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HAYING SCENE AT GRAND VIEW FARMS, LANCASTER. PA. WHERE HENDERSON'S PERMANENT CRASS MIXTURES ARE USED. 



HENDERSON'S 

 SPECIAL 



GRASS SEED MIXTURE 



For Hay and 

 Permanent Pasture 



Xote. — In laying- down new Pastures or renovating old ones, we would advise wherever possible that the work be done in the Fall. The advantages of doing 

 it then are that it relieves the spring rush, when very often the work cannot be done at the most propitious time. When sown in the fall, the best time being 

 August and September, the benefits of a warm soi% copious rainfall, and lessening temperature are to be had. These conditions insure a better germination, a 

 higher percentage of the survival of the grasses which start into growth, and a stronger and healthier growth. Because of these conditions the crop of weeds which 

 always appears in freshly cultivated land will be lighter. 



HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS SEED 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 c'.overs, blended and improved upon during exhaustive trials under 

 widely varied conditions, soils and localities for several years until practically per- 

 fect, 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. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers should be sown in addition to the above grass mix- 

 tures, but on account of greater weight the clover should be sown separately, and 

 in co'd latitudes in the spring. This Mixed Clover comprises White, Mammoth, 

 Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, etc. Sow 10 pounds per acre. 



Price, 30c. a pound 10 pounds, S2.75; 100 pounds, $25.00. 



For Hay and Permanent Pasture, 



" Hay only 



" Pasture only 



" Renovating Old Pastures ..... . 



" Woodlands and Orchards 



PRICES: 



{Per bushel of H lbs.) 



Per bushel, $2.75 



50 bushels at 2.65 



100 bushels at 2.60 



The Seed Required. — The poorer the soil the larger the quantity of seed re- 

 quired. 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. 



FOR FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ABOVE GRASSES SEE OUR AMERICAN FARMERS MANUAL SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. 



HENDERSON'S NORTHERN GROWN ALFALFA. ^^ 



'There is no State in the Union in which Alfalfa cannot be successfully grown.""U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



SATIVA 



THE FEEDING VALUE OF ALFALFA is very high, being very rich in 

 protein — which builds up blood, muscle and bone in growing animals. Corn 

 and i ts fodder, and most other farm crops, are. rich in carbo-hydrates, the fat- 

 forming element, but deficient in protein, so that Alfalfa is the. best crop to 

 balance up the fat-foiming feeds. Corn and Alfalfa form the ideal food for 

 fattening all farm animals, one supplementing the other. Alfalfa and Barley, 

 Alfalfa and Wheat, or Alfalfa and Oats are also excellent combinations. Alfalfa 

 naturally prefers a rich, loose limestone soil with' a porous sub-soil; but it also 

 grows and thrives on a variety of soils, and in many different climates. Alfalfa 

 requires little attention the first season unless there is a growth of twelve inches 

 or more before cold weather. This should be clipped back to- eight inches or 

 so and will then be in a good condition for wintering. Full cuttings can be 

 taken off the following summer and fall. The crop should be cut when the plants 

 are about one-tenth in bloom, being at that stage much more digestible than 



when older. The time to sow in the North and Eastern States is June July 

 or August 30 to 40 lbs. per acre if broadcasted or 25 to 30 lbs. if drilled in; in 

 the South sow in February or September (See cut.) Price Henderson's 

 Northern Grown Alfalfa Seed, 24c. per lb.; $12.50 per bu. of 60 lbs., $20.00 

 per 100 lbs. 



The recleaned Alfalfa Seed I got from you turned out and grew very well indeed. 

 I am well satisfied." REUBEN KOLB, Easton, Pa. 



" The Alfalj a Seed purchased from you proved very satisfactory down here in 

 Tennessee." C. E. TONEY, Oakville. Tenn. 



"I have been very successful in raising Alfalfa on my farm from your seed. 

 1 send you photo of the fifth cutting." 



THOMAS HUGHES, Eagle Beak Farm L I. 



Write for Our New Booklet "'ALFALFA ON NORTHERN FARMS" Free to All Applicants. 



