Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . IMiotn liy (leiirse L. Ueiim, l>. iV: It. i:. R. K. Oats in Ashley Valley, near Vernal, Utah—Oats yield in Basin as high as100 busels to acre. Average price, $ per hundred pounds. 39. Alfalfa and SweetClover Seed A picture of theWalker trophy isprinted on thispage. This trophywas won by Uintahbasin alfalfa seed,wliich took firstprize at the UintahBasin Fair, theUtah State Fair,and the NationalIrrigation Congress,in which twenty-six states competed,llie seed was raisedby George Smith,of Myton. His farmis located in tlieLake Fork
Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . IMiotn liy (leiirse L. Ueiim, l>. iV: It. i:. R. K. Oats in Ashley Valley, near Vernal, Utah—Oats yield in Basin as high as100 busels to acre. Average price, $ per hundred pounds. 39. Alfalfa and SweetClover Seed A picture of theWalker trophy isprinted on thispage. This trophywas won by Uintahbasin alfalfa seed,wliich took firstprize at the UintahBasin Fair, theUtah State Fair,and the NationalIrrigation Congress,in which twenty-six states competed,llie seed was raisedby George Smith,of Myton. His farmis located in tlieLake Fork country. Soil and climaticciinditions are idealfor alfalfa seed. Theaverage yield isabout six bushels111 the acre, thoughoccasionally twiceand three times thatamount is raised. The price of theseed is from 10 tol-54c per 60 poundsto the bushel, anacre sliould yieldto the farmer 36Upounds, which givehim $36 at the rateof 10c per water should beused after June insure the bestcrop tlie seed shouldbe planted in rows,ti) allow cultivationbi-lucen the rowsand to admit of plenty of sunshineon the plant. Seedmay be planted inthe fall or spring. A few years agothe average farmerwas afraid of thesweet clover. Infact, he w
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