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Work EditorVNoio Mr Madelalne'CaUtn, Valley New iuor of The Oregon Etsteaman, fa also la chairs or tb market news of this paper, lju.it aadar vrttaa eoarcrvisc tlu -"coltnrl mwi af interaat ta vallcf dram, Contnba taa af aiarit ara larlj4. mm :0;.S; Markets - . Crojjs -"-" Farm. Home Livestock . The .Diversified Interests of Willamette rValley ! Farmers . x BERRY CULTURE REAL SC1ETJCE J. C. Morris Grower at , : Pleasant View, Tells of . ."Methods Used; ': By MRS.EARL.COOK PLEASANT VIEW. May When one digs to the bottom Und begins to learn about the eultlva i tlon and growing ot strawberries, V It proves to be a very, interest lag subject, t ' . -i -.: ---. , ; ' ..' i-' - ' I an Interview with J." CvHojr . ris of this section.. the oUowtng .- Information was given: - la the beginning the ground is to -be as thoroughly- cleaned 4 I ' "weeds as possible.- This is l-est done by summer fallowing. Tien In the early spring time i the ground js plowed, sometimes as many as three times, disced, lar- rowed ; and maraea in sira-gui " rows. - - . ' ' The cost of retting the land ready to plant - is about 1 1 5 r per - acre. - -.- . - . . . PUbU 18 Iacht Apart , Mr.- Morris particular method , - of planting is to set the plants , about 18- Inches apart in a solid row, while some growers set the . , berries la cluck rows. 41 inches each way to allow tor cultivation both ways in the neiov when the ground , Is made ready.- plants re dug and thor- . ughly washed or an oin m eradicate - possible weevil. - tiat work on the roots of the- plant. They are; then straightened and - the roots trimmed to about' four ' . Inches in- length, also old leaves " and runners being- removed." The plants are then packed into shal low boxes and are ready to tke to the Held!. - . '.4'. ' Some of Mr. Morris berries tore planted- by merely dropping the plant Into the-row-, the root lien being pushed into ' the -ground ; -with; the foot and the -dirt; rtk- -ed-onto "them; while others rare t set by digging - a- hole with a . trowel- and placing - the t roots - straight down-. The -former met h ' d is much Quicker. ' There Is considerable expesse and labor expended in-'keeplag the plants free from weeds. They - must be cultivated several times, which -not -only kills, the weeds, but holds - the- moisture near the . ' surface of the -gound. Also they must be hoed. r - 1 Mr. Morris -is growing a very I - early berry that comes and ' Is practically gone before other tar ries are' ready to pick. He does . not know, a name for it. but says It is probably a seedling : from the regular Oregon variety.' ; Berry Very Solid . It is an extremely solid berry, and a long keeper, which makes it excellent for' shipping, also fori canning. The color of the berry ts scarlet and pink meated. In the beginning of the . season toe ' berry is pointed la shape, but as the season advances It becomes . rounder nosed and flatter.' It Is also a medium sized smooth tar ry with very few seeds.' There Is more tonnage to the acre as the berries weigh heavier than other .varieties. - Mr.' Morris has about six acres planted to this variety : and 25 acres to Marshall berries, "r This season he will employ about 0 pickers and the picking - will last approximately six weeks. BEEF luDUSTRY OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Corral lis. May .23 Favorable signs 'for the beef Industry but continuing' maladjustments In supply and demand factors in the dairy and sheep industries - are seen in figures on the livestock - situation released today by the extension service at Oregon State college.'- .. ".' '.,. v. Consumption of dairy products bas been good, this spring, but the estimate production of milk la r creased - morel, than ' use of - the products, according to the report. ' Pasture conditions Over the cotrn trjl average poorer than usual and holdover .stocks of hay, ex cept la some western -states, are the. lowest- In Mhy . since . 