6 HENDERSON’S FARMERS MANUAL 
GRASSES — HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR RE-CLEANED 
FESCUE, SHEEP’S 
(Festuca ovina) 
For good upland or dry pastures, a large portion of this grass should 
be included in the mixture, especially if it is used for sheep grazing, as it 
is greatly relished by them. Sow (if alone) 50 lbs. per acre. 
Price, lb. 80c.; 10 lbs. $7.50; 25 lbs. $17.50; 100 Ibs. $65.00. 
FESCUE, TALL MEADOW 
(Festuca elatior) 
Naturally adapted to moist, stiff or clayey soils and shady woods, and is 
considered by some authorities to be one of the best grasses in cultivation. 
It is greedily eaten by stock when green, and should be included in ail 
permanent pasture mixtures for moist or strong lands. It also makes a very 
good quality of hay. ~Sow (if alone) 50 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, Ib. 80c.; 10 lbs. $7.50. 
FESCUE, VARIOUS LEAVED 
(Festuca heterophylla) 
A valuable grass for permanent pastures, especially on uplands, well 
adapted where a heavy swath is wanted. It yields a large bulk of herbage, 
but produces little feed after mowing. Sow (if alone) 50 lbs. per acre. 
Price, lb. $1.50; 10 Ibs. $14.00. 
ORCHARD 
It succeeds on almost any soil, especially in moist, shady places, and in 
porous subsoils its roots extend to a great depth. It stands drought well, 
keeping green and growing when other grasses are dried up. It should not 
be sown in mixture with Timothy, for, being three weeks earlier, it becomes 
pithy if allowed to stand until the Timothy is ready to cut. Cut at the 
proper time, however, there is no better or more succulent hay. It is 
inclined to grow in tufts, and should therefore have other grasses sown with 
it and be sown very evenly. Sow (if alone) 60 lbs. per acre. 
Price, lb. 55c.; 10 Ibs. $5.00; 25 Ibs. $11.00; 100 Ibs. $38.00. 
RED TOP, FANCY 
Succeeds almost everywhere, but reaches its highest state of perfection 
in a moist, rich soil, in which it attains a height of 2 to 2% feet. If for 
(Dactylis glomerata) 
(Agrostis palustris ) 
pasture it should be fed close as it is not relished after it grows up to seed. 
It is often sown with Timothy and Red Clover; the latter of course s008 
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disappears, the Timothy follows; then the Red Top takes its place. 
(if alone) 30 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, lb. 50c.; 10 Ibs. $4.50; 25 Ibs. $10.00; 100 Ibs. $35.00. 
RYE, DOMESTIC 
A mixture of Italian and English grown in the United States. 
Price, Ib. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $5.00; 100 Ibs. $16.00. 
RYE-GRASS, ENGLISH 
(Lolium perenne) 
It produces an abundance of remarkably fine 
foliage, tillers out close to the ground and soon 
forms a compact sward. After being cut it grows 
up in a very short time and remains bright and 
green throughout the season. It is also a good 
variety for hay if cut when in blossom, as it is 
then most nutritious; if cut much later it becomes 
woody. Sow (if alone) 75 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, Ib. 30c.; 10 Ibs. $2.50; 25 Ibs. $5.50; 
100 Ibs. $20.00. 
RYE-GRASS, ITALIAN 
(Imported ) (Lolinm italicum) 
A variety unequalled for producing an abundance 
of nutritious feed in the early spring. It gives 
quick and successive growths until late in the fall, 
even if cut several times, providing the land is in 
good condition and not too dry. As it is not 
perennial, it is not adapted for permanent pastures, 
but for one or two years’ lay it is unsurpassed. 
Sow (if alone) 60 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, lb. 40c.; 10 Ibs. $3.50; 25 lbs. $7.00; 
100 Ibs. $25.00. 
Write to our Service Department for any infor- 
mation you may need about grasses. 
RYE-GRASS, PACEY’S PERENNIAL 
(Lolium Perenne Pacey’s) 
This variety used in a mixture is an excellent 
turf is desired. It produces a verdant growth four or five weeks after sow- 
ing. The leaves are narrow, flat and smooth. 
