| Show michigan farm bureau D delegation le tour basin to study unusual alfalfa seed yields last saturday and sunday a dis tin gushed party of eten a d their ches were ere the guests ot of the J 0 peppard seed co on a tour creigh the uintah basin they came decking first hand hard knowledge of the used in the production of utah Utan grown alfalfa and alfalfa seed recognized as one of the best inter cly iBl produced produce in the united states the peppard seed co was greatly and ably asi as i aisted by the county farm bureau prominent iced seed g ciera I 1 duchesne county and prominent citizens and business busl nese people from bot both roosevelt and vernal the tour for the study of production of high grade trade seed Is being sponsored by the michigan farm bureau seed service i of lansine michigan the fact that the members of anis tal group distribute 60 per cent ct of all the alfalfa seed rown in michigan mad the tour an event of considerable importance to the alfalfa producers of the uintah basin Com comprising prizing the personnel of thin group roup 9 were ere two crup specialists f from michigan state college of apiculture agriculture their interest in the trip was as to huriy study the conditions in tie be U utah tah fields and brine bring abacut a closer appreciation of the mutual intel Inte eat that exists lists be tween teen the seed producer and uie tae eted ed six of the party ere vre sal sa emen elmen having supervision over farm bureau EMU seed sn sales throughout the entile entire witt of Mt michigan lugan I 1 the party nes nos mr and mrs dark clark L brody of mich mr broda is manager of the farm bureau of that state roy decker and paul miller of the crops depa ament of the 31 chigin state college air and mrs david wood 1 man of grind grond liap hadid ids mr my and mrs fred dobbyn of manela a acil mr and mrs stanley warner mr mis phila fro t mr end and mrs ralph brown all fion lansin lansing M mcheran a it d rt clough of independence jackson county missouri mr clugh Is cne one of the he most kroml rent nent and successful count counts agents in tl th state of missouri i the party nos met at price eulali arrids alt ti DI C 11 Wil wilkinson kinmon maager ma ager of the J 0 peppard sed se d Comp company anys a affairs in the bisin georgw cahoon rt reo athe of the thie same ame corpany pany er nest eaton past president 0 of the um tah county farm bureau and a successful eed seed grower Merkley Me rUey president resident of the uintah county farm bureau mr ur shrader first rice vice pies ident of the baite back bark of and also connected with the orind grind valley national nation bail of grand junction colorado mr air atwood of the duchette Duche Hie county high school also aa smith hughes hughei nun man and mr levais sr of tha 3 lewis motor company of I 1 me escort ad a d party left puce pice I 1 sh artly after 4 oclo li and arri arrived verl in at about 8 clock and ere seated stated to a very cry splendid chick en dinner at the shurtliff itt hotel among those pre present ent and ho ibel welcomed and entertained the visitors sere ere C I 1 johnson mayor of amme roosevelt luke cleg clegg president of the roosevelt Rooe evelt commercial club aho ho nas as toast master of the evening J P i 1 may y former president pree ident of the U B I 1 C county agent funk vern alar allred d of a prominent seed grow grcic of roosevelt I 1 leslie eldridge edridge probably me tie most seed groaner in all the basin mr and mrs lynn orser of roosevelt mr orser la is a seed grower traer and mrs ciser la is as is distant cashier of the elt state bank mrs emith of the eit elt business and professional women and arid I 1 other prominent in busl bus ard agriculture in and arond aro nd roosevelt evelt saturday morning the party inspected the plant of the J 0 peppard seed co at roosevelt Roof evet and arid then proceeded on a it general tour of thi part ot of the basin the points of Irttie st tilted were as LS follows the crockett farm belonging to J a 0 peppard jr C 11 II wilker lorils farm leslie edridge firm veroa alfreds farm the gils gilsonite onit minis mines the basin aka fa f to farm r in X there here vt carlo carbon dit tor and county funk flunk joined the party mr hir carlson i ato party through and 2nd a mr dough clough 0 the missouri delegation nell rell stated gae gase the party a fu ful I 1 co colage lege education in alf alfalfa a ift a an n alfalfa in about an hour and a half hill mr carlson Is to be commended tor for tile excellent acra he te to doing doan a d the splendid way in which he kepa keeps the farm form at this point the whole par ty proceeded to the naylor hotel I 1 where here they enjoyed a very tnt chicken dinner after dinner the party A as Is conducted to fort duchesne where they et the dinos dinosaur sur tr fr oils lie lucli viewed the grou de cla in general from thia this point a meral tour was va mode through fort duschere Du Duc chere heare through nand randlett lett and ouray valley A verr verv good seed crop was to in the process of being cut at bishop wall wills s atrid nd many new ideal idea we A r e given to the party i there As a lae hour waa was getting lat late continued un n pao four I 1 Xich michigan igan farm bread delegates tour basin in ill interests of alfalfa seed I 1 continued from page t I 1 i the party proceeded Kocet ded oded direct to vernal and ashley valley 1 at 8 0 clock a dinner par excel alence once idas enjoyed at the fowler orlu grill mrs elva baton faton davis and end mrs john L Sidd oay furnished a very splendid program bishop james IL H wallis acted as toast master many speeches vere ere ghen councilman rd K shatter shaffer welcomed the guert in behalf ot of the city we mr bir woodman responded for or the visitors bills ellis merkley gave a very fine a address on cami bureau ideal ideals and cooperation mr mrs fred dobbyn ol 01 the a expressed the party a appreciation of the many courtesies and the hospitality which they had enjoyed while in the basin mr clough the will rogers I 1 of the party pepped up the occasion and finished with some very timely remarks alfred george who was out with the party on a similar trip last year gave the closing speech at this point the guests of the party and the basin folks introduced themselves to each ether other and the banquet was as brought to a clone sunday morning the party made a tour through lower ashley valley and down to jensen being a little late in getting started part of the trip was cut short but som very interesting te points were ere visited and much valuable information gs gained ined the lloyd stewart farms at jensen were ere probably the greatest points of interest and the visitors made many nates here mr stewart Is the most successful seed grower in all of ashley valley and has produced tor for held field average oi over er pounds of high grade purity seed per acre mr stewarts stewart s purity for the last elx six years has not fallen falln I 1 ilow low 99 50 he ile has also produced on hia his north farm an sin average of pounds or better of very I 1 excellent seed ed per acre in one single year at this point the party proceeded ta to vernil ahn to lapoint and Whitt whiterocks rocks at leeton vern allred leslie eldridge mark caldwell frank wells and others arranged a little wild show tor for about 30 I 1 minutes and then the part drove to I 1 roosevelt after dinner ard many ifa farewell the party as taken to price where all arrived safely and had upper supper as guests of the michigan farm bureau eula ellis merkley and georce W cahoon the latter betas being chief pilot and conductor and sho ar or all the details on the whole trip saw the party off on the train at 5 30 a nl they were all in the best ot of and health and appeared the worse orse v for the very strenuous ious trip many times they ex their thanks and gratl twe for the very splendid trip and rathe hoap hospitality clity much was said of the general good conduct of the escorts and every one who did any aith thim ln to make the trip stu I 1 the basin fok folks and especially the tile p party art y who conducted the were ery my much impressed with the lery ery eplen did type and culture 0 of this party if all the people in midi mich jsn and I 1 are as line con and cultured a as thia this party we would like to have hale al owe states cm can possibly spare to mos mo hue imo the great uintah basin baua mr cahoon in parting with the delegation in price said me we enjoyed your stay here and hope we have mad mado life very pleasant while you va were ere here we sincerely hope you yom will come torrie aga n |
