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Henderson's Special Grass IWixtares 



FOR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE. 



NEW YORK. 



If weather had been favorable, results would undoubtedly have been all that 

 ■could be desired ; as it is, the past season we cut much, the heaviest crop 

 from the field where your mixture was sowed. H. Bool. 



Your Special Grass Mixture came up well and made a good stand, although a 

 Hieavy crop of oats was taken from the ground in August. Next June it was cut 

 <or hay, and was the heaviest grass in this vicinity. It also furnished some 

 pasture in the fall. This year it furnished pasture in the spring at least a week 

 ibefore other grass had started, and has stood the severe drought much better 

 than Timothy or any other pastures which I have seen in this section. 



D. C. Drake. 



The Special Grass Mixtures, as well as all the other seeds I have purchased 

 from you, have given me entire satisfaction. J. Kennedy Tod. 



My field of five acres, seeded with your Special Grass Mixture, furnished good 

 .and continuous pasture to six cows, right along, when the rest of my meadows 

 were as brown as a leaf in winter ; and it was upland, too. — Jonathan C. Piebce. 



Your Special Grass Mixture greatly surpassed in yield the ordinary fields of 

 "Timothy and Clover, the difference in the aftermath being particularly noticeable 

 ■during our past dry summer. S. A. Smith. 



I cannot praise your Special Grass Mixture high enough, because I got an 

 «vener stand of grass and a much evener sod, and, of course, better pasture. I 

 shall iise some more of the Special Mixture next spring, as I am going to seed down 

 «ome more ground. Geo. W. Baker. 



Your Grass Mixture looks hetter than any other meadow we have on 

 "the vrhole farm. Charles Lactz. 



Your Permanent Pasture, and also Lawn Seed, have been very satisfactory, 

 indeed, the pasture seed especially, after three years laying down, still gives 

 excellent product, and we cannot discover that any part of the grasses have died 

 ■out. C. H. Pope & Co. 



1 have used your Special Grass Mixtures for the past ten years ; I use nothing 

 else, and have found them satisfactory. I sell nothing off my place, but use your 

 Eaixture tor hay and for permanent pasture for thoroughbred stock. The hay is 

 .excellent, and we can gather it about ten days earlier than our neighbors do their 

 Timothy. We have had an unusually dry summer, and I think that your mixture 

 lias withstood the drought better than other kinds of grasses. We intend to lay 

 down two fields next year and shall use your mixture. I consider your mixture to 

 be the best that can be used in this section, either for hay or permanent pasture. 



Benj. D. Hicks. 



I have found the Special Grass Mixture thoroughly satisfactory, the crop being 

 Tnuch in excess of ordinary grass seeds or Timothy used in the neighborhood, and, 

 though the season has been unusually dry this summer, no evidences of injury to 

 the grass are apparent. As an evidence of my satisfaction, I have seeded down 

 .another lot this fall, using the same seed. James A. Miller, Jb. 



The Special Grass Mixtures bought from you have given every satisfaction, 

 4ind, after my experience with them, I should never think of plant- 

 ing Timothy again. Charles H. Leaycratt. 



I have four acres of your Permanent Pasture and Hay growing ; no one about 

 iere knows anything about it. When should I cut it, and does it require special 

 treatment in curing? It's the finest piece of grass anywhere about here. 

 An old farmer told me last week it would cut 3>i tons to the acre sure. 



James M. Bichaeds. 



The mixture of grasses I purchased of you some time ago was intended for 

 seeding a plot, the location of which is high and very rocky ; nevertheless, your 

 mixture has done very well, and, notwithstanding the severe drought of last 

 summer, has cut a second crop of hay. F. Dassobi. 



I have used your Special Grass Mixtures on our very sandy soil, and find that 

 they yield more in quantity and stand the drought much better, and last longer 

 ■without renewal. Geo. H. Penniman. 



The grass seed for permanent hay I sowed the same time I sowed a patch of 

 ■Timothy ; I have plowed the Timothy and re-seeded it. but your mixed grass seed 

 bas made a fine sod, although we have had two very dry summers. Last summer 

 we had no rain in three months, the grass looked like the middle of winter ; but we 

 have had a few rainy days, and I have a fine lot of feed on my eight acres of your 

 mixed seed. My cows are on it every day, and they have gained in milk. 



Stephen C. Vanwyck. 



compared with Timothy and 

 OsOAK Silleok. 



Your Special Mixture of Grasses was a success 

 Clover, the yield is double. 



The difference in favor of your mixture was as conspicuous this year as on 

 ordinary seasons. Your hay comes earlier, is greater in quantity and 

 Ixas a stronger aftergrowth than any grass seed I know. 



T. B. Brooks. 



Your Special Grass Mixture pleases me very much. The piece sown with it 

 ■was mown this year for the first, and cut a large crop of very fine hay. But what 

 pleases me most is the abundant pasture it affords. All summer, even in the very 

 driest weather, it kept fresh and green, and grew about as fast as eaten off. It has 

 yielded more than double the amount of pasture a piece of Timothy 

 ■and Clover of the same size would have done under the same con- 

 .ditions. Shall sow more in the future, when I have occasion to seed, as I think 

 it more profitable than Clover and Timothy, which is usually sown in this locality. 



Frank G. McCollum. 



I take pleasure in reporting the result of a sowing of your Special Grass Mix- 

 ture. It was seeded on about two acres of pretty poor, stony soil, which was only 

 slightly manured. The first year I cut not less than five tons of hay from this 

 piece, and this I cut not less than seven tons from it, though no top-dressing or 

 ■other attention had been given it in the mean lime. I look upon this as highly 

 satisfactory, and with more manuring it would undoubtedly have made a very 

 much better showing. I can say that I am unqualifiedly satisfied with your grass 

 mixtures, and I have used them exclusively in seeding of considerable extent, 

 -ffhich I have put in. Thos. W. Ludlow. 



