L. R. Waldron of Dickinson, N. D., 68 strains of alfalfa, including two 
Grimm alfalfas of slightly different heritage, were as near as possible sub- 
jected to identical conditions and treatment in hill and drill rows. This 
spring after a winter of normal severity preceded by a moist autumn the 
winter killing of the 68 kinds was found to range from 3 to 100 per cent. 
Seven-eighths of the varieties lost over one-half of their stand. Of the 
nine strains that lost less than half, only two lost less than ten per cent 
and both of these were Grimm. Farmers of the Northwest are deeply in- 
terested in alfalfa and especially in the Grimm. Efforts are being made 
to establish a Grimm alfalfa seed industry in order to safeguard farmers in 
making a purchase of seed.” 
Prof. L. R. Waldron who had this experiment in charge wrote as fol- 
lows: “We found that the winter divided the alfalfa into two groups. These 
groups were the Grimm alfalfa and — the others. It is scarcely putting it 
too strongly to say that it is a public duty that the Grimm alfalfa be in- 
creased as rapidly as possible.” 
pig. i, Experimental Plants of Alfalfa in Ilills and Drill Rows at Dickinson. 
North "Dakota. Each ltow Was Seeded With a Different Strain, 68 Kinds in All. 
Please Notice the Perfect Stand. 
From Page 42 of the Annual Report of the Minnesota Agricultural 
Society of 1903, we copy the following: 
prof. Hayes: This is a young man I want to make an example of 
When Mr. Lyman told me he had discovered this hardy alfalfa, I said to 
him, “You co-operate with the Experiment Station and I will co-operate 
with you, and we will give you a reputation as a seedsman.” I expect to 
co-operate in helping Mr. Lyman distribute this seed where it will be used 
for growing seed. We expect to distribute some of it through the De- 
partment of Agriculture that it may be grown in other places and the seed 
produced even more abundantly than in Minnesota. Ever since 1 saw those 
(ields and saw the evidence among the Carver county farmers that this 
was a hardy variety it has been a very interesting matter. 
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