Prof. Spillman, Washington, D. C.: Mr. President, I am glad to see 
I rofessor Hayes take the stand that he does. I want to say a word about 
growing alfalfa seed. I cannot help but be impressed with this paper read 
by Mr. Lyman this afternoon as of vital importance to the future of agri- 
culture in the State of Minnesota and in the Dakotas. We have been 
searching the world for a variety of alfalfa that would do just what this 
variety does * * * The value of that seed represents more than a mil- 
2. The Same Experiment Illustrated in Fig. 1, one year later. The Two 
Full Rows Remaining Are the Grimm Alfalfa. The About Cuts Were Reproduced 
from Bulletin No. 180, which can be had by writing Bureau Plant Industry, Wash- 
ington, D. C. My Grimm was used in this experiment. 
lion dollars to the State of Minnesota. The alfalfa plant, according to 
my estimation, is going to be in the future the most important forage plant 
on the American continent, unless it is possible corn; within the next fifteen 
years, if it continues half of its present prosperity, it is going ahead of every 
other forage plant in this country except corn, and I would not be surprised 
if some day it exceeded the value of corn. We have been searching for 
protein to feed our live stock. Now alfalfa is the ideal plant. When you 
have alfalfa hay you don’t have to buy linseed oil cake; in fact cornmeal 
is worth more than linseed oil cake when you are feeding alfalfa hay. Now 
that means a great deal to the Minnesota farmers. (Applause.) 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, 
Excelsior, Minn. 
Dear Sir: — 
The Grimm alfalfa seed I purchased from you in 1911 has done all you claimed 
r»r it; it has stood all tests of cold. heat, drought, heavy rains and deep snow, now 
for several severe and extreme years. 
Or. A. A. Ashby, lied Oak, Iowa. 
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