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REGISTERED ALFALFA N 
The following varieties of alfalfa seed 
are registered when produced under 
State supervision. The supply of seed 
of most varieties is short and seed of 
some is not yet produced in commercial 
quantities. The registered varieties have 
been selected and registered on account 
of their hardiness. 
GRIMM ALFALFA. This variety is 
probably the earliest and best known 
of the pedigreed varieties. Introduced 
to Minnesota years ago by Wendelin 
Grimm. It has proven ability to with- 
stand drouth and winter-killing and 
these fine qualities have been. in- 
creased by continuous selection. It is = 
a worthy variety for the intermountain 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 consistently 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. Cossack is just another 
hardy variety. 
LADAK ALFALFA. Shows promise of resistance to 
wilt. It is hardy and produces a heavy first 
cutting, recovers slowly after cutting, but again 
makes rapid growth. Ladak is recommended for 
short season areas where two cuttings would be 
maximum and where water for irrigation is 
short. It is replacing Meeker. Baltic—the supply 
of which is uncertain. 
BUFFALO ALFALFA. The main advantage is its 
resistance to bacterial wilt. It yields about the 
same as other adapted varieties in new stands 
but outyields those varieties when 
stands grow old. 
RANGER ALFALFA. Is a synthetic 
variety developed by compositing five 
strains. The origin of the strains was 
inbred lines subsequently outcrossed 
among other selected lines from Cos- 
sack, Turkestan, and Ladak varieties. 
Ranger was developed cooperatively 
by the Nebraska Experiment Station 
and the Division of Forage Crops and 
Diseases, U. S. D. A. It is resistant to 
bacterial wilt, is winter hardy and has 
variegated flower color with a limited 
number of yellow colored flowers. ey ey aoe 
Ranger Syn 1 and Syn 2 have yielded 
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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 many ways as alfalfa (Medicago Sativa). The translation of the name, which 
is of Arabic origin means “the best fodder.” Sow in spring and fall in firm seed bed 
at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per acre. 
FIELD 
SEEDS 
HARDISTAN is a U.S.D.A. development 
that is wilt-resistant. Meeker Baltic 
will outyield it. Sets seed sparsely 
and seed is not yet produced in com- 
mercial amounts. 
COMMON ALFALFA 
is the name applied to the purple flow- 
ered, smooth strains of alfalfa. We are 
usually able to supply such seed grown 
from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Mon- 
tana and New Mexico; from northern 
latitudes, high elevations and dry lands. 
As a safeguard to buyers, we have 
adopted certain grade standards that 
have been scrupulously maintained for 
so long, they are now generally recog- 
nized as dependable. Gold Seal and 
Gold Bee grades of Alfalfa seed are packed in 
branded bags. All seed is tested for purity and 
germination and tag showing the analysis is at- 
tached to each bag. 
To meet the general conception of “premium 
grade” we are changing the purity requirements 
of our Gold Seal Grade to 99.25 per cent instead 
of 99.50 per cent. 
GOLD SEAL GRADE. Alfalfa seed 99.25 or better 
pure, good color, free of noxious weeds, is packed 
in 100-pound bags, branded with the Gold Seal 
emblem as illustrated above. 
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, brand- 
ed with the Gold Bee emblem as illustrated be- 
low. The seed has good value. 
Alfalfa Seed of Southern Origins have served a 
place in short crop rotations producing usual hay 
tonnage during the short cropping term; introducing 
and adding Nitragin to the soil through the roots; 
supplying the all necessary vegetable humus when 
pinwed under. Seed from Arizona and Southern 
New Mexico has proven just as satis- 
factory as Argentine Alfalfa Seed in 
the low-priced field. 
INOCULATE ALFALFA 
Inoculation of Alfalfa Seed brings 
' better stands or “catch,” healthier and 
more tender plants. This makes greater 
soil improvements and increased yields 
of richer protein hay and forage. Use 
Nitragin inoculation. Page 92. 
KNOWN ORIGIN 
We keep a certificate of the locality 
where each lot of non-registered Alfalfa 
seed is grown. 
Prices on Alfalfa seed will be given 
later on Farmers and Ranchers Price 
FOR . 
List at your request. 
80 THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY, DENVER, COLORADO 
