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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Cokpokation) 
Breek’s Prize Strain Warty Hubbard Squash. 
Awarded First Prize Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
We were fortunate in securing the entire stock of this splendid prize strain. The squash is larger than the old 
Hubbard, retaining all of its good features, being more prolific, and with a hard, green, warty shell, rendering it an 
excellent keeper. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; % lb. 50 cts.; lb. $1.50. 
Livingston’s New Core less Tomatom 
The most perfect shaped canning variety ever produced. Large size, globe shaped, full at stem end, bright red, 
a .strong grower and big cropper. Offered this season in packets only. Packet 20 cts.; 3 packets, 50 cts. 
A field of Breck’s “True Turkestan Alfalfa Clover,*' Grown on Cherry Hill Farm, Beverly, Mass. 
BRECK’S TRUE TURKESTAN ALFALFA CLOVER. 
A LFALFA or Lucerne Clover is now commencing to find favor in the East; hitherto our eastern 
dairymen and farmers were a little skeptical as to the results obtained from planting this 
valuable clover. It has been demonstrated that splendid crops may be gathered from sowing 
Breck’s True Turkestan Alfalfa at the rate of THIRTY POUNDS PER ACRE. Sow in spring 
as soon as the ground gets warm. Sow broadcast. Do not cover seed too deep. 
Alfalfa grows best on a deep sandy loam with a loose sub-soil. The land must be well drained. It is a 
deep feeder. Plow the ground thoroughly, the deeper the better. 
Alfalfa will grow in favorable soil anywhere from sea level to 7000 feet elevation. 
It will not thrive on an acid soil; overcome acid condition with lime. Cut when first blossoms appear; cut 
in afternoon, allow it to wilt, put up in cocks, cover with hay caps, move each day until cured. Do not cut too late 
in the season. 
From United States Government tests, one acre of alfalfa hay has produced as much beef as 9575 pounds of 
timothy hay, or almost two acres of timothy. It has produced as much beef as 11,967 pounds of red clover or equal 
to one and three-fourths acres. 
For dairy cattle there is no forage that equals alfalfa. It is palatable, rich, easily digested. 
The feeding of alfalfa hay in winter gives the milk and butter a rich yellow color. 
The Alfalfa seed furnished by you two years ago has pro7)ed a wonderful success. 7 h is year from an area of 
six acres I cut from first crop 20 tons 324 lbs. The first cutting was made June 8 th; since then I cut three more 
crops and they were very satisfactory grenuths which I fed green to our cows. / certainly can recomrtiendyour 
strain of Alfalfa Clover to all your customers. Yours truly, 
HENRY FIELDEN, Supt. Cherry Hill Farm , Beverly, Mass. 
Price per lb. 25 cts.; per IOO lbs. 22 cts. per lb. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
