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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Farm Seeds 



Henderson's Special ]f3 - ^> - 



Grass seed Mixture for flay and r ermanent r asture 



Produces Wonderful Crops and Pastures, Maintaining its Cropping Qualities Twenty Years or More 



It is a well-balanced combination of a number of native and acclimated foreign Grasses and Clovers, blended and im- 

 proved 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 foliage. These Grasses are of superior 

 quality, inviting, sweet and nourishing, whether used as hay or pasture. That we have been successful is attested by the 

 numerous letters of praise for these special Grass Mixtures that we have received from the users, and the tributes to their 

 merits published in many of the agricultural journals. 



In preparing these Mixtures the greatest care is exercised in selecting such varieties as are suited to the soil to be 

 sown and are likely to realize the object in view. Therefore a description of the soil whether Light, Medium or Heavy and 

 climate, and if with or without a grain crop, should accompany each order. (See engraving.) Sow 40 lbs. per acre. 

 Price (Purchaser paying transportation), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs., $35.00. 



Sr-'sS'^r'i For Permanent Hay 



Supplies a Good Crop of Hay in Dry Seasons When Ordinary Hayfielda 

 are Burned Up 



Although the most widely cultivated hay Grass in the United States 

 is Timothy, or a mixture of Timothy and Clover, and while thev answer 

 the purposes admirably on farms where the soil is suitable and where 

 the usual three and four years' rotation is carried on, yet there are many 

 other Grasses which will yield more profitable returns. 



An acre of Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Hay 

 will yield double the quantity of an acre of Timothy and Clover, and the 

 farmer whose land is sown with a proper mixture of Permanent Grasses, 

 requiring only an occasional top-dressing of manure or fertilizer to main- 

 tain heavy cropping qualities for twenty years or more, avoids the expense 

 of the yearly plowing and cultivating, necessary in rotation cropping. 



Price (purchaser paying transportation), 43c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.00; 

 100 lbs., $33.00. 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Woodland Pastures 



It is composed of a selection of Grasses which from exhaustive experi- 

 ments we have found will thrive under trees. Orchard Grass is, of course, 

 one of the best Grasses for the purpose, but this mixture is much superior, 

 as it will make a closer and more even pasture than Orchard Grass alone. 

 Sow 40 lbs. per acre. 



Price (purchaser paying transportation), 43c. per lb.; 10 lbs. 

 $4.00; 100 lbs., $33.00. 



For Permanent Pasture 



Henderson's Special 



Grass Mixture 

 Supplies Continuous and Abundant Pasture for Twenty Years or More, 

 Remaining Green and Succulent All Summer Long 



There is no more important part of a farm than a good pasture, and 

 that can only be obtained by the use of the proper Grasses, varieties 

 that have different root formations and different habits and season of 

 growth, in order to maintain a rich, close turf throughout the entire 

 season. Timothy should never be used for pasture, because it will not 

 stand trampling, and soon runs out when heavily pastured and at best 

 is short-lived, as compared with the permanent Grasses used in our Special 

 Mixtures. These Mixtures contain over a dozen of the best permanent 

 Grasses, both American-grown and imported. All are permanent, and 

 when once established will last indefinitely, if the fertility of the soil 

 is kept up by occasional top-dressing. 



Price (purchaser paying transportation), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.00; 

 100 lbs., $35.00. 



REGARDING CLOVERS 



Do not omit to sow Clovers with the Grasses, as they add to the yield of 

 hay and pasture, and by their ability to collect atmospheric nitrogen and 

 store it in the root nodules, assist the growth of the Grasses and arc of 

 considerable benefit to subsequent crops. Permanent Clovers, on account 

 of their greater weight, should be sown separately but at the same time as 

 the Grasses. This Mixed Clover comprises White, Mammoth Perennial 

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



Mixed Permanent Clovers, Price, 63c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $6.00; 100 

 lbs., $55.00. 



Henderson's Renovating Mixture for improving old pastures. (Sow 40 lbs. per acre.) Price (purchaser paying transpor- 

 tation), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs., $35.00 



