HENDERSON'S AMERICAN FARMER'S MANUAL. 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURES 



FOR HAY AND TEMPORARY PASTURE. 



CAN BE SOWN IN EITHER SPRING OR FALL. 



Read what the Agric ultural Press and our Customers say about Henderson's Gra sses. See Circular, 



To those who prefer TEMPORARY mowing or grass lands to permanent pasture, we will prepare mixtures of clovers and grasses for 

 what is known as " Alternate Husbandry or Rotation Cropping." These mixtures are adapted to the rotation of crop for which they are 

 prepared and in such proportions as will produce the largest quantity of nutritious food for the duration of time specified. 



The grasses best adapted for this class of pasture are the following : Orchard Grass, English Rye Grass, Italian Rye Grass, Tall Oat 

 Grass and Meadow Fescue, Red Clover, White Clover, Alsike, Trefoil and Timothy, blended in their proper proportions for the time 

 required. We recommend the following quantities per acre. The grasses may be sown in spring or fall, but the clovers should be sown 

 in spring, for in this latitude they are apt to be winter-killed, being rather tender in the young state. 



For One Year: I bush. Mixed Grasses, $2.00. 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1.75. 

 For Two Years: 2 bush. Mixed Grasses, $4.00. 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1.75. 

 For 3 to 4 Years: 3 bush. Mixed Grasses, $6.75. 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1.75. 



Total cost per acre, $3.75. 



Total cost per acre, $5.75. 



Total cost per acre, $8.50. 



(SPECIAL QUOTATIONS 



FOR 



LARGE ACREAGES.) 



At our Farm, last season, one of these Temporary mixtures yielded (first cutting- 4,800 lbs., second 

 cutting 4,320 Ids. per acre) a total of 9,120 LBS. CURED HAY PER ACRE, while Timothy growing 

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



The grass seed sent by 

 you gave complete satisfac- 

 tion. It was sown in early 

 spring of 1890 with a light 

 sowing of oats. After the 

 oats were cut had a very 

 good crop of hay. This 

 year, 1891, have had two 

 good crops; the first was too 

 much for my Buckeye ma- 

 chine and the scythe had to 

 be used, the yield was so 

 heavy. 



Your mixed grass seed is 

 expensive, but it pays in 

 the end. — Hehby. Taylob, 

 Baltimore, Md., Nov. 3, 1891. 



The grass seed sown last 

 fall has now an excellent 

 set both on the wheat stub- 

 ble aud where planted alone. 

 It is now furnishing pas- 

 turage for our horses, both 

 young and old. We are 

 very well pleased with it. 

 — Q C. Scott, Lima, Ohio, 

 Oct. 26, 1891. 



The grass seed proved en- 

 tirely satisfactory. The hay 

 good, both in quality and 

 quantity. I find the cattle 

 prefer it to my other pas- 

 tures. — B. P. Snydeb, Nat. 

 Safe Deposit Co., Washing- 

 ton, I). 0., Oct. 21,1891. 



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You never did a better 

 thing than to get out that 

 book,"Howthe Farm Pays." 

 It is chock-full of sound 

 sense, and is as pleasant 

 reading to me as if it were a 

 novel. There are no weeds 

 in it ; it is well plowed, har- 

 rowed and rolled. If a man 

 who reads and heeds that 

 book does not make a good 

 farmer, it must be because 

 his head-soil is so poor as 

 not to be worth cultivating. 

 — Henbt Ward Beeohek, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



We cordially invite all those interested to visit our Experimental Farm at Spring Valley, 

 N.Y., to see for themselves the superiority of these Mixtures. 



It affords me pleasure to 

 state that the Special Grass 

 Mixture for permanent pas- 

 ture which I got from you in 

 spring of 1890 gives me sat- 

 isfaction both in respect to 

 the hay cut from it and the 

 aftergrowth. The ground 

 is fairly good, red clay, and 

 is well and evenly covered 

 with grass. — John J. Lloyd, 

 Abingdon, Va., Oct. 29th, 

 1891. 



HENDERSON'S RENOVATING MIXTURE FOR IMPROVING OLD PASTURES. 



$2.50 per bush, of 14 lbs. 20-bush. lots, $2.25 per bush. Mixed Clovers, 20 cts. per lb. 



Grass lands, in consequence of being constantly mown or pastured without being fertilized or manured, frequently become 

 impoverished and deficient in the more valuable and-'nutritious grasses, and in time become unprofitable. It is needless waste and 

 unnecessary to plow up such land unless it be full of weeds. The turf should be well harrowed with a sharp tooth harrow and, if 

 possible, top-dressed with soil and well-rotted stable manure, which should be well harrowed in, and then sown with Henderson's 

 Renovating Mixture at the rate of one bushel per acre, and five pounds of mixed clovers. This mixture is composed of those sorts 

 that are best suited for sowing on old pastures or meadows, and it Tvill speedily improve the quality and increase the produce. March 

 and April are the best months for sowing, choosing an interval between rains if possible, though, if inconvenient to sow then, very satis- 

 factory results can be obtained by fall sowing. After sowing, the ground should be lightly harrowed and afterward well rolled. 



In the preparation of these mixtures for Permanent and Temporary Pasture, the greatest care is exercised in selecting 

 such varieties as are suited to the soil to be laid down and are likely to realize the object in view. To facilitate this, a descrip- 

 tion of the soil and climate, the range of temperature, and the purpose for which sown, and if with or without a crop, 

 should accompany each order. 



FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING EKtLOSEU IN EVERY BAG. 



