Special Grass Mixture w 



FOR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE. 



It Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pastures 

 for Tioenty Years or More. 



THIS famous mixture has seeded thousands of acres of meadow and pasture land for pro- 

 gressive farmers and stock raisers in various parts of the United States, with most grati- 

 fying results. It is a well-balanced combination of a number of native and accli- 

 mated 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 after- 

 wards 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 per- 

 mits us to print extracts from but a few of these enconiums, and we refer you, for the complete de- 

 scription 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. Hendersori'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 re- 

 turns 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. 



O.SLY A FEW OF MAXY LETTERS OF PRAISE FROM 

 S TOCKMES A KD FA RMERS. WE HA VE HVSDREDS 

 MORE OF SIMILAR PURPORT: 



Tlie growth is simply wonderful, I do not think tliere is 

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

 ten acres, from which I have cut what I consider tlie best liay 

 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 j)id 

 tlie cattle like it." PAUL A. OLIVER. Pa. 



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



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

 sure." JAMES M. RICHARDS. X. Y. 



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

 cially this year of drought. It stood the drought and yielded 

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

 better on it." U'I'LLARD WATSON, Iowa. 



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

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

 surprise, tliere was quite a good second crop in spite of tlie 

 very dry season." H. L. PARK. Mass. 



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

 weeks Itad 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 now very nice and 

 green." E. 11'. BRUE.X. X. 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. Mam- 

 moth Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, etc. (10 pounds re- 

 quired for one acre. Price, S2.25.) 



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