98 FIELD SEEDS 
STATE NURSERY CO. 
SELECT FIELD SEEDS 
Prices Quoted are F. O. B. Helena 
AlfaUa. 
Timothy. 
Alfalfa; Clover; Timothy; Blue, Brome, and Rye Grass; Millets; Sorghum; 
Corn; Vetches; Peas; Flax; Rape; Salt Bush; Buckwheat; 
Sunflower, Bird Seed, Etc. 
Prices quoted on Field Seeds are tho.s.' in elfect al tlie Lime this catalog goes to press We will maintain these 
prices as long as possible, but cannot guarantee Ihein throughout the season. Order early before our stocks are ex- 
hausted. Current Price List of Field and Grass Seeds during the season will be quoted on request. . 
About Montana Alfalfa.— Montana produces a very fine grade of Alfalfa. The seed is usually exceptionally arge and 
of high germination. Montana grown Alfalfa is extremely hardy, and we prefer it to seed from any other locall y. (Jur 
seed is obtained in those sections where plants have endured the extreme cold of winter and thrive in high altitudes. 
Not only has our experience of several seasons demonstrated the superiority of this seed under adverse elimalic con- 
ditions throughout the entire Northwest, bul mor(> recent experiments of both the Minnesota and North Dakota Agricul- 
tural Stations have eslablished, without a doubt, the superior hardiness of Montana grown Alfalfa over that produced 
About Ordering Early.— It may seem that we are unduly urgent in respect to sending orders early .in the season, but 
we are compelled to disappoint so many of our customers who wait until stocks are exhausted, lhat we can see the 
great importance of attending to this matter as soon after the catalog is received as possible. 
FACTS ABOUT ALFALFA. 
Alfalfa produces from 3 to 7 tons of hay to the acre. It has as much protein as Wheal bran. .%0 stalks have been 
grown from one seed. It does not exhaust the soil, but enriches it. It can be ground into meal to leed hogs and 
chicken^s.^ Jt^w^l^ gunv^^ is^'worth fs^per cent more than other Clovers and 60 per cent more than Timothy. Ten milch 
cows can be fed on less than 2 acres by soiling. One acre will pasture 20 hogs for six months. f„„„„i„„ n„„,i 
Three pounds a day makes a full feed for fattening lambs. Four to live pounds makes full feed for fattening aged 
sheep. Thirty-five pounds makes a full feed for fattening steers. „ . j .re j 
A lamb will winter and thrive on 3 pounds a day. Sheep fed with 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 oi 
wool than when on the range. ... , , ^ ' . ■. . u • ■ .„„ 
Alfalfa is a fine poultry feed when cut fine and this is also a good way to feed it to hogs m winter. 
Fed to dairy cows. Alfalfa maintains the flow of milk equal to June grass for nearly a whole year. It can he 
chopped fine with corn meal. Such a mixture is worth more per pound than the original corn meal. 
Many interesting facts in addition (o Ihe above might be cited about Alfalfa. It would hardly be possible to say too 
much about Alfalfa: it is a working plant which is changing the destiny of many farming sections. . 
Its long branching roots penetrate far down, push and crowd the earth this way and that, and thus constitute a 
gigantic subsoiler These become an immense magazine of fertility. As soon as cut, they begin to decay and liberate 
Ihp vast reservoir of fertilizing matter below the plow, to be drawn upon by other crops for years to come. 
Quaintity of Alfalfa Seed fo use per acre is governed by the method of seeding. If drilled in, use about 12 lbs.; if 
broadcast, use 15 to 20 lbs. 
A'sample of our "Peer/ess Alfalfa" Seed asslated in securing the First Prize at the National Land Show in New York City. 
Field Seed Prices are subject to market fluctuations. 
