Ames, Iowa, May 31, 1917. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
Dear Sir: There are very definite advantages 
in grow'ing Grimm alfalfa in preference to other 
strains and varieties. In the first place it is abso- 
lutely hardy 80 that there is no danger whatever 
of winterkilling. In the second place, one may 
make four cuttings per year insteatl of three, as is 
customary with common varieties. With common 
varieties, it is necessary to leave a good covering on 
the ground in the fall while with the Grimm the 
extra cutting may be made in the fall without danger 
to the alfalfa. The third advantage in growing 
Grimm, as compared with some other hardy sorts, 
is the fact that it makes a strong and vigorous growth 
late in the summer with a result that blue grass and 
other weeds are not nearly so troublesome. I think 
there is no doubt but that the value of the extra 
cutting of a single season w’ould much more than cover 
the additional cost of Grimm seed. 
Yours truly, 
H. D. HUGHES, 
Professor Iowa State College. 
July 29th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
The Grimm alfalfa I bought of you made a splen- 
did stand. It don’t pay to seed any other alfalfa 
in this climate— it will winterkill. In the Spring 
of 1917, I seeded one bushel of your Grimm and 
one bushel of Montana. This year I cut over a ton 
and a half per acre from the Grimm the first cutting 
— the Montana I plowed under. I expect to get 
fully as much from the Grimm the second cutting. I 
am not going to sow any other than the Grimm. 
AXTHON LINDEM. 
Lindem Farm, 
Fisher, Minn. 
July 18th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
In answer to your letter of recent date I wish to 
state that we have been very successful with your 
pure Grimm seed. 
I wish to state further that before using your seed 
we made two attempts at starting a field but were 
unsuccessful until we planted your pure Grimm seed. 
BEQUEST FARMS. 
Relvidere, X. J. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry as to the 
condition of my fields seeded with Grimm alfalfa 
seed, purchased from you, I wish to say that they 
are in splendid condition. I know of no alfalfa in 
my section of the state where as good a stand has 
been secured and as vigorous a crop has been ob- 
tained, as that which I seeded with Grimm alfalfa 
purchased from you. One field has been in now four 
years, and last year's crop was as heavy as the first 
cutting from the field. It is a pleasure to me to 
recommend the Grimm alfalfa seed grown by you 
as being the very best that can be purchased in my 
opinion for use in Minnesota. It is very important 
that one purchasing alfalfa seed should be sure that 
the real Grimm alfalfa seed, such as you raise, is 
obtained. 
M. D. MUNN, President. 
The American Jersey Cattle Club, 
St. Paul, Minnesota. 
May 30th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
Four years ago I seeded an 11 acre field to alfalfa. 
On 7 acres I used Lyman’s Grimm at the rate of 8 
pounds to the acre. The remainder of field, four 
acres, I used common alfalfa, sold for Montana at 
the rate of 25 pounds per acre — both plots sown at 
the same time with an alfalfa drill. If farmers who 
contemplate sowdng alfalfa and are not sure which 
seed to buy could see this field today. May 30th, 1918, 
it would be an object lesson they would not soon 
forget. 
The Grimm came thru the past winter one of the 
coldest in years without any damage — the common 
Montana is two-thirds killed out. 
C. T. VAN AKEN, 
Hillsdale, Mich. 
July 19, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
My results with your Grimm alfalfa have been 
splendid. I have 20 acres seeded with your seed 
after inoculation. The results could not have been 
better. My first plot is now throe years old. 
K. A. WADEL, 
Portland, N. D. 
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From Photograph of a Grimm Alfalfa Harvest Sent in by 
Clarence Arneson, Shelly, Minn. 
