WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS 
in a season 
Three or Four A I F A I |- A ^he Grass That Stays and 
Crops a Year /-% L I r\ L I r\ Stays and Grows and Grows 
A Veritable "Gold Mine" That Should Be on Every Farm 
Farmers — you are making a mistake if you do not look into the wonderful value of Alfalfa. If you have 
a good field of Alfalfa you need not worry about hot. dry weather or wet weather damaging your hay crop- you 
are always sure of an abundance of the best-quality hay. It stays and stays and grows and grows after once estab- 
lished, while other clovers and grasses will come and go. 
Wonderful Yields of Alfalfa at Smallest Cost 
Red clover will ordinarily survive but two years and produce one or, at the most, only two crops each year, 
then It must be plowed and new seeding done. The average yield of red clover hay per acre is about i to tons, 
while Alfalfa from one seeding will last from ten to fifty years, thus saving many plowings and seedings, and 
produces three or four crops each season (yielding from 6 to 8 tons per acre a season), with no fertilizer bills to 
pay. One acre of Alfalfa yields as much protein as three acres of red clover and as much as nine acres of timothy. 
Do you not think it would pay you to grow it? 
Its Value to the Soil 
It is estimated that the root-growth and stubble of Alfalfa are worth lour times as much for humus as are 
those of red clover. Its long, branching roots penetrate far down, push and crowd the earth this way and that, 
making millions of openings into which the air and rain of heaven find their way and help to constitute an unfail- 
ing reservoir of wealth; the outside of the roots is continually feeding the soil, making it rich as gold to you farmers 
who grow it, while also giving you the largest crop of the best feed of any crop you could grow. Let me urge 
you to grow it extensively. 
Kind of Soil Required and Quantity of Seed 
Alfalfa may be grown in almost every possible kind of soil and under almost all soil-conditions except two. 
It will not thrive on a soil constantly wet or where in winter water will stand on the ground for over forty-eight 
hours; in fact, this usually kills any crop. The other soil is that in which there is too much acidity. This is often 
the case where corn and wheat have been raised for many years, thus robbing the soil of much lime. This may 
be remedied by an application of lime to the land just before sowing the Alfalfa, harrowing the lime in before- 
hand, or if broadcasting the seed, apply the lime just before the sowing at rate of 500 to 1,000 pounds to the acre. 
In preparing the soil, plow deeply and often and harrow after each plowing; the soil should be like that of a garden. 
For spring seeding, sow in May; for fall seeding in Augu,st. Seed 20 to 30 pounds to the acre, either drilling or 
broadcasting in. Do it carefully and evenly, for this one seeding, you know, will last for years. Twenty pounds 
of my high-quality seed are enough to the acre; more will not do any harm. Plan to put out a large acreage this 
year. 
Alfalfa's Remarkable Feeding Value for All Stock 
It has been estimated that a ton of properly cured Alfalfa leaves is equal in protein to 2,800 pounds of wheat 
bran. It is not a fat-making feed, but puts weight on the animals in bone, blood and muscle. Corn or cornmeal 
makes a good feed to apportion with Alfalfa. All animals like it. Alfalfa is a most valuable feed in beef-making, for 
dairy cows, for swine, for horses and mules, for poultry, for sheep. You cannot afford to farm without it. I urge 
you for your own profit to grow it, and as many acres as possible. 
The Great Importance of Good Seed 
I cannot emphasize this too strongly. Poor seed is the principal cause of a poor stand. You can have no 
success without good seed. Do not blind yourself to this important matter by trying to save a dollar on the seed. 
Do not use imported seed; it is always cheaper and almost always full of weeds. It is not acclimated, is weak 
and seldom stands after the second year. My High-Quallty Home-Grown Seed is positively the purest and 
best seed obtainable, with vitality that means a positive, strong, healthy growth that will stay. It's your most 
economical seed, no matter what it costs. My price is $16 per bushel of 60 lbs.; 20 lbs., enough for one acre, 
will cost $5.33, the only seeding cost for ten or twenty years to come. My seed is tested by the United States 
Department of Agriculture for purity and vitality, but, most important of all, I know whence it comes. Order 
it now. Add 65 cts. for each 2-bushel seamless bag. 
Many Farmers will sow Alfalfa this year in the wheat field instead of Red Clover 
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