.R.B.BUCHANAN SEED CQ MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE. 
Mewing Alfalfa AMERICAN-GROWN ALFALFA SEED 
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catalogue they would probably be incorrect before we received your order. Send us a post card and immediately upon receipt of it we will send you 
our regular quotation card, quoting our lowest prevailing prices. 
Prices on This Page Post Paid. Quantity Prices on Yellow Price List Enclosed. 
ALFALFA WILL PRODUCE MORE CHOICE 
FEED PER ACRE THAN WILL 
ANY OTHER CROP 
Three tons of dry alfalfa hay per acre is a 
fair yearly yield in regions of light rainfall 
and short growing season. 
The yield should be more than three tons 
per acre where there is abundant rainfall and 
a long growing season. 
Alfalfa and corn fed together make a good 
ration for all live stock—Alfalfa belongs on 
every farm—for hog pasture; hay for the 
dairy herd, family cow or chickens. For sheep 
and beef cattle, no other roughage is equal 
to alfalfa hay. 
When comparing alfalfa with other crops, 
remember one sowing of alfalfa may last 
five years, and it usually doesn’t have to be 
cultivated. 
Alfalfa lives several years if not pastured 
too close. There is always a fresh growth 
coming during the growing season. 
Alfalfa is weakened and its life shortened 
by pasturing too young, too close, or late in 
the fall or winter. Taking off the fall growth 
exposes alfalfa so it sometimes winter-kills. 
Better not pasture alfalfa the same year it 
is sowed. 
Finely cut, steamed alfalfa hay with plenty 
of leaves is a choice feed to add variety to 
the winter ration for laying hens. 
Alfalfa is a perennial legume belonging to 
the same family as peas, beans, and clover; 
it is also the oldest forage plant known. 
The best soils on the farm should be se¬ 
lected for the alfalfa field. It is practicably 
useless to attempt to grow the crop on non¬ 
productive lands. 
It is best to precede alfalfa for a year or 
two with some cultivated crop, such as corn, 
potatoes, or cotton, to free the land from 
weeds. The ideal seed bed is a well-settled 
sub-surface with a fine surface that is loose 
to a depth of 2 inches. 
Alfalfa should be sown early enough to 
permit the plants to become well established 
before winter sets in. The rate of sowing 
depends upon the condition of the soil. In 
the South, 25 to 30 pounds per acre is gen¬ 
erally advised. Except under very favorable 
conditions, alfalfa should be sown without 
a nurse crop. 
Alfalfa should be cut for hay when the 
plants are well in bloom. 
Write for 20-page booklet on Alfalfa. 
1049— HARDY NORTHWESTERN —So called for it comes from those states like Utah, 
Idaho and others where the winters are very cold, therefore producing hardy alfalfa. 
Price—1 lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $1.90; 10 lbs., $3.75; 15 lbs., $5.50; 25 lbs., $8.75 
1050— BUCK BRAND ALFALFA —Grown in the State of Kansas. Our annual sales 
now amount to many thousands of pounds each year, and after 40 years’ experience 
we call it the best upland American-grown alfalfa. 
Price—1 lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.00; 10 lbs., $3.80; 15 lbs., $5.50; 25 lbs., $9.00 
1051— DAKOTA ALFALFA —This variety is the result of years of careful breeding 
and represents the highest type of alfalfa. Dakota produces exceptionally hardy 
alfalfa, practically immune to winter killing. 
Price—1 lb., 55c; 5 lbs., $2.25; 10 lbs., $4.30; 15 lbs., $6.25; 25 lbs., $10.00 
1067— HARDY UTAH —Often known as mile high alfalfa, because these seed are 
produced in the mountain valleys of Utah, more than 5,000 feet above sea level. In 
the mountains of Utah where this seed is grown the severe night temperatures 
often drop 35 degrees below the day temperatures. This seed, we believe, will stand 
more cold without winter killing than any alfalfa grown. 
Price—1 lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.00; 10 lbs., $3.80; 15 lbs., $5.50; 25 lbs., $9.00 
1052— KANSAS CERTIFIED —Field inspection is made before harvest. The inspec¬ 
tor reports upon the eligibility of the field as a source of certified seed, examines 
the field for purity and freedom from diseases and weeds, and inspects the grower’s 
seed-cleaning equipment and storage facilities. If the germination and purity are 
found satisfactory, the seed is bagged and is then inspected and sealed. 
Price—1 lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50; 10 lbs., $4.60; 15 lbs., $6.60; 25 lbs., $10.50 
1068— PERUVIAN ALFALFA— Is the least hardy and most rapid growing of our 
commercial varieties. It was first introduced into the United States from Peru in 
1899. It seldom survives the winters where the temperature falls below 10° F. and 
is therefore suited only to the extreme South and Southwest. Where it survives 
the winters, Peruvian alfalfa gives somewhat larger yields than most other varieties. 
Price—1 lb., 45c; 5 lbs., $1.75; 10 lbs., $3.40; 15 lbs., $4.75; 25 lbs., $7.50 
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