Look for this tag 
your protection 
We emphasize the importance of knowing 
where your Alfalfa and other Grass Seeds were 
grown, Cheaper, unadapted seeds should be 
avoided because they are more expensive in the 
long run, and not sufficiently hardy to withstand 
our northern winters. : 
Alfalfa Seed obteined from growers or ship- 
pers should be identified by the verified origin 
tags—this is your protection against mixtures, 
blends and unadapted seed. 
As Verified Origin Seedsmen, any Alfalfas that 
we send you will be sealed and tagged, either 
with U.S. Verified Origin Certificates, or with 
certificate seal from the state in which it is 
grown. 
Our CHEM-COATED Farm Seeds 
Assure Better Stands! 
We now offer farmers the DOUBLE BENE- 
FITS of our superior quality Northern seeds, 
PLUS assurance of better stands from our new 
"Chem-Coat” treatment. Experiment stations 
found seed treatment as beneficial to small 
legumes and grasses, as it was to seed corn. 
Our "Chem-Coated’’ seeds provide BETTER 
STANDS AND MORE VIGOROUS SEEDLINGS! 
And you can still inoculate '’Chem-Coated” 
legume seeds with Nitragin if you wish. So 
why gamble on getting a poor stand when 
you can get the finest quality Northern grown 
seeds,—’’Chem-Coated"’ for EXTRA PROTEC- 
TION, at NO EXTRA COST! Our Blue Figure 
Price List indicates which seeds are available 
"“Chem-Coated.” 
VARIEGATED ALFALFA 
From Unregistered Northern Fields 
Equal to Registered strains for hardiness and 
hay production, and offered at a great saving 
in price. 
Variegated Alfalfa is of a well known type 
with blossoms having a color range of white, 
yellow and purple. It is highly recommended 
but no definite records have been kept, and 
the fields therefore cannot qualify for registra- 
tion. It has shown itself to be completely 
hardy in the most severe climates of Minnesota, 
Dakotas and Montana, and can be recom- 
mended as being very desirable for seeding in 
any part of the northern United States, where 
winter hardiness is essential. See Blue Figure 
= CANADIAN 
VARIEGATED 
Canadian grown alfalfa seed is recognized 
for its winter hardiness, high yield and gen- 
eral adaptability. It is easily recognized by 
the 1% of violet stained seed. This staining is 
definite proof of its origin, so it does not carry 
Verified Origin Tags. Farmers who have used 
this seed in past years insist on Canadian 
Seed because most of it traces back to Grimm 
origin. This is true even when the price of 
Canadian Seed happens to be higher than 
local grown seed. A limited amount of this 
Canadian Variegated Alfalfa Seed is available 
this year. See Blue Figure Price List. 
DAKOTA NO. 12 
Idaho or Montana Grown 
This is the most commonly grown variety in 
Minnesota, Dakotas, and Montana. It has given 
the best_of results on all types of soil and un- 
der all climatic conditions. Our seed stocks 
come from fields that have been in alfalfa 
many years and the planis which endure the 
extremes of hot summers, severe winters and 
dry, high altitudes are thoroughly hardy. The 
performance of this variety has made it ex- 
tremely popular in the Midwest and East. See 
Blue Figure Price List. 
Page 58 
NORTHERN 
on every bag—it's 
HARDY 
GROWN 
LADAK ALFALFA 
Wilt and Drought Resistant 
Introduced from the mountain regions of 
northern India by U. S. D. A. Showed no 
winterkilling for ten years at Havre, Montana. 
Ladak proved so outstanding that other varie- 
ties of alfalfa could not compete with it for 
winter hardiness. : 
Ladak is quite resistant to the wilt disease 
which has been causing such great losses in 
the hay-producing sections. It produces a larger 
first cutting than any other alfalfa and this 
means a larger tonnage per acre under all 
conditions. 
