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Show PEPPARD COMPANY CONTRACTS ALFALFA rRICK. May II. Repreaentatlrea of the i'eppard Meed company of Kanaaa City. Imludlig J. I.. I'eppard, Its preal- dent, and C. I'. Peppard, hia brother, also of the firm, together with W H. Olin. auitervlaor of agriculture for the Itenver A Itio tlrande. and C. F. Moultnn. traveling trav-eling freight agent of the same road, met with P. . Turn, H. I- Pratt and A H. Hwker to dlacuna transortutlon and storage stor-age for the alfalfa ei ed they cooiemplata shipping thia aeaeon from tha l lnta ba-aln ba-aln country. Arrangements have been made whereby where-by Zl.ooo acre of alfalfa seed will ha bouaht by the I'eppard seed interest, stored locally and distributed out nf Price letter storage fat-lilt lea will be prolded in Ihe basin, and If the Industry proves what It la hoped for it. a large proportion of the alfalfa seed used In the I nlted States will be produced In this section. c. P. Hheppard will be In charge of the conipitny as ln-al manager and It la contemplated con-templated Riving the farmers 'instruction and Information regarding the ralMng of the aeed throughout the entire growing season. An of fir will be opened at Roosevelt and another at Vernal, with the former tha principal one. According lo Miss A. H. Baker, local secretary of tha chamber of commerce, Ihe Industry la being developed rapidly, and with repreaentatlvea of the seed company In thla set-lion actively pushing matters, the venture will mean much to eastern I'tah. |