. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. ^P^lA^^^ W "PETER HENDERSON Si CO., NEW YORK* i H ENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTUR OFFERED ON PHGES 2 HUD 3. EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE TRIBUTES OF PRAISE BY THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. From "Cottxtry Gentleman"," published iu Albany, X. Y. GRASS CULTURE. By invitation of Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co. of New York, a represent- ative of this paper visited their experimental grass plats. To reproduce English turf in the face of American drouths and heat may not be possible; to better
. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. ^P^lA^^^ W "PETER HENDERSON Si CO., NEW YORK* i H ENDERSON'S SPECIAL GRASS MIXTUR OFFERED ON PHGES 2 HUD 3. EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE TRIBUTES OF PRAISE BY THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. From "Cottxtry Gentleman"," published iu Albany, X. Y. GRASS CULTURE. By invitation of Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co. of New York, a represent- ative of this paper visited their experimental grass plats. To reproduce English turf in the face of American drouths and heat may not be possible; to better the common clover and timothy practice, with its frequent thin results and speedy running out, is surely feasible. Instead of three or four varieties, ten to fifteen or twenty are used : tall and short grasses, coarse and fine, late and early sorts, are deftly combined in vary- ing proportions according to the end in view. Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the close, rich turf hid every particle of soil. There did not seem to be room for another spear of grass. Going over to an ordinary timothy meadow near by, the contrast was striking. The individual spears in a foot square could easily be counted; "standing-room" lor more was abundant. The soil had not been ''worked for all it was worth," and the thoughtful farmer might do some suggestive figuring. From "American Agrictltfrist," published in Xeir York City. BEST GRASSES FOR HAY AND FOR PASTURE. By a judicious choice of seeds, mixtures have been effected which will give con- stant pasturage in this climate from early spring until late in the autumn. Timothy, and in many parts "timothy and clover," is the standard grass in the country. While timothy is a valuable grass, there are some other kiDds so much better, which last longer, yield a heavier crop, will stand various climatic and soil conditions better, it is astonishing that the majority of farmers should still
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