"GRASS IS KING" 



GOOD GRASS IS THE FOUNDATION OF AGRICULTURE 



"NO GRASS. NO CATTLE; NO CATTLE. NO MANURE; NO MANURE. NO CROPSI"— Old Proverb 



It has been fully demonstrated by the careful trials conducted by the Agricultural Experiment Stations in 

 various parts of the country that good pasturage, and good hay crops can be best secured by sowing grass seeds 

 in mixtures. Pastures seeded naturally are always found to contain many varieties of grasses growing and nourishing 

 side by side without detriment to each other, and attaining their maximum of growth at different periods of 

 the year. It is to this notable characteristic that such pastures furnish continually an abundant bite, when 

 meadows and pastures composed of but a few varieties are brown and bare. 



Another great advantage in sowing grass seed mixtures is that full use is made of the land. The various grasses 

 being of different habit, seek the food they require at unequal depths in the soil, some being shallow-rooted in 

 habit and some deep-rooted; thus every strata of soil is utilized, and a far greater number of plants grow and 

 flourish in a given space. We have been for years well aware of the above facts, through our own exhaustive 

 experiments and studies, and no better meadows or pastures can be found than those laid down with our various grass 

 seed mixtures. They comprise the following : 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture 



COMBINED 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Pasture 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Hay 



Henderson's Renovating Mixture for Improving Old Pastures 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Woodland Pastures 



Fully described on pages 7, 8, 9 and 10. 



These famous mixtures have seeded thousands of acres of meadow 

 and pasture land for progressive farmers and stock raisers in various 

 parts of the United States, with most gratifying results. They are well- 

 balanced combinations of a number of native and acclimated foreign 

 grasses and clovers, blended and improved upon during exhaustive 

 trials under widely varied conditions, soils and localities for several 

 years, until practically perfect, our aim being to produce, under the 

 extremes of the American climate of heat, drought and cold, a per- 

 manent, dense and deep-rooting turf that would yield year after 

 year the maximum quantity of forage. These grasses are of superior 

 quality, inviting, sweet and nourishing, whether used as hay or 

 pasture. That we have been successful is attested by the numerous 

 letters of praise for these special grass mixtures that we have received 



Prices, $2.75 per bushel of 14 lbs.; 50 



from the users, and the tributes to their merits published in many 

 of the agricultural journals. Space permits us to print extracts 

 from but a few of these encomiums. 



A Description of Soil and Locality should be given when ordering. 

 In the preparation of these mixtures for permanent pasture, the 

 greatest care is exercised in selecting such varieties as are suited to 

 the soil to be sown and are likely to realize the object in view. To 

 facilitate this, a description of the soil and climate, and the purpose 

 for which sown, and if with or without a grain crop, should accom- 

 pany each order. 



FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING ENCLOSED IN EVERY 

 BAG. 

 bushels @ $2.65; 100 bushels @ $2.60. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers 



10 POUNDS REQUIRED FOR 1 ACRE. $3.00 



Should be sown in addition to the above grass mixtures, but on 

 account of greater weight the clover should be sown separately, 

 and in cold latitudes, in the spring. This mixed clover comprises 

 White, Mammoth Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, etc. 



JUST HARVESTED THE TENTH CROP OF MOST SATISFAC- 

 TORY HAY 



"It may interest you to hear as it is a pleasure to me to be able to inform you 

 that from the Permanent Pasture Grass Seed purchased from you six years ago. 

 I have just harvested the tenth crop of most satisfactory hay. This makes two good 

 crops for each of the five years after sowing. The remarks ' What a beautiful field 

 it is' and 'It looks like a lawn' are often made and they please me greatly." 



GEORGE MOORE. Fanwood, N. J. 



IT SELLS ITSELF 



" The Special Grass Seed you sold me last September has turned out so well that 

 I am ordering more to seed another field. " 



Mr. JOHN C. HUNT, Ml. Kisco, N. Y. 



SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS 



"I am pleased to report that your Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Pasture 

 sowed by me three years ago on an eight acre field, has surpassed my expectations." 

 ARNOLD C. SAPORTAS. Pocantico Hilts. N. Y. 



WOULD DO YOUR HEART GOOD TO SEE IT 



"I wish you could see my Permanent Grass; it would do your heart good. I 

 expect a very big crop." 



R. P. McGRANN, Grand View Farms, Lancaster, Pa. 



DRY SUMMER, BUT IT FILLED OUT A FINE SOD 



" I sowed 2 acres with your Permanent Pasture mixture and am delighted with 

 the quality. It was a very dry summer to start with and if it had been timothy 

 would have been obliged to reseed, but it filled out a fine sod; cut a second crop when 

 timothy cuts none." W. E. HARRIS, East Douglass, Mass. 



IT PAYS TO CHANGE FROM TIMOTHY 



"I desire to advise you that I am changing all my fields from Timothy to your 

 Permanent Grass Seed as I find the latter to be entirely satisfactory. My horses 

 and cattle relish it very much more and my crops have been considerably increased. " 

 W. D. HENRY, Irvinglon Farm, Sewickley, Pa. 



SEVERE DROUGHT BUT EXCELLENT PASTURE 



"Your Special Grass Mixture has done 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 extra- 

 ordinary severity of the drought in this vicinity." 



R. S. TA YLOR, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



ONCE TRIED, ALWAYS USED 



' / telegraphed you today to ship me enough Permanent Pasture Grass seed to 

 •I 20 acres. About seven years ago I seeded a piece with your Pasture and 



Hay Mixture with wonderful results. 



E. C. DUNCON, Clarkesville, Mo. 



