Show uintah basin farmers raise good seed crops bumper alfalfa seed yields scattered throughout basin several fine stands of alfalfa seed will be harvested in the uintah basin this fall C 1 I johnson of the occidental seed company reports rc porte in scattered locations the farmers have had exceptional success with the crop among them are james mcafee whose farm is located about three miles west of myton mill inthe arcadia road he planted 50 acres of land to alfalfa and expects to thresh 15 bushels of seed to an acre or about pounds mr johnson recently inspected the seed and found it to be of very high quality otto nielsen of willow creek south of ouray has also raised a fine crop of alfalfa seed mr johnson said and expects to thresh about pounds this month will perry of lapoint and T H richens of myton will harvest about pounds of seed each it was reported coming back in commenting on seed conditions in the basin I 1 mr johnson johnso stated that it looks as if t the he s seed industry is coming back to the basin seed crops this year have been considerably better than for the past several years he said laid for po r the p ew years red ed eriov er has gained popularity in the basin farmers have planted large to red clover with great success the crop always pays a good price and more and more is becoming one of the redeeming cash seed crops of this area many farmers are planning to increase their red clover acreage this coming spring and according to mr johnson seed planted this spring will yield a good crop this f fall all among farmers who raise red clover in this section are W E waugh and N L peterson of myton chester and floyd hartman and S K daniels of mt emmons leroy halverson of neola william faucett of north myton bench john spencer and melvin J benson of loka ioka and gerald stewart of jensen jeneen |