ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEEDS 
ALFALFA SEED 
Ladak Alfalfa. This comparatively new 
variety gives promise of becoming 
popular and rightly so for it has de- 
veloped that Ladak is ideally adapted 
to dry soils which cannot successfully 
grow the more common varieties. Ladak 
Alfalfa will produce one heavy crop 
on dry soils, after which, in case the 
moisture is not sufficient to continue 
its growth, it will survive through the 
season to come again after winter rains 
have revived it. Other varieties of 
alfalfa will almost completely die out 
but not so with Ladak. It may appear 
completely dead, but will come again, 
when fall rains bring moisture. Ladak 
is likewise strongly resistant to freezing. 
In many tests Ladak has proved su- 
perior to all others for the cold and 
dry conditions found in the northern 
Great Plains areas and it has also given 
good results under irrigation in the 
Northwest, 
Grimm Alfalfa. The hardiest of all 
alfalfa and will stand the severest win- 
ters of our mountain sections. It has 
a branching root growth that gives the 
plant a firm hold on the soil and pre- 
vents heaving by frequent freezing and 
thaws, and also adapts it to shallower 
soils. If your soil has a hard-pan near 
the surface, or if your farm is in the 
mountain section, it will pay you to 
give Grimm the preference. Being short 
rooted, Grimm will thrive on soils where 
the water table is close to the surface. 
Grimm is very leafy and fine stemmed 
and is preferred by most hay buyers. 
Sow Grimm 8 pounds per acre after 
frost danger is over. Fertilize with Soil 
Sulphur or Superphosphate for bumper 
crops the first season. We handle only 
State Sealed and Certified Grimm seed. 
Common or Chilean Alfalfa. This is the 
popular long-rooted variety so univer- 
sally grown. Best adapted to deep soils. 
We handle only the hardiest types of 
Chilean, selecting our seed from grow- 
ing districts which produce seed of 
true type. Our mountain grown seed 
will produce stands of longer duration 
and prove more profitable to plant. 

CLOVERS 
RED CLOVER. The standard clover for 
all purposes. Makes an excellent hay 
when mixed with Timothy. Succeeds 
well on most any soil. Inoculate seed 
before planting and you'll be sure to 
get a stand. 
Alsike Clover. This is a perennial 
adapted for hay or pasture. A valuable 
crop for bee pasture. Does well either 
on poor dry soils or in wet rich soil. 
Being finer, brighter and not so dusty. 
Alsike hay is preferred to Red Clover. 
Inoculate all clovers and be sure to get 
a stand. 
Ladino Clover. Pastures more cattle and 
hogs than any other clover with the 
possible exception of Strawberry Clover 
which is fast coming into importance 
as a clover pasture crop. Ladino is 
SEED GRAINS . 
BARLEY 
Velvon. A new, heavy-yielding, non- 
lodging strain of bearded barley. Vel- 
von is winter hardy or yields well, 
spring planted. Because of its upright 
growing head Velvon does not lodge as 
do other barleys. Velvon produces 
heavy, plump, white kernels and its 
beards are almost entirely awnless, In 
Talent Trials, planted in the spring of 
1942, Velvon yielded 102.5 bushels per 
acre. Planted as late as May 4, 1943, 
this barley yielded 83.4 bushels per 
acre, We offer Blue Tag Certified seed. 
RYE 
Abruzzi Rye. The fastest growing rye 
grain for cover crop or late winter or 
early spring pasture. Produces three 
times the growth of ordinary rye, bar- 
ley or oats in cool weather, 
OATS 
Kanota. Still the favorite red oat be- 
cause of its early maturity and heavy 
yielding qualities. Not particularly 
suited for fall planting. We recommend 
Black Swedish or Winter Gray Oats for 
fall sowing. 
Winter Gray Oats. Best suited for fali 
planting. Heaviest yielding oat for hay 
but matures later than Kanota. Very 
leafy with slender stalks. We do not 
recommend Gray Oats be planted with 
Alfalfa as they are not substantially 
developed when the first cutting is 
taken off. Black Swedish or Kanota 
would be best for the purpose. 
WHEAT 
White Federation No. 38. (Rust-resis- 
tant), Introduced by us in 1941, it 
proved all that was claimed for it. 
perennial, heavy producing and very 
palatable. It grows 12 to 18 inches tall. 
Ladino increases milk flow, improves 
soil, will thrive on shallow moist soils 
and is the first clover to awaken in the 
spring and the last plant to quit in the 
fall, Prepare a fine seed bed and sow 
the seed at the rate of 6 pounds per 
acre. Cover lightly with a brush har- 
row. If you use a sloping tooth har- 
tow, set the teeth back to the limit to. 
avoid covering too deeply. To prevent 
bloating include grasses such as Rye 
Grass Orchard Grass or Fescue. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover. Sweet 
clover is one of the most important soil 
improving crops. Withstands adverse 
conditions of soil and weather better 
than alfalfa and red clover. Does not 
winterkill. Produces more on this land 
than alfalfa and red clover and is equal 
to alfalfa and red clover in nutritive 
value. Sow it on lands too poor, too 
worn out, too sandy for other crops 
and bring the land into condition to 
produce profitable crops. Make the 
seedbed fine and compact and cover 
the seed lightly. Plant 20 pounds to the 
acre from February to March. We offer 
only scarified, hulled, fancy seed, free 
of dodder, of high purity and germina- 
tion. 
Crimson Clover. Very productive and 
greedily eaten by cattle. An annual 
clover. Remains green longer than Red 
Clover and is excellent for bee food. 
Largely used for green manuring. 
Sown in August, it may be plowed 
under the following June. Sow 15 lbs. 
per acre. 
Heavy-yielding—1942 Talent Trial yield 
was 72 bushels per acre. Planted on 
May 4, 1943, this variety yielded 52 
bushels per acre without irrigation. 
Highly resistant to stem rust and bunt 
smut. Gaining in popularity each year. 
Beardless variety. Write for prices on 
Blue Tag Certified Seed. 
Alicel. This is a comparatively new 
Club variety. Kernels are large, white 
and heads are heavily filled. Alicel has 
been tested for three years in the 
Southern Oregon Trials at Talent, Ore- 
gon and found to be truly a heavy 
yielding variety with a stiff straw which 
resists lodging. Yields’ of 60 bushels 
per acre have been recorded. 
Early Baart Wheat. (Rust-resistant 38) 
Heavy yielding, bearded variety best 
adapted to heavy soils, Produces plump, 
heavy kernels. Does not lodge as do 
other varieties. 
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