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Good thinking, Good farming, Right Living, a Happy Farmer. 
Hardy Northwestern Alfalfa 
This is the biggest seller we have and one which 
does well throughout the Corn Belt. It is very 
hardy and produces a good tonnage of fine quality 
hay. For prices see price list enclosed. 
Dakota No. 12 Alfalfa 
This is a very hardy strain of Alfalfa which has 
been produced in the Black Hills of South Dakota 
and Northern Nebraska. This is a strain of Alfalfa 
which many think originally came from Grimm but 
in most tests produces even better than Grimm— 
also more winter hardy. 
Our stock of this variety has been limited every 
year on account of the small production in this sec¬ 
tion, but we are very fortunate this year in having 
a good supply although we again expect this sup¬ 
ply to be exhausted long before the season is over. 
We have some of the best quality Dakota No. 12 
this year we have ever handled. 
We received one big car which tested 99.90% 
pure. This car cost us something over $14,000. We 
are unloading another car at the time we are writ¬ 
ing this catalog, January 5th, of some equally as 
good, part of this car being Dakota No. 12, Cossack 
and Grimm. It takes several carloads of Alfalfa for 
us every year, but we are fortunate in being able 
to get more Dakota No. 12 this year than for three 
or four years. For prices on Kelly’s Dakota No. 12, 
see price list enclosed. 
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Blackfoot Blue Tag Idaho Grimm 
This is a strain of Grimm which has been pro¬ 
duced in Idaho by the Blackfoot Association of pro¬ 
ducers, who market their alfalfa under a brand 
called “Blackfoot.” The first producer of Blackfoot 
Grimm Alfalfa moved from Pawnee, Illinois, to 
Idaho more than forty years ago. This all comes 
in their own branded, sealed bags. For prices see 
price list enclosed. 
Northwestern Grimm 
This Alfalfa comes from the same section as some 
of our Dakota No. 12, coming from some fields which 
have been seeded for 15 or 20 years. Grimm Al¬ 
falfa has a low crown, large bushy root system and 
produces a good tonnage of very fine quality hay. 
Price, see price list enclosed. 
Cossack Alfalfa 
The best Alfalfa we have to offer, being the most 
wilt resistant and less susceptible to winter killing. 
Much of the Alfalfa throughout the Corn Belt and 
even in the western Alfalfa producing sections is 
killed or badly damaged by bacterial wilt. 
From tests made at the University of Wisconsin, 
we find the following results: 
After 3 years of wilt disease, Cossack showed 14 
plants to a square yard, Grimm showed 7. 
After 4 years of wilt disease, Cossack showed 8 
plants to a square yard, Grimm showed 3. 
After 5 years of wilt disease, Cossack showed 4 
plants to a square yard while Grimm showed only 
1 plant to 2 square yards. 
Cossack is not only the most wilt resistant and 
winter hardy but also produces the most hay of any 
variety with the exception of Ladak, which will 
produce a little more total tonnage in the season, 
but the first crop is always very coarse. Second and 
third cuts of Ladak usually are very short on ac¬ 
count of having very poor recuperative power. 
From our many years’ experience in buying Alfalfa 
in Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas, especially 
during the dry years of 1934 and 1936, some of these 
ranches would have a fairly good crop of Cossack 
where under the same conditions, Grimm was so 
badly damaged by the heat and drouth that it pro¬ 
duced no seed. Price, see price list enclosed. 
Oklahoma Alfalfa 
Northern grown Oklahoma Alfalfa has 
given very good results throughout the Corn 
Belt section, and this we can offer you at a 
very reasonable price. Quite a lot of Alfalfa 
now is grown for only 2 or 3 years in a crop 
rotation, and for this purpose it is very good. 
On land which will produce Alfalfa well, some 
of our customers say they prefer sowing Al¬ 
falfa instead of Sweet Clover as a fertilizer 
where they can let it lay over for year or two. 
For prices see price list enclosed. 
Lawn Grasses 
KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS 
Big Crop, Excellent Quality 
We are one of the largest handlers of Blue- 
grass in Illinois specializing in high grade 
seed. Every year we sell several carloads of 
Bluegrass. Bluegrass is the foundation of all 
good lawn grass mixtures. Also good in per¬ 
manent pasture mixture. Our seed is all west¬ 
ern grown mostly in northern Missouri and 
Nebraska, where the best seed is produced. 
25 years ago we bought from Kentucky, but 
their meadows are older and soil much 
weedier. 10© lbs., $13.50; 25 to 100 lbs., $15.00; 
5 to 25 lbs., 20c lb. This is specially cleaned 
21 lb. seed, free of weeds. New crop, extra fine 
quality. Lower grades, lower price. 
Fancy Red Top. Small lots, 2©c lb. Large 
quantities, $15.00 per 100 lbs. 
White Dutch Lawn Clover. Small lots, 60c 
lb.; 25 to 10© lbs., 50c lb. 
Kelly’s Stay Green Lawn Grass. The best 
we can make, bent grass, bluegrass, chewings 
Fescue and other high grade grasses. 1 lb., 
35c; 5 lb. bag, $1.50. 
Kelly’s North Shore. A good honest mix¬ 
ture. 1 lb., 25c; 5 lb. bag, $1.00. 
Kelly’s Shade Place. For shade spots. 1 lb., 
50c; 5 lbs., $2.00. 
Our Teoria warehouse. Capacity 85 carloads. 
Switch goes in building. Can load or unload four cars at one time. 
