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CLOVER SEED 
SWEETCLOVER—Sweet Clover is very valuable as a 
INTRODUCTION 
While the space in our catalog devoted to Field Seeds is com- 
paratively small, this is really the most extensive department of 
our business. Due to the large production of Alfalfa Seed in our 
section Of Wyoming and Montana, this item alone constitutes con- 
siderably more than half our entire volume of business in ordinary 
years. We are, I believe, the largest primary buyer in the State, 
and have large wholesale outlets in the East. 
This year we are putting all our field seeds (except seed grain 
and coarse seeds) out in our New Branded Bag like the illustration 
on this page. Every lot of seed is tested for purity and germination 
before we offer it for sale. The Mountaineer Brand bag, with the 
test on the tag, and the tag sealed, is your assurance of getting 
seed adapted to your use and exactly as it is represented to be. 
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With the largest local crop of Alfalfa Seed ever produced, we 
realize our local trade on this item will be small, as many of our 
regular customers have seed of their own. However, if you use your 
own seed, or buy from other farmers, let us urge you to have it 
cleaned first and then tested for purity and germination. Unfor- 
tunately some seed which seed houses refuse to buy because of 
impurities is offered for sale direct to farmers at nearly the price 
of good pure seed. For your own protection, insist on having purity 
and germination test on alfalfa seed which you plant. 
GRIMM and COSSACK ALFALFA—We have kept for our re- 
tail requirements select lots of these varieties, and should be able 
to take care of normal requirements throughout the season. Both 
be yeas command a premium for seed purposes, especially 
ack, 
LADAK—A new hardy drought and wilt resistant variety of 
alfalfa. Produces a fine leafy forage, and brings a nice premi 
for seed production. = . oe ny 
gation, a mixture of various grasses and Alsike Clover will 
pasture and soil builder, and also for hay, if cut prop- 
erly. We have both Yellow and White Blossom, and all the 
seed we offer is Wyoming and Montana grown, well re- 
cleaned, scarified and tested. 
RED CLOVER—Valuable soil builder and forage crop, 
usually planted with timothy in the ration of one Ib. 
Red Clover to two or three Ibs. timothy. Red Clover prices 
are lower than average this year. 
ALSIKE CLOVER—Grows best in wet places; mix with 
timothy in low spots where alfalfa kills out. Also very 
good in irrigated pastures as it is a rapid grower, highly 
nutritious and relished by all kinds of livestock. Another 
feature which makes it valuable for pasture use is that it 
will not bloat stock even when wet. 
GRASSES 
There is a general trend toward the planting of more 
permanent grasses for pasture under irrigation as well as 
the reseeding of dry lands which were once plowed. Grass 
seed germinates more slowly than many other seeds and it 
is, therefore, usually found much better to sow early in the 
spring when a constant supply of moisture is more apt 
to be available for the seeds and young plants than can 
be depended upon later in the spring. We make it a prac- 
tice to buy for our trade only the highest quality of grass 
seed and you will find that this is the only kind it will 
pay you to buy. As a rule, better stands of grass are ob- 
tained by planting on fall plowing or where the seed bed 
is quite firm, rather than trying to sow on loose spring- 
plowed land. For pasture purposes, particularly under irri- 



usually give better results than one kind of grass alone. 
ORCHARD GRASS—Valuable in meadows or for pasture. 
Stands a great deal of dry weather and is highly nu- 
tritious and palatable for stock. A very early starter in the 
spring. If you want to thicken up an alfalfa meadow, we 
believe Orchard Grass is the best bet. Much better than 
Timothy for mixing with alfalfa, as it will be ready to cut 
when first cutting alfalfa’ is. It grows quickly so that it 
makes tonnage with the second crop as weil as the first. 
TIMOTHY—A very hardy grass in general use for hay. 
Succeeds in some locations where alfalfa will not 
produce. 
ENGLISH BLUE GRASS or MEADOW FESCUE—A rapid 
grower and highly desirable in pasture or meadow mix- 
tures. Succeeds well even on rather poor soil and will stand 
considerazle drought without killing out. 
BROME GRASS—A fine grass ¢rop for dry land and also 
does well under irrigation. Perfectly hardy and produces 
high quality forage. 
CRESTED WHEAT GRASS—The use of this grass has in- 
creased by leaps and bounds in the past few years. It 
withstands more drought than any grass we know of; pro- 
duces an abundance of highly nutritious pasture or for use 
in a meadow, produces hay that is much relished by live- 
stock and “sticks to their ribs.” 
RED TOP—Suitable for soils too wet for other grasses. 
MOUNTAINEER IRRIGATED PASTURE MIXTURE—Our 
own mixture, which meets the requirements for an all- 
around pasture in a highly satisfactory manner. Contains 
Brome Grass, Orchard Grass, Meadow Fescue, Timothy, 
Kentucky Blue Grass, Alsike Clover, and White Dutch 
Clover, making a carefully balanced pasture ration. 
We can mix pasture grasses for you on any formula 
that you desire. 


