yellow Dent 
Corn. 


The finest Field Corn 


Grown. 


Large, Handsome Ears, 12 to 15 inches 
long, weighing ! to 2 lbs. each. 


Heavy Yielder, 150 bushels Shelled 
Corn per acre not unusual. 


The photograph gives a very inadequate 
idea of the magnificent appearance of this 
Corn. Itis the result of the most careful and 
persistent selection by a wealthy Pennsylva- 
nia farmer who makesCorn his hobby and his pride. For 
sixteen years he has, from a planting of 80 to 100 acres, 
selected only the best ears at husking time, planting 
these by themselves and continuing this selection. 

He began by offering his huskers five cents for every 
ear weighing two pounds and over, but that soon be- 
came ruinous, and in later years a man was appointed 
at husking to do nothing but look out for ideal ears. 

The ear sets fairly low on the stalk, is immense, 
with small red cob, the grain a clear bright reddish 
yellow, large and of great depth, filled out full over 
both ends. It runs 18 to 22 rows, and an important 
feature of the selection clearly shown in the photograph 
is that the rows run even, the same number at tip 
and butt, thereby materially increasing the amount of 
shelled Corn per acre. 

Be May be planted with safety in latitudes as far northas 
New York City, and even further north in favorable locations. As an indication of its pro- 


ductiveness, a nine-acre field yielded at the rate of 144 bushels per acre. (See cut.) 
C. S. CLARK, the well-known Seed and Corn grower of Huron County, Ohio, writes: 
“In your new Eureka Corn you have the largest-eared Corn in cultivation; it’s a wonder.” 


“T have such a tremendous crop of your Yellow Dent Field Corn that it attracts general attention, and several 
farmers have asked me where I ‘got the seed; the stalks average 14 feet high, some are 17 feet, and none 
less than 12 feet. 50 percent. of the stalks bore two large ears each.’’—H. DE B. SCHENCK, per WM. C. Nasu, 


Manager, Ridgefield, Conn. 
““The Eureka Corn is the best I have ever seen.’’—L. L. LEE, Marion, Alabama. : 


20 cts. quart, 90 cts. peck, $3.00 bushel; 10 bushels and upwards, $2.85 bushel. 


“T ordered some Eu- 
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ed. Itis the best Corn 
I ever planted, and 

am farming now 
about 25 years.’’— 
JoHN C. OLNEY, Ka- 
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Owing to the great scarcity of Field Corn fit for seed purposes, we have been 
obliged to advance our prices. This list cancels all previous quotations. 


If wanted by mail, add 15c. per qt. for postage. Corn planted in hills requires 8 or 10 quarts per acre. 


DENT VARIETIES. 


All the yaricticn offered below (except Pop Corn), in lots of 10 bushels and upwards, $2.35 per bushel. 

EARLY MASTODON. (The Earliest Large Dent Corn.) Produces large ears for an early variety. 
It grows strong at a medium height, with broad, heavy leaves, and makes a fine shelled corn in 
appearance, being purely Dent. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

GOLDEN BEAUTY. Thiscorn has given most excellent satisfaction. Itis exceedingly product- 
ive; a large proportion of the stalks produce two fine ears. The ears are of perfect shape, with from 
ten ‘to fourteen rows, and filled out completely to the extreme end of cob. The cobs are unusually 
small. The richness of color and fine quality of grain make it very superior for grinding into meal. 
15 ets. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

EXTRA EARLY HURON. As early as most of the flint corns, and may be grown even in the 
most Northern States and in Canada. The grain is somewhat narrow, but long and deep, with small 
cob. 15 cts. quart,75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE. (Pride of the North.) This variety is valuable to grow North, 
as it matures early. Planted as late as July 4th, it has fully matured by October lst. The ears grow 
8 to 10 inches in length, from 14 to 16 rows, slightly tapering. The kernels are closely set together 
on the cob, of a light orange color at the outer end, darker in color lower, and makes excellent meal. 
15 ets. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

EARLY BUTLER. A cross from Pride of the North, and has the smallest cob of any Dent 
Corn in cultivation. Itis also the very earliest Dent Corn and is very profitable to grow. Itis just 
the corn for northern farmers—grows quick and strong, has small cobs, very long grains, and good- 
sized ears. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

HUNDRED DAY BRISTOL. A very early variety of wonderful productiveness. The ears 
being remarkably large for such an early ripener; the grain is a light yellow, with small cob. 15 cts. 
quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

LEAMING. Ears are of good size, set low down, and nearly always grow two to each stalk. 
Very small, red cob, with a deep, long grain, of a rich golden color. It matures reasonably early, and 
if planted by the first of June. will generally ripen, and be fit to husk and crib early in September. 
15 ets. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

WHITE CAP YELLOW. An early variety, said to produce better results on poor, thin or 
sandy soil than any other variety, and is less affected by drought. The grain is handsome yellow in 
color, with white tips. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck,$2.50 bushel. 

HICKORY KING. Has the largest grains with the smallest cob of any white corn. The stalks, 
of strong, vigorous growth, generally bear two good ears each, and occasionally three. It is not, 
however, considered a safe crop north of Philadelphia. Will make more shelled corn to a given bulk of 
ears than any other variety. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 


FLINT VARIETIES. 


10 bushels and upwards, $2.35 per bushel. 

LONGFELLOW. A large 8-rowed yellow flint variety well adapted for the Northern States. 
The ears are remarkably long (see cut), some of them measuring 15 inches, and oftentimes two or 
more good specimens grow on one stalk. Grain large and broad and yellow. The cob is quite small. 
It is the largest variety of yellow field corn safe to plant in the latitude of Massachusetts, where it is 
quite extensively grown. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

COMPTON’S BARLY. The earliest known yellow flint variety, ripening in from 76 to 85 days. 
It is a handsome 10 and 12-rowed sort, very productive, and will ripen inthe Northern States. 15 cts. 
quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

LARGE WHITE FLINT. Handsome ears, large and well filled, kernels white and of fine 
quality. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

LARGE YELLOW FLINT. (Karly Canada Yellow.) Similar to the above excepting in color; 
largely grown in the extreme North. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

KING PHILIP. Coppery red. Very early. Usually matures three months after planting. 
Ears large sized and handsome, 10 to 12 inches long. 15 ects. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 

RURAL THOROUGHBRED WHITE FLINT. In appearance this closely resembles the old 
white flint, but the plant branches and suckers more, and is therefore valuable for ensilage in the 
Northern States, as well as for the grain. 15 cts. quart, 75 cts. peck, $2.50 bushel. 


POP CORN. 


WHITE PEARL. Smooth-grained ears, 4 to 5 inches long, by % to 114 inches diameter, good 
for either family or market use. 10 cts. lb.; 100 lbs., $8.00. 

AMBER PEARL. A new and distinct shade of color, it matures very early and is in every - 
respect a first-class pop corn. 15c. lb.; 100 lbs., $12.00. 

WHITE RICE. (Rat Tooth.) Avery fine white variety, ears 4 to 5inches in length, and 1to 114 
in diameter. Kernel pointed. Especially salable among the retail grocers. 10c.1b.; 100 lbs., $8. 00. 


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CORN for Fodder and Ensilage. 


EVERGREEN SWEET FODDER CORN. Fodder grown from the Evergreen 
Sweet Corn is superior in quality to that of the ordinary field varieties, being 
richer, sweeter and more digestible. The best plan is to sow in rows 24 to 
30 inches apart, using one bushel of corn per acre. Crop failed. 

SWEET FODDER CORN. Best for cutting and feeding green during the 
summer months. This is better than any field corn, from the fact that it is 
so very sweet and nutritious that cattle will eat every part of the stalk and 
leaves with relish. Drill thickly, in rows three feet apart, using 1% bushels 
of seed per acre. $4.50 bushel; 10 bushels and upwards, $4.25 bushel. 

SOUTHERN HORSE TOOTH. Grows to a large size, is very leafy and 
well adapted forensilage. Large quantities of this corn are sold by feed and 
other stores which usually result in disappointment to the farmer. There is 
no corn more difficult to cure or keep properly, and much of it is kiln-dried, 
while large quantities have been stored in elevators and gone through a 
sweating process which has destroyed the germ. The stock we offer is care- 
fully selected and sun-dried and of high germination. $1.50 bushel; 10 
bushels and upwards, $1.40 bushel. 

IMPROVED EARLY HORSE TOOTH. Being nearly two weeks earlier, 
this variety is better adapted for fodder and ensilage in the Northern States 
than the ordinary Southern Horse Tooth. (See cut.) $1.60 bushel; 10 bushels 
and upwards, $1.50 bushel. 

RURAL THOROUGHBRED WHITE FLINT. An early variety, valuable 
for the Northern States. Owing to its suckering and branching habit, it 
yields enormously. $2.50 bushel; 10 bushels and upwards, $2.35 bushel. 


== SUGAR CANE and BROOM CORN.———= 


SUGAR CANE, Early Amber. Of great value for cutting green and feeding 
green during hot weather in summer, when pastures are apt to be burned up. 
Being a tropical plant, it makes its best growth during just such weather, 
and cattle, horses and sheep relish it, and it may be fed to them with safety. 
Sow in drills, 10to121bs. per acre; broadcast, 20 to 25 1bs. per acre. Should 
be cut when about 2 feet high, and will yield several such cuttings. Earlier 
than the Orange and may be grown even in Northern States. Cured in the 
same way as a heavy crop of Clover, it makes an excellent quality of hay. 
(See cut.) 10 cts. 1b.; 100 1bs., $6.00. 

SUGAR CANE, Early Orange. Produces a larger and heavier growth 
than the Amber but is later. 10 cts. 1b.; 100 1bs., $6.00. 

