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•PETER HENDERSON fitCO., IMEW YORK 



Henderson's Special Grass flixtares 



FOR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE. 



As we sometimes receive letters from correspondents doubting the suitability of our Grass Mixtures for their section, we assure aii 

 that they are well adapted for every section except the extreme Southern and Southwestern States. 



Wherever Timothy will grow, our Grass Mixtures succeed and far out-yield Timothy or any other one grass in quantity of hay and 

 in abundance and quality of pasture — the following letters, selected from hundreds, being conclusive proof of this assertion : 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



I will not seed down until spring as we are in such a drought that nothing will 

 grow. Eye and wheat will scarcely germinate. Your grass seed upon Mr. Wayne 

 McVeagh's farm is the greenest spot here ; it looks well, although such a dry time. 



John G. Gakdinek. 



The Special Grass Mixtures you sent me for my farm at Radnor hare been most 

 successful in spite of an unusually trying season and some had washings. 



J. G. Cassatt. 



The growth is simply wonderful, and do not think there is any other grass to 

 equal it for hay or pasture. I sowed about ten acres, from which I have cut two 

 hay crops that I consider the best hay ever made on my farms. Have only had 

 two years' experience with it. but am so well satisfied that I would not plow it down 

 for any other crop that can be raised. J. S. Long. 



The Permanent Grass seed bought of you has proved a luxurious success. The 

 result exceeds my expectations. In short, I think it the best grass seed to be had, 

 and shall use fifty bushels more in the spring. W. H. Keed. 



The Grass seed sent me, turned out well. It makes a good grass for meadow, 

 or for grazing. It is fine, close grass, and the cattle like it. Paui. A. Oltvee. 



The Permanent Pasture Grass was a perfect success, 

 yield of grass. We mowed our meadows twice. 



We never had such a good 

 Wm. Simpson & Sons. 



The Grass Mixture was sowed after rye, and after the rye was harvested, partic- 

 ularly in the fall, the green appearance of the field attracted universal attention. 

 The seed seemed to get hold of the soil completely — no bare spots, but the ground 

 entirely covered. The past summer I was compelled to pasture the five acres 

 seeded with the Special Grass Mixture and it gave twice as much pasture as if seeded 

 with clover and timothy alone. And now it is green and beautiful with a good 

 stand of grass, having been pastured continuously from May to the present time, 

 with the exception of one month. It lias far surpassed clover and timotliy 

 in the amotuit it yields. J. B. Cummings. 



MAINE. 



1 laid down some three or four acres with your Special Mixture of Grass seed 

 early last September and had a beautiful '• catch." It was the wonder of all, and 

 many persons thought it must be grain ; it certainly looked splendidly. I did not 

 succeed in getting four tons or more per acre, but I did get more than from any- 

 thing else, and it is splendid hay. Geo. M. Holmes. 



INDIANA. 



Your Special Grass Mixture has done very well for me. It produced, this season, 

 the largest crop of hay that I ever saw cut off the ground, and has been yielding a 

 most excellent pasture for over a month past, and this notwithstanding the ex- 

 traordinary severity of the drought in this vicinity. R. S. Taylok. 



GEORGIA. 



The Temporary Pasture Grass bought from you and planted last March, a year 

 ago, is the finest grass I ever saw. I am quite sure we made more than three and 

 a half tons per acre. It was planted on well-drained bottomland. I got three good 

 cuttings : the first yielded 23 two-horse wagon loads, the second 18 two-horse wagon 

 loads, and the third 20 two-horse wagon loads, from about six acres. 



Pat. Calhoun. 



Last year we had 100 bushels of your Mixed Pasture Grass seed. We sold to 

 parties around us for trial and it proved a success. We have one pasture of the 

 same in CuUasaja, N. C, and it is said to be very fine. Bidweli, & Co. 



MONTANA. 



The quality of the hay from the Permanent Pasture Grass was very fine. The 

 whole came through the winter in good shape. We are quite well pleased with the 

 outlook for good crops of hay. W. N. TenEtck. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The quality of the Permanent Pasture Grasses is all that could be desired, as it 

 makes fine hay. Daniei. Gelman. 



Your mixtures are unquestionably earlier than our common seed. 



Geo. B. Leighton. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



The grass seeds purchased from you, and, in fact, all my other dealings with 

 your house, give entire satisfaction, and I hope soon to send you new orders. 



