HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE FOR. 
HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE 
PRODUCES WONDERFUL HAY CROPS AND LUXURIANT PASTURE 
The Yield of Hay under favorable conditions averages 3 to 4 tons 
per acre at the first cutting, or nearly double that of Timothy and 
Clover, and larger yields are not unusual; 
second crop is usually about one-half the quantity of the first. This 
shows the great value of this special mixture of grasses over Timothy 
then, if not pastured, the | 
which seldom yields’ a second crop, nor can it be pastured after | 
cutting without seriously damaging the next season’s yield, for 
Timothy after cutting throws its strength into its bulbous base, on 
which its yield the next season depends. 
Pasturage. After the hay crop is cut the grass commences to 
grow at once, recovering its verdure in a few days’ time and afford- 
ing a continuous pasturage even through dry summer weather, until 
winter sets in; or the field may be pastured from earliest spring and 
still be in prime condition for yielding hay or pasture the next season, 
and so on year after year, for the various grasses composing this 
special mixture are all dense, fibrous-rooting varieties, sustaining | 
no injury from cropping—proving its value over Timothy, which 
would be injured, probably ruined, under similar conditions. 
In Earliness this special grass mixture is about two weeks ahead 
of Timothy, enabling the haying to be finished before grain harvest- 
ing presses. This earliness gives a longer growing season for the 
aftermath, whether it is to be pastured or again cut for hay. 
Permanency. Henderson’s Special Grass Mixture for Hay and 
Permanent Pasture, if properly laid down, will maintain its heavy 
cropping qualities twenty years and more if occasionally top- 
dressed with manure or suitable commercial fertilizer, and it will 
steadily improve, whereas a stand of Timothy soon commences to 
become thin and in three or four years must be plowed up and resown 
or rotated—with all the attendant expense. 
Heat and Drought-Resisting. The various kinds of grasses com- 
posing this special mixture are fibrous, deep-rooting varieties that 
spread and intermingle, forming a tough matted sod, free from stool- 
ing or tussock grow th, and, in consequence, the grasses protect their 
own roots and are therefore less susceptible to extremes of heat and 
drought, retaining their verdure even through dry, hot weather, 
when Timothy is burned up. 
The Seed Required. The amount of seed necessary to sow an 
acre largely depends on the quality of the land; the poorer the soii 
the larger the quantity required. Taking one soil with another, and 
owing to the fact that the seeds we use are of higher quality and 
better cleaned than ever, 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. It may be sown either spring or fall. 
The Initial Cost is More in seeding with Henderson’s Special 
Grass Mixture, but the ultimate returns are much more profitable 
than those from ordinary hay and pasture fields, and when the othe 
advantages are considered—including the permanency of 
tained yield—tthe first expense will be found a paying and satisfact 
investment. 
PRICES Henderson’s Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture 
For Light Soils, Medium Soils or Heavy Soils (state which in ordering) 
$2.75 per bushel of 14 Ibs.; 50 bushels @ $2.65; 100 bushels @ $2.60. Mixed Permanent Clovers, 10 lbs. sufficient 
ose 50; should be sown in spring. (See page 2.) 
to sow an acre, 
“The grass seed mixture I got from you last spring made a good sod and is 
admired by farmers here. It is all you claimed for it. Some think the price is high, 
but I tell them, ‘I did not buy weeds to seed my land.’” 
M. RILEY, 
Mt. Savage, Md. 
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“Tt may interest you to know that I am ha 
seed mixture, I latd down one ptece in 1906, 
Herd's Grass and Timothy. The ‘Special’ looks b 
I had to plow up the Herd’s grass—all played out. J also] a er 
your seed in 1907. It ts looking nice."" GEO. M. HOLMES, Bryaniville 