BROOM CORN, Evergreen. Entirely free from all crooked brush, and 
remains strictly green, consequently always commands the highest market 
10 cts. 1b.; 100 1bs., $6.00. 


EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE. price. 


RURAL BRANCHING DOURA. 


(Millo Maize, Sorghum Vulgare.) 
A wonderfully productive fodder plant that makes a great amount of foliage, and can 


be cut several times in the season. Plant4to51bs. tothe acre. (See cut.) 12c. 1b.; 100 


YELLOW BRANCHING DOURA. 


(Yellow Millo Maize.) 


Earlier than the Rural Branching, and of taller growth, often attaining a height 
of 9 to 12 feet, but it’does not stool out quite as much from the ground, although it 
It produces an enormous quantity of fodder, for which 
stock show a marked partiality. Plant 41bs. tothe acre. (See cut.) 12c. 1b.; 100 lbs., 


JERUSALEM CORN. 


Grows about five feet high, and is one of the surest crops for dry countries and 
seasons, having in the driest season in the past 15 years in Kansas produced a crop, 
without irrigation, when other forage plants perished. Five pounds will plant an 


lbs., $8.00. 


branches out from the joints. 


$8.00. 


acre. 12c. 1b.; 100 1bs., $8.00. 


TEOSINTE, 


WHITE KAFFIR CORN. 


Grows four to five feet high, with numerous wide and narrow. Kaffir Corn 
leaves. (See cut.) 10c. 1b.; 100 1bs., $6.00. 


RED KAFFIR CORN. 


This very leafy and juicy variety is taller but more ue, especially in southern 
slender than the white, ripens a little earlier and yields sections; it has yielded pay- 
heavier. It is also valuable for sowing on poor land, as ing crops of grain and forage 
it will give better results under these conditions than even in seasons so dry that 
the White Kaffir Corn, as well as other Sorghums, most corn utterly failed. The 


of which require a well-enriched soil. (See cut.) 10c. culture is the same as for = 


lb.; 100 lbs., $6.00. 


4 | PETER HENDERSON &CO., 


“TI cannot say too much for your 
Jerusalem Corn. I drilled in about 
15 acres after the ground was so dry 
in May that I did not think it would 
sprout, and with not a bit of rain, 
on dry upland, I now have over 15 
tons of fine seed. TI tell you it is the 
erop for dry land and for very late 
planting. It seems to me it should 
be better advertised, so all farmers, 
in dry sections, could know how val- 
uable it is.’’—C. W. GAMMON, Walnut 


ae TEOSINTE. 


(Reana Luxurians.) 


The plant resembles Corn, but is more leafy and tillers enormously. 
After cutting it grows again with remarkable rapidity. Those having 
only a small amount of land on which it is desired to produce the maxi- 
mum amount of forage should sow Teosinte. Plant in drills, 6 to 8 lbs. 
per acre. (See cut.) 80c. 1b.; 10 1bs. and upwards, 70c. 1b. 


A type of non-saccharine 
Sorghum of greatest value 
for both fodder 
and grain. 


Kaffir Corn is a valuable 
forage plant, growing 4% to 
6 feet high; it is stocky, 
erect, and produces wide, 
luxuriant, succulent foliage, 
making excellent fodder, 
either green or dried, and is 
highly relished by all kinds 
of stock. Each stalk pro- 
duces from 2 to 4 heads of 
grain. These heads are long 


has the quality common to all 
Sorghums, of resisting 
droughts, and in this fact is 
to be found its peculiar val- 


Field Corn. KAFFIR CORN. 


We are always pleased to hear from our farmer friends and offer any advice free on subjects connected with farm crops, etc. 


Fs (G corrmewrnes 16 TONS PER ACR E GR E E N FODDER BY Bae sav hee < 


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JAPANESE MILLET. 


The best recent introduction for the Siio and Cutting Green. 


Entirely distinct from any other millet, grows tall and produces 
an enormous crop. It may be sown from the middle of May to 
the 1st of July, broadcast, at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre, but it is 
better to sow it in drills, 12 to 18 inches apart, using 10 to 12 lbs. 
per acre, and hoed between the rows to keep down all weeds until 
the plant attains a height of 12 to 18 inches, when its rapid growth 
will smother all weeds. It grows 6 to 8 feet high, stands remark- 
ably well notwithstanding its great. height, and yields from Io to 
12 tons green fodder per acre. ~ When cured it makes an excellent 
quality of hay, and its feeding value is far superior to corn fodder, 
and it is much relished by all kinds of stock, whether green or 
cured. If to be made into hay, cure as you would a heavy crop of 
clover. An ideal ensilage mixture may be composed of two parts 
of this millet to one part of soja beans (see page 34), mixed when 
filling the silo. The soja beans supply the albuminoids and fat in 
which the Corn and Millet are deficient. This mixture forms 
a complete balanced ration for milech cows without 
the addition of grain, though it is, of course, advisable to 
feed grain occasionally as a change. This ensilage combination 
will certainly become popular, and when generally used, as we 
predict it will be, it will result in a saving of hundreds of thous- 
ands of dollars annually to the dairymen and farmers of the 
United States. This Millet does not endure drought well, except 
it be sown early in retentive soil, and it is not adapted to the cli- 
mate, nor is it recommended for the Southern States ; but north of 
Washington, and especially for good, rich soils, we confidently 
recommend its general cultivation. It will produce a fair second 
cutting, if sown early in May, andcut when in blossom. (See cut.) 


(Panicum crus-galli major.) 


Especially valuable for the Northern and New England States. 
FROM EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 


HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION, 


OF THE 
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 


FOR GREEN FODDER AND THE SILO. ‘Of Japanese Millet several 
pieces, of an acre or more each, were sown for feeding green or for the silo. 
The earliest, sown broadcast about the middle of May on rich land, one peck 
of seed to the acre, averaged about six feet in height, and produced over 15 
TONS PER ACRE. This was cut from day to day, beginning before the 
millet had blossomed. Another field of about an acre, sown the last of June, 
yielded at the rate of rather over 18 tons per acre. Another field, sown July 
26th, after a crop of hay was removed, yielded about 12 toms per acre. The 
crop of the two last fields was put into the silo. That cut from day to day, 
and fed to cows, was much relished. Its superiority to well-eared flint corn 
fodder was very apparent. Cows with both before them always take the 
millet first; they cousume it without waste, while they are apt to leave a part 
of the stalks of the corn as it approaches maturity. In alternating this feed 
with corn fodder, the cows invariably increased in milk when put upon the 
millet, and fell off when changed to corn. 

It has been ensiled with soja beans,—about two parts by weight of the 
millét and one of the beans. This combination makes very superior silage.’’ 


FOR HAY. ‘A more extensive trial of this millet for hay has been car- 
tied out this year than ever before. It is coarse and difficult to dry. I have 
always felt that these qualities would render it undesirable as a crop for hay. 
We have, however, cured it successfully this year, mostly in small cocks, as 
clover is often cured; and the result is encouraging. The hay is coarse, but 
is freely eaten by horses, being preferred to a good sample of timothy, red 
top and clover mixture. The yield of the millet is very large, having on good 
land amounted to 6 tons per acre of well-cured hay. It will produce a fair’ 
second cutting if sown early in May and cut whenin blossom.” _ 

Hundreds of our customers who have procured seed af Japanese Millet from us 
during the past two seasons can endorse the above. 


Price, roc. Ib.; 10 Ibs., 9oc.; 100 Ibs., $7.50. 


and upwards, $1.90 bushel. 


GERMAN or GOLDEN. (famicum Miliaceum Aureum.)—This variety is con- 
siderably larger than Hungarian and yields a much heavier crop, but is later and 
not so quick growing, consequently cannot be sown much after the fourth of July 
in this latitude. To maintain its heavy cropping character, seed of this variety 


needs to be specially cultivated. 


Our seed is specially grown and selected, and will produce nearly double the 
crop of seed not so grown and which can be offered at a cheaper price. Sow one 
bushel per acre. $1.80 bushel of 50 lbs.; 10 bushels and upwards, $1.70 bushel. 


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PEARL MILLET. 


If in need of a Farm Manager 


Excellent catch crops for sowing during the summer, and are especially val- 
uable in seasons of short hay crop. They cure into excellent hay if cut when in 
blossom ; if allowed to ripen they become too woody. 


HUNGARIAN. (Panicum Germanicum.)—Is the quickest of catch crops for 
hay, and as it may be sown.any time during the summer months up to middle 
of August, it is invaluable for overcoming a shortage of the regular hay crop. 
Many farmers now occupy their land with other crops, and for their hay depend 
entirely upon Hungarian Grass, which they can sow after other crops have been 
harvested. Sow 1 bushel per acre. (See cut.) $2.00 bushel of 48 lbs.; 10 bushels 


HUNGARIAN MILLET. 


= PEARL MILLET = 


(Pennisetum Spicatum) 


This has been cultivated for some years in some 
of the Southern States, under the names of African 
Cane, Egyptian “Millet, Cat-tail Millet and Horse 
Millet. It grows with tropical luxuriance in strong, 
loamy soil, particularly if well enriched, and then 
attains a height of from 7 to9 feet, and produces an 
enormous quantity of green fodder, for which purpose 
itcan be cut several times during the season, as it 
immediately starts a new growth after cutting, and 
grows with great rapidity. Is not so hardy as the 
other varieties, and succeeds best in latitudes south 
of New York. The first cutting should be made when 
about 3 feet high; this will cause it to tiller and 
spread, and as the season advances and becomes 
warmer, it grows with marvellous rapidity. No other 
crop will yield as much forage as Pearl Millet when 
sown onrichly manured land. It will prove of excep- 
tional value if grown in sections subject to protracted 
droughts, where natural grasses dry up, as it will 
keep on growing, though of course not so luxuriantly. 
Sow in drills, 5to 6 lbs. per acre; if broadcast, 8 
lbs. per acre. Weight, per bushel, 561bs. (See cut.) 
Clean seed, 12 cts. 1b., $10.00 per 100 lbs. 


wits, We are often able to recommend a Competent Man. 


