HENRY FIELD CO., SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
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SEEDS THAT SAVE 
Field’sFamousSeeds are known 
throughout the middle west 
as the finest and best 
ALFALFA 
The Best Paying Crop 
Alfalfa seed sets better in dry years. The 1933 drouth 
helped generally to bring out a good crop of Alfalfa seed. 
So we have the unusual situation of a number of the hardy 
types of Alfalfa selling for less than Red Clover. As this 
catalog goes to press we are selling genuine Lyman Grimm 
for the first time at practically same prices as Red Clover, and we are selling our Montana Fair 
Alfalfa at $6.00 per bushel or about 40% cheaper than Red Clover. 
The low prices on Alfalfa and the higher prices on Red Clover, Alsike and Sweet Clover mean 
that many people are going to sow more Alfalfa this year. 
We believe the man who buys his Alfalfa seed now at our early rock bottom prices will not 
only get the cream of the crop but will save a lot of money. 
LYMAN’S GRIMM 
“THE DADDY OF ALL GRIMM ALFALFA” 
We’ve talked and talked every year about alfalfa. We 
still say it is the greatest crop and the most valuable crop 
that you can grow on a Corn Belt farm. It is a great cash 
crop, a wonderful feed crop and it builds up your land. 
Everyone of you should have more of it. And this is one 
year when you should put out more alfalfa. 
A. B. Lyman is the man who really discovered and de¬ 
veloped Grimm Alfalfa. He has spent his whole life at it 
and his work has meant millions of dollars to farmers in 
practically every State in the Union. 
Up in Carver County, Minnesota, Mr. Lyman saw one 
alfalfa crop after another freeze out and die, year after 
year. It seemed that no matter what kind of alfalfa they 
tried ,the severe winters wiped it out. But, Lyman discov¬ 
ered that an old German settler named Wendelyn Grimm 
always had a fine field of alfalfa and that his alfalfa went 
right through the winter when all other failed. After 
working and experimenting with this variety he found 
that it was the hardiest of all alfalfas. 
Now, from this old settler’s seed, Lyman developed what 
he called Lyman’s Grimm, and today everyone knows it 
as the Father of practically All Grimm Alfalfa. 
In the Alfalfa seed business they all take their hats off 
to A. B. Lyman and most of them trace their own Grimm 
directly back to the foundation seed stocks which Mr. 
Lyman found and developed from the Carver County seed. 
If you want what we think is the best in Grimm—Seed 
that you know is Grimm and that traces right back to 
the original Grimm, buy A. B. Lyman Grimm. 
We are quoting Lyman’s Grimm the cheapest its ever 
been sold. Order quick. 
CERTIFIED RED TAG 
CERTIFIED BLUE TAG 
Blue Tag and Red Tag Grimm Alfalfa are both real high quality 
seed. 99% or better pure, every bag State Sealed and Certified as to 
variety and quality by a State Inspector. Every field of seed is 
thoroughly inspected from start to finish and the seed is all the best 
of color, pure, high germinating, plump and big berried. You know 
■when you buy Certified Grimm that you are getting nothing but 
Grimm seed. The crop is mighty short this year. 
Dakota No. 12 Alfalfa 
Dakota No. 12 is the favorite of all alfalfa with a lot of farmers. 
They know what it is and what it will do for them. We’ve recomm¬ 
ended it for years as the hardiest of all common alfalfas and lots of 
farmers have found that it stands up better than any. It’s a heavy 
producer, makes fine hay—and because it is raised under the most 
severe climatic conditions, you don’t need to worry about it not going 
through the winter. 
Montana Fair Alfalfa 
If you want to save money and yet get results, try our 
Montana Fair Alfalfa. Hundreds of our customers sowed 
it beside more expensive seed last year and they are tell¬ 
ing us it is a real value. 
FIELD’S 
VARIEGATED 
Montana Grown 
If you want to know how cold it gets in Montana just 
look up some of the government weather bureau records, 
30 to 40 degrees below zero are common and sometimes it 
drops to 50 degrees below zero where our Montana Var¬ 
iegated seed was grown. 
IT’S HARDY!!! 
It has to be!!! 
A. B. Lyman went to Montana and contracted the 
growing of a lot of Lyman’s Grimm Alfalfa many years 
ago when Alfalfa was first introduced into certain sec¬ 
tions of Montana. This Grimm spread from ranch to 
ranch when the cattle men learned it was hardy and. 
would give them Alfalfa hay for the hard winter feeding 
We have located a section way back from the railroad 
in Montana where the Alfalfa blossoms are variegated in 
color like Grimm and the seed originally came from 
Grimm producing ranches. The registration records 
haven’t been kept up and some mixtures of Cossack, 
Baltic and other hardy types of Alfalfa may have crept 
in, but it’s sure a wonderful hardy, vigorous growing 
Alfalfa. 
We recommend our Montana grown Field’s Variegated 
Alfalfa anywhere the temperatures don’t go over 60 de¬ 
grees below zero. It’s high quality hardy seed at a price 
you can afford as you can see on our Price List enclosed. 
HARDY NEBRASKA ALFALFA 
We’ve said a lot about Nebraska Alfalfa and sold a 
world of it last year. We have a lot of faith in it because 
it certainly has proved itself as one of the best Common 
varieties. It’s pretty hard to beat. Nebraska Alfalfa is 
hardy, plenty hardy for most any place here in the Corn- 
belt. It produces a big tonnage of fine quality hay. And 
the price of the seed is low. What more can you ask of 
any alfalfa? 
GRIMM 
ALFALFA 
