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Show 1 1 AROUND OUR MAX STEWART, a South Mil-ford Mil-ford farmer for five years, cultivates cul-tivates 25 acres of fall wheat, hay and barley. He has an electric elec-tric powered well producing 350 gallons per minute. He produced 40 bushel of wheat and barley per acre, and 2 tons of hay. He runs 12 head of range stock, 9 sheep and 3 hogs. This year he leveled four acres of land and planted windbreak wind-break trees. BILL STEWART has 65 acres under cultivation, 5 in barley, 5 oats, and 55 hay, with six additional addi-tional acres being leveled for next year. He has a 16-inch well producing 500 gallons. His yield was 40 bushel of barley, 50 oats, and 2 tons of hay per acre. Bill runs 27 head of range stock, 6 dairy cows, 2 sheep and 3 hogs. In 1947 he planted 100 windbreak trees. I McCOY WILLIAMS is another "native" of the Valley, living here for the past 25 years. He cultivates 193 acres and has 25 acres in pasture. Coy has 130 acres planted to alfalfa this year, 60 acres to small grain, 3 acres of potatoes, and 45 acres to alfalfa seed. He used 6 tons of nitrogen-phosphate I fertilizer, and sprayed for pests Four 14-in. wells supply 600 gal. of water each, with electric power for pumping. This year, Mr. Williams planted plant-ed 28 acres of virgin ground, leveling lev-eling 20 acres of it at a cost of $25 per acre. In 1951 he planted plant-ed a half mile of windbreak trees. BEN LEWIS JR., another 25-year 25-year resident of the Valley, cultivates cul-tivates 120 acres and has a 20-acre 20-acre pasture. This year he has harvested 50 acres of alfalfa and 10 of grain, with 4 tons of alfalfa to the acre and 50 bushels of grain. His alfalfa seed on lVfc acres yielded 500 lbs. Ben used manure for fertilizer, fertiliz-er, but felt spraying for pest control was not necessary. He has a 16-inch 200-ft well producing produc-ing 800 to 900 gallons, using electric power. He runs 50 head of range cattle, cat-tle, and has planted 50 rods of windbreak trees. FRANK LEWIS, born in the Valley 22 years ago, cultivates 40 acres, with 30 acres in alfalfa and grain. He uses barnyard manure for fertilizer, and irrigates irri-gates with a 700-gallon well. ALDEN HARDY has only been ' a Milford Valley resident for three years. On his 80-acre farm he raised 25 acres of hay and 50 of grain, using 2 tons of phosphate phos-phate nitrogen fertilizer. He has a 500 gallon irrigation well and a smaller culinary well, both powered with electricity. This year Alden's yield was 4 tons of hay per acre and 35 bushels bu-shels of grain. . He has no cattle, cat-tle, but raised 24 hhogs. He has planted H00 windbreak trees, and plans to level 7 acres of brushland this fall. j DOYLE P. SLY has been in I i the valley since -1931, and this j year cultivated 40 acres, all in barley and hay. He used manure for fertilizer, and sprayed for weed control. Doyle has two wells, one a j 150-gal culinary well and the other a 500-gal irrigation well, i but plans to drill a new well as I a replacement. He uses electric 1 power for pumping. The yield on Doyle's farm was about 5 V2 tons per acre. He has 5 range steers, 15 dairy cows, 3.8 sheep and 10 hogs. DAN ROLLINS moved to South Milford six years ago and cultivates 80 acres. He also has 800 acres of brush land. This year, besides a large garden, Dan Raised 50 acres of alfalfa and 30 of grain, using manure for fertilizer fer-tilizer and spraying for weed control. He has 65 head of range cattle and 4 dairy cows. He leveled 10 acres of new land this year. WILLARD THOMPSON cultivates cul-tivates 92 acres of land, and has 12 acres of pasture for his 24 dairy cows. With 32 acres of hay, 20 potatoes and other grain, he produced 240 sacks of spuds I per acre, 40 bushels of grain, and I 0 tons of hay. He leveled 19.1 acres of brush land this year, at a cost of $58 per acre. Mr. Thompson used 9 tons of 16-8-4 phosphate-nitrogen ferti -lizer and sprayed his alfalfa with 20 gals of Chlordane and 10 gals of D D T. He has a 158-foot deep well, producing 850 gals per minute. |