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UAYI.Nii bCEiNli AT GRAND VIEW FARMS, LANCASTER. PA., WHERE 11E.\ UEKaO.N S FERM AN EN'T GRASS MIXTURES ARE USED. 



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HENDERSON'S 

 SPECIAL 



GRASS SEED MIXTURE '°' "^^ -' 



Permanent Pasture. 



It Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pasture. 

 Meiintcilning its Cropping Qualities 20 Years or more. 



rIS 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. That we have been successful is attested by the nu- 

 merous 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 ex- 

 tracts from but a few of these enconiums, and we refer you. for the complete description of Henderson's 

 Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pastures, to our " Farmer's Manual," mailed on ap- 

 plication. 



The Yield of Hay under favorable conditions averages 3 to 4 tons per acre at the first cutting, 

 and larger yields are not unusual; then, if not pastured, the second crop is usually about one-half the 

 quantity of the first. 



Pasturage. After the hay crop is cut the grass commences to grow at once, recovering its ver- 

 dure in a few days' time and affording a continuous pasturage even through dry summer weather, 

 tintil 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. 



Permanency. Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture, if properly 

 laid down, will maintain its heavy cropping quaHties twenty years and more if occasionally top-dressed 

 with manure or suitable commercial fertilizer, and it will steadily improve. 



Heat and Drought-Resisting. The various kinds of grasses composing this Special Mixture are 

 fibrous, deep-rooting varieties that form a tough, matted sod, and are not susceptible to extremes 

 of heat and drought, retaining their verdure even through dry, hot weather. 



Adapted to a Wide Range of Soils and Climate. This Special Mixture of grasses will thrive under 

 a great variety of soil and climatic conditions, and in many instances give bountiful returns where 

 Timothy can scarcely be grown. 



The Initial Cost is more in seeding with Henderson's Special Grass Mixture, but the ultimate re- 

 turns are very profitable when the advantages are considered — including the permanency of a main- 

 tained yield. 



The Seed Required. The poorer the soil the larger the quantity of seed required. Taking one 

 soil with another, 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. 



Full Directions for Sowing Enclosed in Every Bag. 



PRICES {purchaser paying carriage): $2.50 per bushel of 14 lbs.; 20=bushel 

 lots at $2.45; 50 bushels at $2.40; 100 bushels at $2.35. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers should be sown in addition to the above grass mixture, 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. {10 pounds required 

 for one acre. Price, S2.25.) 



Only a few of the many letters of praise from 



stockmen and farmers. We have hundreds 



more of similar purport : 



" / wish yon could see my Permanent Grass, it would do yowr 

 heart good. I expect a very big crop." 



R. P. McGRANN, Grand View Farms 



Lancaster, Pa. 



" I am pleased to report that your Special Grass Seed Mixtitre 

 for Hay and Permanent Pasture sowed by me three y^crs ago 

 on an 8 acre field has surpassed my expectntions. The yield 

 is very heavy. Last season during the great drought this field 

 remained green throughout when all surrounding fields were 

 burnt brown. 



"As fodder for horses I do not think it can be excelled. 

 After using Thnothy hay many years I find the stock in far 

 better condition in Uie spring after being fed on your Special 

 Mixture. 



A. C. S A PORT AS. 

 " Raven Rock " Pocantico Hills, N. Y. 



" / am pleased to inform you that ilie W-acre field '•.<hich I 

 seeded with your special mixture for Hay and Permanent 

 Pasture last year was a great success, and ws admired by 

 the neighbors for miles aroutid. 



" / harvested the first crop of hay on June 20th, which yielded 

 at the rate of b^ tons per acre. I harvested a second crop 

 on September 1st, which yielded 2h tons per acre, and I could 

 have cut a third crop from it, but preferred to pasture it, and 

 it gave good pasture to our stock right up to winter." 



THOS. BERMINGHAM, Manager for Col. D. A. Kane, 



" Paddocks," New Rochelle, N. Y. 



" Your Special Grass Mixture has done well for me. It 

 produced, this season, the largest crop of hay that I ever saw 

 cut off the ground, and has been yielding a most excellent 

 pasture for over a month past, and 'his notwithstanding the 

 extraordinary severity of the drought in this vicinity." 



R. S. TA YLOR, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



We also make up Special Grass Mixtures for Renovating 

 Old Pastures, Woodland ar.d Orchards, and for any Special 

 Requirements or Conditions. Correspondence Invited. 



PASTURE SCENE AT GRAND VIEW FARMS. LANCASTER. PA.. WHERE HENDERSON S PERMANENT GRASS MIXTURES ARE USED. 



