Show I M Millard County's Soil foil As compared with I 1917 17 I b believe 1916 G was not only onh colder when It was cold but hut cold more marc often and amI that hat the Uw damage xz that the damage to all the crops crops was more Last year ear on the the 2 G th thor or the of or May lay I went out to the farm of oC James M. M Taylor for an inspection Alfalfa on the way there was almost ruined b by the fro frost frost t I saw fields up say ten Inches 91 or so yellow to the ground and withering On that day of or my visit however hO Taylor had just watered and protected protected protected pro pro- his hay from harm by bi the freeze so that his crop was freen preen green bright and fine I walked thru shook for weevil and made the mental mental mental men men- tal note at the time that his era crop was one of or the finest stands I had seen that year Last Friday June 2nd I again visited that farm The The alfalfa was knee high unhurt by any weather conditions conditions' of this year and and flaUy without exception one ono of at the very best stand for for- forhay hay I had seen this year ear Comparisons are always odious odious odious od od- ious and I mean no comparison to any other good crop hereabouts but simply the facts as stated with with all due credit to him for tor a ing fine showing James M. M Taylor Talor came carne here eight years ago lived in a tent and nud a covered wagon walked four tour miles to Delta night and morning to work and today has a farm of at eighty eighty acres acres that is worth more than to him Of or this eighty acres he he has 50 in alC alfalfa 4 and one half in to sugar beets with his son in for about 7 2 and one-half one acres into spuds 2 and one-half one into corn and 9 acres s of wheat He cut last year tons of ha hay which sold on an aver average ge of at about 15 per ton Some wa wad sold early in the season at 10 but Jimmie Jimmie Jimmie Jim- Jim mie would not take from his neighbors neigh neigh- bors bars all that the outside market was commanding so when ha hay re reached ched 20 he said that was high e enough ough and took no higher prices I I once had a conscience too but that was a along along along long time ago But Jimmie lid did not sell much hay at any figure He sold it through his livestock through the milk pail and today rides in an Allen Allen Allen Al Al- len Thousand Dollar car Primarily Primar Primar- ily and and in that he is right his hay is for tor his cattle and only what Is surplus surplus sur sur- plus Is marketed for tor cash He will have more than tons this year Mr 11 Taylor has 10 cows all fair tair grades of Jerseys and a good registered registered registered reg reg- bull from Smith Bros Tiros Farm at Holiday known favorably in this state He has 3 horses and 11 Berkshire pigs I saw week old chicks and a bunch about a month older In another run He told me eggs this year had not run below 30 cents He has a brand new cow cowshed cowshed cowshed shed Open to the south sun with a large corral connected Jimmie has tho the right Idea there there- there alfalfa and sugar beets with other crops crol g tin own In Iii ill and plenty of or live live- stock stacIe He lIe says and logically too Ive lve joined the drain Ill I'll drain while 1 I yet have cr crops ps to pay for forIt It not it-not not wait walt until those crops are gone and then drain How flow much ranch better It is to have land productive and aud as he says helping to pay for Cor drainage than to delay that Improvement until the land Is Is depleted depleted depleted de de- in fertility and the income to help pa pay the debt Just that much less Its It's good logic and sound reasoning Then Jimmie also said his fence has made his farm It is true Fence early and fence tence well Later put in pig tight cross fences and have all the big benefits resulting The seed for tor this excellent stand of or alfalfa was planted 13 pounds to the acres the best stand and that which I crack up so is three years old Some is older up to six years old The soil is a sandy clay a trifle light though still clayey but it ft is not the heaviest clay encountered encountered encounter encounter- encounter encounter- ed ed here The rhe fall to the land is very good In fact If it was the heavIest heaviest iest lest clay soil the slant would be too steep and his crops would be poor But Dut it Is s light enough to soak u up the water on a heavy grade which if it was heavier soil would merely slick it over o and pass one He lie has a garden karden principally potatoes potatoes potatoes po po- po- po and onions His son Platt Is Just across the i street with another 80 in which he hei i has 30 acres of winter wheat with alfalfa coming and about 7 acres of sugar beets Platt tt is just getting started and should follow the line of at endeavor of or his father father and and win out Let me moralize just a jiffy jiffy jiffy- Jimmie paid 25 per per acre 8 years ago Without lt livestock or improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments I would fix the worth at surely surely surely sure sure- ly 1 0 0 per acre Quadrupled in value in eight years At what other worth of can he he- make the the- living hes he's getting or get better value value val val- val valI I value ue ue i iI II I had the pleasure of dining with the family and and- thank Mrs 1 Taylor most kindly Let me close with an appeal to the tho South Tract residents to unify unity themselves themselves themselves them them- selves and make a solid expression to our telephone company for tor a line lino distributed the South Tract I am told that such an extension Is contemplated and in fact tact is prom prom- Now get together present to the phone company just who of you will subscribe what inducement you will make malee for tor this modern improvement improvement im Im- provement and then in a body go after aCter it and get it it Mr 11 Callister lIstens listens lis Ifs tens most acutely Help him hear your wants |