KANSAS ALFALFA 
(U.S. Verified Origin) 
Here is seed which today has more 
friends in the East than ever before. 
Excellent seed from selected Kansas 
stands. Widely used in rotations re- 
quiring two or three-year stands. 
Known for its early vigor and heavy 
production. Increased numbers of 
Hoffman patrons know, from years of 
actual use on their farms, that they 
get adapted seed in this Hoffman 
Kansas seed. The plants that produce 
it have to take extremes of weather 
conditions. They are subjected to 
many freezes and thaws. Conditions 
that would kill off weaklings of a less 
hardy nature. 
This Hoffman Kansas seed bears 
U.S. Verified Origin tags—every bag 
of it. Has been cleaned right. 
““GRIMM-TYPE’’ ALFALFA 
(U. S. Verified Origin) 
Folks who like to sow “Grimm” al- 
falfa will be glad to hear that it is 
again available. “Grimm” has been 
classed among the leaders in hardy 
alfalfa. Has been a consistent pro- 
ducer of good crops. Noted for its 
ability to withstand wide weather ex- 
tremes, especially in the North and 
at high altitudes. Seems to pull 
through many winters that have been 
hard on other alfalfas. Crowns seem 
to set low, and roots often branch out 
to afford much protection. 
STATE CERTIFIED GRIMM 
Every bushel is produced under strict 
supervision of its State Department, 
from the field to you. Sealed at the 
thresher. Checked and re-sealed at 
every cleaning operation. Demands 
a premium, truly more costly, yet as- 
sures genuineness as to variety. 
Always use HOFFMAN INOCULANT 
Low-Cost Alfalfa Crop 
Neglect of proper inoculation helps 
cause crop failures. Cost of Hoff- 
man Inoculant is so low, its value 
as crop insurance so high, that you 
just can’t afford not to use if. | 
Not only are yields increased, 
but also higher-quality, richer- 
protein hay is produced. Illinois 
Bulletin 349 shows an average 
gain with inoculated seed of 70.4 
lbs. of protein per ton of alfalfa 
hay—equal to the protein contained 
in over 400 lbs. of 16% dairy feed. 
Hoffman Inoculant gives alfalfa 


Insurance 
extra vigor . . . the boost needed - 
to give it a head start in the race 
with weeds. Pays you dividends 
from better alfalfa crops, plus ex- | 
tra dividends from better crops — ! 
that follow on that soil. : : 
If it were possible, we'd inocu- 
late every lot of alfalfa seed be- 
fore it left the warehouse. But the 
bacteria would not be alive when 
you were ready to sow. Order — 

‘enough Hoffman Inoculant along 
with your alfalfa seed, and inocu- 
late just shortly before sowing. 
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Hay on Pasture 
Dairymen are finding that the 
feeding of a little hay daily to 
cows on good pasture slows up 
digestion of the laxative grass 
and increases. its nutritive 
value. The feeding of hay also 
greatly reduces the fall slump 
in production. Cows will eat 
hay on pasture if given the 
opportunity. 
Chores 
It takes almost as long to “do 
chores” as it ever did. One 
survey 40 years ago showed 
that 144 hours of chores were 
used per cow each year. Now 
142 hours of chore time per 
cow still are being used. Two 
hours saved in 40 years! Mean- 
while the hours required to 
grow and harvest an acre of 
corn had dropped from 30 to 
10. Are there any labor short- 
cuts you can work out on your 
farm? Remember, it’s the No. 
1 way to cut costs. 
Weeds 
As many as 40,000 weed seeds 
have been counted in a square 
foot of soil. 
Need Boron? 
If your alfalfa turns yellow 
and you suspect boron defi- 
ciency, the best approach is to 
try 10 to 20 pounds on a test 
acre and watch the results. 
Records 
Some dairymen make duplicate 
copies of breeding records, 
keeping one in the barn, the 
other in the house. In case one 
is lost or burned, there is the 
other copy to check when each 
cow will freshen and to which 
bull she is bred. Beats mark- 
ing it on the barn wall. 
Sick Calves 
Dairy farmers’ treatment of 
sick calves should only be to 
isolate them and to provide 
clean, dry, warm quarters. 
Anti-calf scour serum, sulfa- 
guanidine, sulfapyridine, or any 
medicine should only be used 
after proper diagnosis by a 
competent veterinarian. 
Rats 
One rat eats 150 pounds of 
corn per year, which makes 
the cost of keeping 10 rats or 
17 laying hens about equal. 
Early-Cut Hay 
Feeding tests show that cows 
receiving early-cut alfalfa hay 
produce on the average 73 
more pounds of butterfat dur- 
ing the year than cows receiv- 
ing alfalfa hay cut at the full- 
bloom stage. About 90% of the 
carotine in alfalfa hay is in the 
leaves, and about 75% of the 
protein. 
Chewing Wood 
A calf chewing wood usually 
indicates a phosphorus defi- 
ciency. Add % pound steamed 
bone meal to each 20 pounds 
of feed. Also give it access to 
a mixture of 1 pound iodized 
stock salt, 2 pounds ground 
limestone, and either steamed 
bone meal or dicalcium phos- 
phate, 3 pounds. Also plenty 
of hay. 
Cutting Hay 
Best time for cutting hay 
seems to be: Alfalfa, cut when 
not more than one-tenth in 
bloom. Red Clover and Alsike, 
cut when not more than one- 
half in bloom. Timothy, cut 
before it reaches the bloom 
stage. 
Preservatives 
Corn meal, ground barley, 
ground wheat and oat hulls 
have been used as _ preserva- 
tives for grass and legume 
silage. All of them do a sat- 
isfactory job. Corn meal makes 
the most palatable silage, 
ground wheat a close second. 
The barley and oat hull silages 
are not quite so palatable al- 
though readily eaten. 
Manure 
New Jersey finds 70% of the 
nitrogen, 63% of the phos- 
phoric acid, 86% of the potash, 
and 63% of the lime in the feed 
of dairy cows recovered in the 
manure. Annual manure out- 
put of a_1,300-pound cow was 
estimated at 21 tons, contain- 
ing 200 pounds nitrogen, 63 
pounds phosphoric acid, 168 
pounds potash, 52 pounds lime 
—not including betaine 
a Patriot 
atrick Henry said 150 ye 
ago “He is the greatest ates 
who stops the most gullies.” 
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