From Photo Sent in by Fred S. Blanchard , 
Cumberland Center, Maine 
August 9th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Byman, Kxcelsior, Minn. 
Enclosed please find list of names of the best farmeis 
here whom I believe will be interested in your Grimm 
seed. 
I have had splendid success wdth the Grimm se<;d 
purchased of you about two years ago and expect 
to purchase more in the Spring. I find that the 
hara winters here do not affect the Grimm in any 
way. 
W. A. COOK. 
Bonita, Mont. 
May 24th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman. Excelsior, Minn. 
I take pleasure in saying that the Grimm alfalfa 
which you sent us has given satisfaction and ha.«! 
proved the most suitable for our conditions, and I 
am unhesitatingly recommending it to the exclusion 
of all other varieties. 
C. M. LONG, County Agent. 
Sedalia, Mo. 
July 12th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
In regard to the Grimm seed purchased from you 
over a year ago will say I sowed four acres in the 
^ring on white clay and hard pan soil which made 
five tons per acre last season and the first cutting 
this season made 1^ tons to the acre. My four 
acres of Grimm will equal any in the State of Virginia. 
I sowed 10 pounds to the acre and it is plenty thick. 
There has not been one stock killed by winter or sum- 
mer weather. Your seed has been highly satisfactory 
and I wish you much success in your sales of seed in 
this country. 
O. M. PRIXTZ. 
Luray. Va. 
April 11th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Alinn. 
Have received by today’s mail a copy of the “Al- 
falfadale Farm Pamphlet." I was very much im- 
pressed with same — knowing as I do the reputation 
you have made for Grimm alfalfa in Carver Counti’ 
and the State of Minnesota, and the enormous amount 
of benefit derived from this hardy alfalfa that is able 
to withstand the usual winterkilling that is so com- 
mon with other less hardy varieties. 
Wishing you continued success. I remain. 
Yours respectfully. 
W. J. KUNTZ, 
Representative 21st Dist., 
VVaconia, Minn. 
May 31st, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman. Excelsior, Minn. 
My Grimm alfalfa is fine. I seeded one-half to 
Grimm and the other one-half of a field to clover — 
neither had any w’inter protection such as grass, 
weeds, etc. The Grimm came on this spring and 
the clover every bit winterkilled. I think it will 
prove to be the plant for this country. I am very 
well satisfied with my purchase and only wish I had 
seeded three times as much as I did. 
J. A. RICE. 
Fredonia, Kansas. 
August 14th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
The winter of 1917-1918 in Northern New York 
was an extremely severe one, the thermometer regis- 
tering a temperature of 34 degrees below zero, and 
in many sections there was no protection, the fields 
being bare of snow and covered with a sheet of ice 
during part of February and March. 
We had more than 300 acres in alfalfa on our farm 
and nearly every acre of the common variety w;as 
killed. While our fields of Grimm alfalfa were in- 
jured to some extent, in fields where there was a good 
stand and where we grew a fair crop in the summer 
of 1917, it ^d not winterkill. 
This proves the extreme hardiness of Grimm 
ulfaUa. While the common varieties withstand the 
ordinary winters in this section, occasionally we have a 
season so severe that nothing but Grimm alfalfa 
.survives the extreme conditions of cold, sleet and ice. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM. 
Chazy, N. Y. 
May 24th, 1918. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. 
This opportunity is to let you know relative to 
the Grimm alfalfa seed I bought of you last fall. It 
was sown on arrival and you would smile to view the 
field when it is growing — it is now 8 to 10 inches high 
and will do to harvest in a few days. Expect to get 
at least three cuttings this year. Grim winter usually 
hard on all things but Grimm alfalfa fears it not. 
E. H. POWELL. 
McLeansboro, III. 
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