COSSACK ALFALFA 
GREAT PRODUCER, EXTREMELY HARDY, DROUTH RESISTANT 
PROF. N. E. HANSEN'S FAMOUS INTRODUCTION 
Cossack Alfalfa is famous throughout the world for its hardiness and great production 
of forage even under the worst conditions of drouth, heat and cold. Every farm should 
have a pasture and hayland of it. There are a number of alfalfas grown, but Cossack 
is the marvel of them all in hardiness and forage production. 
It is absolutely hardy on the most exposed prairie, and does well and produces an 
abundance of forage and seed in the driest years. Year after year it will outyield the 
common varieties of alfalfa, and is hardier than any of them. Prof. N. E. Hansen, the plant 
wizard, introduced this alfalfa from Siberia, from a region with only eight inches annual 
rainfall with temperatures running to 60 degrees below zero in winter with little or no snow. 
He has added millions of dollars of value to the farms of the Northwest with this one 
kind of alfalfa—Cossack. Extensive planting of this king of the alfalfas will pay you big 
dividends in return. As there is a ready market for the seed at a good price and the sur¬ 
plus hay you get can easily be sold at top prices. 
Plant 8 to 12 pounds to the acre for a solid field of alfalfa, or less per acre according to 
the percentage you want in a mixed pasture. 
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CRESTED WHEAT GRASS 
FORAGE FOREVER 
AN N. E. HANSEN INTRODUCTION 
Crested Wheat Grass is fast becoming the leading forage grass in areas where it is nec¬ 
essary to plant crops that will withstand the hot drying winds of summer and the rigors of 
winter. Crested Wheat Grass is being widely planted in those parts of the prairie states 
where a few years back the land was plowed for wheat but was found unsuitable and 
has been unproductive since as the native grasses were destroyed and most crops would 
not thrive. Crested Wheat Grass will establish a good permanent growth and protect the 
soil from devastating wind erosion. 
CRESTED WHEAT GRASS 
Hundreds of Long Succulent Stems Per Plant 
The Canadian government has planted millions 
of acres of Crested Wheat Grass because they 
consider it one of the hardiest and best grasses 
for permanent forage and pasture. 
It has a heavy fibrous root system that en¬ 
ables it to withstand drouth. With very little 
moisture it produces a very palatable hay that 
has a high protein content. 
The season of pasturing is extended by a 
month or more with Crested Wheat Grass as it 
starts earlier in spring and continues later in fall. 
For pasture and forage, sow with a grain drill 
or a seeder, using 10 to 15 pounds per acre, 
soon after the ground thaws out in spring. 
Crested Wheat Grass is a native of the cold 
dry plains of Russia and Siberia. It was first 
introduced into America by Prof. N. E. Hansen 
of South Dakota State College, from a farther 
north, drier region than some of the later impor¬ 
tations. 
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