CONNECTICUT, 



I have found your mixed grasses have given better crops of hay and remain 

 better seeded than timothy and other grasses sowed alone. We have had here two 

 very dry seasons in succession, the past one exceedingly so, and the mixed grasses 

 have given better crops of hay and have not died out so bad as grasses sowed by 

 themselves. After we had some little rain the mixed grasses started sooner and 

 had a much greener look and have grown better afterwards. I would not again sow 

 grasses alone, but would always sow the mixture. H. L. Stewart. 



I used 30 bushels of your mixture for permanent meadow on seven acres in 

 one field, and a little less than three acres in another. This year from the three 

 acres I got 9 two-horse loads of excellent quality, and from the seven acres I got 28 

 two-horse loads. It was the opinion of the men that they would average a ton 

 each. I expect to get a good second crop. The mixtures are better than the old- 

 fashioned seeding of Timothy, Eed-top and Clover. E. E. Holmes. 



Your Special Mixture of Grasses for Permanent Pasture has given entire 

 satisfaction. One plot I have cut three crops from this summer. It is always 

 beautifully green ; starts up again as soon as cut, and keeps pace with Clover. I 

 could say more in its praise, but this will suffice. No more Timothy for me. 



Chas. Evebding. 



The Permanent Grass Seed which I bought of you gave entire satisfaction, 

 considering the open winter, which, in my opinion was so injurious to young 

 grass, it has not hurt it one particle. We have as a result a beautiful pasture. I 

 may add that on the same piece of ground we had two failures 

 with other Grass Mixtures. Patrick Barry. 



The Permanent Pasture Grass I had of you grew well and made a fine sod. 

 It is both early and late for hay, and makes fine late fall feed, as a pasture. The 

 hay is a fine neat stock hay. I sowed it where I do not want to break it up, and as a 

 "permanent " think it is a great success. Wm. Meggat. 



The 16 bushels Permanent Pasture Grass you sent me has proved a perfect 

 success. I shall want more in the spring. J. S. MaoFarlanb. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



I am very ■well satisfied with the Mixture of Permanent Grass Seed I bought of you. 

 Have had very good crops of hay and fine pasture. The past season has told badly 

 upon meadows and pastures in my vicinity, but I cut full as much hay as usual 

 and have had good pasture in the lot seeded with your mixtures, whereas my 

 other lots have been badly burnt and little or no feed in them. I tried yo'or 

 mixture in order to avoid making " Daisy Hay," which seems to be 

 the prevailing kind all about me, and I am glad to say I have so 

 far succeeded in being free of that pest. 



As to quick growth after cutting, it has exceeded my exjiectatious, and each 

 year the lot looks like a lawn in a few days after cutting. Julius Palmer. 



The Permanent Pasture Grass had from you has given every satisfaction. 



EOBT. Ceosslet. 



I take pleasure in stating that the Permanent Pasture Grass came up thickly 

 and yielded a very fine crop, and promises well for another season. I shall buy 

 more seed. G. S. Stevens. 



NEW JERSEY. 



We are well pleased with the Special Grass Mixtures ; the past season has been 

 very dry with us, but when we used your seed we mowed a very good crop the 20th 

 of June, and in two weeks had good pasture — the best in the township, and very 

 good now, and much admired by the neighboring farmers. Our Timothy meadow 

 is nearly all killed or dried up, no pasture. But the Special Grass Mixture is now 

 very nice and green. I can recommend it as being first-class for mowing and 

 especially for pasture. E. W. Bbuen. 



Your Grass Seed gave very good satisfaction. It thickens up quickly and 

 produces an abundant supply of pasture. It starts early and lasts well. 



John Mobfobd. 



Your Grass Mixture was acknowledged by all who saw it to be the best field of 

 grass in this section. I ^wed the Grass Seed in fall, and your Mixed Clover in the 

 spring. John S. Bigelow. 



I have an even, solid stand of grass that affords ample pasture, and far better 

 than those adjoining me who depend on Clover and Timothy. 



E. P. Lafetea. 



I have used no other grass seed since I commenced your Special Grass Seed 

 seeding. My first and second crop was good this year. I have no further use 

 for Timothy and Clover. A. A. Drake. 



A few words about the Grass Seed I bought of you. I am very well satisfied 

 with it and can recommend it to anybody. It is good for hay and pasture. 



Heney Bbeusch. 



The first lot of your Permanent Pasture Mixture, about eighty bushels, I 

 sowed in the fall of 1892. In 1893 I had two crops, together about 2>^ tons to the 

 acre. In 1893, off the same field, from two crops about 3>4 tons per acre. 



E. J. Gehben. 



The Special Grass Mixture which I obtained from you three years ago has 

 given most excellent satisfaction. It stood the drought this summer without 

 injury, and yielded me a crop of hay more than twice as great per acre 

 as the Timothy seed, which I sowed alongside of it at the same time and 

 with the same care and fertilizing that I gave yours. E. V. Lindabury. 



The Special Grass Mixtures produced a smoother, more uniform, and, I 

 should say, more compact sod than either Timothy or Clover. The two latter 

 grasses, at least after the first year, seem to form and gather in bunches, and do not 

 cover the ground smoothly all over. But not so with the Grass Mixtures, their 

 appearance is more like that of a well-cultivated lawn. John Linn. 



For the past three years our grass has been very heavy, and last summer, in 

 spite of the dry weather, we had a very good crop — a great deal better than our 

 neighbors who have the common grass seed. J. M. Simpson. 



