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HENDERSON'S TESTED FARM SEEDS 



HENDERsoNs^sPEOAL^^ FOR PERMANENT PASTURE 



Supplies Continuous and Abundant Pasturage for Twenty Years or More, Remains 



Green and Succulent All Summer Long, When Ordinary 



Grazing Lands Are Burned Bro\A/n 



There 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 season of 

 growth, in order to maintain a rich, close turf throughout the entire season. Timothy should never be 

 used for pasture, because it will not stand trampling, and soon runs out when heavily pastured and at 

 best is short-lived, as compared with the permanent Grasses used in our Special Mixtures. These Mixtures 

 contain over a dozen of the best permament Grasses, both American-grown and imported. All are perma- 

 nent, 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. Sow 

 40 lbs. per acre. Price (purchaser paying transportation), 35c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $3.25; 100 lbs., $30.00. 



HENDERSONS^SPECIAL^^^^^^^ FOR PEPvMANENT HAY 



Supplies a Good Crop of Hay in Dry Seasons \A/hen ordinary Hayfields are Burned Up 



Although the most widely cultivated hay grass in the United .States is Timothy, or a mixture of Timothy 

 and Clover, and while they answer the purpose admirably on farms where the soil is suitable and where 

 the usual three and four years' rotation is carried on, yet there are many other grasses which will yield 

 more profitable returns. 



An acre of Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Hay will yield double the quantity of 

 an acre of Timothy and Clover, 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, avoids the expense of the yearly plowing and cultivating, necessary 

 in rotation cropping. 



Hay yields very 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 qualities 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. 



Price (purchaser paving transportation). 35c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $3.25; 100 lbs., $30.00. 



HENDERSON'S RENOVATING MIXTURE FOR IMPROVING OLD PASTURES. (Sow 40 lbs. 

 per acre.) Price (purchaser paying transportation), 35c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $3.25; 100 lbs., $30.00. 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE FOR WOODLAND PASTURES. Sow 40 lbs. per 

 acre. Price (purchaser paying transportation), 35c. per lb.; 10 lbs. $3.25; 100 lbs., $30.00. 



PERMANENT CLOVEKS 



Do not omit to sow Clovers with the Grasses, as they add to the yield of hay and pasture, and by their 

 ability to collect atmospheric nitrogen and store it in the root nodules, assist the growth of the Grasses 

 and are of considerable benefit to subsequent crops. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers, on account of their greater weight, should be sown separately, but at the 

 s!ime time as the Grasses. This Mixed Clover comprises White, Mammoth Perennial or Cow Grass, 

 Alsiko. etc. Sow 10 ibs. per acre. Price. 50c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.75; !00 lbs., $45.00. 



