1935 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. ^ YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
Prices of Field Seed Subject to Change Without Notice 
NON-WARRANTY—The House of Gurney, Inc., does not give any warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, pro¬ 
ductiveness, or any other matter of seeds, bulbs or plants which it sends out, and will not be in any way held responsible for the crop. 
Professor Hansen with Single Plant of Cossack Alfalfa 
W E GUARANTEE that all seed ordered from this catalog will prove 
of satisfactory germinating test to you; that is, on arrival of the seed 
test it, and if it does not prove satisfactory you may return it to us 
within fifteen days after receipt of the seed by you, returning at our expense 
and your money, together with the transportation charges which you have 
paid, will be refunded. It is so manifestly impossible for a seller of any 
perishable article to be responsible for what may happen to it after it leaves 
his hands, especially one like seeds, which are planted under varying condi¬ 
tions of soil and climate, that we and all other American seed houses dis¬ 
claim responsibility as to the crop that may be raised from seed which we 
sell. At the same time, in case of failure to secure proper results caused from 
some inherent fault in the seeds themselves, The House of Gurney, Inc. 
accept responsibility, not for the crop, but to the extent of the amount of 
money paid for the seed if immediately advised; or, seeds may be returned. 
GURNEY’S COSSACK ALFALFA 
Purity 99% Germination 90% or better 
Cossack alfalfa is no longer an experiment. It is many years now since 
Prof. N. E. Hansen of Brookings brought the first seed over from the wilds 
of Siberia where it had been growing under much more rigid climatic condi¬ 
tions than we find in any part of the United States. Today it has proved 
itself of infinite value to the farms of the great Northwest, since it grows and 
thrives in spite of low temperatures and does unusually well even on dry, 
high land. It has proved to be the best alfalfa from the Gulf of Mexico well 
up into Canada, producing plants in the far north seven feet high, and pro¬ 
ducing more hay per acre than any other alfalfa. 
A few thousand dollars invested in Prof. Hansen’s search for alfalfa in 
Siberia have returned themselves to the people of the United States many 
thousand fold. Every farmer owning land that would not produce common 
alfalfa profitably and successfully is now assured of a hardy alfalfa that will 
produce paying crops on that ground. We find the Cossack Alfalfa is very 
frost resistant, in fact, almost frost-proof as heavy freezes in the middle of 
May killed back and destroyed the first cutting of common alfalfa while the 
Cossack continued to grow and produce the regular crop of hay. We find 
in the fall it will be green and suitable for pasture, long after all other varie¬ 
ties are frozen and brown. 
See Picture at left of Professor Hansen with single plant of 
Cossack alfalfa 
Price of Cossack seed in sealed bags: 1 lb., 45c; 5 lbs., $1.95; 10 lbs., 
$3.75; 25 lbs., $8.90; 60 lbs. (1 bu.), $20.70; 100 lbs., $33.60. 
GRIMM’S ALFALFA 
This alfalfa was introduced into Minnesota from Germany in 1857 by 
a German immigrant named Grimm. The seed was planted on his farm, 
and it is claimed that plants from the original seed are still growing from 
the original planting. 
We have a reasonable supply of this variety of seed to offer. 99% Pure and 
will germinate 90% or better. 
Grimm's Alfalfa seed prices are where they belong. We quote Grimm's 
alfalfa at a legitimate price, one that gives us a fair profit on each transac¬ 
tion. Why pay more? 1 lb., 40c; 5 lbs., SI.80; 10 lbs., $5.45; 25 lbs., $8.15; 
60 lbs. (1 bu.), $18.60; 100 lbs., $29.85. 
Nebraska Grown Alfalfa 
Purity is over 99%, germination 90% or better. For those living south of 
Yankton, this alfalfa should be very satisfactory. At this low price you 
will save considerable money on your purchase of alfalfa seed lib.. 35c; 
5 lbs., $1.45; 10 lbs., $2.80; 25 lbs., $6.55; 60 lbs. (1 bu.), $14.55; 100 
lbs., $23.75. 
DAKOTA No. 12 ALFALFA SEED —Dakota and Montana Grown 99% Pure 
For more than forty years the state of South Dakota has been producing 
crops of alfalfa that are profitable. We do not know the source of the seed 
first planted, but we do know that by process of elimmation and the “sur¬ 
vival of the fittest” that South Dakota is producing alfalfa seed that in 
turn produces the hardiest alfalfa plants, and those that will yield greater 
returns in hay than seed grown in any other part of the world. The alfalfa 
seed which we are offering you as Dakota and Montana grown is known 
as Dakota No. 12. This seed is produced from old fields or from fields 
whose parentage is the old Dakota fields. Our seed is all from the high 
and dry section of western South Dakota and Montana (where the rainfall 
is much less than in Minnesota, the home of much advertised high priced 
Grimm’s Alfalfa), where the snow covering is very light or none at all, 
where the temperature drops from five to fifteen degrees lower than any 
other point in the state. These strenuous conditions have eliminated 
any plant that may have been tender, leaving nothing but the hardiest to 
produce seed, and in each successive generation any plant showing any in¬ 
herent weakness has been destroyed by these conditions and the fittest 
has survived. 
Its roots, often measuring thirty feet in length, force their way deep 
into the subsoil in search of moisture and plant foods that cannot be 
reached by other plants. It draws nitrogen from the air and stores it in 
the soil more than 100 per cent faster than any other clover, excepting 
sweet clover. If your ground will grow alfalfa, you have "the world by the 
tail with a down hill pull.” It is absolutely impossible for you to get better 
alfalfa seed in commercial quantities than Gurney Dakota No. 12 Alfalfa. 
We guarantee it to be 99 per cent pure. Sold for just what it is and at 
a price that brings it within the reach of all. Germination 90%. 
All alfalfa seed offered by us is recleaned and first class in every respect. 
1 lb. 
5 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
25 lbs. 
60 lbs. (1 bu.) 
100 lbs 
PRICE 
. $0.40 
. 1.65 
. 3.25 
. 7.75 
. 17.85 
. 28.65 
A Field of Alfalfa Pays Dividends 
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