# « # HENDERSON’S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURES « « # 
FOR PERMANENT HAY. 
Although the most widely cultivated hay yrass 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. 
The prevailing low prices of Wheat, Corn and other grain crops have made their growing, and the usual rotation farming unprofit- 
able, especially in the Eastern States, where it is impossible to compete with the rich prairie soils of the West, but hay still }-ields a 
fair profit, and the farmer whose land is sown with a proper mixture of Permanent Grasses, requiring only an occa- 
sional 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 rotation cropping with all its attendant expense. 
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 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. 
The grasses used in the Mixtures offered on page three 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. 
