CLEANED 
TESTED 
REGISTERED ALFALFA 
The following varieties of alfalfa seed 
are registered when produced under 
State supervision. The registered va- 
rieties have been selected and regis- 
tered 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 inter-moun- 
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 
STAFFORD ALFALFA — Introduced 
about 1931 by Clarence Stafford in 
the sagebrush hills along the Nebras- 
ka-Colorado line. Is claimed to be an 
outstanding dryland variety for sand- 
hill conditions. 
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 
tain 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 another hardy 
variety with long-lived stands. 
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. 
BUFFALO ALFALFA. The main advantage is its 
resistance to bacterial wilt. It ylelds about the 
same as other adapted varieties in new stands 
but out-yields those varieties when stands grow 
old. 
RANGER ALFALFA. Is a synthetic variety devel- 
oped by compositing five strains. The origin of 
the strains was inbred lines subsequently out- 
crossed 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 var- 
iegated flower color with a limited number of 
yellow colored flowers. The most popular 
named variety. 
have been scrupulously maintained for 
so long, they are now generally rec- 
ognized as dependable. Gold Seal grades of 
Alfalfa seed are packed in branded bags. All 
seed is tested for purity and germination and tag 
showing the analysis is attached to each bag. 
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. 
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 
plowed under. Seed from California and Southern 
New Mexico has proven just as satisfactory as 
Argentine Alfalfa Seed in the low-priced field. 
KNOWN ORIGIN 
We keep a certificate of the locality where 
each lot of non-registered Alfalfa seed is grown. 
Prices of Alfalfa seed will be given later on — 
Farmers and Ranchers Price List at your request. 
° FOR BETTER GROWTH: 
- IPEELE 
SEEDS 
A GREAT ADVANCEMENT IN FIELD SEED 
PLANTING. PLANT “SEAL-GRO-TREETED SEEDS.” 
ACTUAL TESTS HAVE PROVEN 33% MORE 
GERMINATION. 
SEE PAGE 79 
80 THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY, DENVER, COLORADO 
