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Northwest Alfalfa 
Northwest Alfalfa. 
U. S. Government Verified Seed 
Alfalfa should be sown on every farm as it now holds 
an important place in agriculture, especially in sections 
where dairying is carried on. Adaptable to every state 
in the Union. Most failures are traceable to low-grade 
or southern seed. One thing is absolutely essential— 
begin right. Be sure you use only northern-grown seed 
that will stand the winters. 
After Alfalfa is once established, it lasts for several 
years, yielding three to four cuttings every season of 
the most excellent and nutritious hay, which is readily 
salable at top prices. We highly recommend northern- 
grown seed, having found it more dependable than 
western or southern-grown seed. It would hardly be 
possible to say too much about Alfalfa; it is a working 
plant which is changing the destiny of many farming 
sections. 
Alfalfa is the farmer’s Government bond. He clips 
off the green coupons three or four times, and leaves the 
original bond intact, indestructible, prolific, the pros- 
perity of any community. It is the symbol of high 
social and intellectual culture. In communities imter- 
spersed with green fields of alfalfa, we find pure-bred 
stock and well-fenced farms with comfortable and 
beautiful farm buildings. 
Alfalfa should be grown on every farm. It surpasses 
all other crops in yield, in feeding value, as a drought- 
resister and as a builder of the soil. It enhances the 
value of every farm. 
Facts About Alfalfa 
There is no state in the Union in which Alfalfa cannot 
be successfully grown. 
Alfalfa produces from three to seven tons of hay to 
the acre. 
It has as much protein as wheat bran. 
It does not exhaust the soil; it enriches the soil. It 
will grow from three to four crops a year. 
Alfalfa in money value is worth 45 per cent more 
than other Clovers, and 60 per cent more than Timothy. 
One acre will pasture twenty pigs for six months. 
Three pounds per day makes a full feed for fattening 
lambs. 
Four to five pounds makes a full feed for fattening 
aged sheep. 
Thirty-five pounds makes a full feed for fattening 
steers. 
Sheep fed on Alfalfa will gain from 8 to 15 pounds 
in 75 days and will double with small grain ration 
added. 
Lambs wintered on Alfalfa will produce from 1 to 2 
pounds more wool than when on a ranch. 
Fed to dairy cows, Alfalfa maintains the flow of 
milk equal to June grass. It can be chopped fine with 
cornmeal. Such a mixture is worth more a pound than 
the original cornmeal. 
Its long branching roots penetrate far down, push 
the crowded earth in this way and that, and thus con- 
stitute a gigantic subsoiler. These become an immense 
magazine of fertility. As soon as cut, they begin to 
decay and liberate the vast reservoir of fertilizing matter 
below the plow to be drawn upon by other crops for 
years to come. 
How to Grow Alfalfa 
Selection of Field. Plant Alfalfa in deep, loose, 
well-drained soil. It will not do well on low lands that 
have no drainage. For soils that are lacking im fertility, 
use a heavy application of manure. If sour, use lime; 
if wet, drain. 
Preparation of the Seed-Bed. It is very important 
to have land free from weeds. The seed-bed should be 
fine on top, but well settled. Land that has been pre- 
viously devoted to other crops is more desirable than 
new land that has never been cultivated. It usually 
requires four to six weeks for plowed ground to settle 
enough for seeding. The land should be disked and 
harrowed right after plowing; then work it every ten 
days or two weeks until the seed is sown. This will 
insure sufficient moisture for germination. A firm seed- 
bed is necessary in order to enable the plants to make 
the proper root growth successfully. Rolling or drag- 
ging will help make a firm, even seed-bed. 
P. L. Rohrer & Bro., Inc., Seedsmen 
Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Penna. 
