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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Farm Seeds 











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Henderson's Special Crass Seed Mixture for 



Hay and Permanent Pasture 



Produces Wonderful Crops and Pastures, Maintaining its 

 Cropping Qualities Twenty Years or More 



This mixture is made up of native and acclimated foreign Grasses and 

 Clovers, blended and improved upon during 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, 

 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. 

 We have received from the users numerous letters of praise and tributes 

 to their merits have been 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 sot] whether 

 Lijjht, Medium or Heavy, and climate, and if with or without a grain 

 crop, should accompany each order. (See illustration.) Sow 40 lbs. per 

 acre. Price (purchaser paying transportation), 45c. per lb.; 10 

 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs.. $35.00. 



Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Woodland Pastures 



Is composed of a selection of Grasses which will thrive under trees. 

 Orchard Grass is 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), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., 

 $4.00; 100 lbs., $35.00. 



Henderson's Renovating Mixture for Impoverished Grass Lands 



Marrow the turf with a sharp toothed harrow and top dress with soil 

 and fertilizer. Sow the grass seed at rate of 40 lbs. to an acre. Price 

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

 lbs.. $35.00. 



For Permanent 



Henderson's Special 

 Crass Seed Mixture 



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

 are Burned Up 



Although the most widely cultivated hay Grass in the United States 

 is Timothy, or a mixture of Timottm and Clover, and while they answer 

 the purposes admirably on farms where the soU 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), 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.00: 

 100 lbs.. $35.00. 



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 dilTerent root formations and different habits and season oi 

 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 Ib.s 10 lbs.. $4.00 

 100 lbs.. $35.00. 



For Permanent Pasture 



Grimm Alfalfa Seed 



The Hardiest Alfalfa Known 



The attention of the Minnesota experiment station was called to this 

 Alfalfa in 1901 and by careful experimentation Grimm Alfalfa was found 

 to be far superior to common kinds in withstanding unfavorable winters. 



This strain of Alfalfa seed endures extremely low temperature, and 

 will bear more abuse in the way of pasturage than any other forage 

 plant. Grimm Alfalfa has larger crowns, and a more spreading root 

 system than^ the ordinary Alfalfa, and will yield from ten to fifteen per 

 cent, more, witl start and thrive in moist locations, where the ordinary sort 

 was tried unsuccessfully. 



Price (Domestic drown), 90c. per lb.; $42.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 

 $70.00 per 100 lbs. 



Write for our pamphlet, "Alfalfa on Northern Farms," free to all 

 applicants. 



Henderson's Recleaned 



Northern Grown Alfalfa Seed 



Our strain of Alfalfa seed is grown in far Northern regions where 

 plants have to endure extreme cold and still thrive in those high altitudes. 

 Our experience — and that of our customers — has shown that such seed is 

 undoubtedly the best for the Northern and Eastern States, and that it 

 excels'all others in hardiness. Before offering this seed Jo our customers 

 for sale, it is thoroughly recleaned by the most modern seed-cleaning 

 machinery in America. Sow in the Northern States during June, July or 

 August, 30 to 40 lbs. of seed per acre if broadcast, 25 to 30 lbs. if drilled. 

 In the South sow in February or September. 



Price, Henderson's Recleaned Seed (Domestic drown), 

 lb.; $29.00 per bushel of 60 lbs.; $45.00 per 100 lbs. 



60c. 



Do not omit sowing Henderson's Mixed Permanent Clovers with Pasture Grasses. See page 76. 



