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FARM SEEDSi
ALFALFA. Lt,cEtofe
Prices subject to market changes without notice.
The great value of Alfalfa to the stockman cannot be
over-estimated. No other forage crop combines so many ex-
cellent feeding qualities. The fact that three or four heavy
crops of it can be cut every season should alone be an in-
centive to every farmer to put down at least a few acres of
it. Alfalfa can be grown successfully in every state in the
Union; the soil, however, should be deep and well drained.
It will not succeed on heavy, sticky clay ground, or where
water stands a short distance below the surface. Before
sowing the seed see that the ground is well prepared by
being thoroughly pulverized. Any extra work put on the
ground at this time will be well repaid in the crop. If sown
in spring, wait until the ground is warm, sowing from 20 to
30 lbs. of seed to the acre.
The crop should be cut for hay just as it is coming into
bloom. A safe guide is to watch for the starting of the new
basil shoots, which form the growth for the next crop, be-
fore cutting. If the weather is fine the morning's cuttings
should be raked into windrows the same afternoon, and
cocked the following day.
We recommend using Northern grown seed. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture in' its investigations finds that
the farther north the seed is grown the hardier it is likely
to be, and to meet these requirements we have secured a
stock of strictly pure, recleaned Montana grown seed, grown
on dry land.
Extra choice recleaned seed, per lb., 30c (by mail, 40c per
lb.). By freight or express at buyer's expense, per peck,
$3.25; bushel, $12.00; 100 lbs., $20.00.
Alfalfa.
TURKESTAN ALFALFA.
Exceedingly valuable for dry, arid sections. The climate
of Turkestan is very similar to our interior western states,
the summers being long and very hot. Here cattle raising is
carried on extensively and Alfalfa is the main crop. It Is
from this section we secure our stock of seed. Not only does
this variety withstand the dry weather better than any other,
but it has the further merit of being able to come through
the severest winters without harm. At the Experiment Sta-
tion, Brookings, S. B., common Alfalfa winter killed on bare
ground at a minimum temperature of 40 degrees below zero,
while Turkestan came through unharmed.
We offer strictly choice dodder free seed of Turkestan
Alfalfa.
Price per lb., 30c (by mail, 40c per lb.). By freight or
express at buyer's expense, per peck, $3.25; bushel, $12.00;
100 lbs., $20.00.
SAND LUCERNE.
This variety is especially adapted to thin, sandy soil,
yielding heavy crops where other sorts of alfalfa failed. The
Michigan Experiment Station reports 5 tons of cured hay
of Sand Lucerne to the acre on sandy ground.
It has proved valuable for the sandy fruit lands in Mich-
igan, but is not equal to Alfalfa on medium or rich soils.
Per lb., 35c (by mail, 45c per lb.). By freight or express
at buyer's expense, per peck, $4.25; bushel, $16.50; 100 lbs.,
$27.50.
Alfalfa Seed is shipped in seamless bags. When order-
ing, add 20c for each bag required.
THE BOOK OF ALFALFA.
A valuable treatise on the history, cultivation and
merits of alfalfa. Illustrated, 370 pages. Cloth. $2.00 by
mail.