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FIELD OF EARLY SOJA BEANS AT CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM, OTTAWA, CANADA. 


EARLY GREEN SOJA sv BEANS. 


SOJA BEANS have attracted much attention in recent years on account of their high feeding 


qualities, but all were too late to be of value in the Northern States. This early green variety VALUABLE 

has proved its earliness and value in the Northern States by not only producing large fodder crops, GOD) S0uGIEG 

but ripening the seed as far north as Massachusetts. It is worthy of a place on every farm, either | FODDER or GRAIN, 

as a grain crop or fodder crop to feed green, or for the silo. The grain is the richest known veg- ————— 

etable substance, and when ground and fed to cattle gives a milk richer and better than cotton seed or PRODUCES 

other meal. FOR ENSILAGE IT FORMS A COMPLETE, BALANCED FEED_RATION. ENORMOUS CROPS 
While corn is the most serviceable crop for ensilage, though ever so well preserved as to As far North as Canada. 

succulence, odor and flavor, it is an incomplete feed for cattle, being deficient in albuminoids RIPENING SEED AS FAR NORTH AS 


or protein (the flesh formers), as well as fat. This deficiency has hitherto been supplied by MASSACHUSETTS, 
feeding, in addition to the corn silage, such grain as oats, wheat, etc., or concentrated feeds, he ta ee 
such as meal, Oil cake, or some other commodity, rich in the elements in which corn silage is Especially Valuable 


deficient. But the American farmer can now, by the aid of the Soja or Soy Bean and Japanese Millet, (in combination with Japanese Millet 


grow on his own farm, at small cost, a combination which furnishes a wholesome, economical and com- andikoddeet@orn 
pletely balanced feed for -milch cows. This combination should be composed of two parts millet or 

corn to one part Soja Beans, grown separately, but mixed thoroughly, at the time of cutting FOR ENSILAGE, 
and filling of the silo. This combination ensilage develops a most agreeable aromatic odor, and is | Supplying the albuminoids or flesh- 
greedily relished by cattle—both dairy cows and fattening stock. It certainly will be generally used forming food, 


by all up-to-date farmers and dairymen, and will revolutionize the dairy industry of the United 
States. We donot recommend the feeding of this combination to the entire exclusion of grain or | A GREAT 

other concentrated feed. We recommend that grain be fed occasionally as a change, but four- SO| L ENR IC H ER 
fifths of the grain bill can be saved. We recommend all farmers to plant this year at least an } 
acre or two of our Early Green Soja Beans and an equal area of Japanese Millet, to test and Se Ocenia: 
prove for themselves the value of the combination, and we are confident that, thereafter, all who 
try it will each year grow a larger acreage. Planted the latter part of May, in latitude of 
New York, the Beans are ready for harvesting in about 100 days. Japanese Millet comes quicker to maturity than Soja Beans, 
and on the authority of Prof. W. P. Brooks, of Hatch Experiment Station, Mass., should be sown from four to five weeks later, 
so as to be in the best condition for the silo, along with the Soja Beans. Sow the Beans from the middle to end of May, and 
the Millet from last week in June till first week in July; both will then be ready for silo about the end of August. 

Planted in rows 2% feet apart, 6 to 8 plants to the foot of row, requiring three pecks per acre, they yield 15 to 20 tons per 
acre of fodder very rich in flesh formers. For green feed, use from time of blossoming till pods are well filled; for the silo, cut 
as soon as most of the pods are well filled, and cut into %-inch to 24-inch lengths. They are soil enrichers, gathering nitrogen 
from the air same as clover, the roots being crowded with tubercles, which give them this power. (See cut.) {0c. Ib., $1.10 peck, $3.85 
bushel of 60 |bs.; 10-bushel lots, $3.75 bushel. 

LATE SOJA BEANS.—A month later than the early variety; should not be used north of Virginia. $1.00 peck, $3.00 bushel. 


HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR SEEDS are procurable only from us direct—we do not supply through Dealers. 


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BD PETER HENDERSON &CO., 


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PEAS FOR FODDER AND GREEN MANURING. 


““Peas could be made to bring more 
nitrogen to the soils of this country every 
year than ts now purchased annually by 
the farmers at a cost of millions of dol- | 
lars.’’—Yearbook of the U. S. Depart- 
ment 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 knowl- 
edge as to its merits. Whether for fod- 
der, 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 Peas 
and Oats in mixture cannot be fed with 
positive advantage. The Canada va- 
rieties and Marrowfat should be 
sown early in spring, but Cow Peas 
are more tender and should not be @ 
sown until corn-planting time. Cow fg 
Peas, being of very rapid growth 
during the warm weather, can be 
sown as late as the middle of July 
with reasonable assurance of a profita- 
ble crop, either for harvesting or plow- 
ing under. (See cut.) 


HENDERSON’S FIELD PEAS FOR FODDER. 


COW PEAS. 


One of the most valuable of the legu- 
minous crops, and as a soil improver 
} can be sown in the spring or summer 
and plowed under in the fall. They 
have no superior, especially for light 
soils. Their capacity for gathering 
nitrogen from the air is not surpassed 
by the clovers, and enables the farmer 
to dispense with buying that most costly 
ingredient for commercial fertilizers— 
nitrogen. Valuable for green forage or 
hey crop. 

BLACK-EYED COW PEAS. Anex- 
| cellent early sort and valuable asa soil 
improver and also as a forage crop, 
yielding a large amount of rich, nutri- 
tious food. $2.70 per bushel of 60 lbs. ; 
} 10-bushel lots, $2.60 bushel. 

BLACK COW PEAS. Earlier than 
the Black Eye, but the yield is only 
medium. $2.50 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 
10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 
+o CANADA WHITE PEAS. For fodder 
Ras i) sow with oats at the rate of 2 bushels 
{ per acre; if alone, 3 bushels per acre. 
60c. peck, $2.00 bushel of 60 lbs.; 10- 
bushel lots, $1.90 bushel. 

CANADA BLUE PEAS. /70c. peck, 
$2.50 bushel of 60 1lbs.; 10-bushel lots, 
$2.40 bushel. 

LARGE MARROWFAT PEAS. Of 
immense growth, yield heavily both 
grain and fodder, and we consider them 
the best of the Field Peas, whether for 
growing alone or in mixture with oats 
or barley. $2.90 bushel of 60 1bs.; 10- 
bushel lots, $2.80 bushel. 


MISCELLANEOUS AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 


If by mail in quantities of half pound and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 cents per pound. 


ARTICHOKES, JERUSALEM. Strong tubers. A hardy 
perennial, forming roots like a potato, making excellent feed for 
stock, especially for hogs. 20c. quart, $1.00 peck, $3.00 bushel. 

AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH. (Alriplex semibaccatum.) A 
valuable forage plant recently introduced and highly recom- 
mended for growing on alkali soils and in sections subject to 
protracted droughts. Experiments have proven that it will 
grow on soils where nothing else will grow. It is nutritious 
and readily eaten by all kinds of live stock. One pound of 
seed is sufficient for an acre. The best plan is to sow the seed 
in well-prepared garden soil and the seedlings, when 2 or 3 
inches high, planted 6 or 8 feet apart. 15c. oz., $1.25 1b. 

VELVET BEAN. A leguminous plant which grows an enor- 
mous crop, but is very late, and is valuable only in the South- 
ern States and tropical countries. Specially desirable for 
plowing under in orange groves and sugar plantations. $1.00 
peck, $3.25 bushel. 

BURLINGAME MEDIUM BEAN. A little smaller in the 
grain than the ordinary medium beans, but is whiter and far 
handsomer in appearance. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 

IMPROVED RED KIDNEY BEAN. Much more prolific than 
the ordinary Red Kidney. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 


WHITE MARROW or NAVY BEAN. The variety so exten- 
sively grown for sale in the dry state. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 


BOSTON SMALL PEA BEAN. A desirable variety to grow, 
being early, hardy and prolific. $1.25 peck, $4.00 bushel. 


FIELD LUPINS. May be sown from April to July, and suc- 
ceed well on the poorest soil; are particularly valuable for 
plowing under on poor, sandy soils. 15c. 1b., $12.00 per 100 lbs. 


SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. Highly valued as 
an excellent and cheap food for fowl. It is the best EGG-PRO- 
DUCING FOOD known. Itcan be raised cheaper than corn. 
Four quarts of seed will plant one acre. 10c.1b.,$1.50 bushel, 
$6.00 per 100 Ibs. 


FLAX SEED. 25c. quart, by mail, 40c. ; $4.00 bushel. 


SAINFOIN. An excellent fodder plant, particularly for 
light, dry, sandy, gravelly, limestone or chalky soils. 12c. 
1b., $10.00 per 100 lbs. 


SPRING VETCHES, or TARES. (Vicia sativa.) A species 
of the Pea, grown for stock, and often mixed with oats for 
soiling. Sown broadcast at the rate of 2 to 3 bushels per acre. 
10c. 1b., $3.25 bushel of 60 1bs.; 10-bushel lots, $3.15 bushel. 


WILD RICE. (Zzzania aquatica.) It succeeds best when 
sown in the fall broadcast, from a boat, in 2 to 3 feet of water 
having a mud bottom, but it can be sown inthespring. Before 
sowing soak in water for 24 hours. As an attraction for wild 
fowl it cannot be equalled. 25c. 1b., $18.00 per 100 lbs. 


on Subjects in 


Worter Advice Free concave Preparation and Maintenance of Grass Lands, 


FORAGE CROPS, SOILING, 
ROTATION, SILOS, ETC. 


