METHODS OF SEEDING. 
Method of seeding depends largely on locality. On the drier sections 
it is not safe to seed alfalfa with a nurse crop. In western Minnesota or 
the Dakotas I would prefer to seed the alfalfa alone during May or June 
after cultivating the ground for some time to start weed growth. 
Here alfalfa is generally seeded with barley, using ten to twelve pounds 
of seed and three pecks of barley. Where oats are used they should be cut 
as a hay crop before ripening. July or August seeding is becoming very 
popular and this is practiced largely throughout the east. An excellent 
way is to seed alfalfa with a drill. Care must be taken to seed at an even 
depth and not too deep. 
Where common alfalfa is seeded twenty pounds of seed is generally 
recommended per acre. This is not necessary with the Grimm as it stools 
more. 
If seeded broadcast ten or twelve pounds will seed an acre. With 
a drill eight would he ample. 
TIME TO CUT ALFALFA. 
We begin cutting alfalfa wdien starting to blosson. Where one has a 
large acreage it will pay to begin cutting before blossoms show’. Some 
begin cutting when the alfalfa begins a new grow'th at the base of the 
plants. 
WHAT ALFALFA TO PLANT? 
Grimm alfalfa is cheaper than common alfalfa as it requires less seed 
per acre because of its large stooling habit, another reason for requiring 
less s.eed in seeding an acre is that the little plants are more persistent in 
establishing themselves. 
Grimm alfalfa is cheaper than common alfalfa because it will hold its 
stand and not thin out after the first severe w'inter. Because of its branch 
root system it will grow over a hard pan soil, and is adapted to wetter soil 
than the other alfalfa. 
Common alfalfa from South Dakota is no more hardy than common 
alfalfa from Montana. Both have been winter killed completely, seeded 
under identical conditions beside my Grimm. 
In buying live stock of every kind you are advised to get the best. 
This rule surely applies to buying alfalfa seed. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman. 
Excelsior, Minn 
Dear Sir: — 
Yours of the lot I) to liaml and carefully noted. The 20 pounds of Grimm alfalfa 
seed that I purchased from you is doing fine, it is the finest alfalfa I have on my 
farm. It stood last winter far better than the other alfalfa that I have. The soil 
I did not inoculate or lime and I have a first class stand. I can recommend Grimm 
alfalfa and have been recommending It. to all parties who have consulted me in re 
gard to planting alfalfa. What alfalfa I sow from now on will be the Grimm alfalfa. 
C. K. Sober. Lewisburg, Pa. 
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