Mr. A. B. Lyman, 
Excelsior, Minn. 
Dear Sir: — 
I am going to volunteer the belief that your Grimm alfalfa is the thing for our 
climate of alternate freezing and thawing. Two acres of Grimm sown last fall on 
my farm at Areola have wintered splendidly and showed no upheaval ; while 4 acres 
of ordinary seeding right beside it suffered badly. In a 4-year-old plot of ordinary 
alfalfa in the same Held, alfalfa roots 18 inches long were upheaved by the alternate 
freezing and thawing, and lay flat on the ground. 
Irvin r. Knipe, Attorney-At-Law, 5 E. Airy St., Norristown, Pa. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman, 
Excelsior, Minn. 
Lieur on . — 
Your Grimm seed has been uniformly satisfactory. That planted in 1915 made a 
good stand before winter and we are making our first cutting now— almost exactly 
one year after it was seeded. The stand is perfect and the crop very heavy. 
George T. Slade, Vice-Pres., Northern Pacific Railway Co.. St. Paul, Minn. 
Mr. A. B. Lyman. 
Excelsior, Minn. 
Dear Sir: — 
1 am proud of the Grimm. I think it is the stuff and I will hang to it. 
N. A. Mershon, New Hampton, Iowa. 
Replying to your letter of Jan. 28th, asking for the success I have had with 
Grimm alfalfa Some 7 or 8 years ago, I purchased 10 pounds of Grimm alfalfa seed, 
and sowed it in the field by the side of some sand lucern 1 got from the Department 
of Agriculture, and also some northwestern alfalfa seed. You will probably be inter- 
ested to know that the Grimm alfalfa Is outlasting the other varieties. 
Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville, Mich. 
Your seed proved to be very good, germinating very quickly and gave a most 
excellent stand. Your Grimm seems to be the only variety that stands our New 
England winter. Another feature In favor of it is that this .1 acre lot had not raised 
•i profitable crop up to this time of seeding, being what we call light with a sandy 
subsoil, sensitive to drouth. S. O. Barnes, Greenville, R. I. 