It is particularly well adapted to regions 
where only one or two crops are produced 
each year because of short growing seasons or 
where hot, dry summers prevail. Ladak con- 
tinues to grow and produces a good crop of 
hay when other varieties are practically at a 
standstill. The hay is very leafy and of high 
feeding value and is of exceptionally high 
quality. , 
Ladak has a large branching root system 
similar to that of Grimm or Cossack. Seed sup- 
ply very limited. 
See Blue Figure Price List. 
IT’S FREE! Approximately 70,000,000 pounds of 
air-nitrogen above every acre of legumes! This is 
available free, for improving your soil and crop, if 
you will convert legume seeds into fertilizer plants 
by inoculating seed with Nitragin. (See page 67.) 
GRIMM ALFALFA 
Originated in Carver County, Minnesota. A 
very hardy, time-tried variety, tested thorough- 
ly throughout the U. S. and Canada. It has 
many lateral or branching roots which are not 
found in common alfalfas, and has large 
spreading crowns. It appears to grow better- 
where there is a hardpan subsoil, than many 
other varieties. The root system undoubtedly 
plays a big part in its hardiness, enabling it 
to withstand soil heaving, freezing and thaw- 
ing better than varieties having only a single 
taproot. The blossoms are variegated from 
white and yellow to deep purple. 
Grimm Alfalfa produced in Minnesota, the 
Dakotas, Montana and Idaho, is known to be 
very hardy. Montana Grimm is grown in the 
dryland areas and is able to withstand severe 
drought as well as cold. See Blue Figure Price 
List. 
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For Farm Seed Prices, Look for Price List Inclosed, or Write for your Copy! 
Alfalfa Seed 
RANGER ALFALFA 
Wilt & Disease Resistant 
Here's the most-talked of new alfalfa strain 
for the North! In fact it now replaces Grimm 
on Minnesota's Official Recommended List. 
Ranger is not only extremely winter-hardy, 
but it has the highest resistance to Bacterial 
Wilt which is destroying more Northern Al- 
falfa fields each year. Developed by U.S.D.A. 
by compositing five strains from Cossack, 
Turkestan and Ladak parentage, Ranger has 
varigated blossoms with some yellow flowers. 
It equals Grimm and Cossack in seed and hay 
production and yields more hay and ‘pasture 
wherever wilt becomes a factor. Bacterial 
Wilt is rapidly becoming serious in many 
Northern States. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Northern Experiment Stations 
OK CERTIFIED California . 
Ranger for Northern Farmers! 
Authorities at Minn., Wis., Mich., Dakota 
and other Northern Experiment Stations offi- 
cially approve planting California grown 
Ranger Seed on the farms of these northern 
areas, PROVIDED IT’S CERTIFIED! Why? Be- 
cause only Northern Grown Foundation Seed 
can be used to plant the fields in California, 
that are to be certified. Tests at these- North- 
ern Stations, show there is no significant dif- 
ference in winter hardiness of Montana and 
California Certified Ranger, because the Cali- 
fornia Certified Seed is only one generation 
removed from its northern habitat. Uncertified 
California Seed is not recommended however. 
COSSACK ALFALFA 
Cossack Alfalfa was brought over from Si- 
beria by Prof. Hansen of the South Dakota Ex- 
periment Station some years ago. This strain, 
under observance for five years.in Russia, dur- 
ing which time not a single plant winterkilled, 
was proven to be absolutely hardy. 
In recent years, the demand for Cossack has 
been increasing and there never has been 
sufficient seed to take care of all requirements. 
Cossack Alfalfa produces a somewhat finer 
hay than many of the other varieties and is 
equally as hardy as Grimm. 
Cossack Alfalfa seems to withstand intense 
cold, heat and drought equally well. The 
flowers, like those of Grimm, have a great 
range of colors, white, purple, yellow, striped, 
eic. We advise sowing 10 lbs. per acre. See 
Blue Figure Price List. 
