...HENDERSON'S... 



Special Grass Mixture 



For Hay and Permanent Pasture. 



7* Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pastures 

 Continuously for 20 Years and More. 



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 numerous 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. 



I'asturagfe. After the hay crop is cut the grass commences to grow at once, recovering 

 its verdure in a few days' time and affording a continuous pasturage even .through dry summer 

 weather, until winter sets in ; or thefield maybe 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 occasion- 

 ally top-dressed with manure or suitable commercial fertilizer, and it will steadily improve. 



Heat and I>rouj;ht-R existing. The various kinds of grasses composing this 

 Special Mixture are fibrous, deep-rooting varieties that form a tough, matted sod, and are not sus- 

 ceptible 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 perma- 

 nency of a maintained yield. 



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

 Takingone 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.; ao-bushel lots at $2.45; 50 bushels at $2.40; 100 

 bushels at $2.35. 



ABOVE 

 SCENES 

 WERE 

 PHOTO- 

 GRAPHED AT 

 THE FAMOUS 

 "BRIAR CLIFF" 

 FARMS, N. Y. 



ONLY A FEW OF MANY LETTERS OF PRAISE FROM 

 STOCKMEN AND FARMERS. WE HA VB HUNDREDS 

 MORE OF SIMILAR PURPORT: 



"The growth is simply wonderful, and do not think there 

 is any other grass to equal it for hay or pasture. I sowed 

 about ten acres, from which I have cut what 1 consider the 

 best hay ever made on my farms." J. S. Long, Pa. 



"The Grass seed sent me turned out well. It makes a good 

 grass for meadow or for grazing. It is fine, close grass and 

 the cattle like it." Paul A. Oliver, Pa. 



"It's the finest piece of grass anywhere about here. An 

 old farmer told me last week it would cut 3V£ tons to the acre 

 sure." James M. Richards, N. Y. 



" The Grass Mixture I got of you has done extra well, espe- 

 cially thisyear of drought. It stood the drought and yielded 

 about twice as much as Timothy, and the cattle seem to do 

 better on it." Willard Watson, Iowa. 



"This is the third year and there was a heavy crop cut on 

 it two weeks before Timothy was ready, and, much to my 

 surprise, there was quite a good secon I crop in spite of the 

 very dry season." H. L. Park, Mass. 



' ' We mowed a very good crop the 20th of June, and in two 

 weeks had good pasture — the best in the township, and very 

 good now, and much admired by the neighboring farmers. 

 Our Timothy meadow is nearly all killed or dried up, no 

 pasture. But the Special Grass Mixture is nowvery nice and 

 green." E. W. Brden, N. J. 



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, §2.25.) 



WE ALSO Crto^Jol flfOCC MIvTllfOC it\f Ponnvatino- OLD PASTURES, WOODLAND AND ORCHARDS, AND FOR ANY SPECIAL 



make up opeClal UraSS iTllXIUreS IOr KcnOVaiing requirements or conditions, correspondence invited. 



