Show CROP Tills THIS YEAR My Iy brother writes me from Twin Twit Falls Idaho I read with interest the by Mr 11 entomologist and it appealed to me strongly as we have alfalfa seed troubles h too tab A few years ago a seed grower on the West Vest End of the Tract grew 32 bushels of seed per acre Best Dest Best Bestin Bestin DestIn in U. U S. S A A. at that time and from his phenomenal success thought he ho knew all about it lIe He was an exceptionally exceptional exceptional- ly y intelligent nt man a former schoolteacher school schoolteacher teacher and in his zeal had kept a record of all growing conditions assoil as assoil assoil soil conditions temperature wind times watered and when amount applied applied applied ap ap- plied and so forth The next year this same grower got practically a failure And from no cause that he could explain So Sot It t goes here Conditions much similar simlar sim- sim lIar lar to yours good good crops one year and then following 0 in apparently identical conditions in handling a failure allure I had thought heretofore that perhaps per per- haps laps it was some obscure climatic condition deleterious to the productIon product- product Ion on of alfalfa seed but your our friend Mr 11 ma may be on the right light track rack I hope so Insects which in moderate numbers numbers numbers num num- bers perform a helpful function may mayn In n over-abundance over be deleterious and be a contributing factor to fa fail ail ure That is there may may maybe be many factors actors such as depleted land soil weak and exhausted climate water temperature and so forth and so forth orth among which number of causes causs caus- caus es s of failure over-abundance over of in- in Insects Insects sects may be co contributory also There Is a tremendous crop of spuds and seed on the Twin Falls Tract this season There were wore no bad fall rains delaying harvesting and the crops clops all in now Good prices pertain ertain and it is by careful analysis that there may be 00 of a cash crop rop here this year The woods are full of slickers and high pressure salesmen parting parting the toe farmer armer from tram that easy money How like ike Delta in its palmy days 0 We have seepage seepage too on our tract tract to o contend with but manage to keep keepIt It t In check with an annual expenditure expendi- expendi ture ure af of about an acre which totals totals to- to als an annu annual l sum of from rom a to The Twin Falls Canal Co Is now absolutely FREE FROM FROMi DEBT DEBT DEBT- Notes all paid this fall Population two banks with nearly nearH five million on deposit in them hem Yours Fred |