At the Michigan Experiment Station, 128 
lambs were pastured for eight weeks on 1s 
acres'‘of Rape sown in July, and showed a j- 
gain of 2,Sgolbs., or atthe rate of 3 Ibs., per 
fe | lamb cach week. > poke 
COPYRIGHT 1899 BY PETER HENDERSON E CO, 


TRUE DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 


Valuable for Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. 


In the United States we have millions of acres of good land that annually lie idle or run to 
weeds the latter part 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, sheep and hogs are roaming through bare pastures in 
search of a scanty living. 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 totwo months. Whenon the Rape they should at all times have access to salt ; but water 
is not necessary. There are several varieties of Rape, but care should be taken to procure the 
Dwarf Essex, or English, as it is sometimes called, which does not seed the same season as sown, 
unless in some exceptional cases, as when sown too early and the young plant is touched by frost. 
In the Northern States it should be sown from April to end of August for fall pasturing, but as it 
thrives best in cool weather, it should not be sown in the Southern States until September, or 
October for winter pasture. In the latitude of New York it should be sown in April, or in July or 
August. 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. 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 of 3 lbs. perlamb each week. Evenso far South as Alabama it has proveda 
boon tothe farmer. Ina recent bulletin published by the Alabama Experiment Station they state : 
“Quality of product good for both hogs and cattle. The growth was enormous. By repeated sow- 
ings it will and did carry more hogs through our dry, hot summers than four times the amount of 
land planted in anything else ever grown here. I would recommend it to all Southern farmers.” 
To secure the best results, the Rape should be sown in drills. Sow 4 lbs per acre broadcast, 2 to3 
Ibs. per acre in drills. (See cut.) Price, roc. Ib., $3.25 bushel of 50 Ibs., 100 lbs. $6.25. If by 
mail, add 8c. per Ib. 


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 tos feet. It is perfectly hardy throughout the United States, 
remaining green all winter, and should be sown during August and September, mixed with 
Mammoth Red Clover, in sections where it will not winter-kill, or 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 relish, and may be fed 
with safety to all kinds of stock. 

It will also prove valuable for a Hay crop in the South and dry Western regions, as it may be 
sown in the falluand 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 Ryeor Wheat. (See cut.) Price, roc. Ib., $5.50 


bushel of 60 Ibs., 100 Ibs. $9.00. If by mail, add 8c. per 1b- 


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CARROTS. 


There is no more profitable root crop on the farm than Carrots, especially on deep, sandy soils. When grown as a field crop the 
finest and most shapely roots can be sold at a handsome profit, the balance fed to stock with the most beneficial results. Horses are 
particularly fond of them, and besides the nutritive value they seem to be asort of tonic to horses, keeping them in the best of condition 
with sleek-looking coats. They can be stored or pitted in the same way as potatoes and marketed or used during the winter. The best 
plan is to prepare the ground in April and harrow twice before sowing the seed the latter part of May. This will kill most of the weeds, 
and sown at this time the Carrots will come along quickly and be easily cultivated and kept clean. The rows should be 18 inches to 24 
inches apart, and to secure large, shapely roots they should be thinned to 5 or 6 inches apart. 

Any farmer who once grows a good crop will appreciate their value and never be without them. 


WHITE VOSGES.—The heaviest-cropping field Carrot, producing 
thick, shapely carrots, which are easily harvested. They are used for 
stock feeding. They grow clean and free from side roots, and are easily 
harvested. 10c. oz., 25c. 14 lb., 70c. lb. 

LONG ORANGE IMPROVED.—Of large size, fair specimens 
averaging 12 inches in length, with a diameter of 3 inches at the top. 
Color orange-red. Fed to milch cows it imparts to the butter a delicious 
flavor and rich golden color. 10c. 0z., 25c. 14 1b., 80c. lb. 

HENDERSON’S HALF-LONG DANVERS.—A handsome eylin- 
drical-shaped Carrot of good size and stump rooted. Under the best 
cultivation it has yielded from 25 to 30 tons per acre. (Seecut.) 10c. oz., 
30c. 14 lb., 90c. lb. 

LARGE WHITE BELGIAN.—Exclusively grown for stock. 10c. 
oz., 20c. 14 lb., 50c. lb. 

LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN.—Similar to above except in color. 
10c. oz., 20c. 14 lb., 50c. Ib. 


BIGSGARROTS. a a 


“Mr. Bowers has on exhibition in his store a bushel-basket of carrots grown by Mr. 
Craft, Dr. S. B. Allen’s gardener. The combined weight of twelve of these carrots 
makes a bushel. One of the carrots is fifteen inches and three-quarters of an inch in 
circumference, one foot loug, and weighs nearly seven pounds. Upon being asked the 
reason of his success in gardening, Dr. Allen said it was due to the use of good seed, 
which for the last fifteen years he had purchased of Peter Henderson & Co., of New York. 
Dr. Allen further remarked that he thought farmers were generally too indifferent in 
regard to the quality of seed which they used, and that he had found it most economical 
in the end to purchase the best.” 


PARSNIP, LONG SMOOTH.—Excellent for dairy cows, possessing 
nutritive properties of the highest quality. (See cut.) 10c. oz., 15c. 14 lb., 
45¢e. lb. : 


LONG SMOOTH PARSNIP. 


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MANGEL WURZEL. 


Mangels are the most important of all root crops for feeding, and may be grown in any part of the American continent on fairly 


good farm land; all that is necessary is good cultivation. 


The best soil for Mangels is loose, friable loam and deep plowing. If expedient, follow the plow with a subsoil plow, and the crop 


will more than repay the extra trouble. 


The ground should be wellenriched, and the seed sownin May in drills 24 inches apart in light 


soils, and 30 inches apart in strong, rich land; thin out the plants with a hoe to 9 inches apart in the former and 12 inches apart in the 


latter. 


6 to 8 lbs. of seed are used per acre if sown with a drill, or double that quantity by hand. 


Cultivate with a horse hoe. 


If by mail, add for postage at the rate of 8 cents per Ib. 


HENDERSON’S COLOSSAL LONG RED. The roots are 
smooth and regular, of the largest size and blood-red color. The 
quality is exceedingly nutritious, and in all respects this variety is 
most distinct and valuable. (See cut.) 40 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 lbs. 
and upward, 35 cts. per Ib. 
* From 5 Ibs. of your Colossal 

“‘Traised over 100 tons of your Long Red Mangel I raised 944 
Colossal Long Red Mangel on 2 bushels. One mangel weighed 22 
acres. Inmany cases three weighed Ibs., one 21 Ibs., and over 300 of 
over 100 Ibs., the best crop I ever them 18 Ibs. each. Thoroughly 
saw on an average, either in this rolling ground after planting is 
country or in England.’—JOHN oneof the great secrets of success.” 
Hopeson, Crystal Lake Farm, —J. J. Keator, Supt. Rathbun 
Paterson, N. J. Farms, Ontario, Canada. 

HENDERSON’S GIANT INTERMEDIATE. This is a 
variety between the Golden Tankard and Yellow Globe. It is 
larger than the Tankard, not such a rich golden color, but a heavier 
cropper. 35 cts. 1b.; in lots of 10 lbs. and upward, 30 cts. Ib. 


GOLDEN TANKARD. The flesh is bright golden yellow, and 
in this respect differs from most other varieties. which cut white. 
Sheep have a preference for this sort over other Mangels; it is said 
that they will pick out every piece of Golden Tankard before touch- 
ing others. It yields under the best cultivation 75 tons per acre. 
35 cts. per lb. ; in lots of 10 lbs. and upward, 80 cts. lb. 


LONG RED. This variety is more generally grown for agri- 
cultural purposes than any other, producing roots of large size 
and excellent quality. 35 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 lbs. and upward, 
30 cts. Ib. 


LONG YELLOW. Differs from the Long Red only in color. 
35 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 1bs. and upward, 30 cts. Ib. 


HENDERSON’S CHAMPION YELLOW GLOBE. Smooth, 
globe-shaped roots, of large size and excellent quality, are the dis- 
tinetive features of this variety. 35 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 lbs. and 
upward, 30 cts. Ib. 

YELLOW GLOBE. Roots of large size and globular form; 
very productive, keeps better than the Long Red, and is better 
adapted for growing in shallow soils. 35 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 lbs. 
and upward, 30 cts. lb. 

HENDERSON’S RED GLOBE. A variety similar to the 
Yellow Globe in shape and size, and different only in color. 35 cts. 
lb.; in lots of 10 lbs. and upward, 30 cts. lb. 
wet SUGAR BEET oem 

VILMORIN’S IMPROVED WHITE. A greatly improved 
variety of Sugar Beet, obtained by over 20 years’ continued and 
systematic selection. The proportion of sugar in the roots, under 
ordinary circumstances, amounts to 18 to 20 per cent., while in 
other varieties the usual average is 12 to 15 per cent. Has yielded 
30 tons and over per acre, and is unequaled for feeding cows and 
young stock. 25 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 lbs., 20 cts. Ib. 

KLEIN WANZLEBEN. Heavy yielder and easyto dig. Ex- 
tensively grown both for sugar and stock feeding. 25 cts. Ib.; in 
lots of 10 lbs., 20 ets. Ib. ~ 

LANE’S IMPERIAL. An improved variety of the French 
Sugar Beet, obtained by careful selection in this country, and 
recommended as being hardier and more productive. 20 cts. Ib.; 
in lots of 10 lbs., 15 ets. lb. 

