NON-WARRANTY 
—The House of Gurney, 
Inc., does not give any 
warranty, expressed or 
implied, as to descrip¬ 
tion, quality, produc¬ 
tiveness, or any other 
matter of seeds, bulbs 
or plants which it sends 
out, and will not be in 
any way held respons¬ 
ible for the crop. 
PLANT GURNEY’S ALFALFA 
Prices of seed are con¬ 
stantly changing, and 
we are unable to guar¬ 
antee the price of farm 
seed listed in this cata¬ 
log for any definite 
length of time. 
You can always be 
assured you will get full 
value for your money 
at Gurney’s. 
We guarantee that all seed ordered from this catalog will prove of satisfactory germinating 
test to you; that is, on arrival of the seed test it, and if it does not prove satisfactory you may 
return it to us within twenty days after receipt of the seed by you, returning at our expense 
and your money, together with the transportation charges which you have paid, will be re¬ 
funded. It is so manifestly impossible for a seller of any perishable article to be responsible 
for what may happen to it after it leaves his hands, especially one like seeds, which are planted 
under varying conditions of soil and climate, that we and all other American seed houses dis¬ 
claim responsibility as to the crop that may be raised from seed which we sell. At the same 
time, in case of failure to secure proper results caused from some inherent fault in the seeds 
themselves, The House of Gurney, Inc. accept responsibility, not for the crop, but to the extent 
of the amount of money paid for the seed if immediately advised; or, seeds may be returned. 
GURNEY'S COSSACK ALFALFA 
PURITY 99%, GERMINATION 90% OR BETTER 
DAKOTA No. 12 ALFALFA 
99% PURE, GERMINATION 90% OR BETTER 
' Cossack alfalfa is no longer an experiment. It is many years 
now since Prof. N. E. Hansen of Brookings brought the first 
seed over from the wilds of Siberia where it had been growing 
under much more rigid climatic conditions than we find in any 
part of the United States. Today it has proved itself of infinite 
value to the farms of the great Northwest, since it grows and 
thrives in spite of low temperatures and does unusually well 
even on dry, high land. It has proved to be the best alfalfa from 
the Gulf of Mexico well up into Canada, producing plants in the 
far north seven feet high, and producing more hay per acre than 
any other alfalfa. 
A few thousand dollars invested in Prof. Hansen’s search for 
alfalfa in Siberia have returned themselves to the people of the 
United States many thousand fold. Every farmer owning land 
that would not produce common alfalfa profitably and success¬ 
fully is now assured of a hardy alfalfa that will produce paying 
crops on that ground. 
Cossack Alfalfa is very frost resistant, in fact, almost frost¬ 
proof. In the fall it will be green and suitable for pasture, long 
after all other varieties are frozen and brown. 
Cossack Alfalfa not only has a 
deep tap root like common alfalfa, 
but has in addition many branch 
roots, enabling it to utilize the sur¬ 
face moisture and fertility as well 
as sending tap roots deep into the 
subsoil. Cossack plants spread 
more than other alfalfas, often 
sending up over a hundred stems 
from one crown. Because of this 
spreading habit, it is unnecessary 
to plant more than 10 pounds of 
Cossack seed per acre. 
Prices of Cossack seed in 
sealed bags. 
1 lb. $0.50 
5 lbs. 2.35 
10 lbs. 4.55 
25 lbs. 10.90 
60 lbs. (1 bu.). 25.50 
100 lbs. 42.50 
For more than forty years the state of South Dakota has been 
producing crops of alfalfa that are profitable. We do not know 
the source of the seed first planted but we do know that by pro¬ 
cess of elimination and the “survival of the fittest” that South 
Dakota is producing alfalfa seed that in turn produces the hardi¬ 
est alfalfa plants, and those that will yield greater returns in 
hay than seed grown in any other part of the world. This seed is 
produced where the snow covering is very light or none at all, 
where the temperature drops from five to fifteen degrees lower 
than any other point in the state. These strenuous conditions 
have eliminated any plant that may have been tender, leaving 
nothing but the hardiest to produce seed, and in each successive 
generation any plant showing any inherent weakness has been 
destroyed by these conditions and the fittest has survived. 
Its roots, often measuring thirty feet in length, force their 
way deep into the subsoil in search of moisture and plant foods 
that cannot be reached by other plants. It draws nitrogen from 
the air and stores it in the soil more than 100% faster than any 
other clover, excepting sweet clover. If your ground will grow 
alfalfa, you have “the world by the tail with a down hill pulh” 
PRICES 
1 lb. $0.50 
5 lbs. 2.20 
10 lbs. 4.30 
25 lbs. 10.25 
60 lbs. (1 bu.). 23.70 
100 lbs. 39.50 
The House of Gurney 
Yankton, S. D. 
Gentlemen: 
I received the alfalfa seed 
yesterday and am taking this 
way to let you know how 
pleased I am with it. It surely 
is nice seed—looks better than 
the sample you sent me. 
Yours very truly, 
Claude Cox, 
Clemons, Iowa 
Cossack Alfalfa Plant 
A field of Cossack Alfalfa 
Dakota No. 12 Alfalfa Plant 
36 
Ask for Samples of Alfalfa — They are Free 