1919. The new hay crop on the whole , Is the least promising for many years, except 19 28. , The supply of beef In storage " is light compared to last year and - to the average, the. college report points out- Holdings, of. pork ; products, except lard, have In creased until there Is now more en hand than last year and the average at this time of the year. . Stocks ot lamb. are light, but the supply available for market is ex pected to be ample. Wool markets . are showing some firmness because of better demand and a slight reduction In the clip In southern hemisphere, countries where 70' percent of the world supply originates. - ' Scio Cows go' : To Canada Farm SCIO. May 23 Three prime registered cows : i-om the S. B. Holt dairy farm near Scio this week were shipped to Vancouver, B. C by a buyer from that place. - - The Canadian's - purchases in this part of -the Willamette val ley consisted or XI registered an hnals, and good . prices, were re alized, according to .reports reaching Scio. - Hundreds of Wil lamette valley dairy cows have gone to California la recent years and the local supply Is said still to be adequate far present pur poses. .,. - GRAND CHAMPION JERSEY COW O ' - ' " v. ' ' """- " Blonde's Cunning Blouse, owned by John S. "Ells-worth, FoBy Farm, . Slmsbury, Conn., was selected as the best female Jersey shown and awarded the grand championship ribbon at the 1930 National Dairy Exposition, St. Louis. This la- her fifth year in the show ring and the second time she has captured the fraad champlonLshlp at the "Natlo-aal,"-hevins; worn the title to 1P3Q. I 1 ' , y ' . t - ' - Asparagus Beetle Control :i fossiDie it umffent iare is by By BEULAH H. CRAVEN - ; MONMOUTH, ! May 22 Daring the past few seasons . asparagus growers have found - the : ravages of.theasparagua bettle to be per ceptibly, on tha. increase, . except la cases : where effective control has been unremittingly maintain ed. - - - - - -' As with , most' pests, there can be.no lagging along .the gnard- linea :1a order to succeed- in its f extermlnaUon Eternal vigilance is the price of -safetx" but-it is encouraging to -know that -prompt measures enforced new will save a large part of the June crop. I . The experiment station of Klrer gon State, college offers this con trol pre gram: , "Cut crop clean to. market' else. Destroy all - volun teer plants . and crop remnant. Leave -trap-, rows and spray with arsenate of - lead t (10 teaspoon- f uls to . gallon of water) . after larvae have hatched.' Spray aft crop is cut to destroy, adults -be fore cleaning patch for winter. Poultry Is of value, in destroying beetle." ; .- X.., - ;V ;-." - The. commercial, grower of as paragus - usually j goes after the SEEK TO DIVERT : fHBHWAY FOilDS WASHINGTON. D. C, May' 2$ -Anticipating probable action by the A.A.A. . national convention, which meets In West Baden, Ind., on June 3, Thosi P. Henry, presi dent of the national motoring body, in effect charged today that there Is an! organized move ment on foot to lighten real es tate taxes, this i objective to be achieved by using motor funds for general state - revenues and the -virtual declaration of a road building -holiday, -4 . A group- of large real estate operators," said Mr. Henry, "are advocating the diversion of mot or vehicle taxes v to the state's general fund so aa to lighten- the burden upon land by placing It on the motorist. : They would rob the highway fund and proclaim a road-building i holiday because there Is no market - for subdivi sion lots anyway. When times are prosperous, they wjere the ones whe pressed hardest - for" every form- of highway Improvement that would make their 'lands more accessible, more useful and consequently . more valuable." . - -While Mr.; Henry's statement took -the form: of an open letter to, the governor of Michigan, and specifically referred to proposals advanced in that state, the A.A.A, executive inferred that the Mich igan, movement has Its counter part In many states and. for this reason, endangers the,. national road-building program,, - its con tribution to- the solution of un employment, .and at- the same time - provides , an incentive -for wnoiesaie; diversion of motor tax funds. ; , STATE DEVEUJPirJfi ir 11 IL II 1 - As a result ot a meeting of 10 well known business leaders from all parts , of Oregon who met In Portland this ' month. Invitations have been going out to over 150 leading ' men in 1 all counties of the state to- attend a gathering in Portland on June 11, at which time a development program, to be carried out through the state chamber will be. discussed. While the land -settlement program of the state -chamber has -been sin gularly successful in attracting hundreds - of ; amply financed, practical farm families to Oregon, many ether phases ot state de velopment demand attention. The June ll meeting. - which come on the first day ot the Rose Festival, will consider requests from -many parts of Oregon -for proper development of Our many resources. The men who attend ed the-ftrst meeting and arrang ed for the June 11. gathering