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HENDERSON'S 



NORTHERN 

 GROWN 



ALFALFA 



MEDICAGO 

 SATIVA 



YIELDS GOOD CROPS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 

 IS A MOST EFFICIENT HAY^PRODUCEK AND SOIL^ENKICHEK 



It has been well said that if "Corn is king," Alfalfa is the "queen of 

 forage plants." That this fact is being brought home to the farmers of the 

 North and East, is indicated to us by the enormous increase in our sales of 

 Henderson's Recleaned Alfalfa Seed. 



Yet Alfalfa growing in the Northeast is only in its infancy and we predict, 

 in the near luture, a vast increase in the acreage devoted to its cultivation. 

 Alfalfa is a true leguminous plant, and a perennial, staying on the land for 

 many years. It sends down its long tap-roots into the subsoil, whatever 

 depth that may be — 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 bacteria that extract the nitrogen from the air and 

 transform it into a valuable fertilizing element. For this purpose it is superior 

 to any other plant, because in addition to the nitrogen 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 

 competent authority that the amount of fertilizer, that wUl 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. 



THE FEEDING VALUE OF ALFALFA 



is very high, being very rich in protein — which builds up blood, muscle and 

 bone in growing animals. Corn and its fodder, and most other farm crops, 

 are rich in carbo-hydrates, the fat-forming element, but deficient in protein, 

 so that Alfalfa is the best crop to balance up the fat-forming feeds. Com and 

 Alfalfa form the ideal food for fattening all farm animals, one supplementing 

 the other. Alfalfa and Barley, Alfalfa and Wheat, or Alfalfa and Oats are all 

 excellent combinations. The diagram on this page shows the percentage of 

 nutrients in an acre of Alfalfa, compared with those in four other principal 

 foods. 



Alfalfa naturally prefers a rich, loose limestone soil with a porous subsoil; 

 but it also grows and thrives on a variety of soils, and in many different 

 climates. Briefly, there are three essentials — the land must be drained if wet, 

 it must be sweetened with hme if acid, and there must be humus and nitrogen 

 in the soil, which may be easily supplied by barnyard manures, or green crops 

 plowed under. When lime is not present in the soil, it must be supplied, the 

 amount used being 1 ton of quicklime, or 2 tons of ground limestone per acre. 



The crop should be cut when the plants are about one-tenth ALFALFA 

 in bloom, being at that stage much more digestible than 

 when older. 



The tim.e to sow in the North and Eastern 

 States is June, July or August, 30 to 40 lbs. 

 per acre if broadcasted or 2 5 to 30 lbs. if drilled 

 in; in the South sow in February or Septem- 

 ber. {See cut.) 



CORN 

 SILAGE 



Full cultural instructions 

 will be found in our new 

 Booklet "ALFALFA ON 

 NORTHERN FARMS " 

 sent free to all applicants. 



Price, Henderson's Superior Recleaned Alfalfa 

 Seed, 34C. per lb.; $18.50 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 

 $30.00 per 100 lbs. 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture says: 



"In addition to tfie Hay crop, Alfalfa in two 

 years adds $100 to tlie ualue of euery acre on 

 which it grows. 



TIMOTHY 



IVzTons 

 (3.000 lbs.) 

 per &cre 

 Digestible 

 Nutrients 

 46% equal 

 1380 lbs. 



CLOVER 



2 Tons 



(4,000 lbs.) 



per acre 



Digestible 



Nutrients 



46% 



equal 



1840 lbs. 



SHELLED 

 CORN 



(3,360 lbs.) 

 per acre 

 Digestible 

 Nuirienis 

 80% 

 equal 

 2688 lbs. 



12 Tons 



(24.000 lbs.). 



per acre 



Digestible 



Nutrients 



16% 



equal 



3840 lbs. 



4 Tons 



(8,000 lbs.) 



per acre 



Digestible 



Nutrients 



53% 



equal 

 4240 lbs. 



Digestible nutrients of five principal feeds on one acre 



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