WHITH. Attains a large size, and is extensively grown for 
feeding; largely cultivated in France for the manufacture of sugar. 
20 cts. lb.; in lots of 10 Ibs., 15 ets. Ib. ; 


Uae Ss -.PETER HENDERSON & CO..NEW YORK". 


Ruta Bagas 9 aeoich Tumiee 


Grow very rapidly, and yield from twenty-five to thirty-five 
tons per acre, in good, rich, deep soil, with proper cultivation. 
The Ruta Bagas proper should be sown in this latitude from 
May 25th to June 25th ; while the smaller-growing turnips can 
be sown from July 1st to the middle of August. Sow 2 to 3 lbs. 
per acre. 


Long Island Improved Purple-Top Ruta Baga. 


This is undoubtedly the finest variety of purple-top Ruta Baga, 
and originated by one of our Long Island growers. It is twice the 
size of ordinary American stocks, and although size is usually got 
at the expense of quality, the quality is superior to any that we 
have tested. Itis perfectly hardy. Ina fair test on several Long 
Island farms, alongside some of the best European and American 
varieties, it produced almost twice the weight per acre of any other 
variety. (Seecut.) Iocts. oz.; 20cts. per % 1b.; 55 cts. Ib. 

IMPROVED AMERICAN (Purple-Top).- An old lead- 
ing variety; very hardy and productive; flesh yellow, solid, 
sweet and fine-flavored ; equally good for stock or table use. Io 
cts. oz.; 1§ cts. % lb.; 4o cts. lb. 

LAING’S IMPROVED.— One of the earliest of the Ruta 
Bagas ; keeps well ; good for stock or table use ; 5 cts. pkt.; 10 cts. 
oz.; 15 cts. & lb.; 4o cts. lb. 

LARGE WHITE FRENCH.—Fiesh firm, white and solid ; 
attains a large size, and has a very rich and sweet flavor ; a very 
popular variety. toc. 0z.; 15c. % 1b.; 45c. lb. 


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SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR 


STOCK FEEDING. 


WHITE FLESHED. 
PURPLE-TOP WHITE GLOBE.—One of the best early 


varieties grown; fine, thick globe-shape, of large size, rapid 
growth, and of extra fine quality ; heavy cropper; in other re- 
spects similar to the Red Top Strap Leaf. It keeps well, and is 
unequaled for stock-feeding, table use or marketing. Io cts. oz.; 
15 cts. &% 1b.; 4o cts. lb. 


LONG WHITE OR COW HORN.—Matures very quickly ; 
root shaped like a carrot, about half of which is formed above 
ground; flesh white, fine-grained and sweet, and of excellent 
quality. Io cts. oz; 20 cts, &% 1b.; 55 cts. lb. 


YELLOW FLESHED. 


YELLOW GLOBE.-—-One of the best varieties for general 
crop; flesh very firm and sweet, and keeps well until late in the 
spring ; grows to a large size, and is excellent both for stock or 
table use. 10 cts. oz.; 15 cts. % lb.; 4octs. 1b. 


VELLOW ABERDEEN.—Very hardy and productive, 
good keeper; globe-shaped ; color, pale yellow, with purple top. 
Very firm in texture, and closely resembling the Ruta Bagas in 
good-keeping qualities ; good for table or stock. Io cts. 0z.; 15 
cts. % lb.; 45 cts. lb. 


If desired by mail add 8 cts. per lb. 


reece FAR MI SEEDS::::- 


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SEED POTALCES 


Superior Northern-grown, especially for Seed. 


(1 peck will plant about 125 hills; 10 to 12 bushels per acre, in drills 3 
feet apart.) 


Purchaser pays freight or express charges and assumes risk from freezing 
or heating. The barrel is 165 Ibs. net weight. 


= =EARLY VARIETIES=— 


Bovee, Henderson's. (See special description, page 41.) 
80c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel. 

Beauty of Hebron. A popular early sort and one of 
the best; red and white skin and pure white flesh; quality 
excellent; productive and a good keeper. 70c. peck, $2.00 
bushel, $4.25 barrel. 

Clark’s Number 1. Earlier than Early Rose and very 
productive; cooks mealy. 75c. peck, $2.25 bushel, $4.50 
barrel. 

Early Ohio. Very early, almost round; flesh solid; 
cooks dry andmealy. 80c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel. 

Early Norther. A splendid, extra early; earlier than 
Early Rose, which it resembles, and exceedingly prolific; 
eyes few and shallow; unexcelled cooking qualities, dry 
and floury. 75c. peck, $2.25 bushel, $4.50 barrel. 

Early Puritan, Henderson’s. A distinct and valuable 
early variety; both skin and flesh white; quality superb, 
dry and floury. 80c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel. 

Early Rose. The popular standard early; noted for aise ; 
earliness, productiveness and fine quality. 75c. peck, $2.25 Queen. A grand, early Potato, resembling Beauty of 
bushel, $4.50 barrel. Hebron in color, shape and size, but is much earlier and a 

Rochester Rose. A seedling of Early Rose, which it resembles, | heavy cropper. 75c. peck, $2.25 bushel, $4.50 barrel. 


but is an improvement over it; averages larger, heavier yielder, mie 

but not quite so early. 75c. peck, $2.25 bushel, $4.50 barrel. ———MAIN CROP VARIETIES.—— 
: ; 3 : : = Cambridge Russet. A handsome, main crop 

variety ; a healthy, strong grower; skin russet 


colored, heavily netted; cooking qualities su- 
perb. 75c. peck, $2.25 bushel, $4.50 barrel. 


Carman No. 3. Enormously prolific, aver- 
aging nearly a pound apiece; very uniform in 
shape, white skinned, few and shallow eyes; 
flesh snow-white and of exceptionally fine cook- 
ing qualities. 70c. peck, $2.00 bushel, $4.25 
barrel. 


Ideal. A heavy-yielding, medium early, of 
healthy, stocky growth; a handsome Potato, 
with pinkish-russet skin; flesh white and 
floury; splendid keeper. 80c. peck, $2.50 bushel, 
$5.00 barrel. 


Late Puritan, Henderson’s. A handsome, 
large, white-skinned Potato, and one of the best 
lates grown, heavy yielder, good keeper; cook- 
ing qualities superior. 75c. peck, $2.25 bushel, 
$4.50 barrel. : 


Sir Walter Raleigh, Henderson’s. A grand, 
main crop Potato; shape very uniform, large and 
oval; flesh fine grained, snow-white, cooking 
dry and floury; splendid keeper. 75c. peck, 
$2.25 bushel, $4.50 barrel. 

“Tam of a decided opinion that ‘Sir Walter Raleigh’ will 
be the coming Potato for main crop. It has certainly far 


exceeded my expectations.” 
J. L. CONOVER, Wickatunk, Monmouth Co., N. J. 


“The ‘Sir Walter Raleigh’ is a great yielder; all large 
Potatoes, no small ones; vines grow strong and upright.” 
C. W. BEARDSLEY, Milford, Conn. 
Uncle Sam, Henderson's. One of the hand- 
somest Potatoes grown; luxuriant, healthy 
grower, outyielding all other varieties; shape 
and size wonderfully uniform; a superior keeper, 
quality extra. 70c. peck, $2.00 bushel, $4.25 


barrel. 

“Tam happy to state that we like your ‘Uncle Sam’ Pota- 
toes very much. Their table quality is unsurpassed, and 
they outyielded every other variety we planted.” 

AMOS G. GRAY, North Cambridge, Mass. 


“1 bought ten pounds of your ‘Uncle Sam,’ and it has — 
proved to be a good yielder with me. I have twenty-one 
bushels grown from the ten pounds ofseed.”” 

GUY W. CRAWFORD, Letcher, S. Dakota. 


including Preventing Scab, to Customers 


Our new 


Leaflet, Best Methods of Growing Potatoes, Heeping,Combating Insects, etc., Free if asKed for. 


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Feet, 


HENDERSON’S 


“BOVEE” 


is praised in 
AMERICA, 


“The ‘Bovee’ is the best 
frame Potato I know of. Its 
eating quality is extra fine.’’ 
—N. BuTTERBACGH, Gardener to 
C. N. Buiss, Esq. 


“The ‘Bovee’ is the best 
early Potato we have. It was 
the best and earliest among 
ten varieties.’’—S. O. BENJAMIN, 
Aquebogue, L. I 


“The ‘Bovee’ is at least 
twelve days earlier than Early 
Ohio. Thealmost perfect shape 
of the ‘ Bovee’ would win the 
prize every time over the poor- 
ly shaped Early Ohio. Will 
yield more per acre, with a 
smaller proportion of unmar- 
ketable tubers.”-—THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 


“Uncommonly prolific for 
such an early variety.’’—OHIO 
AGRICULTURAL Expt. STATION. 


“‘ Vielded at arateabove any 
other intrial, anda very prom- 
ising new variety.’’—MASSACHU- 
SETTS AGRICULTURAL Expr. 
STATION, 


“‘ The‘Bovee’ is exceptionally 
promising.’’—MINNESOTA AGRI- 
CULTURAL EXPT. STATION. 


““T was very much pleased 
with the ‘Bovee’ Potatoes I 
ordered from you last year. 
They yielded better than any 
potato I ever planted.’’—Mrs. 
J. P. Fears, Athens, tra. 


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HENDERSON'S “BOVEE” POTATO. 


A Marvel in Quality ! A Marvel in Earliness! 
White, dry and mealy. i 3 The earliest of all. 
A Marvel in Yield! 


Outyielding all of the Earlies, and equaling the heaviest cropping Lates. 


A Marvel in Uniform Size A Marvel of Popularity 


and perfect shape. in Europe and America. 


