# -PETER HENDERSON A. CO., NEW YORK 



CUTTING A FIELD OF HENDERSON S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURE FOR PERMANENT HAY ON ESTATE OF PAUL D. CRAVATH, ESQ., LOCUST VALLEY, 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL 

 GRASS MIXTURE FOR 



Permanent Hay 



Produces Double 



the Quantity of 

 Timothy and Clover 



and Maintains the Yield 20 Years 

 and More 



SUPPLIES A GOOD CROP OF 



HAY 



In Dry Seasons when Ordinary 

 Hayfields are Burned up 



Quality Superior 



Although the most widely cultivated hay grass in the United States is Timothy, or a 

 mixture of Timothy and Clover, and while they answer the purpose admirably on farms 

 where the soil is suitable and where the usual three and four years' rotation is carried on, 

 yet there are many other grasses which will yield more profitable returns. 



The competition of the Western States on wheat, corn and other grain has made the 

 growing of grain in the Eastern States and the usual rotation farming unprofitable, but 

 hay still yields a fair profit, and the farmer whose land is sown with a proper mixture of 

 Permanent Grasses, requiring only an occasional top-dressing of manure or fertilizer to 

 MAINTAIN THEIR HEAVY CROPPING QUALITIES FOR TWENTY YEARS OR MORE 

 does away with the necessity for plowing and rotation cropping with all its attendant expense. 



The most serious item of expense on the farm, the labor bill, can be largely reduced and 

 thus give reasonable prospect of profitable annual returns at a minimum of labor and 

 expense. The seed of these Permanent Grasses is more costly than Timothy, and more is 

 required per acre, but by reason of their heavy cropping qualities and permanency they soon 

 repay the extra cost and leave a handsome margin for the farmer, when the cost of plowing, 

 harrowing and re-seeding Timothy every three and four years is taken into consideration. 



The grasses used in this Mixture recover quickly after the hay crop is cut. and yield 

 either a second crop or pasture in the greatest abundance during the summer and tall 

 months. Within a few days after cutting, their rich green appearance as compared with 

 Timothy is a desirable feature, especially in fields close to the house, as it gives a park- 

 lawn effect to the surroundings. Sow 3 bushels per acre. Directions in every bag. Price, 

 $2.75 per bushel of 14 lbs. ; 50 bushels (? $2. <55; 100 bushels (a $2.60. (State whether 

 wanted for light, medium or heavy soils.) Mixed Permanent Clovers, 10 lbs., sufficient 

 to sow an acre. S3. 00; should be sown in spring. (See page -O 



THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEEDS AND HENDERSON'S SEEDS . _„ , 



Prof. "WILLIAM P. BROOKS, of the Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst. Mass.. writes us: ''AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES from 

 Various sources and comparison of purity, germination and price I have decided on ordering of you the greater proportion of grass seed, el here. 



