CLEANED 
TESTED 

REGISTERED ALFALFA 
is produced under state supervision and is state 
tagged and sealed. Tests are made by the state 
seed laboratory.” The seed is graded Blue Tag or 
Yellow Tag as ihe tests determine. Those who 
wish to grow seed for registration must plant Blue 
Tag seed. Registered seed of the following va- 
rieties can usually be obtained. 
GRIMM ALFALFA. This variety is probably the ear- 
liest and best known of the pedigreed varieties. 
Introduced to Minnesota years ago 
by Wendelin Grimm. It has proven 
ability to withstand drouth and 
winter-killing and these fine quali- 
ties have been increased by con- 
tinuous selection. It is a worthy 
variety for the inter-mountain area. 
BALTIC ALFALFA. Seed of this 
hardy variety, grown in Colorado, 
is known as Colorado Baltic and 
Meeker Baltic. Introduced from 
Europe and propagated at Baltic, 
South Dakota for a period of years, 
afterwards brought to Meeker, 
Colorado, where it has consistent- 
ly withstood drought and extreme 
cold for many years. It produces 
high yields of forage. 
COSSACK ALFALFA was introduced 
by the United States Department 
of Agriculture into this country in 
1907, from Russia. The flowers 
show a higher percentage of 
variegation than Grimm. Experi- 
ments show that it compares favor- 
ably with Grimm but is not con- 
sidered superior. 
LADAK ALFALFA. A recent introduction with 
promise of resistance to wilt. It is hardy and 
produces a heavy first cutting, recovers slowly 
after cutting, but again makes rapid growth. 
NON-REGISTERED ALFALFA 
Seed is not registered unless the state official tag 
is attached and sealed and the seal unbroken. 
Common Alfalfa is not registered. There are also 
many fields of the named varieties of Alfalfa that 
are not registered. When the records are clear 
and reliable as to variety, we offer such seed as 
Grimm, Baltic, Cossack or Ladak type Alfalfa seed, 
non-registered. This seed is cleaned, tested and 
graded by us, the same way as common. 
KNOWN ORIGIN 
We keep a certificate of the locality where each 
lot of non-registered Alfalfa seed is grown. 
PRICES 
As prices on Alfalfa seed cannot be determined 
when catalogue is printed, they will be issued 
later or furnished on request. 
ALFALFA 
Alfalfa is more nearly a perfect forage crop than any other crop grown in this 
country. No other forage crop cultivated in the United States is utilized more success- 
fully in so may ways as alfalfa (Medicago Sativa). The translation of the name, which 
is of Arabic origin, means “the best fodder.” 
at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per acre. 

FIELD 
SEEDS 
Sow in spring and fall in firm seed bed 
COMMON ALFALFA 
is the name applied to the purple flowered, smooth 
strains of alfalfa. We are usually able to supply 
such seed grown from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, 
Montana and New Mexico; from northern latitudes, 
high elevations and dry lands. As a safeguard 
to buyers, we have adopted certain grade stand- 
ards that have been scrupulously maintained for so 
long, they are now generally recognized as de- 
pendable. 
Gold Seal and Gold Bee grades of 
Alfalfa seed are packed in branded 
bags. All seed is tested for purity 
and germination and tags showing 
the analysis is attached to each bag. 
GOLD SEAL GRADE. Alfalfa seed 
99.50 or better pure, good color, 
free of noxious weeds, is packed 
in 100-pound bags, branded with 
the Gold Seal emblem as _ illus- 
trated to the left. 
GOLD BEE GRADE. Alfalfa seed 
98.50 or better pure, not quite as 
bright or plump as the Gold Seal 
Grade, is packed in 100-pound 
bags, branded with the Gold Bee 
emblem. The seed has good value. 
CHOICE GRADE. This is a grade 
of seed that cannot be worked into 
the higher grades on account of 
inert matter and other crop seeds 
and lower germination. However, 
this grade is also milled and 
tested. It is packed in plain 100- 
pound bags. 
PRIME OR SAMPLE GRADE. In 
cleaning Alfalfa there is sometimes 
an accumulation of light seed and 
inert matter that contains considerable good seed 
that cannot be extracted. The purity and germi- 
nation is of course lower than the other grades 
and the rate per acre should be increased. How- 
ever, good stands have been secured from this 
grade of seed. As the stocks vary in quality 
and value, we prefer to send samples and prices. 
BROME-ALFALFA MIXTURE 
A mixture of Brome Grass and Alfalfa will make 
excellent hay and pasture. The danger of bloat 
is reduced by the Brome Grass. They do well 
together. 12 pounds of Brome and 5 pounds of 
Alfalfa seed per acre is recommended. 
INCREASE ALFALFA YIELDS 
Alfalfa is a _ soil-builder, adding nitrogen and 
humus to the soil and makes good use of soluble 
phosphate. If this is lacking in the soil, it can be 
supplied by applying Superphosphate. Prices and 
bulletin furnished on request. 

76 THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY, DENVER, COLORADO 
