Show m AlF R SEED O OC C COOP p GOOD of I tentative of this paper made afternoon over the theney Lw pey ney alfalfa seed district and the conditions good for a crop ear at despite the extreme dry dryK a. a stand lUnd seems to be about equa equal 1 f K the north to the the sound end and andI I little stripping of bloom has hIlS hasI hIlSin I in evidence I the beginning of the season theof the their theirs their's farmers had grazed I of the I s 's fields ields as has been customary ting done until the middle of At that period the drough was Jounced that it was thought imI im- im I le for the alfalfa to grow to suf- suf t height and bloom enough to seed leed But the farmers were Lily ably sus surprised to note that it along lonIn In excellent growth and d luxuriantly y yon on one or two patches did we wet t any stripping of any conj con- con j but on the other hand in all j farms arms visited we found the alfteD alf- alf teD nfl d filled and starting to B several farms visited this year cund cand the stand of seed equally as asas asas JM as last year ear and in our opinion a slight alight increase in acre acreage acreage g this over last year Midvalley t I will evil t slightly more seed and of as ass asa i s quality as was had in 1920 e farm particularly has an ine ino in- in e o of a acreage the largest of any valley This is the one one ne ope at the Haight Brothers consisting Sieves acres where last year but oneth one- one th bat II o of this thia acreage was harvested i E. E Matheson also has an in- in W bJ f over r-J r last st y year ar and 1 acre showing excellent seed E Esplin j lin farm Owen Matheson Halterman properties and Grimshaw farm as well as several ITer er r ones ORtS all showed splendid seed a farmers of Midvalley are in line linea i a splendid crop of alfalfa seed and andone lone one ens thing stands in the way and andI I early frost However lions ions are that the seed will be beI bey I y 1 for or gathering by the tenth of month mouth and usually no frost ps IS es the valley before September r 20 |