They onverted these men to the more scientific methods of operation. They taught them the value of soil preservation, of forest perpetuation, of mineral conservation. The total area of Idaho is 84,313 square miles. The Salmon river divides the state into two parts - north and south. In the north are thriving mining and lumbering industries.
Agriculture is the principal industry in the southern part of the state.
Things About Us At beginning of its agriculture development the state of Idaho was sadly in need of more people. Vast irrigation projects required many settlers. To the thickly populated districts of the east the call was sounded. Come to Idaho - the land of the future. And they came.