TiMOTHT DOLAN. 



COLORADO. 



Your Grass Seed has given the best of satisfaction. 

 J have ever used. 



They are the most reliable 

 Sam. Stevenson. 



VERMONT. 



I have used your grass seeds for several years, and they are easily the best in 

 the market. F. C. Kimbah,. 



The Henderson Lawn Grass I bought of you I sowed in the spring, and at mid- 

 summer the turf was as firm and covered with grasses as though it had been sowed 

 two years or more. The Orchard Grass I sowed with Clover, and it did better than 

 I expected. I am more than pleased with the results of both, and am satisfied that 

 P. H. & Co.'s seeds are unsurpassed. C. F. Hastings. 



VIRGINIA. 



I am very much pleased with the Permanent Grass. I have in a sixteen- 

 acre field three acres of Permanent Grass and one of Orchard Grass 

 and Clover, and I think I can say truthfully that I have pastured 

 more stock on the four acres than on the balance of the field. Of course, 

 the drought has been trying on all grasses. M. M. Campbeli_ 



My manager is enthusiastic over your Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture. 

 He claims this year he cut 3 tons per acre the first cutting, 13;^ tons the second, 

 and will cut 2 tons the third. The field is a grand sight. People come for miles 

 around to see it. E. E. Baeney. 



IOWA. 



The Grass Mixture I got of you has done extra well, especially this year of 

 drought. It stood the droug'ht and yielded about twice as much as 

 timothy, and the cattle seem to do better on it. Willabd Watson. 



MARYLAND. 



In about 600 acres sown by me, some 250 were in open cleared woodland, the 

 balance fields'. In all cases the Grass Mixture took uniformly well and gave very 

 satisfactory results. W. T. Baenard. 



It gives me pleasure to inform you that from the Grass seed I bought of you I 

 got a good stand and a splendid growth. I am well pleased ; it does well in this 

 section. S. C. Jones. 



OHIO. 



The Special Grass Mixture that I purchased from you last fall for permanent 

 meadow has given us the very best of satisfaction. It made a wonderful growth 

 and has given us a large amount of hay and pasture per acre. It produced the 

 finest piece of grass I ever sa'w. W. J. Hayes. 



M ASSACH USETTS. 



I cut 80 one-horse loads of well-cured hay from the Grass Mixture. My man 

 estimated one-half ton per load, and I think it was near that. This year I had as 

 much for the first crop, but on account of drought the second crop was light I am 

 well pleased with the result and am satisfied I got much more than I would from, 

 any one kind of grass. Guy Sjhth. 



The seed for the meadow land was all right, and has proved a great success in. 

 every way. I have cut two heavy crops each year. W. H. Faibbank. 



The Grass Seed came up so rank I had to cut it the forepart of June, a very 

 heavy crop of nice hay. E. L. Bahtlett. 



Your Grass Mixture has proved far better than timothy or any other mixture I 

 have ever tried. We sowed your mixture for two years, as we had a farm on a lease- 

 that was to expire in that time. We cut two big crops of hay in that two years and 

 the cattle were turned in and allowed to graze it close each fall. This is the third 

 year and there was a heavy crop cut on it two weeks before timothy was ready, and, 

 much to my surprise, there was quite a good second crop in spite of the very dry 

 season, and" it is looking well at present. I shall seed all my grass with" your 

 Mixture in the future. H. L. P.ibk. 



I had four bushels of your Special Grass Seed Mixture in the fall of 1887, and 

 the same amount last season, and I am well satisfied with the result, as I cut more 

 hay from the land I used your seed on than from land seeded with seed usually 

 sown about me. Austin W. Waed. 



The Grass Seed turned out very satisfactory, and we have this year cut three 

 large crops of grass from the land seeded last fall with the seed bought of you. 



G. E. Rogers. . 



WISCONSIN. 



The Grass Seed sent us grew nicely and gave good satisfaction. 



Knapp, Stout & Co. 



KENTUCKY. 



1 sowed 40 bushels of your Permanent Pasture Grass in an apple orchard on. 

 my place last spring, a year ago, and it has done everything you claimed for it. I 

 am perfectly satisfied with it, and will speak a good word for it when I can. It is- 

 one of the best weed killers that I have ever seen.— Phil. Touppebt. 



