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ALFALFA.  cucerne. 
Prices subject to market changes without notice. 
The great value of Alfalfa to the stockman cannot be 
over-estimated. No other forage crop combines so many ex- 
cellent feeding qualities. The fact that three or four heavy 
erops of it can be cut every season should alone be an in- 
centive to every farmer to put down at least a few acres of 
it. Alfalfa can be grown successfully in every state in the 
Union; the soil, however, should be deep and well drained. 
It will not succeed on heavy, sticky clay ground, or where, 
Before 
water stands a short distance below the surface. 
sowing the seed see that the ground is well prepared by 
being thoroughly pulverized. Any extra work put on the 
ground at this time will be well repaid in the crop. If sown 
in spring, wait until the ground is warm, sowing from 20 to 
30 lbs. of seed to the acre. 
The crop should be cut for hay just as it is coming into 
bloom. A safe guide is to watch for the starting of the new 
basil shoots, which form the growth for the next crop, be- 
fore cutting. If the weather is fine the morning’s cuttings 
should be raked 
cocked the following day. 
into windrows the same afternoon, and 
The U. S. 
investigations finds that 
We recommend using Northern grown seed. 
Department of Agriculture in its 
the farther north the seed is grown the hardier it is likely 
to be, and to meet these requirements we have secured a 
stock of strictly pure, recleaned Montana grown seed, grown 
on dry land. 
Price per lb., 30c (by mail, 40c per 1b.). By freight or 
express at buyer’s expense, per peck, $3.25; bushel, $12.00; 
100 Ibs., $20.00. 
Alfalfa. 
Turkestan Alfalfa—Exceedingly valuable for dry, arid sec- 
tions. The climate of Turkestan is very similar to our 
interior western states, the summers being long and very 
hot. Here cattle raising is carried on extensively and 
Alfalfa is the main crop. It 
secure our stock of seed. 
is from this section we 
Not only does this variety 
withstand the dry weather better than any other, but it 
has the further merit of being able to come through the 
severest winters without harm. At the Experiment Sta- 
tion, Brookings, S. D.. common Alfalfa winter killed on 
bare ground at a minimum temperature of 40 degrees 
below zero, while Turkestan came through unharmed. 
We offer strictly choice dodder free seed of Turkestan 
Alfalfa. 
Price per lb., 30e (by mail, 40c per Ib.). 
express at buyer’s expense, 
$12.00; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
By freight or 
per peck, $3.25; bushel, 
SAND LUCERNE. 
This variety is especially adapted to thin, sandy soil, yield- 
ing heavy crops where other sorts of alfalfa failed. The 
Michigan Experiment Station reports 5 tons of cured hay 
of Sand Lucerne to the acre on sandy ground. 
It has proved valuable for the sandy fruit lands in 
Michigan, but is not equal to Alfalfa on medium or rich 
soils. 
Per lb., 35c (by mail, 45c per lb.). By freight or express 
at buyer’s expense, per peck, $4.25; bushel, $16.50; 100 
Ibs., $27.50. 
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When or- 
Alfalfa Seed is shipped in seamless bags. 
dering, add 20c for each bag required. 
