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HENDERSON &CO. 
HENDERSON’S 
pecial (jrass Mixture 
SCENES 
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GRAPHED AT 
THE FAMOUS 
“BRIAR CLIFF” 
FARMS, N. Y. 
For Hay and Permanent Pasture fe mom 
Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pasture, 
Maintaining its Cropping Qualities 20 Years and [lore. 
HIS famous mixture has seeded thousands of acres of meadow and pasture land for 
progressive farmers and stock raisersin various parts of the United States, with most 
gratifying results. It is a well-balanced combination of a number of native and accli- 
mated 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 fo RoUre, unger the extremes of the American, climate of heat, drought and cold, a ONLY A FEW OF MANY LETTERS OF PRAISE FROM 
PERMANENT, dense an eep-rooting turf that would yield year after year the maximum quantity | b 
of hay, and afterwards to afford, if desired, a constant and abundant pasturage. That we have STOCKMEN AND FARMERS. _WE HAVE HUN 
been successful is apteeted by the numerous letters of praise for this special grass mixture that we | DREDS MORE OF SIMILAR PURPORT: 
have received from the users, and the tributes to its merits published in many of the agricultural am 7 ee: pm “fil. é ‘ thi 
journals. Space permits us to print extracts from but a few of these encomiums, and we refer you, is Seen eieeE yy SE TO eee ae 
for the complete description of Henderson’s Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent 7 Be Ge is Sra ; ; 
GGSRLAE, ay ; 2 : about ten acres, from which I have cut what I consider the 
Pastures, Te ee eee mailed on application. best hay ever mad*on my farms.” J.S. Lone, Pa. 
The Yield of Hay under favorable conditions averages 3 to 4 tons per acre at the first cutting. omy sass Serpe - x 8 - 
and larger yields are not unusual; then, ifnot pastured, the second crop is usually about one-half Pirae Grass Seca sen, me Gul pede ui ol ean Os 
the quantity of the first BO OE BRASS ROT MEAG OMe peat ce 4 2 
= ° ING a , se oe grass and the cattle like it. Pau A. OLIVER, Pa. 
asturage. er the hay crop is cu he grass commences to grow at once, recovering its “cre? . . 
verdure in a few days’ time and affording a continuous pasturage even through dry summer old tisithe finest plece\ot grass anywhere about here, ae 
weather, until winter sets in; or the field may be pastured from earliest spring and still be in prime acresure”’ % James M. Ricuarns, N. Y 
condition for yielding hay or pasture the next season, and so on year after year. ee Th fe Mixt Tee F a z 4 ae HI 2 
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Permanency. Henderson’s Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture, if proper- pela ete aE y 1 Steed ae droucht Par 
ly laid down, will maintain its heavy cropping qualities twenty years and more if occasionally yielded about twice as aia as Timothy, and the cattle 
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top-dressed with manure or suitable commercial fertilizer, and it will steadily improve. seem to do better on it.”’ WILLARD Watson, Lowa. 
Heat and Drought-Resisting. The various kinds of grasses composing this Special Mixture 
are fibrous, deep-rooting varieties that form a tough, matted sod, and are not susceptible to LEEHS IS LN IEC SP OETE EERG CRATE WISE WEEN BD OG OF 
sar Me Ee Tyas a= i Spacey a ks it two weeks before Timothy was ready, and, much to my 
extremes of heat and drought, retaining their verdure Crea ws oueh dry; hot weather. surprise. there was quite a good second crop in spite ofthe 
Adapted to a Wide Range of Soils and Climate. This Special Mixture of grasses will thrive very dry season.” H. L. Park, Mass. 
under a great variety of soil and climatic conditions, and in many instances give bountiful returns “© We mowed a very good crop the 20th of June, and in two 
where ‘imothy can scarcely be grown. : ery S00 e g : 
3 S 4 : : _ weeks had good pasture—the best in the township, and very 
The Initial Cost is more in seeding with Henderson’s Special Grass Mixture, but the ultimate good now, and much admired by the neighboring tarmers. 
returns are very profitable when the advantages are considered—including the permanency of a Our Timothy meadow is nearly all killed or dried up, no 
maintained yield. pasture. But the Special Grass Mixture is now very nice 
The Seed Required. The poorer the soil the larger the quantity of seed required. Taking and green.” KE. W. Bruen, N. J. 
one soil with another, 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. 
Mixed Permanent Clovers should be sown in addition to 
G 5 5 the above grass mixtures, but on account of greater weight 
Full Directions for Sowing Enclosed in Every Bag. the clover should be sown separately, and in cold latitudes, 
i spring ix Yoverc "is Thi Le 
PRICES (purchaser paying carriage): $2.50 per bushel of 14 ibs.; 20-bushel lots at in the spring. The Mixed Clover comprises White, Mammoth 
Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, etc. (10 pounds is required 
$2.45; 50 bushels at $2.40; 100 bushels at $2.35. for one acre. Prick, $2.25.) 
WE ALSO 0 O > OLD PASTURES, WOODLAND AND ORCHARDS, AND FOR ANY SPECIAL 
SS PeClal Grass MIX(UneS LOM RENOVALING proume MENTS Ok CONDITIONS: CORRESPONDENCE INVITED... 
