Henderson's Special Grass Mixture 



FOR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE 



PRODUCES WONDERFUL HAY CROPS AND LUXURIANT PASTURE. 



THIS famous mixture has 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. It is a well-balanced combination 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 PERMANENT, dense and deep-rooting turf that would yield year after 

 year the maximum quantity of hay and afterwards to afford, if desired, a constant and abundant pasturage. Another 

 important essential being superior quality, inviting, sweet and nourishing, whether as hay or pasture. That we have been 

 successful is attested by the numerous letters of praise for this special grass mixture that we have received from the users, and 

 the tributes to its merits published in many of the agricultural journals. Space permits us to print extracts from but a few 

 of these encomiums on pages 7 and 9. 



Adapted to a Wide Range of Soils and Climate. This 

 special mixture of grasses will thrive under a greater variety 

 of soil and climatic conditions than Timothy, and in many 

 instances gives bountiful returns where Timothy can scarcely 

 be grown. 



Daisies cannot exist in an established field of this special 

 grass mixture — which covers the ground so thoroughly with 

 dense turf, and if daisies be in the field they do not get a chance 

 to seed, the hay being ready to cut before the daisies are ripe. 



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 other advantages are considered — includ- 

 ing the permanency of a maintained yield — the first expense 

 will be found a paying and satisfactory investment. 



The Seed Required. The amount of seed necessary to 

 sow an acre largely depends on the quality of the land ; 

 the poorer the soil 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. 



To those accustomed to sow Timothy and Clover, the quantity 

 of seed we recommend will seem large, but the seeds of these 

 permanent grasses are quite different from Timothy, being 

 much larger and lighter ; but experience has proven that satis- 

 factory results cannot be obtained with less seed than we 

 recommend, unless under exceptionally favorable circum- 

 stances. It may be sown in either spring or fall. 



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 accompany each order. 

 FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING ENCLOSED IN EVERY 

 BAG. 



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 ; then, 

 if not pastured, the 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, 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. 



In Earliness this special grass mixture is about two weeks 

 ahead of Timothy, enabling the haying to be finished before 

 grain harvesting presses. This earliness gives a longer 

 growing season for the aftermath, whether it is to be pastured 

 or again cut for hay. 



Pasturage. After the hay crop is cut the grass commences 

 to grow at once, recovering its verdure in a few days' time and 

 affording 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 crop- 

 ping — proving its value over Timothy, which would be injured, 

 probably ruined, under similar conditions. 



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 com- 

 mences to become thin and in three or four years must be plowed 

 up and resownor rotated — with all of the attendant expense. 



Heat and Drought-Resisting. The various kinds of grasses 

 composing this special mixture are fibrous, deep-rooting varie- 

 ties that spread and intermingle, forming a tough matted sod, 

 free from stooling or tussock growth, 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. 



- ^^ PRICES = 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture, 



for light soils, medium soils or heavy soils (state which in ordering): 

 $2.50 per bushel of 14 lbs.; 20-bushel lots (3 $2.45 per bushel; 50 bushels @ $2.40; 100 bushels %. $2.35. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers 



10 Pounds required for 1 acre, 3£2.2 5. 



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. 



