PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURES. 



RECORD OF A DRY SUMMER. 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixtures 



For Hay and Permanent Pasture. 



Last summer will long be remembered as one of extreme drought which materially shortened the Hay Crop throughout the 

 Eastern States, and in many sections the pastures were completely burned up. 



At our own Trial Farm the superiority of our Grass Mixtures over the ordinary seeding of Timothy and Clover and all 

 other grasses growing singly during the dry weather was most conspicuous, and it did not require a critical examination to show 

 the cause 



The dense sod formed by the close habit of growth of the Mixed Grasses completely covered the ground and formed a 

 perfect protection to the roots, and not only shielded the soil against the direct rays of the sun, but reduced evaporation, so that 

 moisture could always be found much nearer the surface wherever the ground was thoroughly covered by a close growing sod. Our 

 customers had the same experience, as the following letter- >ho\v. These letters are strong endorsements of our claims that 

 Henderson's Special Grass Mixtures for Hay and Permanent Pasture are superior not only to Timothy and Clover, 

 but any other single grass, at all times, and especially in dry seasons. 



I have been particularly well pleased with my sheep pastures during 



this exceptionally dryautumn. They were seeded with your 

 Permanent Grass Mixture six and seven years 

 ago, and have steadily improved during that time. 

 When ordinary pastures were bare during the 

 dry weather, these gave constant feed. 



< Uher pastures, grazed by cattle, alsu seeded with your Mixture, have 

 been very satisfactory-. These were seeded two and three years ago. 

 Very truly yours, 



Ja.mes Wood, 

 Mount Kisco. N. Y., Oct. i8th, 1895. Ex-President New York State 



Agricultural Society, and New 

 York State Agricultural Com- 

 missioner at the World's Fair. 



The Permanent Grass Mixture bought of you has proved a complete 

 success this year. After the hay was cut, there was a long drought, but 

 the aftergrowth has made more pasture than on 

 all the rest of the Timothy fields (2: acresi. and my 

 horses and cows like it and thrive better on it. 

 A great many are feeding hay, but I have been pasturing this ten acres ot 

 Permanrnt Grass and it does not seem to diminish hke the Timothy fields 

 I can highly recommend it; the stock fattens on the hay in the winter: in 

 fact. I do not know how to praise it highly enough. Yours truly, 



HOWAKD NEI-SriN. 



Mofisey, N. Y., Nov. 9th, 1895. 



Your Pennanent Grass Mixture has stood the drought we have had 

 the last two seasons remarkably well, and after taking the hay crop off, has 

 given abundant after-feed. One field that was seeded down with Barley 

 last year gave us two good croos of hay and is now affording splendid pas- 

 ture for the cows. Had we been depending upon Tim- 

 othy, we would have been in the same fix some 

 of our neighbors are in, very little hay and no 

 after feed. Yours truly, 



W. G. Appleby. 

 F-ennington, Vt., Oct. 18th, 1895. Manager Fillmore Farms. 



The Permanent Grass Mixture I have used now for ab<>ut eight years, 

 and prefer it in every way for feeding purposes. My horses like it much 

 better than Timothy, as also my cows. Parties who visit me here say they 

 never saw their horses eat hay like they do the Mixture. 



So far as drought is concerned, I think it stands it better than the 

 other grass. I would grow nothing else in the way of hay on my place. 

 Yours truly, 

 New York, Oct. 19th, 1895. Ja.me* Chesterman. 



The Permanent Grass Mixture purchased from you two years ago was 

 sown on a verj- trying piece of ground, and the first seawn we thought it 



a failure, but the next scas<jn, although vfry dry, the gra5s \\zs fine and v*-- 



cut two good crops. The past season has been a very 

 trying one on all ground this way, but the Per- 

 manent was good, and to-day looks like a lawn. 



after cutting two good crops. ^ ';r> very iraly. 



J. I)ART Jl Son. 

 Hartford, Conn., Oct. 21st, i?05. 



The Permanent Grass Mixture I got of you stood the drought much 

 better than the Timothy. Yours truly. 



Ernest Birgporf. 

 Washington, D. C, f)ct. 21st, 1895. 



We got more of a hay crop from your Pennanent Grass Mixture thai 

 I had any idea of, and it stood the drought ver>- well. \ours truly. 



If HN P.. RUSSSLI . 

 Richmond Hill, L. I., Oct. iSth, 1895. 



Your Permanent Grass Mixture has stood the drought well, and :» 

 better than Timothy or any other grasses that have been tried hrre j> 

 pasture. Comparing it with hay, think them about equal in merits. 



Yours very truly, 

 Whitsons, N. Y., Oct. 17th, 1895. Bri.kk Cliff Farms. 



The Grass Mixture has sttxxi the drought ver>- well, and has proven t. 

 be th? besc for late pasture. Yery truly. 



A R .Ai 1 ^^ 

 Wyckonf. N. J., Oct. 25th. 1S95. 



The results were entirely satisfactory; the aftergrowth has bern ^.n^,; 

 I think the Mixture superior to any other seed I have ever u-ed. 



Yery truly yours 

 New Nork. Oct. iSth, 1595. E. .A. Tutti k. 



The field on which I sowed the Gra.ss .Mixture mowed a verv gt^ni 

 crop of hay, and the grass is now better than our fields th.»t were <own 

 with Timothv. Your* trulv, 



A. A. CoKTBL>>.'r. 

 Neshanic Station, -N . J., t)ct. a^th, 1895. 



