New Hardy Wilt-Resistant Alfalfa, LadaK 
A four year old Ladak Alfalfa plant. Note the hundreds of fine hay stems. 
As these grow they branch like a tree making this the finest quality of all 
alfalfa hays. Also observe the low unexposed crown with the new growth 
coming from the underside of the perennial part of the crown. Other strains 
of alfalfa send their sprouts straight up from the more exposed portions. 
But Ladak’s ability to withstand the destructive life-shortening wilt disease 
is its crowning virtue. 
Every year we get more and more complaint of alfalfa fields dying out. 
Did not use to be that way. Until lately an alfalfa stand was good long 
enough. However, in time a disease known as Bacterial Wilt made its appear¬ 
ance and since then the average life of an alfalfa seeding is less than five years. 
The necessity of rotating the ground to other crops is very inconvenient in 
many cases, to which we add the loss in hay, through most of us not being 
quick enough to plow up the stand on the appearance of the disease. There is 
no treatment for the disease and Ladak is the only resistant variety of which 
seed is available. While this seed costs much more per pound, when you con¬ 
sider the expense and loss due to thinning stands and plowing up, the seed 
is a bargain at twice the price. However, if there were no difference in the 
length of life of the seedlings, the difference in yield in one season more thqn 
pays for the extra initial expense. Here is one variety I am confident will be 
sold out early in the season. Supply is limited. Find prices on back cover. 
