New Hardy Wilt-Resistant Alfalfa 
I paid $851.60 for the part trailer load pictured above. Although it was 
not a heavy seed crop the crop paid the grower at the rate of $182.00 per 
acre. It would have taken a lot of $7.00 hay to have brought in that much 
money while this load came in behind the family car without any inconven¬ 
ience to the day’s shopping. 
Growing Ladak For Seed 
While the main use of Ladak must always-be for use as a hay or pasture 
crop, still for many it will undoubtedly prove a money maker as a seed crop. 
Especially is this true of those situated favorably for seed production. It so 
happened I was interested in the welfare of the pioneer Grimm seed growers 
of Idaho and so know something of what adopting Grimm did for them. For 
about thirty years now they have been getting a premium of from six to thirty 
cents per pound on every pound of Grimm seed they produced, over what they 
would have received for Common. My opinion is that Ladak has much more 
to recommend it than had Grimm, and that Ladak growers can depend on 
having many years of profitable prices for Certified Ladak seed. With the 
Corn and Hog Program diverting acreage into hay and pasture, thereby mak¬ 
ing future prices of hay very uncertain, demand for good 'Wilt-Resistant Ladak 
ought to remain stable for many long years. From wherever alfalfa is pro¬ 
duced comes this call for a Wilt-Resistant variety, and it is going to take 
many years for the old conservative alfalfa seed producers to plow up their 
fields of common and turn to Ladak. The man who gets in now should reap 
a harvest. 
Due to the tendency of Ladak to grow big crowns it is an ideal sort to 
grow in rows. In fact our trouble so far has been that in planting ten 
pounds per acre broadcast we got much too thick a stand to make seed. In 
rows three to five pounds is plenty and even at 70c per pound that does not 
make the seeding a costly procedure. On dry land less is advised. It is a 
mistake to get a thick stand to produce seed. 
