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Show I v WEATHER FORECASTS INCREASE PROFITS OF AMVLLFA GROWERS f Forecasts of weather conditions for alfalfa harvest are widely distributed in the west. In Utah a rather limited but important frost-warning service for alfalfa-seed growers is in operation. opera-tion. Seed is largely grown from the sec-ond sec-ond crop, and if the season is late the harvest and fall frost periods come close together. As the seed crop increases in value at the rate of about $5 a day for each acre of seed when nearing maturity, the growers 'et the seed stand as long as possible. When temperatures low enough to cause damage are predicted by the Weather Bureau it is not unusual for i he seed growers to run their cutting machines most of the night. In one section of Utah during a recent re-cent harvest season fully 500 acres nf seed were cut after receipt of the warnings, at an average saving of ?20 to $30 an acre. Two of these growers reported that they saved at least $2,000 as a result of the weather wea-ther information furnished by Uncle '!am concerning frost conditio-- |