14 A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
— Instructions for Growing Alfalfa, continued. 
were exactly as they should be. Unless you have eliminated all danger from weeds and are absolutely 
sure of sufficient dampness to encourage perfect germination and can place every seed at the right 
depth you will be much safer i£ you sow twenty pounds per acre. We know many successful Alfalfa 
men who put in thirty pounds per acre. This is a matter of judgment which must be considered to- 
gether with every other condition under which the Alfalfa bed is started. 
9. ABOUT NURSE CROPS. Nurse crops, where there are some weeds to contend with, help to 
check them in Spring seeded Alfalfa. A nurse crop may be harvested and the income derived will 
help toward the expense of starting the Alfalfa. This way the use of the land the first year is not en- 
tirely surrendered to the Alfalfa. The nurse crop should be sown lightly. Heavy seeding will rob 
the Alfalfa of moisture and fertility. Don't use Oats. Oats drink too much water and shades thickly. 
Spring barley, beardless preferred, at rate of H bu. per acre, is the most suitable grain to use for 
nurse crop. Don't plant nurse crops with Alfalfa in the Fall. When nurse crops are used in the 
Spring sow the grain and Alfalfa separately. 
Photo to Show Relative Size and Type of Ears 
White Cap Early Golden Reid's Long's Johnson Lane. Co. 
Yellow Dent Learning Yel. Dent Yel. Dent Champion Co. White Sure Crop 
Because of its rich, fertile soils and favorable climate, 
Lancaster County is better adapted for the production of 
first-quality Seed Corn than is any other section. This 
book offers you strictly Lancaster-Count'y-grown stock, with the only exceptions of 
Red Cob White Ensilage (Ohio-grown) and the Flint types. 
Among our growers, greatest precautions are taken to grow pure seed of desir- 
able types. Back of all our varieties are records of heavy production, patient selection 
and breeding that make for heavy yields. 
Seed ears are selected at husking time, and placed at once in special drying racks 
in our warehouse. By this means, no two ears touch until ready for shelling — perfect 
air circulation is about each ear. Besides natural drying, heat is applied in damp or 
extreme cold weather. After thoroughly dried, the tip and butt grains of each ear are 
removed — before shelling. After remainder is shelled, it is closely graded and cleaned. 
Quality of this stock is second to none — its cost is very moderate — only a few 
cents per acre higher than corn of your own growing. Please do not judge the quality 
of our Seed Corn by that of other houses you may have purchased in the past. Last 
year, in an actual test by comparison of our own product with that of eight of our com- 
petitors, coinpetent judges certified our quality to be greatly superior. We are taking 
special interest and pride in putting out our Seed Corn just about right, and for the 
small cost of it — it willprove profitable to any reader to secure his seed froin this list. 
Remember please — this stock is grown under favorable conditions — and is of the best 
quality. Varieties listed are kinds that have proven profitable yielders. 
Shall We Substitute? In ordering Seed Corn always advise your second choice 
if you have any. Early orders of Seed Corn insure getting your first choice. 
SEED CORN ON THE EAR. Early in the season we can accept orders for some varieties on the ear. As soon as 
our corns are thoroughly dried out we start tipping, butting, shelling, grading, cleaning, after which only Shelled Seed 
Com can be procured. Only full even bushel lot« com on the ear 70 lbs. each will be sold. Don't order fractional 
bushels of com on the ear. 
Seed Cor 