are: A. A. Rogers, Eugene; E. C. Van Petten. Ontario;- A.' C. Marsters, Roseburg; R. C. Groesbeck, Klam ath. Falls; J. Roy Raley,-Pendleton; Wm. HasJey,: Burns; John Taornburgh. Forest Grove; "J. E. Norton, CoquiUe; R. a." Hamilton, Bend; John F. Daly, Portland. BuccTTnor 111? IULCI UDLUU e Agnculturist pest before the first beetle ap pears. For the home grower who has a small patch for family use. and who generally dees not - ob serve the havee perpetrated ' by the beetle until his asparagus is half ' devastated. - the following procedure- is offered;- -; - MeJbxd Important - :: Cut every stalf of- asparagus. except some tea to twenty well grown ones. If some have start ed to "top oat" leave them. - as they -tend -to bold -the spray moie thoroughly Spray heavily - with the stomach poison arsenate of lead. Wa ruse a quart capacity cow sprayer, filling it "with a- so lution of one - tablesnoonf ul c ar senate of lead, and oaeteaspoon- ful of -soap flakes (dissolved ) -to the quart ot water. The soap is helpful 4a rendering the mixture adherent, to -the stalks. Casein -spreader, or skim milk, might be used.-- s . Spray -twice the same day If possible. If any stalks containing larvae are cut they should.- be burned at once, being careful to convey them from the garden on newspapers . to . avoid scattering of future beetles. ' ; -i: "Traps Visited Oftem - 'If one can take time to spray these "traps" three or four times a week an enormous. diminution will be apparent As new stalks -appear .we keep them cut' close. We don't know whether or not asparagus so -sprayed would be harmfully Inedible for the . hu man body, bat we do not eat any of it. during this intensive spray ing period. " :; During this spray period,1-one small gardener ' said ; he visited his "traps" several times and "bugged" them an old time method of holding a tomato can pc small bucket containing a lit tle coal oil close to the stalk and, with a stick or discarded - tooth brush, flipping- the beetles into the coal olL If this method of spraying is followed for a week, the ; beetle will be found, on the wane. They feed mostly on the asparajus tips r evidently preferring tender fare but the, larvae are often de posited from bottom to top of a stalk. Keep a close lookout for larvae, and cut and burn each stalk on which any appears; and spray the '."traps" once ;or' twice a week and your new crop will be practically unharmed. - Young chicks -or turkeys; or ducks, win take care of, the beet les on ine ground, out . they do not secure those that, cling to the stalk tops. ' Adult - fowls, . we find,' do more harm to the new growth than the benefit counter acts.. ' ' ' ; Oak Tree&My ;Be Safe This Year OREGON -3TATE COLLEGE. Corvallis, May 23 Oak trees in certain sections - of western- Ore gon, defoliated last year, by the oak looper, 'are not likely to be killed or permanently injured by the ravages ef this pest, accord ing . to. conclusions : reached through - research . carried on by Philip C." Johnson,- graduate stu dent in entomology. , ; Johnson has spent nearly two years studying the history-and Habits of this pest, Ellopla Som niaria, and finds that previous Infestations have occurred -which usually run for : three ' years at least before parasites gain con trol, and cause the practical dis appearance ot the lookers. -. Though no careful observations have been made this spring prob abilities are that the . Infestation win continue another season. though many of the natural ene mies were abundant last year Where park or shade' trees "are attacked they may be protected by a spray application of arsen ate of lead and water, from two to four pounds per 100 gallons. Johnson a graduate in forest ry," has carried on his investiga tions under, the direction of Dr. Joseph Chamberlln. ' forest ento mologist here. His thesis Just suomiuea contains much new da ta collected on this and related species of Jear eat'ag insects. GRANGE LT-r-TrrnV-n t-tw WALLACE ROAD, May 21 State Grange Lecturer Mrs. Marie Flint McCall of Wallace Road, left here Wednesday ear onto, to Columbia cranxe where aha will speak at lecturer's hour. Gover nor j uiius Meier and George W. Joseph both attend' Columbia OREGON SHEEP III 1000 SHllPE Unfavorable .Veather did f - pttjo Seno'u Damage, i ' '. Survey Reveals ; . , v - -'- r ri ' ... Inv Oregon - weather, conditions during April were less favorable due .to a dry windstorm and cold night temperatures, . according to, the May 1 report of the Federal State crop reporting service. Gdod