HEN we introduced Henderson’s ‘‘Bovee”’ Potato, our own tests and the 
opinions of others led us to claim a good deal for it, and our confidence 
has not been misplaced. Not only is it the earliest, but it takes a leading place 
among the heavy cropping varieties, an unusual thing among first earlies. It 
is even earlier than Early Ohio, and compares favorably with Triumph, a light- 
cropping variety that has only extreme earliness to recommend it, while the 
‘“‘Bovee” in all competitive trials has outyielded all the early Potatoes, and 
in many of the tests conducted by Experiment Stations and private growers it 
has outyielded even the late varieties. The vine is dwarf and stocky, enabling 
it to be planted six inches closer than nearly all other varieties, which results 
in a much larger return per acre, and is a feature of the utmost value where 
land is valuable. The tubers grow remarkably close, all bunched together in 
the hill close up to the vine. They size up to a marketable size more evenly 
than any Potato we ever saw; none too large or too small; practically the 
whole crop being merchantable and the quality is perfect. We have only one 
warning—it is apt to prove disappointing on poor soil or with poor cultivation, 
as it sets so freely the tubers are apt to be small. But on good Potato ground, 
well fertilized and cultivated, no other early Potato to-day compares with it. 


PRICE OF HENDERSON’S BOVEE POTATO: 
75c. peck, $2.50 bushel, $5.00 barrel of 165 Ibs. net weight, 


by express or freight, at purchaser’s expense. 


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HENDERSON’S 


“BOVEE” 


is praised in 
EUROPE. 


From England. —‘It is very 
early and quite whiteand dry.” 
—JOHN CROOK, Forde Abbey 
Gardens. 


From Germany.—“ Of a fine 
oval form and almost all of a 
uniform medium size, fit for 
table use. Was ripe ten days 
sooner than Early Rose and 4a 
week earlierthan our Improved 
Six Weeks.”—HAAGE & SCHMIDT, 
Erfurt. 


From Sweden.—‘‘‘ Bovee’ is 
a most valuable addition to the 
many you have sentout. I had 
a splendid crop of the finest 
quality, and it is the best this 
season out of thirty sorts.’’— 
SVENSONS FROHANDEL, Stock- 
holm. 


From Italy.—‘‘ Your ‘Bovee’ 
Potato will become the leading 
variety in ourcountry. I found 
them far superiorto any ofthe 
numerous varieties I have tried 
tothisday. Theplantisstrong 
and very healthy.’’—GvuIsEPPE 
Sapa, Milan. 


From Holland.—“ The crop 
was simply marvellous, and 
there does not exist here a 
heavier cropping variety. It 
not only excels in earliness and 
beautiful shape of the tubers, 
but the flavorisalso excellent.” 
—L. VAN WAVEREN & Co., Hille- 
gom. 


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HENDERSON’S ESPECIALLY RIPENED, 
SUPERIOR ‘@) i j © NJ EEL). Harvested and Selected 
ohes FOR SEED PURPOSES. 
In offering the following varieties of Cotton, we desire to call attention to the fact that all have been ripened and harvested for 
seed purposes, carefully selected and kept true to name. The value of the crop very largely depends on uniformity of the staple, 
and for export we advise that selected seed be used. The large quantities of seed which come from the public mills are invariably 


more or less mixed and should never be used for seed purposes. The sorts we offer have all been tested at the government experiment 
stations and have been highly reported upon, as possessing all the essential qualities of really good Cottons. 


UPLAND VARIETIES. 


ALLEN’S SILK LONG STAPLE. A long staple variety of GRIFFIN’S IMPROVED. A long and fine staple, the latter 
great merit, and headed the list until the introduction of Cook’s | often one and a half to two inches long, and the fibre is very 
famous new variety. It is a good cropper and the quality of the | strong. For an Upland long staple it is extremely early, and can 
lint is only excelled by The Cook and Sea Island. be planted from 10 to 15 days earlier than most varie- 
14e. perlb.; 100 lbs.,10c. perlb.; 1,000 lbs., 8c. per lb. ties. 12c. per lb.; 100 lbs., 8c. per lb.; 1,000 Ibs., 

BOHEMIAN. This is a big boll storm-proof 7c. per lb. 
variety with a very fine staple. The bolls HAWKIN’S PROLIFIC. A strong- 
are easily gathered on account of their growing variety; yields a large crop of 
immense size. The plant is very thrifty good quality and is well adapted for 
and averages more Cotton per acre growing on hilly lands. 12c. per lb.; 
than any other variety. l4c. per lb.; 100 lbs., 8c. per lb. ; 1,000 lbs., 7e. 
100 Ibs., 10c. per lb. ; 1,000 lbs., 8c. per Ib. 
per lb. KING'S IMPROVED. A 

COOK’S SILK LONG strong-growing variety which 
STAPLE. A selection yields wonderful crops. Be- 


of Upland Cotton, surpassing ing of a rugged and strong 
all others for fineness and constitution, itis of the easi- 


length of staple, and is sure est culture and should be in- 
to prove of inestimable val- cluded in all experimental 
ue to any country desiring collections. The staple is 
to bring their cotton product of good quality though not 
up to the highest standard of quite so fine as some other 
quality. The Cook Cotton varieties, but the intro- 
has invariably brought dou- ducer claims that this is 
ble the market price and more than overcome by the 
found ready buyers, and we enormous crops which it 
would here call particular yields. 12c. per -lb.; 100 
attention to the fact that the lbs., 8¢e. per lb.; 1,000 Ibs., 
higher the grade of long 7c. per lb. 
staple Cotton, the greater PETERKIN IM- 
is the premium it will bring PROVED. A favorite va- 
over and above the ordi- riety, fruiting continually 
nary run, In other words, throughout the season and 
while the staple itself com- producing a large yield of 
mands a certain premium, good quality. 12c. per Ib.; 
the increase in premium 1s 100 Ibs., 8c. per lb.; 1,000 
very much greater as the lbs., Te. per Ib. 
quality or grade of the RUSSELL’S BIG BOLL, 
Cotton improves. l4c. per A most reliable variety, me- 
Ib.; 100 lbs., 10c. per lb.; dium early and very heavy. 
1,000 Ibs., 8c. per lb. A fine type of big boll, 
DOUGHTY’S LONG highly recommended for the 
STAPLE. An excellent excellent quality of its lint. 
long stapled variety, the sta- 12e. per Ib.; 100 Ibs., 8c. per 
ple often attaining a length Ib. ; 1.000 Ibs., Te. per lb. 
of one and three-quarter SHINE’S EARLY PRO- 
inches. The stalk is long- LIFIC. One of the earliest 
limbed and branching, Cottons, and can be grown 
yields a heavy crop and farthernorththan any other. 
produces a high percentage It bears well, but the staple 
of lint of the finest quality. is only medium. Its great 
14e. per Ib.; 100 lbs., 10ce. merit, however, is its ex- 
per Ib. ; 1 000 Ibs., 8c. per lb. treme earliness. (See cut.) 
EXCELSIOR PROLIFIC. An immensely prolific variety, ; 15c. per lb.; 100 lbs., 12c. per lb. ; 1,000 lbs., 10c. per lb. 
large bolls, small seed with a superior lint and staple. Clusters TRUITTI’S BIG BOLL. This is a distinct variety, with big 
well round the stalk, with only a few limbs near the bottom. | seeds and big bolls, making gathering easy. It is largely grown 
Withstands drought better than any other variety. 14c. per lb.; | by some of the most scientific farmers in Georgia. 12c. per 
100 lbs., 10c. per 1b.; 1,000 lbs., 8c. per Ib. lb.; 100 lbs., 8c. per lb.; 1,000 lbs., 7c. per lb. 


SEA ISLAND COTTON. 


The Sea Island is quite distinct from all the Upland varieties. When the conditions are right it produces the finest quality of 
Cotton known and commands a much higher price than the Upland varieties; even Cook’s new variety falls short several cents per lb. 
It reaches its greatest perfection when grown on the small islands on the Atlantic Coast, from Florida to Virginia, though it can be 
successfully grown on the low-lying seacoast of the mainland. Grown further inland, it rapidly deteriorates in quality and yield, and 
soon becomes unprofitable, and it should therefore always be sown near the seacoast. Where the conditions are right the Sea Island 
should be grown to the exclusion of the Upland varieties. 

Sea Island Cotton: Price, extra selected, 10c. per lb.; 100 lbs., 6c. per 1b. ; 1,000 lbs., 5c. per lb. 


We can also supply and on application quote cheaper grades of the above or any other variety. 


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The Henderson Chilled Plow. 


A Grand Plow, Lightest Draft, Runs 
Steady, Correct Shape, Harder 
than Steel. 


The shape is exactly right to do perfect work with 
greatest easeto team and plowman—the moldishard- 
er than steel, scours like glass in any soil and turns a 
beautiful furrow. Allimprovements, including inclin- 
ing landslide, adjustable beam and wheel. Shin piece 
removable for sharpening; reversible self-sharpening 
slip share; for all ordinary soils is a grand thing. 
When the slip point wearsround, itean be turned over 
inaminute. For rocky or sticky soil, use the com- 
monshare. Hither kind furnished as desired. 


N “Henderson” Chilled Plows, | Price,| With Sibeel 
ase Sizes, Furrow,| Plain. |wheel. an 
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A3 | Light, one-horse, 414%4x9 in./$4.50| spcKcecno} joonescCLO 
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Mann’s Bone Cutters. 


Manure Spreader. 


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stable manure, either fine or 
full of corn stalks, ashes, 
lime phosphates, etc.; picks 
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No.1, holds 30 bushels, $100.00 
No. 2, holds40 bushels, 105.00 
No. 3, holds 50 bushels, 110.00 
Break for hillysection, 5.00 
Drillattachment,extra, 8.00 
Wind or lime hood..,... 5.00 


Will cut either green or 
dry bones, fine or coarse. 


