112 FIELD SEEDS— (Continued.) State Nursery and Seed Co. 
ALFALFA— (Montana Grimm "Peerless" Not Registered.) Lb. (Postpaid), 70o; by Express or Freight at Purchaser's 
Expense, Lb., bOc; 10 Lbs., $5.D0; 100 Lbs ■ ■■ $50 00 
A variegated or hybrid variety. The ^ickuowleged leader of all alfalfias for general purposes in the United blat.es 
and Canada. Grown in the Northwest coiUinuously since 1858. Tested in every stale and province and has con- 
clusively demonstrated its superiority. The hardiest, most vigorous, drouth-resistant and high-yieldmg allalla 
in cultivation. We have only a limited quantity of this seed, dry-land grown, and when this is exhausted we can- 
not obtain more until next season. We advise ordering early. „ , 
ALFALF.\— (Montana Grimm "Placer" Not Registered.) Lb. Postpaid), 60c; by Express or Freight at Purchasers 
Expense, Lb., o.oc; 10 Lbs., $5.(i0; 100 Lbs $45.00 
About Montana Alfalfa.— Montana produces a very fme grade of All>lfa. The seed is usually exceptionally large 
and of high germination. Montana grown Alfalfa is extremely hardy, and we prefer it to seed trom any other locality. 
Our seed is obta.ned in those sections where plants have endured the extreme cold of waiter and thrive m high alti- 
tudes Not only has our experience of several seasons demonstrated the superiority of this seed under adverse cliniatic 
conditions throughout the entire Northwest, but more recent experiments of both the Minnesota and North Dakota 
Agricultural Stations have established, without a doubt, the superior hardiness of .Montaaa grown allalla over that pro- 
duced elsewhere. 
FACTS ABOUT ALFALFA. 
Alfalfa produces from 3 to 7 tons of hay to the acre. It has as much protein as Wheat bran; 360 slalks have been 
grown from one seed. It does not exhaust the soil, but enriches it. It can be ground into me«l to feed hogs land 
chickens. It will grow 2 to 3 crops a year. . 
Alfalfa in money value is worth 45 per cent more than other Clovers and 00 per cent more than Timothy. ien 
milch cows can be fed on less than 2 acres by soiling. One acre will pasture 20 hogs lor six months , ■ 
Three pounds a day makes a full feed for fattening lambs. Four to five pounds makes a full feed for fattening 
aged sheep. Thirty-five pounds makes a full feed for fattening steers. „ . ^ ■ j 
A lamb will winter and thrive on 3 pounds a day. Sheep fed with Allalfa will gam from 8 to 15 pounds in 7o days 
Und will double, with small grain ration added. Lambs wintered on Alfalfa will produce one to two pounds more ol 
wool than when on the range. , . . , , v, , 
Alfalfa is a fme poultry feed when cut fine, and this is also a good way to feed it to hogs in w.nter. 
Fed to dairy cows, Alfalfa maintains the flow of milk, equal to June grass for nearly a whole year. It can be 
chopped fine with corn meal. Such a mixture is worth more per pound than the original corn meal. 
Many interesting facts in addition to the above might be cited about Alfalfa. It would hardly be possible to say 
too much about Alfalfa; it is a workmg plant which is changing the destiny of many larming sections. 
Its long branching roots penetrate far down, push and crowd the earth this way and that, and thus constitute a 
gigantic <?ubsoiler 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 f9r years to come. ... , . 
The value of a strain or variety for any certain locality depends upon its ability to yield generously and withstand 
the climatic and soil conditions there prevailing. To best insure such qualities in Alfalfa, seed should me sowed that 
has been grown in a section where the producing plants have successfully survived the most unfavorable conditions 
that are Ukely to be encountered. MONTANA GROWN ALFALFA SEED is the only kind that can be depended 
upon to possess these qualities. 
CLOVER 
CLOVER— (Medium Red, "Peerless" Grade.) Lb. (Postpaid), 35c; by Express or Freight at Purchaser's Expense, ^^-^^^^ 
Looking to'the f!fture,^no time should b^^ bacilli of the Red and Alfalfa Clovers. The use 
of nitro cultures may tend to hasten their establishment, but nature's way, and the best way, is to use a small 
auantity of seed, say a pound or two each of Red and Alfalfa Clover to the acre with whatever crop you are seed- 
ing After a little you have the prized bacilli in your land, then you may safely call your farm doubled in value 
from a producing standpoint. Red Clover is regarded as the most important of the whole genus for practical 
SultureV valuable not only for forage, but piso a fertilizer for the soil. Long, powerful tap-roots, which in 
decaying add largely to that black mass of matter we call soil. ,^ u . n . 
CLOVER-(Medium Red, "Placer" Grade.) Lb. (Postpaid), 35c; by Express or Freight at Purchaser's Expense, Lb.^gc^ 
CLO^R-USe ir%Sish' 'Teerle^" G^ 
Sls^Sover^origiSu^^amefro^^ 
is oereZal and does not winter kill; stands alike drouth or wet. We know of m.any who have used Als.kc 
Clover to sow in boggy land . making this land produce a crop or pasturage and at the same timo^ enabling it to be 
driven over as the mass of roots make a heavy sod. Favorite with bee-keepers. Flowers with sweet agreeable 
CLOVER-(Alsike or Swedish, "Placer" Grade.) Lb. (Postpaid), 35c; by Express or Freight at Purchaser's ExpWse, 
CLOVER-'( White 'bSc^.') -"^ 
for oasture and when mixed w th Kentucky Blue Grass, makes the ttnest and most nutritious food for sheep and 
cowsf used unW^rsany for lawns in the United States. Sow 5 to 8 pounds to the acre, alone for pasture; for 
CLOVER^^{Crimson Clove'r.)^'' Lb. (Postpaid), 30c; by Express or Freight at Purchaser's Expense, Lb., 25c; 25^Lbs„ 
'Kiinual virietf in com^^^ e:rovra largely in this 
rounti^ fn Virginia, where it is called "German Clover," and we think would do well in our western states. Pwo 
orfou7 weeks earlier than the Red Clover and for that reason is more desirable. Immense yiclder of fodder. Com- 
mences to grow at once after cutting and continues to do so until frost. Height IVa feet; roots nearly black; blos- 
unms long and of deep carmine color. Makes good hay. „ ■ , ^ u . ^ tk ok^. or, 
CLOVER-Sarsette or Sanfoin.) Lb. (Postpaid), 30c; by Express or Freight at Purchaser's Expense, Lb., 25c;^25 
A^egJSi)us°pK'withm^^^^ 
^.mnv^^"falfa Adapted to light, chalky soils, sands,gravels ^nd barren regions deficient in rainfall and without 
frrT^tion aSaget S^horter-lived plant than Alfalfa, but will last from 8 to 10 years, according to so. , by judi- 
r-Tif! ton dressing of manure. It is excellent for cows, increasing flow and quality of milk. Would advise early 
and heavy sliding. Follow with roller. Sow seed 2 inches deep, and from 30 to 40 lbs. per acre. 
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