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Show both young men, and think ahead, a combination that spells competence, compet-ence, which Is certainly predicted for both of them. With the price that will apply on sugar beets next year, it will be a profitable crop. Alfalfa seed is not moving yet, but prices will no doubt be offored that will be fairly attractive attract-ive this month. Farmers should not be deceived by the local situation. Grain slumped slump-ed in price with embargo talk. It is always safe to take a good price, and it may be disastrous to hang for the last copper. Frank Beckwith. SOME NICE CROPS Calvin and Jefferson Jones called Into the bank the other day and , showed me some nice alfalfa seed, grown on two-year-old stand. This is worthy of remark. So far as I know no one else hereabouts has got a stand to yield seed so soon. At Leamington, or elsewhere in mountain moun-tain soil, this is of frequent occurence, occur-ence, but here on the flat, more rare. N. P. Jensen, at Oasis, got nearly seven hundred bushels of Al seed. And yet some people embrace the delusion that banking is the most profitable business Poor misguided misguid-ed souls. Won't soi-;eoi:e please set them right? Allen W. Llod got 2 4 0 ions of sugar beets off 23 acres, an average aver-age just about 10 tons. I was on his land several times, and watched the progress of the crop from time to time. Winn Walker was interested inter-ested with Allen in this crop. The only drawback, and it was no fault of the growers, was the excessive expense ex-pense In getting the beets out of the frozen ground. It cost, no doubt double during our cold snap to get the beets out than it would under i normal weather. Both Allen and Winn are hustlers. |