PETER HEXDERSOX & CO., NEW YORK 



HENDERSON'S 

 NORTHERN GROWN ALFALFA SEED 



ALFALFA, or LUCERNE. (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 j-ields 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 undoubtedh* 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 point.s — 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. 



"That Alfalfa I bought of you is more than a success, it is a wonder to all the farmers around here. No 

 rain here for eight weeks, yet it is growing fine while around the fields are all dried up. " 



THOMAS S. OSBORN, Amagansett, L. I. 



GRIMM ALFALFA SEED 



THE HARDIEST ALFALFA KNOWN 



" The Country Gentleman'' of March 10, 1917, says: "According to the records, Grimm alfalfa was 

 introduced into Carver country, Minnesota, in 18-57, bj' Wendelin Grimm, an immigrant from Baden, 

 German^'. He brought with him fifteen or twenty pounds of alfalfa seed, and sowed it in the spring of 

 1858. Just how well this first seeding of the "ewigcr Klee" — everlasting clover — as he called it, succeeded 

 is not definitely known, but at least enough of the plants .sur^dved to furnish seed for future sowings, and 

 in 1867, 480 pounds were threshed from three acres." 



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 ^^■ith 

 greater safety in the fall, and will bear more abuse in the way of pasturage than any other forage plant. 

 Grimm Alfalfa has larger crowns, and a more spreading root system than the ordinary Alfalfa. It is also 

 claimed that it will \-ieId 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 unsuccessfully. One of the characteristics 

 of the Grimm Alfalfa is that some of the plants produce peculiar greenish-j'ellow flowers. The seed is 

 high priced and it is rather hard to get the genuine article. 



We offer our stock at the following prices, as long as unsold. 



Price, 70c. per lb.; $39.75 per bushel; S65.00 per 100 lbs. 



Full cultural 



instructions 



will be found in 



our 



Booklet 



"ALFALFA 



ON 



NORTHERN 



FARMS" 



sent free to all 

 applicants. 



Grown from 

 llrinlt rsiin'e Re-cleaned > 



LOCrST VALLEY, L. I 



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." 



