HE hay crop is the most important one on the livestock farm and, next to 
ee 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. 
Buy Alfalfa Seed from 
Alfalfa Growers 
1954 CROP 
Alfalfa is the most wonderful and productive plant of 
the Legume 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. 
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 is 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 
pure and dodder-free. 
NITROGEN 
is the one plant food you CAN grow! 
For best growth, and to put atmospheric nitrogen in the soil, it pays to 
inoculate all legumes. The cost is trivial compared with the profit. Legumes 
are clovers, peas and beans, alfalfa, soy beans, vetches and other plantsthat 
grow seedsina pod. Their roots are the home of bacteria that draw fertility- 
building nitrogen from the air and store it in swellings on the roots, called 
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. 
RANGER 
Ranger, a long-lived Alfalfa, is highly resistant to bacterial wilt. It 
is winter hardy and is therefore well suited to our Northeastern con- 
ditions where a long-lived stand is desired. The only practical way 
to control wilt is to use a resistant variety, and for this reason we 
recommend Ranger as the variety to use where wilt may be a factor, 
and if you wish to leave the seeding for a period of several years. 
The big demand is for Ranger Alfalfa. 
