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"Disco" ALFALFA 
Is Backed by a Continuous Improvement Program 
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REGISTERED ALFALFA 
STATE SEALED and CERTIFIED SEED 
This seed of established pedigree is produced by 
the most successful and dependable growers, the 
entire process being under state supervision from 
planting time. All cleaning operations are checked 
and supervised by Crop Improvement Association 
inspectors; the seed is graded (either blue, red or 
yellow tag, as the case may be), tagged and sealed 
by the Association, in 2% bushel (150 pounds) or in 
1 bushel (60 pounds) or half bushel (30 pounds) bags* 
The South Dakota Crop Improvement Association 
and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture have 
a resident inspector in Mitchell who is available to 
open and re-seal the bags containing any quantity 
desired. 
In buying State Sealed Seed be careful to 
examine the seals and tags. 
213 Unity Bldg. 
Bloomington, III. 
August 2, 1939. 
Mr. Richard Burn, 
Dakota Improved Seed Go., 
Mitchell, S. Dak. 
Dear Mr. Burn'. 
In the early Spring of 1937 I bought from you one bushel of 
Alfalfa seed, and I am wondering if you have records of sales 
such that you can trace that seed to the particular field it came 
from. If so, I would like some more of it and so would two 
friends of mine. 
You will he interested vn the results that caused this letter. 
They are simply that that seeding of Alfalfa not only refused 
to die under very unfavorable conditions but also refused to he 
killed. I seeded it early in the Spring with Fall seeded Wheal 
which was very heavy, went down and apparently smothered 
out the Alfalfa to the extent that it wasn’t worth leaving. That 
being my conclusion I pastured it close all Fall till the snow 
came. Then in the Spring of 1938 I scattered on a little 
Timothy and pastured all summer close, even letting both hogs 
and sheep chew everything into the ground all winter. This 
Spring in March, I told my man to scatter on some more Tim¬ 
othy and if there wasn’t enough growth to make pasture to 
plow up the tract and sow Beans. That’s the last I knew till 
the last of May when I saw the field again, and you can believe 
it or not, there was a good stand of Alfalfa there and not a bit 
of Timothy to be seen. It must be of an unusually hardy 
strain. 
Yours very truly, 
Howard Brown. 
P. S. The variety in question was Disco Affidavit Grimm 
Alfalfa. 
LADAK 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture found the 
natives of Ladak, a province of northern India, 
cultivating this variety at an elevation of 12,000 
feet where the rainfall is around 4 inches per year, 
and blizzards occur at any month of the year. 
A few seeds of this were brought back and given 
to Montana farmers for experimental purposes. 
They noticed at once that the plants stood the 
severe winters and did better in hot, dry weather 
than ordinary alfalfa. When planted on wilt in¬ 
fected soil it stood again as long as other varieties 
before being killed out. 
Give this a trial because 
all experiments show that 
it is a coming leader. 
"DISCO" NO. 28 
The demand for this excellent alfalfa not only in 
the northwestern states, but also in the eastern and 
southern states, has been phenomenal. Our greatest 
problem, as a rule, has been to be able to supply the 
demand. It is the most universally popular and use¬ 
ful of our Regional Strains, and we have had to 
increase our acreage several times. This year with 
more bountiful seed crops in our growing sections 
we feel sure we can take care of a normal demand. 
Reports from our customers indicate that it still re¬ 
tains its position of leadership in resistance to win¬ 
ter-killing, in resistance to the growth of pigeon 
grass and other similar foes of alfalfa, and in the 
heavy yield of hay. We heartily recommend this 
variety. 
GRIMM 
Our stocks of this well known variety have been 
grown under the most exacting conditions, both in 
regard to drouth and cold, so that its hardiness and 
well known resistance to winter killing have not 
only been maintained, but by constant selection, 
very much improved. 
Recommended by agricultural colleges throughout 
the United States. Where extreme temperatures are 
experienced, Grimm alfalfa has demonstrated its 
ability to withstand the severe winters and burning 
drouth. We give an affidavit that all Grimm sold 
by us is genuine and to be seed of known pedigree. 
Where ‘‘winter killing^’ is a problem—USE 
GRIMM. 
COSSACK 
The dry years experienced in the northwest have 
demonstrated the unusual drought resistant qual¬ 
ities of Cossack Alfalfa. Our prediction is that in 
the next few years Cossack will become the popular 
variety of this great legume. Many farmers in 
South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana have posi¬ 
tively declared that they will plant nothing but 
Cossack. Apparently its long existence in the 
deserts of Siberia has bred into it unusual drought 
resistance, and at the same time where moisture is 
available either through nature’s rainfall or irri¬ 
gation it responds with enormous yields of nourish¬ 
ing, high protein alfalfa hay. 
BALTIC 
A comparatively new variety of hardy alfalfa. 
U. S. Bulletin Number 757 says: “This variety is 
recommended for sections where ordinary strains 
suffer considerable loss through winter killing. The 
quantity of Baltic seed produced in the United 
States is rather limited and precautions are neces¬ 
sary in purchasing it.” 
Dakota Improved Seed Company are the pro¬ 
moters and breeders of the Baltic alfalfa. Placing 
your order with them assures you will get the 
original Disco Baltic alfalfa seed. 
We are offering one lot of Baltic Alfalfa this year, 
which was grown on fields in South Dakota from 
seed supplied by us in 1911. This wonderful alfalfa 
withstood the ravages of drought and grasshoppers, 
which, during the past several years, have cleaned 
up and killed a tremendous acreage of alfalfa. 
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HOUSES, MITCHELL, 5. D.—EMMETSBURG, fOWA 