INOzi 7; ONES enccieccnes $12.00 
Other styles....$6.00 to 76.00 


Darnell’s Marker, 
Furrower and Coverer. 


A splendid tool for culti- 
vating crops in rows: 
thoroughly pulverizes and 
loosens the soil without 
throwing dirt on the plants. 
Teeth reversible. 


Invaluable for marking 
out, furrowing, covering or 
ridging all kinds of row 


PRICE, with lever expander | crops, Adjustable in every 
and lever wheel..... $5.7 way, depth of furrows, dis- 
Swe resins extra, .90 | tanceapart. PRICE, $20.00, 


THE ‘‘HENDERSON’”’ BARROW. 


This barrow is light, strong and durable, has a steel wheel 
and axle and oil-tempered springs. and we do not hesitate to 
say thatit is the best barrow on the market. It is well painted, 
striped and varnished. While its carrying capacity is from 
300 to 500 pounds, its weight is less than 40 pounds; fully war- 
ranted to stand the roughest usage. The tire being wide 
makes it more desirable for lawn and garden use and a 
stronger wheel for the pavements. Theshoe brace, running 
from the rear of the body to the foot of the leg, is a great 
protection to the leg against breakage. Weight, 39 pounds; 
width, rear, 24 inches; width, front, 19 inches; diameter of 
wheel, 20 inches; width of tire, 1% inches. PRICE, $5.00, 


“‘Regulation’’ Garden Wheelbarrow. 


A superior barrow, hand- 
somely painted and striped ; 
iron leg braces bolted on. 

No. i Price. 


3.50 
00 


Plow. 


ee at 


For following a common 
plow, breaking up the earth 
toa depth of 15 inches with 
1-horse plow, and 20 inches 
with 2-horse, without throw- 
ing subsoil on top. 
1-horse,$5.00; with wh’l, $6.00 
Q. 7.00; “ 8.50 
Extra shares, 1-horse.. 5 

LD < 2-horse.. .80 


Evan’s Garden 
Harrow. 


Designed for one horse, 
convenient to handle and 
get around gurden plots,ete. 
Beams of oak, teeth of 
steel. To and from the field 
invert the harrow on the 
runners; it saves lifting and 
loading. 


Steel Shovel Plow, with 
Adjustable Wings and 
Back Wheel. 


For furrowing out, hilling 
and cultivating rowedcrops. 
The wings can be opened or 
closed to suit width of row 
or throw more or less dirt. 
Back wheel regulates depth. 
PRICE ecoceee ot eeceeeeee $6.50 


NOPIMNIVMIVIVMIN 


The Henderson Lever- 
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A spike-tooth harrow with 
lever up. Asmoothing har- 
row with lever down. Made 


entirely of steel. The teeth 
can be instantly set at any 
angle from forward pitch to 
straight up or slanting back- 


ward. 

1-horse, 1sect’n, 5 ft.cut,$7.50 
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Burrall Corn Sheller. 


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Champion Root Cutter. 
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The best cheap root cutter; 
holds 1 bushel.:......... $7.00 


Crown Wheelbarrow 
Grass Seeder. 


Best machine to sow clover 
and timothy and different 


grass seeds. Wire agitator 
not affected by the weather, 
like acord. The quantity of 
seed can be graduated from 
31¢ to 25 lbs. to the acre. The 
seed box is 14 feet long and 
sows evenly and accurately: 
PRICES ae eseenens SONGS - $8.00 


Hand Corn 
Planter. 


The very best 
kind, adjust- 
able dropping 
dise for lght 
or heavy seed 
—accurate 
and reliable. 


PRICE, 
$1.75 


Galvanized Wire Garden Trellis, 


For Peas, Tomatoes, Vines, etc. 


_ A great Improvement over ordinary brush ; indispensable 
in every well-kept garden, easily put up, more tidy than 
brush, practically indestructible. Can be rolled up, stored 
away and used again year after year. 


PEA TRELLIS. 


Peas are more easily picked. Tomatoes grown on this 
Trellis are clean, ripen more evenly and are less liable to 
rot. Cucumbers, melons and other vines can be advanta- 
geously trained on the Trellis, economizing space and insur- 
ing cleaner and better-matured fruits. This Trellis, of the 
best galvanized netting, 4 ft. wide, 2 in. mesh, is furnished 
in 10 ft. lengths, with a 514-ft. stake at each end and one in 
thecentre. Prick, per 10 ft. length, 75c.; per doz. lengths, 
$5.50 ; $70.00 per 100 lengths, 


Horse Radish Grater. 


Henderson’s Butterfly 
Weeder for HorsePower. 


Weeds all kinds of crops 


Box pattern ; capacity, 15 
lbs.an hour. Perforated tin 


when weeds are small ; 10 to 
20 acres a day ; better and 


eylinder, $6.50. Wooden | more thoroughly than by 
cylinder, studded steel pins, | any other method. 7} ft. 
$7.50. spread, $10.00. 

Lever Feed Cutter. Cahoon’s Broadcast 


een 
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For cutting fodder, hay, 
straw, etc. Furnished with 
gauge plate, to change 
length of cut. 


Broadcasts all kinds of 
grass and grain seeds; 4 to 
8 acres an hour. eavy 
seeds it will throw 40 feet. 
IPRICE Severe seca podosen $3.75 


The ‘‘ Keystone”? Corn Planter 
and Fertilizer Distributer. 


It cracks no grains and wil 
plant from 10 to 12 acres o 
corn per day, dropping kernels in drills or 


The Best Corn Planter and 


Fertilizer Distributer 
in the World. 


in hills at any desired distance apart and 


sowing at the same time, if needed, any kind of com- 
mercial fertilizer; it is simple enough for the most 
ordinary laborer to use without getting it out of 
order. Each machine is furnished with four dropping 
rings and pinions to. regulate the number of kernes 
and distance apart of planting. In addition, we fur- 
nish at 25 cents apiece extra, rings to plant pea 

beans and other seeds. The phosphate attachment 


is perfect. 
kane cena --- $12.00 


PRICE 
or complete with achment, 15.00 


phosphate a 


IZER BR, 


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Decompose slowly in the soil and, therefore, form 
excellent permanent improvement, less likely than 
any other fertilizer to waste. With bone there is no 
danger of burning the plants. Excellent for top- 
dressing lawns and grass lands, for garden and field 
crops. 


Quantity required. For permanent pasture and 
mowing lands, 4% to 1 ton per acre. For trees and 
vines, 2 to 4 quarts each. For top-dressing, 1,000 to 
1,500 Ibs. per acre. For field and garden crops, %4 to 
1 ton broadcasted and harrowed in. For rose beds, 
pot plants, etc., one part to about fifty ofsoil. 


Raw Ground Bone. Thisis moderately fine and 


particularly adapted for general fertilizing; the finer | ; 


particles are immediately beneficial, the coarse keep- 
ing up the supply of plant food for a Jong period. 

Price, per 100 Ib. bag, $2.25; 200 Ib. bag, $4.00; 
per ton of 2,000 lbs., $84.00. 


Raw Bone Meal. This is ground very fine, de- 
composes more rapidly in the soil than the coarser 
grades, and is, therefore, more quickly beneficial. 

PRICE, 1 lb. package, 10c. (or by mail, 25c. per Ib.); 
5 lb. package, 30c.; 10 lb. package, 50c.; 25 Ib. bag, 
$1.00; 50 lb. bag, $1.50; 100 lb. bag, $2.50; 200 lb. 
bag, $4.25; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $36.00. 


Raw Crushed Bone. Slow but permanent in 
action, indispensable in the preparation of grapevine 
borders—for fruit trees, small fruits, etc.—where a 
lasting fertilizer is required. 

PRICE, per 100 Ib. bag, $2.75; 200 Ib. bag, $5.00; 
per ton of 2,000 lbs., $45.00. 


BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE. 


Benefits crops quickly, readily available, promoting 
early maturity, affording constant nourishment dur- 
ing their entireseason’sgrowth. Incaseofrotationof 
crop it is nearly as valuable for the last asfor the first. 


uantity required. For garden and field crops, 
500 to 600 Ibs. per acre; for garden crops it is best 
drilled in at seed-sowing time. 
grass, 600 Ibs. per acre. 
PRICE, per 100 lb. bag, $2.00; per bag of 200 Ibs., 
$3.50; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $32.00. 


BLOOD AND BONE. 


A very concentrated source of nitrogen, yielding 
ammonia, etc., by gradua! decomposition, and, in 
consequence, is superior for immediate as well as for 
prolonged results; it is of exceptional value for gar- 
den crops, root crops, corn, grain, grasses, fruit trees, 
small fruits, grape vines, and, in fact, all kinds of 
vegetation. 


Quartity required. When broadcasted and har- 
rowed in use from ¥% to 1 ton per acre. For garden 
crops drillin 300 to 500 Ibs. per acre. 

PRICE, per 100 lb. bag, $2.25; 200 lb. bag, $4.00; 
per ton of 2,000 lbs., $36.00. 


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A celebrated English Fertilizer for both garden and 
greenhouse use. Highly concentrated, therefore 
economical notwithstandingits apparently high price. 

PrIcE, per bag of 14 Ibs., $1.25; 28 Ibs., $2.25; 
56 lbs., $4.00; 112 lbs., $7.00. 


AND 


FLOWERS. 


oncentrated, fine, dry 
and free from objectionable odor, containing all the 
elements needed by vegetables and flowers for their 
quick growth, early maturing and perfect develop- 
ment. The ingredients are quickly soluble and imme- 
diately commence to feed the plants, stimulating them 
into healthy, luxuriant growth, and it continues to 
feed them until the end of the season. 

