The U.S. Government’s 
Pure Seed Investigation 
Has shown that some Alfalfa 
Seed on the American Mar- 
ket is ADULTERATED. 
Henderson’s Re-cleaned 
ALFALFA SEED 
However, has been proven 
by Government Analysis 
tom biesthese URES Tk. 
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. Saunpers, Jr., Richmond, Va. 
“The Alfalfa Seed I bought of you one year ago 
was clean and 1t seems as 7f every grain came up.” 
N. E. BATCHELOR, Corry, Pa. 
“Vou may be interested to know that I have 
succeeded in growing Alfalfa on beach sand on the east 
coast of Florida. The Slants are now two years old 
and doing well. Four crops were harvested during last 
season.” S.C. DUSS, Rockville Center, L. I. 
THE BOOK OF ALFALFA. 
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‘PETER HENDERSON & 
ALFALFA or LUCERNG oseiacs ins 
The Deepest Rooting, Soiling and Hay Plant Grown. 
Opens up the Subsoil. Adds Nitrogen and Humus to the Land. 
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 cultivation 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 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 
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 established 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, the latter method being advised; in the South sow in February 
or September. (See cut.) 
Price, Henderson’s Superior Alfalfa Seed, 35 cts. per lb., $18.00 per bushel of 60 lbs., $28.00 per 100 lbs. 
“ Please send me 3 bushel of your Alfalfa Seed. That I got from you last season did splendidly.’ 
FRANK HOFFMAN, Analomink, Pa. 
PRICE, $2.00. 
An up-to-date work covering the whole subject. 
