Show Only Good Alfalfa Seed Is Profitable Use Hardy Seeds Where Winter-Killing Winter I Is L Likely kely Alfalfa growers should shout d purchase their heir seed with care There are several things to consider con- con Ider sider In seed selection says L. L F. F Graber alfalfa specialist at the Wisconsin Wis Wis- College of Dr Agriculture Where winter killing Is known to occur hardy lardy strains such as fiS Grimm and Cossack Cosack Cossack Cos- Cos sack sack ack should be sown as the extra cost ost Is returned In better yield Where winter-killing winter Is not serious and short rotations are practiced good common trains strains have lavo proved successful Strange as ns It may seem there Is lebs ess winter In the northern half of the state because of the better covering of of snow snow which they have l In c that hat section Another advantage of ot Grimm alfalfa ta fa a Is In seed production which may occur every other year or so The higher price received for the seed makes this strain much more profit profit- able Some growers have realized as high high- as ns 60 an nn acre from this source A crop can be expected only when the season eason Is dry at nt blossoming time In I regard to a seed crop alfalfa does not differ so much from clover as seed aeed from that crop Is not a certainty The safest Grimm seed to buy Is that hat which has had lied a n field Inspection and und certification by the officials of the Yes western tern states where It Is produced Graber Omber states Of this there Is an enormous quantity much of ot which Is Iii Isn In n bags branded or r sealed or both by y these hese officials which certifies Its pu pu- rity seed Is available through regular commercial channels of dealers denIers deal denI- ers and seed companies The strains which Graber has hal hast half t f found u d best because of ot the resistance to wint win win- t killing ter are those from South Dakota Da- Da iota kota Montana and Kansas |