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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> 

 Ki our customers for sale, it is thoroughly recleaned by the most modern seed-cleaning 

 niachiner\- in America. These are not ordinary fanning miUs, but machines with an even 

 and strong air suction — equal at all points — which is quite a different thing from a blast. 

 I^y this process we are enabled to separate the sound, perfect seeds from all rubbish and [_ 

 light, imperfect seeds. 



READ THE TESTIMONY OF SUCCESSFUL GROWERS AS TO 



PURITY, UNIFORMITY AND HIGH GERMINATION 



" You may be interested in learning of the result of the test I had made on your 

 Alfalfa. It shows 96.5 with no weeds. I have another sample at 75c per lb. that 

 has weeds in it, and that only shows 85." 

 Aug. 17th. 1915. WM. H. OAT, Norwich, Conn. 



" 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." 

 July 2Sth. 1915. THOMAS S. OSBORN. Amagansett, L. I. 



"Last .iugust I bought seed from you to sow about '3 of an acre to .Alfalfa. 

 Had good success with it, having had a very good stand and now want to sow a 

 piece of land about 100 ft. x 500 ft. " 

 Aug. 10th. 1914. OLIVER LAWRENCE, 917 Kline Street, Springfield, III. 



"Planted four acres with Alfalfa seed purchased of you last August and have 

 an excellent stand. Does not seem to have been hurt to any extent by the winter." 

 March 7th, 1914. H. TURNER, Chester Springs, Pa. 



"Henderson's Sample of .Alfalfa, I am glad to say. stood at the head of twelve 

 other samples sent by me to the Government for analysis. Kindly ship to me at 

 Wilcox Wharf, James River, Va., enough to seed sixty acres." 



E. A. SAUNDERS, Jr., Richmond. Va. 



"The recleaned .Alfalfa Seed I got from you turned out and grew very well 

 indeed. I am well satisfied." REUBEN KOLB, Easton, Pa. 



"The .Alfalfa Seed purchased from you proved very satisfactory down here in 

 Tennessee." C. E. TONEY, Oakville, Tenn. 



"I have been very successful in raising .Alfalfa on my farm from your seed. I 

 send you photo of the fifth cutting. " 



THOMAS HUGHES, Eagle Beak Farm, L. I. 



"I desire at this lime to express my satisfaction with your selected Alfalfa seed. 

 1 ordered 30 lbs. from you last summer and when it arrived I saw thai it was im- 

 mensely superior to some that I bought of a local dealer, that I would not even plant 

 the latter. 



"My faith in your seed was amply justified, as I procured a PERFECT stand, 

 free from weeds, dodder, etc. I have already made three cuttings this year, and 

 expect to make two more before the season is over. I shall gather in over five tons 

 of perfect hay." 

 July 2Sd, 1915. S. J. McCALLlE, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga. Tenn. 



"I harvested a heavy crop of Alfalfa from your seed, which was the wonder of 

 the neighborhood. I limed the land with quicklime at the rate of 2.000 lbs. to the 

 acre, and then grew and plowed under a crop of Crimson Clover. I followed this 

 with a Corn crop, and the following June seeded with Henderson's Alfalfa. .A 

 small cutting was taken off later in the season; the following spring the heavy crop 

 shown in the illustration was harvested." 

 Estate of Paul J. Cravath. JOSEPH M.AHON, Locust Valley, L. I. 



"I am sending you a photo of my Alfalfa field, which has been growing five 

 years last May and this is the twelfth cutting, yielding something over two tons per 

 acre. I now have a fine field, with the third crop showing an even stand from eighteen 

 to twenty inches high, nearly ready to cut. which proves conclusively that Alfalfa 

 can be grown on hard pan hill land if rightly managed. You are at liberty to print 

 this in your spring Catalogue. I have had quite a number of the State Institute 

 people to see it. They have contended that it was not possible to raise Alfalfa on 

 clay subsoil. I think I have proved otherwise." 



Hill Crest Farm. JOHN F. LANCWORTHY. Alfred. N. Y. 



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