Show Uintah Basin Seed Committee Meeting Last Saturday at ut the Naylor Naylor Nay- Nay lor hotel at Gusher the seed committee commit commit- tee of the basin cooperating with the Peppard Seed Co and with others as well as with the farmers met for foran foran foran an annual discussion of the alfalfa seed business of the Uintah Basin Dasin This the drouth there year ea 1 despite Is a crop worthy of considerable at at- While there i is a fair amount of first crop seed considering the dry year the second crop Is looking like something tangible ne Regardless of the tile size si of the crop ClOp the committees would have met but hut under the conditions conditions conditions condi condi- the men gathered g with more optimism optimism optimism op op- than they thought thirty days lays ago ao would be lie possible Au August 1st Various phases of the business were wele lS discussed It was admitted that chances chances' for a fair price for seed are ore good Cleaning charges chares were regarded regard regard- ed cd as fair In view of the fact that here herein in Utah the farmer is provided with ba bags s at threshing and no charge chare made while in other states it Is the custom to sell ell the seed sacked The calcis n fly seems to lie he less menacing than for M several dears jears ars Grasshoppers Grasshoppers' are dJin doing sonic some harm in places but hut are arc not generally serious If weather conditions conditions conditions con con- are ire favorable the second crop will hill surprise the a average fa r who has a good bloom now It seems to be doing Lining well hell and some crops are excellent seed in hl the Uintah Basin is still an nn Important factor and it was the joint committees committee's opinion that this crop crop will show up big in the future In the last eight years the average fi value alue of see seed to the farmers has been n arl half million dollars nearly a per perear year ear despite two or three years of low yields ields I The committee e for tor the Ashley Ashle Valley area is Ernest Eaton president and I Geo W W. Cahoon secretary and W. W S. S Ashton Alfred Simper and Lloyd Stewart Steuart Steart as additional directors Forthe For Forthe the Vest cst jest of the Basin J J. J P P. P May is president C C. C II H. Wilkinson se sedre- sedre re- re tar and S. S A. A Russell P. P P I H. H I Goodrich Good- Good rich Delroy Angus C. C I L. L Knight and Emu Emil as directors |