REED BROS 
GRIMM ALFALFA 
U. S. VERIFIED-ORIGIN—GOVERNMENT SEALED—NORTHERN GROWN 
State tested for purity and germination 
Grimm Alfalfa has long been accepted as one of the hardiest and best varieties to grow. 
It is produced in the same locality as our HARDY RED CLOVER, which the N. Y. State College 
rates 100% for New York State. This seed is carefully cleaned and recleaned by the most modern 
cleaning apparatus available until it tests better than 99% purity. It comes to you in sealed 
sacks with the origin verified by the government. 
Use FULLY ACCLIMATED Seed 
Seed produced in the cold of Montana, Idaho or the Dakotas may be Northern grown seed, 
but it is not fully acclimated to New York and other northeastern states. Their winters may be as 
cold, but the climate is drier, and apparently zero in Michigan, with its dampness is worse on 
legumes than 40 below in the drier area. Hence it naturally follows that a strain of alfalfa which 
has been grown in Michigan for a period of years will be much more vigorous and hardy than a 
strain grown in these other SO-CALLED hardy seed producing states. 
A STRAIN OF ALFALFA OR CLOVER HAS GOT TO BE HARDY TO LIVE ON THE 
POOR, SANDY, SOUR SOIL OF MICHIGAN DURING THEIR SEVERE DAMP WINTERS. 
IF IT WILL PRODUCE SEED THERE, IT SHOULD GROW FOR YOU. 
HARDY SEED SCARCE 
The supply of good adapted alfalfa seed is very limited. Due to unknown reasons, alfalfa 
seed failed to set properly in all but the third crop. This, coupled with the fact that practically 
no seed was carried over, has resulted in a serious shortage. We will not go so far as to say there 
will be no seed in the spring, but supplies of good adapted seed are limited and a great deal of 
unadapted seed will have to be used. We urge you to place an order for some of our guaranteed 
100 % acclimated seed while it is available. 
Prices—$22.50 per bu. 60 lbs.; \ bu. $11.50; j bu. $5.75. Orders subject to stocks unsold. 
WE PAY FREIGHT on your grass seed if you order 100 lbs. or more. Orders subject to 
Prior Sale. 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
REED BROS’. ALSIKE CLOVER comes from the same source as our Red Clover and Hardy 
Alfalfa. Therefore it is acclimated to your conditions. Purity 99% or better. This is an excel¬ 
lent lot of seed. Why buy weeds in your grass seed? They will grow soon enough without plant¬ 
ing them. 
Price—$13.00 per 60 lb. bu.; J bu. $6.50; 1 pk. $3.50. 
WE PAY FREIGHT on your grass seed if you order 100 lbs. or more. Orders subject to 
Prior Sale. 
TIMOTHY 
Fancy—99.80% Purity. THE BEST OBTAINABLE. 
Price—$3.50 per bu. 45 lbs. 
FREIGHT PAID 100 lbs. or more. 
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