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A. CURRIE JcCa 



FAR M SEEDS 



ALFALFA, ^cerne. 



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 

 crops 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 

 water stands a short distance below the surface. Before 

 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 into windrows the same afternoon, and 

 cocked the following day. 



We recommend using Northern grown seed. The U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture in its investigations finds that 

 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. 



Extra choice recleaned seed, per lb., 30c (by mail, 40c per 

 lb.). By freight or express at buyer's expense, per peck, 

 $2.25; bushel, $8.50; 100 lbs., $14.00. 



Alfalfa. 



TURKESTAN ALFALFA. 



SAND LUCERNE. 



Exceedingly valuable for dry, arid sections. 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 is 

 from this section we secure our stock of seed. 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 Experi- 

 ment Station, Brookings, S. D., common Alfalfa winter killed 

 on bare ground at a minimum temperature of 40 degrees be- 

 low zero, while Turkestan came through unharmed. 



We offer strictly choice dodder-free seed of Turkestan 

 Alfalfa. 



Price per lb., 30c (by mail, 40c per lb.). By freight or 

 express at buyer's expense, per peck, $2.75; bushel, $10.00; 

 100 lbs., $16.00. 



This variety is especially adapted to thin, sandy soil, 

 yielding 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 Mich- 

 igan, 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 lbs., 

 $27.50. 



Alfalfa Seed is shipped in seamless bags. When order- 

 ing, add 20c for each bag required. 



THE BOOK OF ALFALFA. 



A valuable treatise on the history, cultivation and 

 merits of alfalfa. Illustrated, 370 pages. Cloth. $2.00 by 

 mail. 



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