Price, Ib. 40c.; 10 Ibs. $3.00; 25 ibs. $7.00; 100 lbs. $25.00. 
“nurse’’ grass where a quick 
RYE-GRASS, SVALOF 
This is the true improved perennial type of Svalof that is 
Sweden. It is a low spreading grass. 
Price, lb. 45c.; 10 Ibs. $4.00; 25 lbs. $9.00; 100 lbs. $35.00. 
ROUGH STALKED MEADOW 
The Lombardy ‘‘Queen of Meadow” Grass. An excellent grass for good 
deep, rich, moist meadows and stiff, heavy clays. It gives a constant supply 
of highly nutritive herbage. 
Price, lb. 90c.; 10 Ibs. $8.00; 25 Ibs. $18.75; 100 lbs. $70.00. 
SUDAN GRASS 
Sudan Grass is strictly an annual, having no undergrown root-stocks to 
spread over the ground, which is a point very much in its favor because there 
is no danger of its getting out of bounds and becoming a pest. It is thor- 
oughly killed by frost each year, and the seed must be sown again. Its 
great value to the farmer in the eastern part of the country, or in a droughty 
section is the ease with which it can be grown, and its profitable yields of 
forage. Sow broadcast for hay or forage using 15 to 20 lbs. per acre. 
Price, Ib. 25c.; 10 Ibs. $2.00; 25 ibs. $4.00; 100 Ibs. $12.00. 
SWEET VERNAL (True Perennial) 
(Anthoxanthum odoratum) 
Very valuable on account of its delicious perfume, to which our hay fields 
and pastures owe their fragrance. The odor is more distinguishable when 
the grass is drying or dried, and when included in hay its aroma is imparted 
to the other grasses, making it relished by the stock and enhancing the value 
of the hay. Sow (if alone) 35 lbs. per acre. 
Price, Ib. $1.50. 
TALL MEADOW OAT 
It is a valuable grass in permanent pasture because of the early and 
rapid growth it makes in the spring; and also because it produces a very 
thick aftermath after being mown. It is also highly recommended for 
soiling as it furnishes an abundant and early supply of fodder. Itisa hardy 
grass and will thrive in widely different latitudes. Soils that are sandy in 
texture, but have enough loam to furnish food for the plants are the best 
but it also grows well on light, sandy soils. Sow (if alone) 50 Ibs. per acre. 
Price, lb. 60c.; 10 lbs. $5.50; 25 Ibs. $12.50. 
grown in 
(Poa trivialis) 
(Sorghum) 
(Avena elatior) 
TIMOTHY 
_ This luxuriates in moist, loamy soils, and some- 
times, in favorable situations, attains a height of 4 
feet, and even on light soils it yields fair crops. It 
is exceedingly nutritious, particularly when ripe, 
but as it is then very hard and pithy, it is better 
to cut it soon after flowering. It then makes mag- 
nificent hay. Sow (if alone) 25 lbs. per acre. 
Price, Ib. 25c.; 10 lbs. $2.00; 25 Ibs. $4.00; 100 
Ibs. $12.00. 
WOOD MEADOW 
This grass furnishes a fine, succulent and 
nutritive herbage which is very much relished by 
cattle. It is splendidly adapted for moist, shady 
places and should be included in all mixtures for 
permanent pastures for moist soils. It is particu- 
larly valuable for places overshadowed by trees. 
Sow (if alone) 50 Ibs. per aére. 
Price, Ib. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00; 25 Ibs. $27.50; 
100 Ibs. $100.00. 
YARROW 
(Phleum pratense) 
(Poa nemoralis) 
(Achillea Millefolium) 
It is a_deep-rooting perennial and withstands 
drought. Sow alone, or with grass mixtures. 
Price, Ib. $2.00. 
Do not omit to sow Clovers with the Grasses, 
as they add to the yield of hay and pasture, and 
by thetr ability to collect nitrogen and store it in 
the root nodules, are of considerable benefit to 
subsequent crops. 
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