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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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. 
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