rains in May are needed to de velop . range feed which Is ahdft in many-places. .Lambs, and ewes are all la good .shape with, few losses "aid a few; dry .ewes. Moye- jnent ta maxa-fet Is expected a lit tle later . in eastern. . sections but In ? western sections; about the same, time as last year. . . - I In states r east of Ihe , Rocky mountains, weather . conditions during April were generally fav orable tor the' development, of the early lamb erop but were unfav orable in most states west of the mountains. While weather during April waa tool cool .for;-good growth ot nermahent pastures in some of the eastern sUtes, ralns-l early in the. month gave a good start to. grain pastures and in most of the .early , lambing: sees tions a sufficient supply of green feed was " available. In most of the western, states April was very dry and In the northwestern states. In -addition It' was ' cold and windy.' The drought situation in the early lamb areas ot Cali fornia was not' relieved and pas tures continued to dry up and in the range sections of other states range feed made slow growth. : ' In Washington feed conditions In 'April were fairly favorable, and so far this ' spring, ranges have - furnished : plenty of feed: The Iamb erep J haa made' good progress." . . 7,. - - ; -t In Idaho ranges and pastures made little growth - in April . and soil moisture ' Is badly ' depleted And desert -water holes: are dry ing up. Conditions of early lambs Is still good but rain and' warm weather are needed to . bring on range feed that will Insure nor mal growth from now on. "I f .' In California there was prac tically no rain in the 'early lamb ing areas in April, with some' hot days and considerable wind. Pas tures - continued ' to dry . up - and feed and water are - becoming short in many 'sections'. The lambs made relatively" better gains than pasture conditions '.would .indi cate, but in general, lack, weight and high' finish. The feed- situa tion forced -most lambs to mar ket . from 10 to 30 days . earlier than usual and shipments east ward In ApriL of live, and dress ed lambs, made a new record and slaughter within ' the state con tinued! very heavy. Up to Mar 1 eastern shipments 'alive- amount-- ed to about 240,000' head,' com pared td 78,000 last 'year, and dressed shipments' exceeded 60, 000 headt poulw inousTRr OUTLOOK BRIGHT : OREGON- STATU COLLEGE, Corvallis, "May 2S. A S7 per cent decrease in the imports of poultry products during the past-year and much smaller stocks of poultry on hand In the United States are fa vorable signs for the poultry In dustry, reported tL R. Breithaupt, extension economist at, Oregon State college, in his farm .market news service Issued today. ; Impoltsv of poultry, mostly dressed - turkeys' from . Argentina, felt off sharply in 130, says the report.' 'The total of poultry 'and poultry products imported was ap proximately 2,700,000 pounds, or 37 per. 'cent less than in .12. Furthermore. .' the cold - storage holdings of turkeys In this coun try are now only about half as large as. last year and the five year average In May. - - - ? "Stocks of other poultry are also much smaller than a year ago and well below average,"t.Breit haupt say. "Holdings of case and frozen eggs 'combined are slightly less than a year ago, but above average.. Egg production in April waa quite a bit short of April, 1930, but. consumption also ap parently ran behind. Farm flocks of old hens are. now somewhat smaller than at this time in 1930, while .the reported output of chicks from commercial hatcher ies may be .35 per. cent less than last year. Just how many chicks have been hatched on farms Is hot known." ' . '. Codling Moth, : . . i ' Spray Due Now OREGON -STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, May t3 First cover spray tor codling moth is due on apples and pears in western Ore gon anytime in the third week in May, announces -B. G. Thompson, associate entomologist at the ex periment station.: Hla ' observa tions show that the first brood will be hatching about this' time. This spray - must be combined this year .with, the 15-day scab spray, he says; . Monday from a .visit to Lents, where she gave a lecture before the home economics club in Lents hall Friday, .visited" Mflwaukie grange ."Saturday and Sunday vis ited an, old friend,-, Mrs. - V.