WE SUBMIT THE PROOF 
June 17, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
Replying to yours of recent date will state that I 
grew Doth varieties for three years — the 20th Century 
and your Grimm. The former is practically all winter- 
killed — the latter, however, seems to get more sturdy 
every year. 
CHAS. WAGNER. 
Loretto, Minn. 
July 15, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
In replying to yours of the 8th. will say that the 
Grimm seed which we purchased from you several 
years ago proved very satisfactory in this state. 
This was distributed in small lots to farmers in all 
parts of the state, and was sown alongside of the 
common alfalfa seed. In nearly every case, the Grimm 
seed was reported to be superior to the common. 
While we arc yet somewhat in doubt as to the suit- 
ability of alfalfa as a regular field crop here, we find 
that a good many farmers are interested largely from 
the experimental standpoint. 
New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Durham, N. H. 
June 2nd. 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
None other but Genuine Grimm alfalfa for me after 
this. Sowed common and your Grimm side by side 
a year ago. Just finished cutting a good stand of 
Grimm while the common was a total loss. 
O. PAUL SCHWEFEL. 
Brownsville, Wis. 
May 27th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
I have had ten years’ experience with alfalfa. In 
my judgment your Grimm seed is as big an improve- 
ment over the ordinary kind as a Hudson Super-six 
is over an ox-team. 
E. ANTHONY. 
1320 Candler Bldg.. 
•Atlanta. Oa 
July 12, 191S. 
Mr. A B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
I have your letter of the 8th inst. asking about 
Grimm alfalfa. Grimm alfalfa will stand wet weather 
conditions much better than common alfalfa since the 
Grimm puts out a branching root system as well as 
a tap root which will stand wet soil conditions better 
than the ordinary alfalfa. It will stand winters much 
better also. 
ALVIN KEZER, 
Chief Agronomist, Fort Collins. Colo. 
Colorado Argicultural College & Exp. Sta. 
June 6th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
We sowed the Grimm I bought of you last fall and 
have a beautiful stand of alfalfa from it. We sowed 
some common alongside of it at the same time and 
there is a great difference in the two pieces today . 
The Grimm is so much better in every way. 
A. G. THOMPSON, 
Central City. Neb. 
May 27th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, ExceLsior, Minn. 
I had good success with the seed that I purchased 
from you last year. I sowed 20 pounds on three and 
one-third acres and have a good stand. I also sowed 
7 acres of home grown South Dakota seed at the same 
time and there was nothing left of it this Spring. 
G. F. PETERSON, 
Huron, S. Dak. 
June 1st, 1018. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
The Grimm alfalfa which we purchased from 
you has certainly proven hardy. We sowed it in 
June, 1916. Had a perfect stand and the two suc- 
ceeding winters so severe that there are no peach 
trees surviving, leaves it without any evidence of 
winterkilling — though wo did not top-dress or fur- 
nish any protection 
W.M. LEE YOST, 
St. Louis, Mich. 
“A SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST” 
This picture was taken June 1 L 1912, on the Pierce Center Stock and Dairy Farm and represents an alfalfa 
field. The part in the background was sown in the fall of 1909 and the part in the foreground in 1911 to com- 
mon northern grown seed — both wore winterkilled during w’inter of 1916-17. The centr^ and remaining portion 
was sown in 1910 to Grimm’s Hardy Seed secured from A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn., and is a thrifty survivor 
of the severe freezing of that winter, the only possible factor of influence being that of variety. 
Louis H. Klass, Maple Park, III. 
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