PETER H END ERSON ft CO., NEW YORK 



HENDERSON'S. . 

 SPECIAL 



GRASS ^^ 

 MIXTURE 



FOR HAY AND 

 PERMANENT 



PASTURE 



EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE TRIBUTES OF PRAISE BY THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. 



From 



'Country Gentleman,' 

 Albauv, N. Y. 



GRASS CULTURE. 



published in 



By invitation of Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co. 

 of New York, a representative of this paper visited 

 their experimental grass plats. 



To reproduce English turf in the face of American 

 drouths anil heat may not be possible; to better the 

 common clover and timothy practice, with its 

 frequent thin results and speedy running out, 

 is surely feasible. Iusteadof three orfour varieties, 

 ten to fifteen or twenty are used; tall and short 

 grasses, coarse and fine, late and early sorts, are 

 deftly combined in varying proportions according to 

 the end in view. 



Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of 

 finer kinds, and the close, rich turf hid every 

 particle of soil. There did not seern to be 

 room for another spear of grass. Going over 

 to an ordinary timothy meadow near by, the 

 contrast was striking. The individual spears 

 In a foot square could easily be counted; 

 "standing-room" for more was abundant. 

 The soil had not been "worked for all it was 

 worth," and the thoughtful farmer might do 

 some suggestive figuring. 



From "Rural Xeiv Yorker," published in X. Y. City. 

 THE VALVE OF GRASS SEED 



MIXTURES. 



This firm (Peter Henderson & Co.) has been en- 

 gaged in a long series of experiments in making up 

 mixtures of grass seeds for hay and permanent pas- 

 ture, and also for lawns. The underlying idea seems 

 to be that these different grasses, having different 

 root systems, will occupy the ground more fully if a 

 number of different kinds are sown together. 



The first piece we visited was one that was seeded 

 with about three bushels per acre of Henderson's 

 Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pas- 

 ture for Light Soil. Mowing hail begun in this plot, 



and it was so thick on the bottom that much 

 difficulty was experienced in getting the 

 mower through it. 



The earliness of the grasses as compared 

 with Timothy is a desirable feature, as the hay- 

 ing season comes on at a time when there is little 

 pressing work going on, and the hay is all in the 

 barn before grain harvest. Few Of the Old-time 



methods of seeding will give an amount of 

 hay equal to this first cutting, and after the 

 hay is off, the grasses will start up again so 

 quickly that fine pasturage will be afforded, 

 or at least 1V4 tons per acre more hay may 

 be cut in August or September. 



From "American Agriculturist," published in 

 New York City. 



BEST GRASSES FOR HAY AND 



FOR PASTURE. 



By a judicious choice of seeds, mixtures have been 

 effected which will give constant pasturage in this 

 climate from early spring until late in the autumn. 



Timothy, and in many parts "timothy and clover," 

 is the standard grass in the country. While timothy 

 is a valuable grass, there are some other kinds so 

 much better, which last longer, yield a heavier crop, 

 will stand various climatic ami soil conditions better, 

 it is astonishing that the majority of fanners should 

 still stick to the timothy without even giving one or 

 more of the other kinds and mixtures a fair trial. 



It should be remembered that a discriminate 

 mixture of grasses and clover gives a better 

 result than does any kind grown by itself, for 

 the simple reason that mixtures are bound tn 

 grow closer together on the ground, ar 

 thereby their component species protect one 

 another from undue heat and drought. 



Such mixtures are far superior to timothy 

 or " timothy and clover," or any one 

 costing but a little more, lasting much 

 and giving frequently more than double the 

 yield. 



