Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-11-04
BIG MONEY IN
RAISING SEED
SPLENDID RESULTS SEEM TO
MARK THE BIRTH OF A
new INDUSTRY.


/ the ceremonies attendant upon tn
awarding of Panama-Pacific Ez
y position medal to one of our Cit
. zens who produced more bushels o
: coon to the acre than was shown b.
the yield of any other portion of tn,
entire State, it would appear to b,
: a very appropriate time to give som,
facts with reference to what ha.
been accomplished by other section!
of Canyon county in the cultivation
of seed crops. 1t is a matter il
which every tiller of the soil is
vitality interested 1t is also matter
that will interest any farmer in any
part of the world who is anxious tt
better his condition and who may
: be looking for location where he
can reasonably expect to get re
suits commensurate with the amount
of intelligence and industry he is
willing to put into his occupation
What a Payette Valley farmer has
done in the way of raising corn may
be equalled or surpassed by many
farmers in other portions of the
county and what has been done by
farmers in other portions of the
county in the way of reaping rich
results from seed cultivation can GER
tainly be equalled or surpassed by
farmers of the Payette Valley. Be-
cause after all, where the conditions
are so absolutely favorable, it is
only question of intelligent effort
and industry, neither of which are
lacking in this country. Hence we
say, the time is ripe for serious
thought on this important subject.
The Statesmans Caldwell corresI
pondont says, Of the splendid re
suits from seed cultivation in the
southern portion of the county:
1t is conservatively estimated that
one hundred and sixty-five thousand
dollars will be paid this season to
| farmers living in the valley section
between Roswell and Upper Deer
Flat for red clover, alfalfa and al
sike seed grown by them This is a
largo increase over the returns to
seed producers of the same region
last yoar, and gives some conception
of the growing Importance of this
industry in southwestern Idaho.
Officials of the Caldwell Mill &
Elevator company, which, directly
and through it's agents, is handling
three-fourths Of the seed coming into
this city. Parma and Nampa, esti-
mate the yield of red clover seed a
thirty carloads. The alfalfa seed croJ
is estimated at five cars and that
of alsike at two cars. Each carload
of these seeds at prices prevailing
this year returns 10 the producer
more than five thousand dollars.
GOOD PRICES THIS YEAR.
Prices this year have been un-
usually high. The local quotation on
led clever was 17% cents per pound
the past week, and alfalfa seed was
bringing within a cent Of the same
figure. These are the prices on a
recleaned basis. Where clover seed
was sold as it came from the thresh-
er the price averaged perhaps 151a
cents.
Last year, seed prices were 40 per
hA to
season is attributed to the extreme
Iy wet season in eastern and mid
die western states, rain preventing
The harvesting and threshing of the
grass seed crops. The present high
prices can not be expected another
season, say those engaged in the /,
'eed business. Idaho producers ,
should. they say, figure that they /,
ire doing we'll If they receive IL
,ents for clover and alfalfa This was !,
he price in 1914 and is about the
formal figure.
This year, for the first time, the
anchors of the Upper Deer Flat
ountry, south of Nampa and Cald- ?
,ell, engaged in the production Of
eed crops. While the yields they re-
eived have not been quite so large
s those in the Roswell section and
re still smaller than the pheno-
lenal returns reported from the
win Falls section, the growers are
lghly pleased with results obtained.
Production in the Upper Deer Flat
sction is reckoned at three and one
alf cars of clover, one and one half "
ars of alfalfa and a few tons OF ~
sike. That these figures will be g
oubled next year rs the prediction
both the buyers and producers.
VALUE. PER ACRE. al
A Nampa newspaper has estimat- sc
the average return from the al
over seed crop in the territory trib- III