Show M IL alfa SEED COP f 90 1 1 u ul ES E S EVE N I 1 H of 1925 CROP J G seed company provide pi vide interesting data on the rel stion of pro rata of Acre acreage ageg chis years chop Is about one tenth of oar our bumper year delta utah december 1929 mi frank beckwith deckwith sr f delta utah r dear sir i we had a request from a friend of ours as to the tonnage of alfalfa seed for the past several years and the average prices which had been paid for it we believed that this data would prove interesting reading matter to your patrons and take plea pleasure ure in enclosing our answer if you seq se fit to print the same you are very welcome to make use of our figures very truly G CO by C P peppard that letter follows pursuant Per to your request as to the amount of alfalfa seed produced in west millard county the past several years the writer is pleased to submit the below data the writer is personally familiar with each of the years in question and feels satisfied that the crop estimates are correct 1920 2 pounds ave price per ibs lbs 2900 29 00 1921 1350 1922 1665 1923 1500 1 1924 9 i 1525 1925 our banner jear a 1675 1926 i s 1750 1927 1825 18 25 1928 3 00 2100 21 00 1929 44 1775 we call your attention to the fact that there has not been a very wide fluctuation in the price of alfalfa seed with the exception of the he two years of 1920 and 1921 As you may remember at the close of the war seed was very scarce and none was available for import which accounts for the high price being paid in 1921 deflation set in and all farm products suffered signed J G PEPPARD SEED CO what is the cause of our alfalfa seed crop failure who knowse in this period of stress why not ask help from the agricultural college and from the department of ag and have qualified scientists tell us what to jo do to bring back former conditions we have in more acreage this year than in 1925 and yet produce in actual pounds one seventh and prorated pro rated one tenth it is our principal industry what shall we do to restore aa |