PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURES. 



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" Double your Hay Crop and Treble your Pasture." 



teNDEPff'S SrECipL GRaSS ^IXTUPS 



FOR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE, 



Last Ten to Twenty Years Without Renewal. 



The amount of seed necessary to sow an acre largely depends upon 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. 



For Hay and Permanent Pasture, for Light Soils 



',' " " " Medium Soils 



" " " " Heavy Soils 



' ' Orchards and Shady Places 



'' Hay cnly. Specially recommended where a large hay crop is desired 



'.' Pasture only. A mixture which will stand close cropping without injury. 



$2.50 per bushel of 14 lbs 

 20 bushel lots, |2.45 per bushel. 

 50 •' 2.40 



100 " 2.35 



At our Farm one of these Permanent Mixtures 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 

 unlier the same conditions, yielded only one cutting of 2,400 lbs. per acre. 



FALL SOWING iS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. 



Write us the nature of your land and the object you have in view. We will 

 advise the best grasses to use and make up a special mixture if necessary. 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS fllXTURES 



FOR HAY AND TEMPORARY PASTURE. 



For One Year: I bush. Mixed Grasses, $2.50. 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1 75. Total cost per acre, $4.25. 

 For Two Years: 2 bush. Mixed Grasses, ^;.oo. 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1.75. Total cost per acre, $6.75. 

 For 3 to 4 Years: 3 bush. Mixed Grasses, $7.50. 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1.75. Total cost per acre, $9.25. 



At our Farm one of these Temporary Mixtures yielded (first cutting, 4-,800 lbs.; second cutting, 

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

 under the same conditions, yielded only one cutting of 2,4-00 lbs. per acre. 



Your Permanent Pasture and Hay Mixture is the finest piece of grass anywhere about here. An old farmer told me last week it would cut'3}^ 

 tons per acre, sure. JAMES M. RICHARDS, 



Cornwall, N. Y., May zzd, 1894. 



