STANDARD SEED COMPANY :: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 
PRINCIPAL VARIETIES 
- of ALFALFA 4 
We list only such varieties of alfalfa as are known to be good 
producers, and we recommend our HARDI-KAN brand, in sealed 
bags as the best your money can buy. Try it this year. You’ll 
be well pleased when you examine the seed we send you, and 
better pleased when the growing season is over, and it has pro¬ 
duced the growth you desired. 
COMMON ALFALFA 
The Hardy Northwestern and Kansas 
grown seeds are the principal varieties 
and most generally used. They are both 
extra hardy types and most suitable for 
any locality. In some sections these vari¬ 
eties will do as well as the Grimm. 
CLIMATE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
FACTOR: In the case of certain crops, 
especially alfalfa, claims have been made 
that seed produced on so-called dry land 
is hardier than seed grown on irrigated 
land. The trials of the U. S. Dep’t of 
Agriculture indicate that there is very 
little, if any difference, seed from irri¬ 
gated land producing fully as well as 
seed from dry land. Pedigree and climate 
are the only important factors in produc¬ 
ing seed hardiness. 
DAKOTA No. 12 
This is considered to be a very 
hardy type of alfalfa; however, we 
believe that our Northwestern com¬ 
mon is fully equal to it in hardi¬ 
ness and it can be bought at a much 
lower price. Dakota No. 12 derives 
its name from seed that comes from 
fields that have grown in the Da¬ 
kotas for 12 years or more. There 
is no difference in the type be¬ 
tween the Dakota No. 12 and our 
common Northwestern grown. 
About the only difference is the va¬ 
riation in price. If you want a har¬ 
dier type than the common, we 
would only recommend the Grimm. 
The cost would be about the same 
as it requires less seed to sow an 
acre. 
• excerpts from 
planter letters who 
use our alfalfa 
This is a photo of my 40 acres 
of alfalfa. I purchased the seed 
from you and this field is now 5 
years old.—H. M. Shively, Bene¬ 
dict, Kansas. 
I have used your alfalfa and 
timothy seed for several years 
and they have always been sat¬ 
isfactory.—H. K. Eby, Ketchum, 
Okla. 
Dear Sirs: I am in receipt of 
your letter of the 7th. In reply 
will say that the seed that I 
bought from you in the last four 
seasons. Alfalfa, Milo Maize, Red 
Kaffir, have all been very good, 
well cleaned and grew well. The 
Red Kaffir this year made a 
wonderful crop.—M. E. Gray, 
Belvidere, Neb. 
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