- A. Cathey of Portland before-returning home Monday. While In Lents she -was the guest of Grangemast er T. J. Krenger and wife. .;l',t is -Li ' The one- and only , reason, for hot growing-'; sweet corn in the home garden Is because the gar den is too am alU Otherwise sweet com is the most desirable of veg etables for. the home garden, the king of suramer vegetables," al ways deslrabler and too often not of the- best-.quality This 1 true because quality cora - must. be tresh picked rand, to geVit, must be grown at home,; , ,;. ;.r-r Corn wlM i; grow- lnV ny I well worked soil ;bnttho best corn re quires , the -best solL ' Good corn land is the criterion of a success ful farm. Give the garden plenty of fertiliser in that portion of it where, corn is to - grow.- Well drained, warm soil is to this veg etable's taste with constant mod erate.' moisture. It does not' like waterlogged soil. - ' - " L : Wans - Weather Crop' ' 7' Com is a warm -weather -crop.-In" coldi wet springs thete Is Often- difficulty with -seed rottin after it is. sown and it has to bo repl-rhted. It Is wisest to be in no great hurry to : get com planted; as grreater speed -of growth - will be made .In warm - days and nights. .j-, ,-v.;t- ' The time-honored system . of planting , corn J waa In hills,,three or four stalks jo a hill, the. hills about, three .'feet apart each way. With Ihe smaller growing, com planting In rows,, sowing, at. the rate of fire of six kernels to the foot, , planted .about two, Inches deep to. Insure plenty- ef plants and, then, thinning them to eight or twelve inches . apart in -the rows is . a ' better -plan ' and pro duces more , ears In a small gar den. Corn needs to be .hjlled - up because of the auxiliary roots- that start above the surface of-the soil at . .the lower. Joints 4whleh nature provides, for . the anchor ing of the-plant. Hilling, up en courages the . formation of these roots and enables them to take bold of the soil more quickly and flrmly. ; ", r . . x . : Corn responds -to -hoeing more quickly ..than most other vege tables and the combination of warm "weather, a fair -amount of moisture , and good, hoeing sends it spinning. The earliest that corn planting can be chanced with any degree of - safety In the middle tier of states Is about May 1, the date advancing or - receding according to latitude. . If , stable manure can be .procured ' dig It Into the ' corn . patch. Otherwise use commercial fertiliser J.o .give 1 BECAUSZ price class Why is th so far in size pj bearings, in - j ts extra - larige s e I f - e q u a I i z i n g h y-drauh'c- brakes or in man y- o t h e r ' f e a -tures which mean qoai- t- Hear the Detroit Symphony - Mm r . . .1lr1 twjaj'. V ' the corn the rich rations it likes: to fill out plump ears, j .-. - Tomato Specialised v The ! tom.t haa bni- . a highly specYaltxecl "vegetable z in the hands of plant breeders. Yon can grow almost any kind ot a tomato you - want. You can grow one-kind for. salads and for eat ing raw. You can grow - another for canning and for use In mak ing catsups, chill sauce and pick les. . You .can ' grow., still' another fer' green tomatoes. You can grew miniatures . for - preserves, and you can grow giants for canning- You -can 'also . have a i wide variety.. In coloring from- pink through-, scarlet to purple - as known in tomatoes, which Is real ly a rosy red. You can also have thent la' yellow, '-i . r t . : It Is .-merely av. matter of look ing over the -lists and making choice. ' Then, too,, you can have them dwarfed and -bushy or tall and lanky, that, need supports to do - their utmost. . . . No good gardener nowadays al lows his tomato plants to sprawl over the ground. He trains them. The old-fashioned , way wastes fruit by rot from contact with the soil and gives unevenly rip ened , fruit." of Infefior quality, compared with - those up - in - the air and 'fully exposed to the sun for even ripening.-?.' -' General Parpoee -Type - .One of the new tomatoes which has been'- highly praised is Mar globe. This Is -an ideal general purpose tomato for: table use or for -canning. It Is a second early, -u is .. s ahead i n value? (Companion car to Graham Sixes and Eights) not a 'single car in the of the Prosperity Six - can compare with ir in weignr, $77S..S' tt4-i-Mt Cup, 37B5j Tews See 79S, RMibl SMt Cove. $2Si - Xdaii. 3825, t fmdrf j. M O 5 T ; V E II Y D O D Y li NI'aVf'oVd. TT' ;iLni)i3RlBiil ; .'