•PETER HENDERSON A CO., NEW YORK 



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U.S. 



Government 



Analysis 



PROVES 



Henderson's 



RE^CLEANED 



Alfalfa 



SEED 



The Purest 



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. 



Cutting a field sown with Henderson's 

 Re-Cleaned Alfalfa Seed, on estate of Paul 

 D. Cravath, Esq., Locust Valley, L L, N. Y. 



ALFALFA or LUCERN 



(MEDICAGO SATIVA) 



This clover-like, leguminous plant is perhaps the most valuable 

 permanent cropper for forage and hay that is grown, yielding, 

 when established, regardless of drought, enormous crops annually 

 for many years. Three to six cuttings are usually harvested per 

 season, aggregating three to eight tons of cured hay per acre, and 

 a yield of eight to twelve tons under favorable conditions is not 

 unusual. The feeding value of Alfalfa is very high, being rich in 

 protein — the blood, muscle and bone-forming elements required 

 for growing animals ; it is also a rich milk and butter producer when 

 fed to cows. It is greatly relished by all stock either in pasture or 

 cut and fed green or as cured hay, and they all thrive on it, though 

 there is danger that cattle and sheep may bloat if turned into a 

 luxuriant pasture of Alfalfa while the dew is on. 



Alfalfa is a great improver of the soil, gathering nitrogen from the 

 air and adding it with humus to the soil when the deep-rooted 

 stubble is plowed under, thus putting the land in fine condition 

 for following crops. Alfalfa may be successfully grown in almost 

 every State in the Union when the essential conditions can be supplied. 



Its best development is attained under the particularly congenial 

 conditions in the Western and Pacific Coast States, yet "its cultiva- 

 tion is rapidly increasing in the Middle and Eastern States, as its 

 requirements and culture are better understood. The Alfalfa plant 

 grows three to five feet high and sends a single tap root down into 

 the soil eight to twelve feet, and in deep, sandy soils twenty to thirty 



The Alfalfa Seed I got from you a year ago did fine. Have had two crops, and 

 good prospects for a third." C. E. SCHMVCKER. Watsontown, Pa. 



The Deepest Rooting Soiling and Hay Plant Grown, 

 Opens up the Subsoil. Adds Nitrogen and Humus 

 to the Land. 



feet; in consequence, it thrives best where soil and subsoil will 

 permit of deep penetration of the roots about which water must not 

 stand. A congenial soil is sandy loam with permeable subsoil, 

 though it will thrive in any sweet, well-drained soil excepting 

 heavy clay and low, wet land. Calcareous soil suits it especially well. 



Another essential is to get the plants well established. The young 

 seedlings being rather delicate, the best results have been attained 

 in the East where the seed has been drilled in during the summer in 

 rows twelve to eighteen inches apart and then cultivated; by this 

 method, the young plants keep ahead of the weeds and get a good, 

 strong start, after which they are able to care for themselves. A small 

 crop may then be taken off late in the season, provided it is cut early 

 enough to allow five or six leaves to develop before winter sets in, 

 or is cut about six inches above the ground. Full cropping must not 

 be expected until the second year, but after a field of Alfalfa is estab- 

 lished it lasts for a lifetime, continuing to yield annually, regardless 

 of droughts, phenomenal crops, amply repaying the expenditure of 

 time and trouble. Alfalfa should be cut as soon as it begins to flower. 



The time to sow in the North and Eastern States is June, July 

 or August, 30 to 40 lbs. per acre if broadcasted or 25 to 30 lbs. if 

 drilled in; in the South sow in Feburary or September. (See cut.) 



Price, Henderson's Superior Alfalfa Seed, 30c. per lb.; $17.25 

 per bushel of 60 lbs.; $28.00 per 100 lbs. 



bushel of your Alfalfa Seed. That I got from you last 

 FRANK HOFFMAX. Analomink. Pa. 



"Please send me ]4 

 season did splendidly. ' 



TWELFTH CONSECUTIVE CUTTING ON HAP.D-PAN LAND 

 That Alfalfa can be grown on a great variety of soils, we are continu- 

 ally having proved to us. The letter printed below gives the experience 

 of a practical farmer in growing Alfalfa on hard-pan land. 



HILL CREST FARM J. F. Langworthy, 



"The Home of the Jerseys" <:er. 



Alfred. N. Y., Sept. 2(>th. 1910. 

 Peter Henderson & Co.: 



/ am sending you a photo of my Alfalfa field, which has been 

 growing five years last May and this is the twelfth cutting some- 



thing over two Ions per acre. I now have a fine field with the third 

 showing an even stand from eighteen to twenty inches high, nearly r< 

 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 •• 

 Catalogue. I have had quite a number of the State institute pea 

 it. They have contended that it was not possible tc raise Alfalfa c>: 

 subsoil. I think I have proved otherwise. — Respectfully. 



JOHX F. LAXCWORTHY. 



