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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— SPECIAL GRASS MIXTURES, 



" Double your Hay Crop and Treble your Pasture." 



HenflBison's Special Qrass mixtures 



FOR MAY AND T^ERlVtAWEWT PASTURE. 



' LAST TEN TO TWENTY YBflRS WITHOUT RENEWAL. 



The amount of seed-necessar}' to sow an acre largely depends upon the quality of the land ; tbe poorer the soil th» 

 larger the quantity required. Taking one soil with another, and owing to the fact that the seeds we use are of higher 

 quality and better cleaned than ever, a fair average would be 3 bushels tO the acre 



Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture, for Light Soils "] 



Medium Soils $2 50 per bush, of 14 lbs. 



Heavy Soils 1 20 bu&b. lets, §2 45 per bush. 



" Orchards and Shady Places ("50 "^ 2.40 " 



" Hay only. Specially recommended where a large hay crop is desired I 100 '* 2.35 " 



Pasture only. A mixture which will stand close cropping without injury . J 



At our Farm one of these Permanent Mixtures yielded (first cutting, 5388 lbs.;; second cutting, 

 4- 320 lbs. per acre ) a total of 10.208 LBS CURED HAY PER ACRE, while Timothy, growing along- 

 side under the same conditions, yielded only one cutting of 2,4-00 lbs. per acre. 



FALL SOWING IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. 



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Write us the nature of your land and the object you have in view We will 

 advise the best grasses to use and make up a special mixture if necessary. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



Country Gentleman say : " Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the close, rich turf hid ever\' particle of soil." 



American Agriculturist says : '• Such mixtures are far superior to Timothy, or ' Timothy and Clove. ,' or any one grass, costing but a little 

 more, lasting much longer, and giving frequently more than double the yield." 



Farm and Home says : " The enormous yield of nearly four and one-half tons of good hay per acre should convince any one that more hay and 

 better pasture can be grown with mixtures than with Timothy and Clover alone, as under the very same conditions the latter yie.ded less than a ton and a 

 h_lf p=r acre." 



Hov>/ the Farm Pays says: " Far in advance not only of Timothy but of any other Cr.ss we have thus far in cu:ti\'ation." 



In the Eastern States, farmers cannot profitably grow wheat, corn and oats, as they can be purchased more cheaply 

 than they can be produced. Sow a large part of your farm to Permanent Hay and I'aslure Fields and 



**CUT Y^OUR 1-ABOR BI1.1.S IIH HAl-F." 



