The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-06-29
Earliest Crops
are Found Here
County Agricultural Agent Tells
About Things In Store For
Our Farmers
(By A. ]. Reed

On buslhts5 trip tdhtu last
Friday (which we hope was for the
good of the project) the agricultural
conditions in the counties south of
Churchill were noted as follows:
The frost that occurred around the
10th of June, which appears to have
been generally prevalent in western
Nevada, did far more damage to the
crops In those sections than il did
in Churchill county.
The potato crop, generally speak
ing for Lyon. Storey and Mineral
counties, is only fifty per cent as far
along in the growing stage as the
potato crop In this project Frosts
seriously injured the tops of the
plants and considerable acreage Is
badly burned by the frosts occurring
late In the spring.
General garden truck Is in about
the same condition.
The Churchill County Cantaloupe
Growers Association was incorpor-
ated SO that cantaloupe acreage
could be associated from any part of
the state, the idea being that canta-
loupes could be grown successfully
in some of the adjoining counties.
Such being the case, the association
would be strengthened and would
serve the grower to better advan-
tage with the largest acreage pos
sible. Ii has been thought that
cantaloupes can be grown success
fully in Lyon county. They have
never been grown extensively there
and have been tried in only a few
of interesting some of the growers
there in cantaloupes that the trip
was taken.
One of the features of this years
county fair will be "a county exhibit
open to the counties of this state.
II was for this reason too, that the
trip was taken.
The alfalfa crop was pretty badly
frosted there, but haying has COM
menced. The problem of Lyon
county in the disposition of its hay
is one of feeding, inasmuch as their
freight rate is some two dollars
higher than that of Churchill
county.
The plans for the impounding of
enough water from Walker river TO
irrigate the desert area between
Yerington and the post office of
Wichman, in Mineral county. is well
along and should be completed with
in the next two years,
The crops in Mineral county are
about the same as those in Lyon
county.
The more one sees of the small
mountainous valleys in Nevada the
more thoroughly is one convinced
that this state is In the primary peri
cd of its development agricultural
ly. Also the more one travels into
this state the more convinced does
one become that this state in time
will be a great producer of agricul-
tural produce. The development in
the last ten years. during which ag-
riculture outstripped the mineral
production, is but one criterion lndi-
eating the possibilities and the trend
of industry In Nevada.
The more one sees of the other
agricultural sections of the state the
more confidence, foresight and hope,
founded on concrete facts, one has
that Chnrchill county will lead the
other counties of the state In its
agricultural wealth
The Farm Labor Situation
The farm bureau brought a truck
load of twenty-five hay hands into
the project Sunday. Another truck
load is coming in Tuesday and more
will be brought in as quickly as pos
sible. The agricultural agent, Wis
ting Reno Sunday. found the fol-
lowing conditions prevailing.
There are plenty of men in Reno
who will work for SO day. These
men in most cases have not the fare
from Reno to Fallon and they are
not willing TO pay the employment
agencies what they are asking for
jobs as hay hands.
Ii the project farmers will notify
the farm bureau Office as 10 their
needs as far as labor is concerned,
an attempt will be made TO get the