THE GRAND JUNCTION SEED CO., Grand Junction, Colorado 
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V. S. Verified Origin Alfalfa Seed 
iT^ e mF n ^ e< ^ States Government Representative verifies the county and state of origin of all Alfalfa Seed we 
sell. The bags carry the U. S. Verified Origin tags and you get a certificate of origin with your seed. This is 
another regulation that protects the farmer from non-hardy seed. 
. FALSE ECONOMY. Where Alfalfa is cut for hay only, and where there are cultivated crops to follow, or, 
in other words, where diversified farming is carried on, it is false economy of the worst nature to leave fields 
in Altalfa for more than three or four years, as crops following Alfalfa will average at least a 30 per cent 
better yield than on other ground. By reseeding you are not only increasing your yield greatly on other crops, 
but are insuring a better average yield of Alfalfa which will repay many times the small cost per acre of 
reseeding. It is alsq false economy to sow seed that has not been recleaned and had the foul and light seeds 
removed. This applies not only to Alfalfa, but to wheat, oats, and all farm seeds. The cost of production is 
just as much when the yield is small as when it is large; the increased yield obtained by crop rotation and 
good seed is net profit. 
Hardy Mountain Grown Seed That 
Will Live and Thrive in Spite of 
Climatic Conditions 
Grand Junction is located in the heart of the Al¬ 
falfa seed producing section of Colorado. All of our 
Alfalfa seed, with the exception of the Turkestan, is 
strong, hardy, Mountain Grown Seed. We ship many 
carloads of Alfalfa seed each year from Grand Junc¬ 
tion to seed houses in the east and north. In going 
qver the growing fields we are able to select the crops 
which can be cleane'd up for our Mile High grade. 
These lots are carefully set aside and held for our 
customers in the Spring. We know the quality of 
Mile High Seed, for we know the fields it came from. 
Many of these fields have been successful in enduring 
our severe mountain weather for twenty years or 
more. 
Colorado Mountain Alfalfa 
This seed belongs to the type known as Common 
Alfalfa. By nearly half a century of breeding in the 
mountains of this section of the country, where the 
climate is as severe in winter as Montana or North 
Dakota, and extremely hot in summer, this variety 
has become exceptionally hardy. It rarely winter- 
kills, but grows tall and luxuriantly, thriving equally 
well on dry land as on irrigated soil, and yielding the 
heaviest crop per acre of any strain of Common 
Alfalfa. Mountain Grown Seed is exceptionally plump 
and well filled. The demand always exceeds the sup¬ 
ply of this seed. Seedsmen clear to the Atlantic sea¬ 
board are buying carloads of it; paying high freight 
rates on it; although they could buy Argentine seed 
at a much lower price. If you intend to grow your 
Alfalfa for the seed crops, we would rather recom¬ 
mend that jmu sow one of the improved varieties as 
the seed from it will always bring a higher price on 
the market. Or if your soil is very shallow, a spread¬ 
ing root type of Alfalfa will give you better satis¬ 
faction. But in the other cases, where the crop is 
wanted for hay, Colorado Mountain 'Alfalfa will give 
you every satisfaction. 
Seed Colored Price Sheet for Current Prices. 
Why experiment with southern grown alfalfa 
seed when Mile High Colorado grown seed can 
be bought for so little money? 
Grimm Alfalfa 
Growers Affidavit or Registered. 
Grimm Alfalfa was developed primarily for sec¬ 
tions where there is a great deal of winter-killing. 
While Common Alfalfa has only one root, Grimm has 
a spreading root system. When the ground cracks 
with the freezing and thawing of Winter it is hardly 
likely to break all the roots of a Grimm plant. The 
crown of the plant also sets lower on the ground, so 
that it is less likely to be injured by stock. 
Grimm is also valuable for sections where the 
water lies near the surface. The spreading roots of 
Grimm do not go down as deep as the Common, and 
standing water will kill Alfalfa. 
Grimm makes a little finer stemmed hay than Com¬ 
mon. Grimm does not require as much seed to the 
acre in planting, as the plants stool more. 
Grimm Alfalfa is distinguished by the variegated, 
colors of the blossoms, mostly blue shades. Yellow 
blossoms ocasionally appear, but not on all plants, 
especially during the first year. 
Growers Affidavit Grimm seed is a seed on which we 
hold the grower’s sworn affidavit that only Grimm 
seed was sown in the field from which this seed was 
harvested. We furnish a certificate to this effect with 
each sale, on request. These fields are practically al¬ 
ways inspected by our men to be sure that they are 
true Grimm. 
Registered Seed is registered by the State College, 
and from* fields inspected by their representatives. If 
you intend growing your field for seed you should 
plant Registered Seed so that you can get your field 
registered. If you are growing your crop for hay, the 
Certified Seed will give you every satisfaction. 
See Colored Price Sheet for Current Prices. 
Seed Staining Law 
This law applies to Alfalfa and Red Clover and the 
law was passed to protect the American farmer. The 
Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States De¬ 
partment of Agriculture has recommended that where 
severe Winter conditions prevail only American 
grown clover seed should be used. Our Alfalfas, Red 
Clovers and Sweet Clovers are not only American 
grown but also Mountain Grown. 
To protect you against seed which is not hardy this 
imported seed must be stained. Seed where country 
of origin is not known is stained red. Seed grown in 
Africa, Turkestan or Italy is stained red. Seed grown 
in Canada is stained violet. Seed grown in other for¬ 
eign countries is stained green. 
If you are in doubt follow the advice of the United 
States Department of Agriculture and plant American 
grown seed, which is not stained. 
