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A. CURRIE & COl
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FARM SEEDS
ALFALFA, lucerne.
Prices subject to market changes without notice.
The great value of Alfalfa lo 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, recleahed Montana grown seed, grown
on dry land.
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.
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Alfalfa.
Turkestan Alfalfa — Exceedingly valuable for dry. arid sec-
tions. 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. D.. 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, yield-
ing 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
Michigan, 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 or-
dering, add 20c for each bag required.