HENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS SEED MIXTURE 
For Hay and Permanent Pasture 
It Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pasture, Maintaining Its Cropping Qualities 20 Years or More 
T HIS 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. 
Pasturage. 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 the field may be pastured from earliest spring and still be in prime condition for yield¬ 
ing 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 Direct ions for Sowing enclosed in every bag. 
PRICES (purchaser paying carriage): $2.75 per bushel of 14 lbs.; 50-bushel 
lots, $2.65 per bushel; 100-bushel lots, $2.60 per bushel. 
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. (Sow 10 pounds per 
acre.) Price, 40c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $3.75; 100 lbs., $35.00. 
A few of many letters praising Henderson's Special 
Grass Seed Mixture: 
"I desire to advise you that I am changing all my fields 
from Timothy to your Permanent Grass Seed as I find the 
latter to be entirely satisfactory. My horses and cattle 
relish it very much more and my crops have been consider¬ 
ably increased. ” 
W. D. HENRY, Irvington Farm, Sewickley, Pa. 
"I am pleased to report that your Special Grass Seed 
Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture sowed by me three 
years ago on an eight acre field has surpassed my expecta¬ 
tions." ARNOLD C. SA PORTA, Pocantico Hills, N. Y. 
“7 sowed 2 acres with your Permanent Pasture mixture 
and am delighted with the quality. It was a very dry 
summer to start with and if it had been Timothy would 
have been obliged to reseed, but it filled out a fine sod; cut 
a second crop when 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 the Permanent Pasture 
Grass Seed Purchased 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. 
The remarks, 'What a beautiful field it is’ and ‘It looks 
like a lawn' are often made and they please me greatly.” 
GEORGE MOORE, Fanwood, N. J. 
"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 ihis notwithstanding the 
extraordinary severity of the drought in this vicinity." 
R. S. T AY LOR, Fort Wayne, Ind. 
"It may interest you to know that I am having good 
success with your special Permanent Grass Seed. I laid 
down one piece in 1906 and at the same time a piece with 
Herd's grass and Titnothy. 'The ‘ Special ’ looks better 
this year (1910) than ever, while I had to plow up the 
Herd's grass— all played out. I also laid ajiolher piece 
with your 'Special' in 1907, and at the sa?ne time some 
more Herd's grass. You can see the difference to-day as 
far as you can see the fields." 
GEORGE W. HOLMES, Bryanlville, Mass. 
For those who desire to make up a Special Grass Mixture of their own, we can supply finest Recleaned qualities of the 
separate Grasses as offered on the opposite page 