Easily applied, either before or after planting, by 
sprinkling over the surface of the soil and raking in; 
or it can be mixed with water (stirring well) and 
applied as aliquid manure. If something especially 
fine in vegetables and flowers is desired, two or three 
additional applications, made at intervals, will pro- 
duce magnificentresults. A101b. package issufficient 
for a space 15x20 ft. for one application, or 500 to 
600 lbs. per acre. Instructions on each package. 

Price, 5 Ib. package, 25c.; 10 lb. package, 45c.; 
25 lb. bag, $1.00; 50 Ib. bag, $1.75; 100 lb. bag, 
$3.00; 200 Ib. bag, $5.00 ; per ton, $45.00. 


For top-dressing} \\) 


A safe, clean and high-grade fertilizer, free from dis- 
agreeable odor, prepared especially for feeding plants 


grown in pots. It is a wonderful invigorator, pro-, 
ducing luxuriant, healthy growth, foliage of rich 
texture and larger and more brilliant flowers. 

It contains in a highly concentrated form all of the 
ingredients of plant food essential to the highest de- 
velopment of plants and flowers. It is very soluble 
andis readily assimilated, so that marked improve- 
ment is usually noticed in ten days’ time. It is fine 
and dry, clean and easy to apply, either sprinkled 
over the surface of the soil as a top-dressing, or dis- 
solved in water (stirring well). Detailed directions on 
each package. 

PRICE, 11b. package, sufficient for 25 ordinary-sized 
plants for one year, 20c.; or by mail, 35c. 


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PURE 


puverizeo SHEEP MANURE. 


A pure,natural and nutritious manure. Immediate 
and lasting in effect. Excellent for mixing with the 
soil for greenhouse plants. In the vegetable garden 
it promotes a rapid, steady growth until maturity. 
It makes a rich Liquid Manure. 


Quantity required. For garden and fleld crops 
1 to 2 tons per acre; % before plowing, the balance 
betore harrowing. For top-dressing grass, use 1 ton 
per acre, applied in fall or early spring. 

PrIicE, 100 lb. bag, $2.00; per ton of 2,000 Ibs., 
$30.00; in packages of 2 Ibs,, 15c.; 10 1bs., 50c.; by 
mail, 15c. lb. extra. 


ASHES. 


Drive away insects and improve the texture of the 
soil; indispensable for all crops requiring potash; 
very beneficial for garden and field crops; of high 
value for grass lands and lawns. 


Quantity required. Apply 1 to 2 tons per acre, 
as one heavy application will help much more than 
the same quantity would, applied in fractions. 

Price, per bbl. of about 200 lbs., $2.00; per ton of 
2,000 lbs., in bbis., $18.00. Special prices in bulk. 


NITRATE OF SODA. 


Valuable solely for the nitrogen it contains. It is 
chiefly a stimulant, used in addition to other fertil- 
izers. It is quick in action and hastens crop ma- 
turity. 


Quantityrequired. Beingextremely soluble it is 
usually applied after the plants are above ground, 
100 to 500 Ibs. per acre. 

Price, per 5 lb. package, 30c.; 10 1b. package, 50c.; 
25 lb. bag, $1.25; 50 Ib. bag, $2.00; 100 Ib. bag, 
$3.50; per ton, apply. 


CANADA 
HARD WOOD. 


Mapes’ Celebrated Fertilizers. 


The highest grade commercial fertilizers, their basis 
being bone, no rock being used in their composition. 
All fertilizing constituents, nitrogen, potash and 
phosphoric acid, are strictly high-grade and soluble. 
Mapes’ Catalogue, giving analysis and telling how to 
use these fertilizers, we mail free on application. 


Per Per bag Perton 
100 lbs. 200 lbs. 2,0001bs. 


PotatO MANuUTLe.........ccceecseeeee scores $2.25 $4.00 $39.00 
Corn GG Soacepssanosendadecooad4oc6 25 3.75 35.00 
Cabbage and cauliflower manure 4.00 38.00 
Vegetable manure for all soils..... E 4.50 42.00 
Fruit and vine manute............ . 2.50 4.25 40.00 
Orange and fruit treemanure....... 2.25 4.00 38.00 
Grass and grainspring top-dressing2.50 4.25 41.00 
Complete manure, ‘‘A”’ brand....... 2.00 3.75 35.00 
GG Oo for general use. 2.25 8.85 37.00 

“ ee for heavy soils. 2.50 4.25 40.00 

“ ss foraveragesoils 2.00 3.75 36.00 

a G for light soils.... 2.50 4.25 42.00 
1.75 3.00 29.00 


“‘Cereal brand,”’ for farm crops.... 


soon be observed. 


Quantity required. 
acre, or halfthe quantity for renovating an old one. 
200 Ib. bag, $6.00; per ton of 2,000 lbs., $50.00. 


|The HENDERSON (iin) LAWN ENRICHER.” 


A clean, portable and convenient lawn dressing which we have found to be never-failing in inducing 
arapid andrich greengrowth. It should besown broadcast in the spring or fall, though it can be put 
on during thesummer without injury or danger of burning the grass, and aremarkable improvement wil] 
Ttis in every way more desirable than manure, whichis so often fullof weed seeds. 
The use of ‘‘ Henderson Lawn Enricher”’ entirely does away with the old practice of top-dressing lawns 
with stable manure, which was so objectionable on account of unsightliness and disagreeable odors. 


A 10 Ib. package is sufficient to go over an area of 800 square feet, or for forming a new lawn, from 1,000 to 1,500 Ibs. per 


Prick, 5 1b. package, 25c.; 10 lb. package, 45c.; 25 1b. bag, $1.00; 50 1b. bag, $1.75; 100 lb. bag, $3.25; 


HENDERSON'S 


SPECIAL 


RASS MIXTURES 
ron. HALY.-a0 


PERMANENT PASTURE 


HAVE SEEDED 


THOUSANDS oF AGRES 


: IN 


AMERIGA. 


THE LARGEST 
STOGK FARMS, 
PROGRESSIVE 
FARMERS, 


AND THE 


AGRIGULTURAL PRESS 


St iitol.. 


ENDERSON’S. 
SPEGIAL GRASS 
MIXTURES. 


NEW YORK. 


“T have been particularly well pleased with my pastures during this exceptionally dry autumn. 
They were seeded with your Permanent Grass Mixtures six and seven years ago, and have steadily im- 
proved during that time. When ordinary pastures were bare during the dry weather these gave con- 
stant feed.” JAs. Woon, 

Ex-President New York State Agricultural Society. 


MARYLAND. 


“In about 600 acres sown by me, some 250 were in open cleared woodland, the balance fields. In 
all cases the Grass Mixture took uniformly well and gave very satisfactory results.”,—W.T. BARNARD. 


OHIO. 


‘* The Special Grass Mixture for permanent meadow has given us the very best of satisfaction. It 
made a wondertul growth and has given us a large amount of hay and pasture per acre. It produced 
the finest piece of grass I ever saw.’’ W. J. HAYEs. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


“T cut 80 one-horse loads of well-cured hay from the Grass Mixture, estimated at one-half ton per 
Joad. I am well pleased with the result and am satisfied [ got much more than I would from any one 
kind of grass.” Guy SMITH. 


INDIANA. 
‘Your Special Grass Mixture has done well for me. It produced, this season, the Jargest crop ot 
hay that Iever saw cut off the ground, and has been yielding a most excellent pasture for over a 
month past, and this notwithstanding the extraordinary severity ofthe drought in this vicinity.” 
i R. S. TAYLor. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 


‘The Permanent Grass seed bought of you has proved a luxurious success. The result exceeds my 
expectations. In short I think it the best grass seed to be had, and shall use fifty bushels more in the 
spring.” W. 4H. REED. 

MAINE. 


‘*‘T laid down some three or four acres with your Special Mixture of Grass seed early last Septem- 
ber aud had a beautiful ‘catch.’ It was the wonder of all, and many persons thought it must be 


grain; it certainly looked splendidly, and it is splendid hay.’ Gro. M. HOLMEs. 


NEW HAMPSHIRE. 


“The quality of the Permanent Pasture Grasses is all that could be desired, as it makes fine hay.” 
DANIEL GILMAN. 


“T have used your Permanent Grass Mixtures for the last 3 years and find them entirely satis- 
factory. They are allyou claim them to be, having yielded two crops every season.’’—E. J. GEHBEN. 


NORTH CAROLINA. 


“The Permanent Grass seeds purchased from you give entire satisfaction.” —TIMOTHY DOLAN. 


COLORADO. 


“ Your grass seed has given the best of satistaction. They are the most reliable I have ever used.” 
SaM. STEVENSON. 


CONNECTICUT. 


“ The mixed grasses have given better crops of hay and have not died out so bad as grasses sowed 
by themselves. Afterwe had some little rain the mixed grasses started soonerand had a much greener 
Jook and have grown better afterwards. I would not again sow grasses alone, but would always sow 
the mixture.”’ H. L. STEWART. 

RHODE ISLAND. 

“T tried your mixture in order to avoid making ‘Daisy Hay,’ which seems to be the prevailing 
kind all about me, and Iam glad to say I have so far succeeded in being tree of that pest. 

“As to quick growth after cutting, it has exceeded my expectations, and each year thelotlookslike 
a lawn in a few days after cutting.” JULIUS PALMER. 


NEW JERSEY. 


““T wish I could send you a picture of my meadow of Permanent Grass now, after being cut twice, 
going into winter. I have the finest meadow in the county, says Geo. Lent, who keeps a thrashing 


machine and ought to know, as he goes about the county every where.” OTTO ANDREAE. 


JOHN C. RANKIN CO. 34 CORTLANDT ST. N.Y.