Alfalfagrams ... too late for caution after seed is planted 
Don't gamble with your chances of ob¬ 
taining a satisfactory and profitable alfalfa 
patch by sowing unadapted seed. 
The introduction of the U. S. Verified 
Origin Service referred to in greater detail 
below was not prompted by governmental 
whim or demand, but was sought by repu¬ 
table seed houses not only for the protec¬ 
tion of their farmer customers, but also for 
their own protection as they found they 
were suffering from unfair competition of 
unscrupulous dealers substituting either 
southern grown or imported seed for South 
Dakota or other seed of northern origin, 
and these unscrupulous dealers could un¬ 
dersell. In fact their actions made it impos¬ 
sible for the honest dealer to compete with 
the others in price and make a legitimate 
profit, without which no business can sur¬ 
vive and continue to give service. 
The Verified Origin Service is not an ex¬ 
clusive organization. Any seed dealer 
who is willing to comply with the simple 
requirements of the service may become a 
member. There is an old saying which 
goes like this, "A nod is as good as a wink 
to a blind horse" and if a seed dealer is 
not a member of the Verified Origin Serv¬ 
ice, echo answers why? 
We Avail Ourselves of This Government 
Service for Your Protection 
As an additional safeguard to our 
customers, through arrangement with 
the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture, under which our stock records 
are inspected and supervised by that 
department, we are authorized to issue 
verified origin certificates for alfalfa seed sold by us, 
the locality of production of which has been verified 
by a Federal Inspector. Disco alfalfa can be supplied 
with verified origin certificate. 
With seed being plentiful and prices very reason¬ 
able for hardy northern grown seed and the Govern¬ 
ment making a generous payment per acre for plant¬ 
ing alfalfa seed under the AAA, wouldn't this be a 
good year to get a field started? Insist on buying 
Verified origin seed. 
SAFEGUARDS 
In no business or profession in the world does the 
integrity and reliability of the vendor loom so large 
as in the seed business, and possibly no single va¬ 
riety of seed has been more substituted with resultant 
loss to the buyer than alfalfa. As a safeguard to 
our customers we adopted, some years ago, the plan 
of sealing our alfalfa with the Disco Seal. 
Every Bag of Disco Alfalfa Sealed 
The popularity and superiority of Disco 
Alfalfa has caused many unscrupulous 
dealers to attempt to substitute. Instances 
have frequently come to the attention of 
our salesmen where intending planters 
have been told that they could be supplied 
with our seed, or just as good, practically 
the same, and so on. Discriminating buyers 
will insist on the Genuine Disco, to be ob¬ 
tained direct or from authorized Disco deal¬ 
ers. For your protection and our own, every 
bag of Disco alfalfa will have a seal bearing the 
Disco brand, our registered trademark. Look for this, 
without which none are genuine. 
INOCULATION 
When sowing alfalfa sweet clover, or any other 
legume for that matter, be sure to use a bacteria which 
will help you to get a stronger stand than you would 
otherwise obtain. 
Below we give you the prices on Nitragin. 
Not Delivered 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUME SEEDS WITH 
1898—FORTY THREE YEARS OF SERVICE—1941 
When ordering, Always state name of seed. 
ALFALFA, all Clovers 
LESPEDEZA 
Size 
Retail 
V 2 
bu. 
each...$ .30 
1 
bu. 
each... .50 
2/2 
bu. 
each... 1.00 
Size Retail 
Small (Inoculates up to 
50 lb. seed) .$ .45 
Large (Inoculates up to 
100 lb. seed) .65 
PEAS (All Varieties) 
VETCHES(AIIVarieties) 
Vi bu. each...$ .25 
1 bu. each... .35 
l 2 /z bu. each... .55 
5 bu. each... 1.50 
12 l /i bu. each... 3.G0 
BEANS 
String, Wax, Kidney 
Yi bu. each...$ .25 
1 bu. each... .35 
5 bu. each... 1.50 
SOYBEANS, LIMA 
BEANS, COW PEAS, 
PEANUTS 
Small, (Inoculates up 
to 120 lb. seed) $ .30 
*5 bu. each.58 
25 bu. each .... 2.60 
(One can ) 
*30 bu. each .... 3.45 
(6-5 bu. cans) 
GARDEN SIZE 
Garden Peas & Beans 
Sweet Peas& Lupines 
Enough for 6 lbs. seed 
Retail Price 10c each 
*The 30 bu. size as listed above is a carton 
which contains six 5 bu. size cans. 
Don't throw your money away on unadapted foreign grown Alfalfa Seed 
There Is No Substitute for "Quality Seed" 
HOUSES., MITCHELL AND REDFIELD, S. D.—EMMETSBURG, IOWA 
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