Henderson's Special Grass Mixture 
FOR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE. 
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Henderson’s American Farmer's Manual. 
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hat our Customers say : 
IN HAINE. 
/ d id not succeed in getting four tons or more])cr 
acre, hut I did get wore than from anything else, 
and it is splendid hay .— G. M. Holmes. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
The Special Grans Mixtures hare been most sue- 
oestful. in spite <•!' art unusually trying season. 
)'ieldeii a crop of hay more than twice as great 
per acre as the timothy, which 1 sowed alongside 
at the same time .—It V. LlNDABURY. 
IN IOWA. 
Your Grass Mixture has done exceedingly well, 
especially in this year of drouth. It yielded about 
twice as much as timothy, and cattle seemed to do 
better on it. —W. Watson. 
IN NEW YORK. 
Your Permanent Mixture is the finest piece of 
grass any where about here. An old farmer told 
me last week it would cut 3% tons to the acre 
sure. —J. M. Richards. 
IN VERMONT. 
Your Grass Seeds are easily the best of any in 
the market. —F. C. Kim mall. 
IN RHODE ISLAND. 
The forty-bushel solving of Permanent Grass 
Seed which I purchased from you is to-day the 
best field of grass in Rhode Island. 
—Bradford Norman. 
IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
The green appearance of the. field attracted uni¬ 
versal attention. It has far surpassed clover and 
timothy in theamount it yields —J. B Cummings. 
IN VIRGINIA. 
My manager is enthusiastic over your Mixture 
for Hay and Permanent Pasture. He claims this 
year he cut 3 tons per acre the first cutting, 
tons the second, ana will cut St tons the third. The 
field is a grand sight; people come for miles 
around to see it. —Edward E. Barney. 
IN CONNECTICUT. 
There is a decided contrast between Timothy 
ami your Special Grass Mixture for hay in favor 
of your Mixture, which is the best field of grass I 
ever saw. —C. R. Fisher. 
IN OHIO. 
The Special Grass Mixture has git'en us the very 
best of satisfaction ; it produced the finest piece 
of arass lever saw and has gi ten us a la rye a moun t 
of hay and past ure. per acre. —W. J. Hayes. 
Wo are headquarters for all kinds of 
RECLEANED GRASS SEEDS, 
And have made the subject of Hay and 
Pasture a special study. We Invite corre¬ 
spondence, and will advise the best grasses 
to use and make up special mixtures where 
necessary. 
Henderson's Special Grass Mixtures 
OR HAY AND PERMANENT PASTURE 
WILL LAST TWENTY YEARS WITHOUT RENEWAL, 
Consisting of the following varieties: Orchard Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Sheep’s Fescue, 
Rhode Island or Creeping Bent, Hard Fescue, Sweet Scented Vernal (True Perennial), 
Meadow Fescue, English Rye Grass, Italian Rye Grass, Red Top, etc., as recommended in 
our book, ‘‘How the Farm Fays,” blended in proportions which, we have found from 
actual use, give the most satisfactory results. 
On ordinary fertile soil 3 bushels of this mixture is sufficient to seed an acre, but where the 
land is poor a larger quantity will bo necessary. Taking one soil with another a fair average 
would be 3 bushels to the acre. 
For Hay and Permanent Pasture for Light soils 
“ “ “ “ Medium soils-. • 
“ “ “ “ Heavy soils-..• 
“ Orchards and Shady Places. 
“ Hay only. Specially recommended for large hay crop 
“ Pasture only. Will stand close cropping without 
injury. 
To these mixtures, intended for either Mowing Lands or Pasture (but which, on account of 
their greater weight should he sown separately), are to be added 10 lbs. of Mixed Clovers, com¬ 
prising White, Mammoth Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, Trefoil, etc., but these should only 
be sown in the spring, as they are rather tender in this latitude if sown in the fall. 
$2.50 per bushel of 14 lbs. 
20 bushel lots, $2,45 per bushel. 
50 “ 2-40 “ 
100 “ 2,35 “ 
FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING ENCLOSED IN EVERY BAG. 
The quantity needed (10 lbs.) of MIXED CLOVERS to sow an acre we 
will sell for $2.00. 
OPINIONS OF" the: press. 
Country Gentleman saj T s: “ Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the close, rich turf 
hid every particle of soil.” 
American Agriculturist says: “Such mixtures are far superior to Timothy, or ‘Timothy and Clover,’ or 
any one grass, costing but a little more, lasting much longer, and giving frequently more than double the yield.” 
Farm and Home Hays : “ 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 yielded less than a ton and a half per acre.” 
How the Farm Pays says: “ Far in advance not only of Timothy but of any other Grass we have thus far 
in cultivation.” 
At our Farm one of these Mixtures yielded (first cutting, 5,888 lbs.; second cutting, 4,320 lbs. per acre) 
a total of 10,208 LBS. CURED HAY PER ACRE, while Timothy growing alongside under 
same conditions yielded only one cutting of 2,400 lbs. per acre. 
At first sight, $7.50 to $10.00 per acre appears to be a high price for the seeding of a pasture, 
but bear in mind that it is a permanent pasture that we have in view, and nowhere can a per¬ 
manent pasture be laid down properly for a less original outlay than that we name. 
FARM SEEDS WE DO NOT DELIVER FREE 
