Roosevelt Standard | 1924-08-20 | Page 8 | Delta Expects Big Alfalfa Seed Crop

DELTA EXPECTS BIG ALFALFA sited SEED CROP DELTA aug 14 crop indications at delta lead to the expectation that 1924 will be nearly equal to 1919 and 1922 la in the alfalfa seed yield in 1919 and 1922 records of twenty tour four bushels to the acre were made this year the acreage is greater than ever before extending in a strip nearly twenty two miles long by an average ot of six to eight wide in which the major crop is alfalfa seed last year the crop ran about pounds this year the bairs are setting betting on even better and that yield la is expected to bo be surpassed the rudy patrick seed company is adding to its plant in n expectation of 0 a larger yield