HE hay crop is the most important one on the livestock farm and, next to 
ie corn, hay produces the greatest quantity of total digestible nutrients to 
the acre. Every farmer should be sure of a good supply of high-quality hay 
because it will reduce the grain bill and increase the check for livestock products. 
We feel that the first essential in getting a good yield of high-quality hay is to 
seed a mixture of grasses and legumes that are adapted to the soil. There is no 
magic In mixture making but there is a vast difference in the quality of the seeds 
used. The safest thing to do is to use our D. B. Brand and be sure of the highest 
quality that money can buy. 
Notwithstanding the fact that our seeds are tested In our own laboratory, we 
sell our D. B. Brand Seeds subject to your test, the test of your State Experiment 
Station, or that of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
_DIBBLE’S: D.B. BRAND ALFALFA SEED 
Buy Alfalfa Seed from... -— 
Alfalfa Growers 
1953 CROP 
Alfalfa is the most wonderful and productive plant of 
the clover family. It will grow on any good corn or wheat 
land, or on any soil that will give a good catch of clover. 
Once established, it is very hardy, sinking its roots deeply 
after moisture and nourishment, and the severest drought 
or coldest weather will not kill it. 
Grows 3 to 4 feet high, can be cut two or three times 
each season, and produces four to five tons of hay to the 
acre. A ton of well-cured Alfalfa equals a ton of wheat- 
bran. With corn fodder or ensilage, it makes an ideal feed 
for milch cows or steers, and horses thrive on it when fed 
intelligently with a proper grain ration. A field well set to 
Alfalfa will last from ten to twenty years. 
We sell Alfalfa subject to your test, the test of your State 
Experiment Station, or that of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. Keep your seed ten days, and if you 
are not convinced that it 1s as good as we say, return It at 
once; we will refund your money and pay the freight both 
ways. 
We use all reasonable care in packing and sending out our 
Alfalfa Seed, but, as so many circumstances may arise after 
it leaves our possession, over which we have no control, we 
therefore do not guarantee, nor will we be responsible for 
the crop. 
D. B. Brand Alfalfa, 99.50 per cent pure or better; the best 
obtainable. Average analysis of all our D. B. Brand Alfalfa 
Seed sold during the last ten years, was above 99.60 per cent ’ van aa ree ; : gs 
pure and dodder-free. 
Ranger Alfalfa 
NITROGEN Ranger, a long-lived Alfalfa, is highly resistant to bacterial wilt. 
, It is winter hardy and is therefore well suited to our Northeastern 
is the ene plant food you CAN grow! conditions where a long-lived stand is desired. The only practical 
For best growth, and to put atmospheric nitrogen in the soil, it pays to way to control wilt is to use a resistant variety, and for this reason 
inoculate all legumes. The cost is trivial compared with the profit. Legumes we rec i 1 
are clovers, peas and beans, alfalfa, soy beans, vetches and other plants chat f e yioste os as ie Weuecy, to pis where wilt ELE be a 
grow seedsina pod. Their roots are the home of bacteria that draw fertility actor, and Il you wish to leave the seeding for a period of several 
building nitrogen from the air and store it in swellings on the roots, called years. The big demand is for Ranger Alfalfa. 
nodules. These nodules not only feed nitrogen to the crop they are on, but 
rot in the ground and supply valuable nitrogen to the soil. Only Certified seed is recommended. 
