From PETER HENDERSON & CO., New York 



ALFALFA 



OR 



LUCERN 



The Deepest Rooting Soiling 



and Hay Plant Grown. 



Opens up the Subsoil. 



Adds Nitrogen and Humus. 



It has been well said that if 

 "Corn is king," Alfalfa is the 

 "Queen of forage plants." Alfalfa 

 is a true leguminous plant, and 

 a perennial, staying on the land 

 many years. It sends down its 

 long tap-roots into the subsoil — 

 five, ten, twenty, or even thirty 

 feet, and utilizes the plant foods 

 contained therein. It is a great 

 soil enricher, for the nodules on 

 its roots are the home of bac- 

 teria that extract the nitrogen 

 from the air and transform it 

 into a valuable fertilizing ele- 

 ment. For this purpose it is 

 superior to any other plant, 

 because in addition to the nitro- 

 gen gathered from the air, its 

 deep tap-roots bring up other 

 mineral constituents from the 

 lower layers of soil, to be utilized 

 ■later by shallow feeding crops. 

 It has been calculated by com- 

 petent authority that the amount 

 of fertilizer that will come 

 from an acre of good Alfalfa is 

 equal to what the farmer would 

 pay $60.00 for, if purchased by 

 the bag. As a hay producer 

 it surely has no equal when once 

 established, as from three to 

 four cuttings may be had in a 

 season, according to conditions, 

 totaling four to six tons per acre. 



GRIMM ALFALFA SEED 



The Hardiest Alfalfa Known 



The attention of the Minnesota experiment station was called to this 

 Alfalfa in 1901 and by careful experimentation Grimm Alfalfa was found 

 to be far superior to common kinds in withstanding unfavorable winters. 

 This strain of Alfalfa seed not only endures extremely low temperature, 

 but it can be cut with greater safety in the fall, and will bear more 

 abuse in the way of pasturage than any othei forage plant. Grimm 

 Alfalfa has larger crowns, and a more spreading root system than the 

 ordinary Alfalfa. It is also claimed that it will yield from ten to fifteen 

 per cent more than any other variety, and will start and thrive in 

 undrained wet locations, where the ordinary sort was tried unsuccess- 

 fully. One of the characteristics of the Grimm Alfalfa is that some 

 of the plants produce peculiar greenish-yellow flowers. The seed is high 

 priced and it is rather hard to get the genuine article. (See engraving. ) 



We offer our stock at the following prices, 70c. per lb.; $39.75 per 

 bushel of 60 lbs.; $65.00 per 100 lbs. 



Alfalfa is one of the 

 best cover crops 

 for orchards 



U. S. Dept. of 



Agriculture says: 

 "In addition to the 

 hay crop, Alfalfa 

 in two years adds 

 $100 to the value of 

 every acre on which 

 it grows." 



HENDERSONS RECLEANED 

 NORTHERN GROWN ALFALFA SEED 



(Medicago sativa) 



A Clover-like leguminous plant of great importance as a hay and 

 forage_ crop, nutritious and rich in protein elements. It grows 2 to 5 

 feet high and sends roots, 5, 10, 20, and sometimes 30 feet into the 

 subsoil. It needs one season to become established, after which it 

 yields enormous crops annually for many years. 3 or 4 cuttings per 

 season, aggregating 4 to 6 tons cured hay per acre, are harvested, 

 according to conditions and locality. It does well on all good, rich soils 

 (except heavy clay), if well drained, or overlying a permeable subsoil; 

 on calcareous soil it thrives especially well. Our strain of Alfalfa seed 

 is grown in far Northern regions, where plants have to endure extreme 

 cold and still thrive in those high altitudes. Our experience — and 

 that of our customers — has shown that such seed is undoubtedly the 

 best for the North and Eastern States, and that it excels all others in 

 hardiness. Before offering this seed to our customers for sale, it is 

 thoroughly recleaned by the most modern seed-cleaning machinery in 

 America. These are not ordinary fanning mills, but machines with 

 an even and strong air suction — -equal at all points — which is quite a 

 different thing from a blast. By this process we are enabled to separate 

 the sound, perfect seeds from all rubbish and light, imperfect seeds. 

 Sow in the Northern States during June, July or August, 30 to 40 lbs. 

 of seed per acre if broadcasted, 25 or to 30 lbs. if drilled. In the South 

 sow in February or September. 



Price, Henderson's Superior Recleaned Alfalfa Seed, 45c. per lb. ; 

 $24.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; $40.00 per 100 lbs. 



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Harvesting a crop of Alfalfa In Northern 

 N. Y. grown from Henderson's Northern 

 Grown Alfalfa Seed. 



Write for our pamphlet, "ALFALFA ON NORTHERN FARMS," free to all applicants 



