BALTIC ALFALFA 
A compara- 
t 1 v e 1 y 
new variety 
of Hardy 
Alfalfa. U. 
S. Bulletin 
Number 757 
says: “Thla 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 
| districts, fields of 
Dakota No. 12 thlr- 
1 ty to forty years 
, °ld are very com¬ 
mon. 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 
, _ , 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. Tf you are having trouble 
with Bacterial Wilt 'Aplanobacter insidlosum) 
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. 
NITRAGIN 
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 Alfalfa 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 
Weed Fighters 
Where Hemp was sown last 
year, on land which was infested 
with Creeping Jenny, and where 
the growth was thick enough the 
Hemp choked out a large percent¬ 
age of the Jennys and weakened 
the ones that were not actually 
killed to such an extent that the 
probabilities are that the plants 
which were not actually killed will 
be exterminated very easily with 
another planting of Hemp this 
coming year. 
Many of our farmer customers 
tell us that they have used Sorghum 
Cane to help exterminate Creeping 
Jenny. Sow 75 lbs. broadcast to the 
acre, and when the Cane attains a 
growth of from 18 to 24 inches 
plow it all under. The high per¬ 
centage of vegetable matter will 
put so much acidity in the soil that 
it will kill the Creeping Jenny. Try 
a small patch and convince your¬ 
self. 
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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