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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 fall 
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, $2.50 per bushel; 20 bushels W $2.45; 50 bushels @ $2.40; 100 bushels @ $2.35. 
(State whether wanted for light, medium or heavy soils.) Mixed Permanent Clovers, 
10 lbs. to sow an acre, $2.50; should be sown in spring. (See page 7.) 
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, etc., needed here. 
