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PETE** HENDEPvSOri 8t CO., NEW YORK-— FARM SEEDS. 



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As we issue a very full and complete Catalog-lie of Farm Seeds, we only give here a simple list and prices of the more 

 important articles in this department. For full description of varieties, etc., see HENDERSON'S AMERICAN 

 FARMER'S MANUAL, which will he sent free on application. 



ENDERSON'S • SPECIAL • GRASS • MIXTURES. 



OPIISIOXS of the jpress. 



Country Gentleman says : "Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the close, rich tnrf hid every particle of soil." 



American Agriculturist says : "Such mixtures are far superior to Timothy, or ' Timothy and Clover,' or any one grass, costing but a little more, lasting much 

 longer, and giving frequently more than double the yield." 



Farm and Home says : " The enormous yield of nearly four and one-half tons of pood hay per acre should convince any one that more hay and better pasture can 

 be grown with mixtures than with Timothy and Clover alone, as under the very same conditions the latter yielded less than a ton and a half per acre." 



How the Farm Fays says : " Far in advance not only of Timothy but of any other Grass we have thus far in cultivation." 



At our Farm one of these Hixtures yielded (first cutting, 5,888 lbs.; second cutting, 4,320 lbs. per acre) a total of 10,208 LBS. CURED HAY PER 

 ACRE, while Timothy growing alongside under same conditions yielded only one cutting of 2,400 lbs. per acre. 



WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAT: 



IN VERMONT. 

 Your Grass Seeds are easily 

 the best of any in the market. — 



F. C. KTWTtAT.T.. 



IN VIRGINIA. 



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, 1% tons the 

 second, and will cut 1 tons the 

 third. The field is a grand sight ; 

 people come for miles around to 

 see it. — Edwabd E. Babney. 

 IN INDIANA. 



Your Grass Seed produced the 

 largest crop of hay I ever saw, 

 and lias yielded a most excellent 

 pasture ever since, notwithstand- 

 ing the extraordinary drouth in 

 this vicinity.— H. S. Tayxob. 



IN OHIO. 



The Special Grass Mixture 

 has given us the very best of 

 satisfaction ; it produced the 

 finest piece of grass I ever saw 

 and has given us a large amount 

 of hay and pasture per acre. — 

 W. J. Hates. 



WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY: 



IN MAINE. 

 I did not succeed in getting 

 four tons or more per acre, but I 

 did get more than from anything 

 else, and it is splendid hay. — 

 G. II. Holmes. 



IN NEW JERSEY. 



The Special Grass Mixtures 

 have been most successful, in 

 spite of an unusual trying season. 

 Yielded a crop of hay more than 

 twice as great per acre as the 

 Timothy, which I sowed along- 

 side at the same time. — B. V. 

 Llndabtot. 



IN IOWA. 



Your Grass Mixture has done 

 exceedingly well, especially in 

 this year of drouth. It yielded 

 about twice as much as Timothy, 

 and cattle seemed to do better on 

 it.— W. Watsoh. 



IN NEW YORK. 



Your Permanent Mixture is 

 the finest piece of grass anywhere 

 about here. An old farmer told 

 me last week it would cut 3% 

 tons to the acre sure. — J. M. 

 Bichabds. 



HENDERSON'S • SPECIAL • GRASS • MIXTURES 



V- FOR HA.Y JLlXn F>E,RMA.NBKT RA.STUR&, 



Consisting of the following varieties, Orchard Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Sheep's Fescue, Rhode Island or Creeping Bent, Hard 

 Fescue, Sweet Scented Vernal (True Perennial), Meadow Fescue, English Rye Grass, Italian Rye Grass, Red Top, etc., as 

 recommended in our book, "How the Farm Pays," blended in proportions which, we have found from actual use, give the 

 most satisfactory results. 



On ordinary fertile soil 3 bushels of this mixture is sufficient to seed an acre, but where the land is poor a larger quantity will 

 be necessary. Taking one soil with another a fair average would be 3 bushels to the acre. 



For Hay and Permanent Pasture for Light soils 



" " " " Medium soils 



" " " " Heavy soils 



" Orchards and Shady Places 



" Hay Only. Specially recommended where a large hay crop is desired 



" Pasture Only. A mixture which will stand close cropping without injury 

 To these mixtures, intended for either Mowing Lands or Pasture (but which on account of their greater weight should be sown 

 separately), are to be added 10 lbs. of Mixed Clovers, comprising White, Mammoth Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, Trefoil, etc., but 

 these should only be sown in the spring, as they are rather tender in this latitude if sown in the fall. 



The quantity needed (10 lbs.) of MIXED CLOVERS to sow an acre we will sell for $2.00. 



Owing to short crops, all grass seeds 

 are high in price this year. 



$2.50 per bushel of 14 lbs. 



20 bushel lots, $2.45 per bushel. 



50 " 2.40 



100 " 2.35 " 



At first sight $7.50 to S10.00 per acre appears to be a high price for the seeding of a pasture, but bear in mind 

 that it is a permanent pasture that we have in view, and nowhere can a permanent pasture be laid down properly 

 for a less original outlay than that we name. 



FULL DIRECTIONS F"OR, SO\A/l N G ENCLOSED I IM EVERY BAG. 



