FIELD SEEDS Write for Our Competitive Prices 
Buy Field Seed Early 
Is Advice to Farmers 
Legume and Grass Seed for 1955 
DUTHIE'S V-8 ALFALFA 
V- For Vigor 
8- Reasons for Good 
Seed. 
For 1955 the total supply of 26 
important legume and_ grass itp “Sgstliind 1955 
seeds is about 14 per cent less ompared With — 
than last year and a tenth be- Fg 10-year 
low the 1943-52 average. ast Year Average 
Of the one billion pounds of 
these about 700 million are 
those most likely to be sown 
in the spring, and this is only] 
7 per cent less than last year 
and nearly equal to the 10-year 
average. 
Hot, dry weather in many 
seed-producing sections reduced] Grass Seeds 
the harvest but fortunately| Timothy 
elsewhere yields were above| Orchardgrass 34% less 2% less 
average. Because of generally| fedtop 7% less 79% less 
favorable weather for harvest-| Bluegrass 2times 13% less 
ing, the quality of the 1954 seed Tall fescue 15% less 3% times 
crops is fairly good to good. Sudangrass 27% less 6% less 
Current prices of 11 out of 18 Bromegrass 22% more 63% more 
seeds in this spring-sown group Crested Wheatgrass 24% more 44% less 
hizher’than.a ‘year*agze and Red fescue 70% more AY, times 
Phan eas gevhan Mae ateiower Chewings fescue 42% more 3 times 
What Makes Good Seed 
. Adapted variety 
. High yield records 
. High quality of crop 
. High seed purity 
. Small total weed seeds 
. Freedom from noxious 
weeds 
. High germination 
. Freedom from diseases 
Legume Seeds 
Alfalfa 2% more 
Red clover 28% less 
Alsike clover 18% less 
Sweet clover Same 
White clover 27% less 
Ladino clover 21% less 
Lespedeza 3% less 
2 times 
22% less 
6% less 
6% less 
27% less 
3% times 
56% less 
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Everyone knows the biblical 
warning against building a 
house on sand, also the folly of 
spending money on the mate- 
rials that go into a house and 
trying to save on a cheap foun- 
dation. 
But do farmers realize that 
the same principle applies to 
the purchase of seed for plant- 
ing? Good stands of grasses, 
clovers and other crops come 
only from good seed. 
3% larger 43% less 
CLOVERS 
DUTHIE'S V-8 ALFALFA, Hardy 
north-western grown generally of 
common, Grimm, Ladak and Cossack 
SWEET CLOVERS 
Yellow-Blossom—a hardy, cold and drought resist- 
ant sweet clover. A good producer of good hay. 
1 Ib. postpaid 45c. 
White Biossom—tall, late sweet clover. Not quite 
Strains, but not certified. 
1 lb. $1.00 Postpaid 
GRIMM ALFALFA,Old favorite hardy 
certified. 
1 lb. $1.10 Postpaid 
BUFFALO ALFALFA, Hardy growing.Re- 
covers quickly after cutting, wilt 
resistant, certified. 
1 lb. $1.15 Postpaid 
RANGER ALFALFA,Wilt-resistant,win- 
ter hardy for northern areas.Cert- 
ified. 
1 lb. $1.10 Postpaid 
LADAK ALFALFA, For hardiness and 
disease resistance, certified. 
1 lb. $1.10 Postpaid 
WRITE FOR QUANITY PRICES 
as hardy as the yellow. 1 Ib. postpaid 45c. 
Mixed—good for hay, but not pure enough to pass 
as yellow or white. 1 Ib. postpaid 45c. 
RED CLOVER (Trifolium pratense). 
ture and hay purposes. Will thrive i 
more acid land than alfalfa. Is used i 
and colder sections. Sow 6 to 10 Ibs. 
1 Ib., 91.05, postpaid. 
ALSIKE (Trifolium hybridum). Very hardy, adapted for 
sowing on cold, wet land. It yields a large amount of hay 
or pasture and is a good bee plant. Sow 8 to 10 Ibs. per acre. 
1 Ib., 80c, | postpaid. 
Is excellent for pas- 
n slightly wetter and 
n the higher altitudes 
Per acre. 
y large form of clover, 
inches. A perennial. 
1 Ib., $1.00, postpaid. 
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER (Trifolium repens). A very hardy 
creeping clover, which adapts itself to a great variety of 
soils and climates. Superior for pasture either for sheep or 
cattle. As a bee pasture it is unexcelled. Sow 6 to 8 Ibs. 
per acre. lb. $1.65, postpaid. 
WRITE FOR QUANITY PRICES 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES 
wire Add 8c per package for 
postage. 
AB for alfalfa and clovers, 1 bu. size, 55c. 
