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LOT FANCY 
The Alfalfa that we use in making up our Corn Belt Alfalfa, is a com- 
bination of origins. We believe that this will make a very satisfactory 
seeding throughout the Corn Belt. Seed of these origins is widely used 
in States like Idaho and when grown there one year, resold at fancy 
premium prices. We use approximately, 4% each of the hardiest Wash- 
ington or Oregon, the Northern Siskiyou County high altitude California 
and the highest altitude New Mexico. By giving you this combination of 
origins, you get seed of wide adaptation. When you sow 12 pounds to 
the acre, you. would get an average of about 24 seeds of each kind per 
square foot or a total of 72 seeds. If, for any reason, your particular 
conditions should not be suitable for one, there would still be plenty of 
the other to give you a good stand. This is especially true when you use 
the Gro-Coated seed. 
All of the lots of seed that come from these areas are not equally nice in 
color. Those that do not make the very top grade, go into Lot Fancy. It does 
not contain any real off-grade seeds, it just comes a little below the very 
top grade. You will find this a thoroughly dependable lot of high quality 
seed. It can easily pass for the best unless compared with something extra 
fancy like our World Brand. You will like our Corn Belt Alfalfa and you 
will like it Gro-Coated. See Item No. 12 on our price list. 
How to Start Alfalfa 
We recommend that you have your land tested to 
see if it is acid. If you find it so, lime it and lime it as 
far in advance of seeding as possible. You can sow 
either in the Spring or in the Fall. Your seedbed 
should be fine and well settled. Do not sow it on a 
loose seedbed and do not cover very deeply. If pos- 
sible, roll it in. The roller oftentimes makes the dif- 
ference between success and failure in getting a stand. 
You can use a light nurse crop in the Spring if you 
wish, but by all means avoid a heavy grain crop with 
it. Inoculate your~seed and use Gro-Coated seed as 
described below. Sow around 12 to 15 pounds of seed 
to the acre. Be sure to write us if you have any special 
questions on the seeding of any crop. : 
Unusual Growth 
The Gro-Coated Alfalfa was sown in Wheat. 
It was knee high when I cut the Wheat and 
lots of it was in bloom. 
Gro-Coated Clover was 12 inches high in 
Oats when they were cut_and have cut it again 
in September for hay. None of this had any 
extra fertilizer. 
James L. Hillock, Sheridan, Ill. 
Gets Stand Under Difficult Conditions 
I put Gro-Coated Alfalfa seed in a gravely 
hill. It produced a very good stand. Was 
able to cut it twice this summer and really 
should be cut again this fall. Gro-Coating 
makes a lot of difference, 
Healthier Stands 
I noticed our Clover, and especially the Alfalfa 
from Gro-Coated seed, has not shown the yellowish 
spotted colors we have gotten after our spring seed- 
ing. I presume it has been some fungus factor which 
caused that condition. We are very well satisfied. 
Dr. Earl Ferris, Danville, Ind. Frank Lentner, Navarre, Ohio. 
The Arizona seed is somewhat similar in its characteristics to 
the California seed, the Imperial and Sacramento as described 
on the next page. There is quite a decided preference on the 
part of some for the Arizona seed because they believe it to 
have a somewhat hardier type of background. We do not con- 
» sider it as hardy as the high altitude New Mexico and if you 
are wanting a hardier type in the low price range, we would 
suggest the selection of the New Mexico. The Arizona, how- 
ever, fits in remarkably .well with the purpose that some 
farmers have in mind, They want to sow a kind that grows 
quick and fast. They figure that generally in the first year, 
they can get a good crop off of it that will more than pay for 
the cost of the seed, in fact, make it a very good investment 
even though part of it may kill out over winter. You find in 
this Alfalfa stock a character that satisfies them. It is recom- 
mended by some Experiment Stations to use in short rotations 
for soil building purposes. Where you have trouble growing 
Sweet Clover, this kind of Alfalfa is becoming quite widely 
used. We bring it to you in our very finest quality, our World 
See Item No. 4 on our 
Brand Grade, and it’s all Gro-Coated. 
price list. 
This is the World Brand Corn Belt Alfalfa as described*above under Lot 
Fancy. Both of these lots are the Corn Belt stock. By Corn Belt, Alfalfa, we 
mean Alfalfa that we consider suitable for growing in most of the Corn Belt 
Areas. We like this type of Alfalfa for these large areas because it is the 
kind of Alfalfa that generally recovers somewhat quicker after cutting. It 
generally produces a larger tonnage and sometimes an extra cutting in a 
year. Frequently it will give you a hay crop the same year in which itis sown. 
In the World Brand Grade, you get the Corn Belt Alfalfa at its very best. 
There is nothing nicer to be had. We guarantee this seed to please the most 
critical and exacting buyer. You will receive seed that has beautiful golden 
eolor, big bold berries, which have high germination, seed that’s thoroughly 
recleaned and will test around 99.50% pure. 
We cannot emphasize to you too strongly the advisability of getting your 
Alfalfa seed bought early this year because supplies of seed are drastically 
short. It is going to be our objective to try to hold our Alfalfa seed prices 
at the lowest possible levels throughout the year. We do know that it will 
be absolutely necessary to make advances in prices if we have to replenish 
seed on markets that are advancing as they are at the time that this goes 
to print. You are getting the advantage now of purchases that we made 
earlier which gives you a big extra savings. Remember, 
too, that our prices are for the seed Gro-Coated. You can 
deduct 2c a pound if you do not want it Gro-Coated, but 
that saves only around 25c per acre and the extra assurance of 
better stands that you get through Gro-Coating certainly makes it 
well worth the price, See Item No. 15 for price of World Brand 
Corn Belt Alfalfa, 
Inoculate and Gro-Coat 
Likes Berry's Seeds Best of All 
Dear Sir: Suttons Bay, Mich. 
I have been using your seed for a long time and 
have been well pleased with it. I will continue using 
Berry's Seed as like it better than any I have ever 
used. Yours truly, Leo Schaub. 
Dear Sirs: 
any I have ever bought. 
I also like the promptness of shipment. 
We want to emphasize that Inoculation and Gro-Coating are two different things. 
The Gro-Coating is described on pages 2 and 3 of this book and that supplies the 
disinfectant plus the growth stimulator, but that is not a fertilizer. The Inocula- 
tion, however, is something quite different. That is a live bacteria that you apply 
to the seed just before you sow it. It provides the bacteria which enable the Al- 
falfa plants to gather Nitrogen from the air and thus make its best production. 
Read page 34 for further information on Inoculation. Inoculation costs only 50c 
for a bushel size package, $1.00 for 2% bushel size and it will pay you to Inoculate 
all your seeds. When you Inoculate Gro-Coated seeds, we 
recommend putting the Inoculation on dry, 
Cleanest and Least Expensive Seeds 
La Fayette, New York 
I find your seeds the cleanest and least expensive of 
We've had excellent results. 
Sincerely, James E. McVoy. 
