12 A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
FACTS ABOUT ALFALFA 
" There is no State in the Union in which Alfalfa cannot be successfully grown.'^ 
Alfalfa produces from 3 to 7 tons hay to the acre. 
It has as much protein as Wheat bran. 
360 stalks have been grown from one seed. 
It does not exhaust the soil, it enriches the soil. 
It will grow 3 to 5 crops a year. 
Alfalfa in money value is worth 45 per cent, more than other Clovers and 60 per cent, more than Timothy. 
One acre will pasture 20 pigs for 6 months. 
Three pounds a day makes a full feed for fattening Lambs. 
Four to five pounds makes full feed for fattening aged sheep. 
Thirty-five pounds makes full feed for fattening steers. 
Sheep fed on Alfalfa will gain from 8 to 15 pounds in 75 days and will double with small grain ration added. 
Lambs wintered on Alfalfa will produce one to two pounds more of wool than when on the ranch. 
Fed to dairy cows Alfalfa maintains the flow of milk equal to June Crass. It can be chopped fine with corn 
meal. Such a mixture is worth more a pound than the original corn meal. 
" Its long branching roots penetrate far down, push and crowd the earth this way and that, and thus con- 
stitute a gigantic subsoiler. These become an immense magazine of fertility. As soon as cut, they begin to 
decay and liberate the vast reservoir of fertilizing matter below the plow, to be drawn upon by other crops for 
years to come." 
Hoffman's "Northwest" Alfalfa 
The very choicest strain of Alfalfa Seed 
possible to secure. This brand is recommended 
unconditionally to our customers. It is the 
cleanest, brightest and strongest seed from non- 
irrigated fields in the far Northwest. This in- 
cludes the districts adjacent to the North 
Rockies and Black Hills, the Most Northern 
sections where Alfalfa Seed can be matured. 
Very little of the seed ever reaches the Eastern 
markets. " Northwest " Alfalfa possesses vigor 
and hardiness unequaled by seed grown else- 
where. Only a strong, vigorous strain can endure the 
climatic conditions of the Northland. Feeble plants 
can't live there. Therefore, the seed matured is only 
from strong plants of the most hardy types. 
Most of the quality of seed from this section fit 
for our Northwest brand is eagerly purchased for re- 
seeding right in the states where it is produced. Our 
stocks were procured with the greatest difficulty, and 
at prices that forbid the possibility of selling as low 
as the common Alfalfas in the market. However, the 
price is within reach. We firmly believe that one- 
fourth less of our " Northwest " Alfalfa seed is needed 
per acre than of the common brands ; so that the use 
of this hardy strain of Alfalfa from the Black Hills 
and North Rockies is really a matter of economy. 
At this writing we are fortunate owners of fair 
sized stocks of this strain — but we urge our customers 
to order this brand long in advance of seed time. 
Most of our trade demands " Northwest " Seed, and 
we don't want to disappoint anyone by being sold out 
of this strain of seed when his order is received. 
See Price List. 
" Extra " Alfalfa is not second grade by any 
means. It represents the very highest possible degree 
of purity, as well as germination. Beautiful as to color. 
It is Northern grown, American, unirrigated seed. 
Not grown as far North as our " Northwest " brand, 
but in a latitude that makes it suitable for culture all 
over the Middle Atlantic States. Has given complete 
satisfaction. It will compare favorably with any com- 
peting brand in the market, both in purity and growth. 
In vigor and hardiness it is second only to our "North- 
west." See our Price List. 
" Grimm " Alfalfa. it is claimed for Grimm 
Alfalfa that it has larger crowns and a more spreading 
root system than other strains of Alfalfa, and that 
Grimm Alfalfa will start better in undrained, wet loca- 
tions. The reputation of Grimm Alfalfa was made before the splendid hardy 
developed in the Black Hills and North Rockies, and at present these new 
Northland are close competitors with the Grimm strain. See Price List. 
and prolific strains were 
Alfalfas produced in the 
