TESTED ALFALFA SEED 
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ALFALFA 
Medicago Sativa. 
THE BEST PAYING CHOP ON THE FARM 
Alfalfa is the imperial forage crop of Amer¬ 
ica. While other field crops surpass in acreage 
and total yield, in net returns per acre alfalfa is 
clearly in the lead. 
The empire over which alfalfa rules, while not 
as large as that of corn or wheat, is yet the most 
remarkable because of the quality and riches that 
follow in its wake wherever this monarch goes. 
The time is not far distant when alfalfa will oc¬ 
cupy every available acre in every congenial area 
In America; when the demand for the crop and 
for its products for seed and hay at home and 
for meal abroad will be even greater than the 
supply. 
Alfalfa is one of the few crops that leave the 
■oil in better condition for having grown on it. 
It makes heavy soils more porous, supplies humus, 
brings up plant foods from lower depths and fixes 
nitrogen to its roots from the air to nourish later 
crops after the alfalfa has been plowed up. 
All in all, it is the grandest forage plant on 
earth, and cannot be too highly recommended. 
So profitable is it when once established, that 
every farmer can afford to take great pains to 
obtain a stand. Our free Alfalfa booklet gives 
detailed instructions as to its handling from the 
preparation of the soil and sowing of the seed 
to the harvesting of the crop. As the best of 
seed is essential to the highest results, we earn¬ 
estly recommend the use of our “Purity’ brand. 
Like our other grades this seed is American 
grown, raised in the West and Northwest on non- 
Irrigated land. It is absolutely free of noxious 
weeds and other foreign matter. It contains none 
but fully matured seeds and of the highest possi¬ 
ble viability. We invite the most critical exam¬ 
ination and the most careful analysis. 
PRICES. Subject to Market Variations. 
Write for samples and prices on large quanti¬ 
ties. 
GRIMM ALFALFA. This is an extremely hardy 
variety originally brought from Germany over 
fifty years ago. Some of the earliest seedmgs 
are still producing heavily. On account of its 
productiveness and extra hardiness it has attained 
considerable prominence in recent years. It is 
however a very shy seeding sort, seldom produc¬ 
ing more than half as large a crop of seed as 
ordinary alfalfa. 
For Prices, See Enclosed Leaflet. 
A WELL DEVELOPED PLANT OF ALFALFA 
PURITY ALFALFA SEED ENLARGED 
Inoculation of Alfalfa Seed la absolutely ne cessary for the best results—See Page 64 
SEE FRONT PAGES FOR PRICES 
