! - , What about cress as a fash

What about cress as a fash crop ? We have the market and we have the soils. Yields reported by current commercial growers indicate 3000 lbs. per acre can be had from good soils in a good season. At 10 cents a pound, $300 per acre gross looks good. Certainly should have possibilities for the right man, with good soil and labor. They tell me the majority of people in Page who harvest the crop are over 60 years of age and 70% are women, A lot has been learned, I’m told, regarding the know how in seeding, getting a stand etc. A few years ago when seed was being broadcast, stand failure was the rule rather than the exception. Now they’re killing the germination in a third of the seed and planting only one and a half lbs. per acre. m

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How would you like to have an , International Farm Youth Exchange delegate in your home this summer? If interested, now is the time to apply and indicate your preference of nationality, man, woman, period of time, etc.

Several former IFYE delegates to foreign countries who live in Virginia have told of their experiences at various 4-H programs. Certainly would be an honor to show some fosigner how we live as well as an opportunity to show that we are not a bunch of capitalistic gangsters.

Mr. Finnegan, a senior at Georgia Tech in Veterinary Medicine and originally from Richmond, was by the office last week discussing the possibilities of establishing a practice here after graduation in June. Upon leaving, Mr. Finnegan said he’d advise in a couple of months whether he would establish here or elsewhere. Farmers who are interested in seeing a Veterinarian located here might well let their sentiments be known at the county agent's office as no doubt' farmers interest will have its influence. -I