. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1918 43rd year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 44 LIST OF CHOICE FARM SEEDS FOR 1918 Cattlag and Stacklns Alfalfa in Wisconsin. CURRIE'S ALFALFA (Lucerne) 5IEDICAGO SATIVA. STRICTLY CHOICE D05IESTIC. Alfalfa is a crop of inestimable value. It may be cut 3 to 4 times a season, each cutting- bringing- enormous yields (10 tons and more) of sweet nutritious forage much relished by all kinds of stock.
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1918 43rd year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 44 LIST OF CHOICE FARM SEEDS FOR 1918 Cattlag and Stacklns Alfalfa in Wisconsin. CURRIE'S ALFALFA (Lucerne) 5IEDICAGO SATIVA. STRICTLY CHOICE D05IESTIC. Alfalfa is a crop of inestimable value. It may be cut 3 to 4 times a season, each cutting- bringing- enormous yields (10 tons and more) of sweet nutritious forage much relished by all kinds of stock. It is an ex- cellent soiling crop and makes the best of hay when properly treated, being in itself the nearest approach of any farm product to a perfect ration. The Seed should be " ~ - sown broadcast at the rate of 20 to 30 pounds per acre, and seeding may take place from about the middle of April, or earlier, should the ground be In good condition, â iniil Luc in August or September, without a nurse or cover crop. The soil must be deep, rich and â well- drained, and the seed-bed â well prepared. The Inocu- lation of the seed with a commercial culture such as "Xitragln" (see below), immediately before sowing, will materially assist in the production of a crop. The seed should never be sown on heavy, sticky clay land where water stands a, short distance below the surface. As a land enricher Alfalfa is unsurpassed. The long roots, 10 to 15 feet under ground, bring up lots of buried min- eral fertilizer, while like all the Clover family, it Is a great nitrogen gatherer. No farmer should "be â with- out it. Genuine Montana Grown SeedâRecleaned. Because of the particularly rigorous climatic conditions of Montana, strains of Alfalfa produced in that state are considered better able to withstand the severe winters and trying conditions of other northern states. 1 lb. 35c, (by mail 42c); 10 lbs. $; 60 lbs. (1 bu.) ?; per 100 lbs. $ %'orthem Gro
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