Not only have we supplied our Government and Experiment Stations, 
but we have tilled many foreign orders, shipped to Finland, Australia, Argen- 
tine and Russia. Have supplied many orders to the Canadian Government. 
Their reports show that they must have hardy alfalfa. We have received 
wonderful reports from Russia. They have bought my seed on several 
occasions and find it much more hardy than their native kinds, also that it 
will thrive under very dry conditions. 
LIMING. 
Western land like the Dakotas, Montana, or Nebraska, as a rule does 
not need liming. This is also true of the larger part of Minnesota. Some 
soils are acid. Soil can be tested by your Experiment Station, or you can 
make your own test by using litmus paper which can be procured at any 
drug store. By placing paper in the soil it will turn a reddish color if soil is 
acid. Alfalfa will often do well even when the litmus paper shows that the 
soil is acid. Failures often due to lack of hardiness of variety are attributed 
THK GRIMM IN COMPARISON WITH ORDINARY ALFALFA. 
This photograph was taken Nov. 1. 1910, by Prof. Philo K. Iilinn. Alfalfa Spe 
via list of the Experiment Station at Fort Collins. Colorado Prof. Itlinn writes that 
they are typical plants from their nursery plots, plants grown singly 20 by 20 inches, 
also that the one plant is 1C inches across the crown and calls attention to the low 
growing and underground stooling habit. This Is the Grimm Alfalfa, the smaller 
plant is of the same age grown under the same conditions and is typical of'th- 
common alfalfa. The Colorado Agricultural College has labeled the one “The Pool 
of Prosperity.” 
to acidity. No doubt but that some soils need liming. Ground limestone 
is manufactured in many places in the United States and it can be bought 
where manufactured at $1.25 per ton. It should be supplied at the rate of 
two tons per acre. 
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