Show ALFALFA SEED large quantities of spurious seed sold in west original plant gown in minnesota in 1858 has boon been made ono one of handiest hardiest Hard Har leat diest strain other 1 varieties Varlet let recent investigations by I 1 tho the do part apartment ment of agriculture have revealed tho the fact act that largo large quantities of ordinary alfalfa seed eced axe aro being offered fol foi sale galo under tho the namo name of grimm it has bab also been found that large quantities of alfalfa seed raised under arri gatlon gallon aro are being sold as northern grown dryland dry land seed in tho the cases ot of some of this seed it waa ko round und that it was waa not oven even domestic seed but was waa wholly or in port part imported turkestan Turk estan seed this practice of selling other seed for grimm results in the farmer paying from roro 40 cents to 1 or moro more per pound for seed which would otherwise sell for from 12 to 20 cents a pound and inasmuch as the ordinary seed Is not as hardy as grimm the first severe winter may kill the entire crop the original grimm alfalfa sown bown la in 1858 in carver county minnesota has haa undergone a natural cross with the common variety which together with its exposure to numerous severe winters which haye baye eliminated tho the weaker plants has made it one of the tha hardiest handiest har diest of our commercial strains etral ny the seed was produced originally entirely in minnesota but tests of the true variety since grown in dakota montana and idaho indicate that these lota iota aro are all of equal value and are quite as hardy as those grown in minnesota As it to Is difficult to detect substitutes for grimm in the seed the farmers are urged to buy grimm only from reliable dealers and as far as possible to trace the seed back to its source in many cases the retailers are not deliberately perpetrating a fraud as they have purchased this seed for grimm and sell it in the belief that it Is grimm this seed has become very popular in regions of cold winters and is in now ased not only in the northwest but in the cast particularly in northern new york and new england similarly it Is found chatin that in the dryland regions where the winters are severe evere and there Is little snowfall and comparatively little moisture the northern alfalfa seed grown in cold regions on dry land to la especially useful much of this seed comes from montana blon tana and it is found that unscrupulous dealers have been taking seed raised under irrigation in that state and bailing it as Xon montana tana dryland dry land alfalfa seed obed |