NORTHRUP, KING & CO.’S FARM SEEDS 
FIELD CORN—Cont. 
KINGSCROST CORN —Cont. 
Only newly crossed seed from this method of breeding is 
valuable. The second year after the cross the strain does not 
perform at all like the first year and is quite inferior seed, 
therefore should not be saved and replanted from a crop 
planted with Kingscrost corn. 
There are four strains of Kingscrost corn to fit the growing 
seasons of various sections. 
Kingscrost Extra Early Minnesota No. 13. Is slightly earlier 
than Haney Strain and is adapted to sections farther North 
than the Medium Early Strains. 
Kingscrost Medium Early Minnesota No. 13. This cross is 
not quite as early as Haney Strain and is adapted to North 
Central Minnesota, Southern North Dakota and Northern 
Wisconsin. 
Kingscrost Minnesota No. 13. For sections where standard 
Minnesota No. 13 is adapted although it is about two days 
earlier. It has shown average yields of grain 8 to 10 bushels 
per acre higher than Minnesota No. 13 and ensilage yields 
21/4 tons per acre higher than Minnesota No. 13 and Golden 
Glow. 
Kingscrost Reid’s No. 13. For Northern Iowa and Southern 
Minnesota and like territories. It is about the same earliness 
as Golden Glow and Murdock. It has yielded an average of 11 
bushels per acre higher than the regular varieties in the sec¬ 
tions where it is adapted. It is a cross between inbred strain 
of Reed’s Yellow Dent and of Minnesota No. 13 strain. 
ALFALFA 
Cossack Alfalfa. One of the variegated sorts and shown by 
State and Government tests to be hardy and productive. Intro¬ 
duced by Prof. Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Sta¬ 
tion after visits to Siberia where he conducted investigations 
for the U. S. Government and State of South Dakota. This 
variety is in some sections considered equal to Grimm for 
productiveness and frost resistance. 
Dakota Grown Alfalfa. Commonly sold as Dakota No. 12. 
Generally considered equally as hardy as Montana seed. 
Grimm Alfalfa. Bulletin 209, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, re¬ 
cords that Grimm Alfalfa was introduced into Carver County, 
Minn., in 1857, by Wendelin Grimm, an immigrant from 
Europe. His original lot of seed, which did not exceed 15 or. 
20 pounds, was sowed in the spring of 1858. Several years* 
passed before sufficient seed was raised to afford opportunity 
for distribution. The Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Sta¬ 
tion took up the subject and efforts were made to extend 
Grimm culture. In 1905 the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture began 
to experiment with this variety and since then it has been 
grown in comparison with a large number of varieties and 
strains and in practically every case has proved itself equal, if 
not superior, to any of these in hardiness. 
Idaho Grown Alfalfa. Idaho Alfalfa is grown in the isolated 
mountain valleys of Idaho, at an average elevation of 4,000 
to 5,000 feet. Idaho grown Alfalfa Seed is preferred by many. 
Montana Grown Alfalfa. Montana grown Alfalfa is extreme¬ 
ly hardy and some prefer it to seed from any other locality. 
Our seed is obtained in those sections where plants have en¬ 
dured the extreme cold of winter and thrive in high altitudes. 
It is highly recommended for planting in the Northwest. 
Recent experiments of both the Minnesota and North Dakota 
Experiment Stations have established the superior hardiness 
of Montana grown Alfalfa. 
Utah Grow’ii Alfalfa. Utah Alfalfa is grown in the rugged 
inter-mountain country at an average elevation of 4,000 to 
5,000 feet. Weather conditions throughout this section are 
unusually severe, being extremely hot in summer with ex¬ 
tremely low temperature in winter. 
CLOVER 
ALsike or Swedish Clover. One of the hardiest varieties 
known. It will do better on moist land than any other variety 
of Clover, and is suitable for either hay or pasture. When 
sown with other grasses, it forms a thick undergrowth and 
greatly increases the yield. It is frequently sown both with 
Medium Red Clover and with Timothy, and the quality of 
hay thus produced is excellent. Finer and more leafy than 
Medium Red Clover and cattle prefer it. 
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