Henderson's 

 ...Special... 



GRASS SEED MIXTURE 



For Hay and 

 Permanent Pasture. 



More. 



It Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pasture, Maintaining Its Cropping Qualities 20 Years or 



A few of many letters praising Henderson's Special 

 Grass Seed Mixture : 



THIS 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 numer- 

 ous 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 extracts from 

 but a few of these encomiums, 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 application. 



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, 

 until 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 qualities 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 

 returns 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 mixtures, 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, $2.50.) 



"I wish you could see my Permanent Grass; it would do 

 your heart good. I expect a very big crop." 



R. P. McGRANN, Grand View Farms, Lancaster, Pa. 



"I sowed 2 acres with your Permanent Pasture mixture 

 and am delighted with the quality. It was a very dry 

 summer to start with aud if it had been timothy would 

 have been obliged to reseed, but it filled out a fine sod: cut 

 a second crop wlten timothy cuts none." 



W. E. HARRIS. East Douglas, Mass. 



"It may interest you to hear as it is a pleasure to me to 

 be able to inform you that from tlte Permanent Pasture 

 Grass Seed purcltased from you six years ago, I have Just 

 harvested the tenth crop of most satisfactory hay. This 

 makes two good crops for each of the five years after sowing. 

 Tlie remarks, 'What a beautiful field it is' and 'It looks 

 like a lawn' are often made aud tliev please me greatly." 



GEORGE MOORE, Fanwood, N. J. 



"I soived one acre two years ago with your Permanent 

 Pasture mixture, the result being a surprise. It is pro- 

 ducing very exceptional crops and remains green until late 

 in the fall." 



H. A. L. KING, Morrisiown, Ohio. 



" I am pleased to inform you that the 10-acre field which I 

 seeded with your special mature for Hay and Permanent 

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

 the neighbors for miles around. 



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

 yielded at the rate of 5\ tons per acre. I harvested a second 

 crop on September 1st, which yielded 2\ 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. UERM INGHAM. Manager for Col.D.A. Kane 

 " Paddocks, " hew 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 this 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 and Orchards, and for any Special Requirements or Conditions. Correspondence Invited. 