- r 445 Center St. k PhonVwid'm '-. - - ; i '-: . GRAHAM SALES AND SERVICE FOR MARION AND TPOLK COUNTIES A Ni'- Orchestra, and Ed jrar A. Guest, America'a belayed poet 4 . every cuaaay mtntng at produces smooth fruits of excel lent sise and Sshape and is a fine scarlet red in color. It Is a very rigorous growing tomato . and a gardener can't go wrong, on It. It Is wilt resistant variety which is. another -i of its good points. Break O'Day i is another of this type developed in Washington. . For -size thie Ponderosas, both the red and: the yellow, are favor ites. jThe yellow Ponderosa la a fancy tomato,; highly esteemed by many growers, as distinctive In flavor. It is a very showy toma to for the exhibition bench. : The cherry,! plum, and pear to matoes, the (miniatures, are the delights ot Children so a few vines ahonld S be rrown for the klds.i The UtUe tomatoes are ex cellent to,, eat out of hand and are fine material- for preserves. Plant.- seed- ef choice tomatoes for your later crops tow The earliest plants -are. already - on the way,. ' '!: .' . ;"-' !" 41 : t. ' . J. Zj. Karaopp Is a welf known Portland ' -ral": estate man- who ownsi - a fine ! dairy ranch - near Prinevitle. I When tie price ot butterfat started ' to' drop ; last year,! he began to figure bow" he could, reduce his costs and piake money with, 'his 30 cows. Like most S dairy; farmers, 'his cows were I watered in . the lot ' before being shut I up In the barn-for the night. The next morning they got their : first drink. Mr. 1 Kar nopp got the Idea that the cows would Increase their production of milk if fbey were able to get a drink or two during the night. So he arranged for a drinking cup tof every jeow. The firm that Installed- then! -was. also certain the1 cows would Increase In milk productlon--se sure : that" they agreed to. take their pay for"the equipment out of the increased butterfat 1 production. Butterfat prbductioh for; the five days pre--vlousfshowed aa average of 23.38 pounds per day: Production per day ' for the first ' five days fol lowing the Installation was 33.33 pounds, or an increase of 13. Strawberries? v I Picking Starts l K--H HUBBARD, !f Jay --23 Straw berry picking started here Thurs day at the1 E.i E. May hew farm north of Hubbard. The berries were delivered to the Ray-Brown cannery at iWpodburn. Mr.' May- hew's berries are of excellent quality And a jrood yield seems apparent, t WJIBiSIOCli TO new oranam ' 1 I! ' 1 1 - ir construction and f We want you to see the 5ix; Jnew companion higher priced Graham Sixes and Eights) -to ride in it and drive if and lean for yourself the 54 : reasons why it is a BETTER Six. ir. r.i crt liUXN IMITO COllfQISKEH Farmers. Infcrgtpd in Seed - Crops; rjrrigalion: toT Be -Viewed , -DALLAS; May 23 Polk' coun ty ' farmers ; interested In seed crops will form a caravan to risil the experiment station at Corval -v lis, Monday,. May 25. Prepara tions for this visit: have been made. by Professors G. It. Jlyalop, P. M. Brandt and a V. Ruaek, cooperating , with J. Jt. - Beck, county, agents -' - . - Irrigation of dairy pastures that have been conducted at Cor- Tallls for. th nftt. thrA vr-a i- 00 CM wlil.be one of ttje projects to b Viewed.: Another Important one will be the rotation fields where soli fertility has been maintained ' and Increased through following -a simple rotation - which ' it adaptable to 'local farms. Several promising varieties of seed crops will also be Inspected. The caravan will leave Rick re- . all at 8:40 Monday morning,-going through'Monmouth and - win meet at the-agriculture building on the campus. The morning will" be spent in visits to One section, and following lunch another sec-' tlon. will be Inspected, under the -supervision ot the men In charge . of this work. R, M." Walker of the First National-bank ot Independence and Ira C. Powell ot.tbe Monmouth First National bank are assisting j. Mr. Beck , with local , arran ge mehts. , " . -. Grimm Alfalfa HelBt For - Laridzffn Polk DALLAS, Max 23-- After ex periments conducted on the'M. ,V. Prather farm In the Buena Vista district for .three' years it seems demonstrated that "the Grimm. va riety of alfalfa is , the best for seedlQg In Polk county.' This was determined recently when plant ing of the Grimm "and common plantings " were " Inspected by County Agent. Beck and Mr. Pa- ther. . ' '. '.r. j ' ' - Mr. Beck Is starting an addi tional nursery en the F. E. Pence fare east ot Rrtekreall. Plantings of Grlmril alfalfa seed from 13 sources have been made for the purpose of comparison and will assist. In deciding the localities that provide the best seed ' for planting here in the valley. Past nursery work Indicated that the best' grade of seed came from northern Montana. -' . : . 1 i - ... VI I I . J V . J I. longer life. PrbsDeritv Car to the the Grahzx , M - .-1 s'.