BALTIC ALFALFA 
A compara- 
t i v e 1 y 
new variety 
of Hardy 
Alfalfa. U. 
S. Bulletin 
Number 757 
says: “This variety is recommended for sections 
where ordinary strains suffer considerable loss 
through winter killing. The quantity of Baltic seed 
produced in the United States is rather limited and 
precautions are necessary in purchasing it.” 
Dakota Improved Seed 
Company are the promoters 
and breeders of the Baltic 
Alfalfa. Placing your order 
with them assures you will 
get the original Disco Baltic 
Alfalfa seed. 
DAKOTA No. 12 
In our producing 
I districts, fields of 
Dakota No. 12 thir¬ 
ty to forty years 
T . . , . , . , , old are very com- 
inon* It is a plant which has developed the hardy 
characteristics in a very severe climate and has 
stood the test. Genuine Disco Dakota No. 12 comes 
to you in sealed bags. This is your protection. 
HARDISTAN 
A strain of Alfalfa dis¬ 
covered i n Nebraska 
which trials have proved 
it to be resistant to both 
, __ .. A , wilt and cold. It was 
named Hardistan because of its hardiness and Tur¬ 
kestan origin. Several careful tests at the College 
of Agriculture, University of Nebraska, indicated 
that Ladak Alfalfa, which has been so much laud¬ 
ed, while it showed some resistance to wilt and 
cold, contains a larger number of susceptible indi¬ 
viduals than Hardistan. If you are having trouble 
with Bacterial Wilt (Aplanobacter insidiosum) 
then we would recommend 
your trying Hardistan, as, so 
far, it seems to be the Al¬ 
falfa most generally resistant 
to wilt and cold that has 
been discovered. 
Acclimated TURKESTAN 
In the early history of our business we distrib¬ 
uted quite a lot of Turkestan Alfalfa. Some of it 
was very desirable and some excellent fields sown 
with seed imported by us are still in existence. The 
results, however, were so variable that we decided 
we would desist from offering imported Turkes¬ 
tan. Seed that can be described as Turkestan is 
produced over an area probably larger than the 
United States, with climatic conditions just as 
widely different. Renewed interest in Turkestan 
has recently been developed owing to the fact that 
some fields of Turkestan origin have shown 
marked ability to withstand Bacterial Wilt. Ex¬ 
tensive tests with imported Turkestan Alfala con¬ 
ducted by the College of Agriculture at Lincoln, 
Nebraska, and reported in Research Bulletins Num¬ 
bers 52 and 66 have shown them to be as variable 
as to Bacterial Wilt resistance as they were to 
hardiness. Therefore the only safe Turkestan to 
use Is Acclimated Turkestan, viz., fields of Turke¬ 
stan that have persisted and continued to give sat¬ 
isfactory yields over a period of years. Imported 
Turkestan will not be safe until they adopt a re¬ 
gional registration system such as is used by the 
Dakota Improved Seed Company with their Region¬ 
al Strains, so that buyers can know something 
of the origin and pedigree of the seed they are 
buying. 
Note the spreading root system of the 
Disco Alfalfa 
A Weed Fighter 
AND MAY BE A 
PROFITABLE CROP 
Considerable pub¬ 
licity has been given 
during the past year 
in the press as to the 
value of hemp to 
control weeds such as Creeping Jenny. 
Sometimes one is inclined to pay little 
attention to publicity of this nature, 
as not infrequently such reports, when 
investigated, don’t amount to much. 
The value of Hemp as a weed destroy¬ 
er is nothing new, as extensive and 
successful experiments along this line 
were made prior to 1914 in both North 
Dakota and Wisconsin. In the former. 
Quack Grass, and in the latter, Cana¬ 
da Thistle were completely killed. 
There is no magic about it. The se¬ 
cret is the dense growth of the Hemp, 
smothering out all other plant life. 
Aside from its value as a weed de¬ 
stroyer, Hemp, under proper condi¬ 
tions, is a valuable fibre and seed crop 
and with the prevailing trend to cur¬ 
tail grain crops, farmers must natur¬ 
ally turn their attention to other non¬ 
competing crops to produce much 
needed revenue. If interested, write 
us for full particulars and prices. 
HEMP 
For Customers Who Prefer Not to Pay for Pedigreed Alfalfas We 
Provide These Common Varieties of 
HARDY NORTHERN GROWN COMMON ALFALFA 
We have excellent stocks of seed grown in Montana, Wyoming and northern Nebraska. 
All grown under the severest possible climatic conditions. Grown on new land free from 
noxious weeds and free from disease. 
HOUSES , MITCHELL , S. D. - EMMETSBURG , IOWA 
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