Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-03-18
HELP NEEDED.
The Farmers ofCamas Prairie Compelled
10 Ask for Seed Grain.

The Farmers ofCamss Prairie Compelled
10 Ask for Seed Grain.
Boise Statesman, March IS.
The farmers in the great Camas
Prairie, a large and rich agricultural
district, situated near the Wood River
mining region, find themselves this
spring under the necessity of seeking
aid from those OF their fellow citizens
who have been less unfortunate.
During the past two seasons, these
farmers have suffered from con-
t'hued scarcity OF water, amounting
to an absolute drouth last season,
which Of Itself would have reduced
the Yield Of their crops to the smales,
limits. In addition to this affection,
they have also been the victims of
two years of the grasshopper plague,
which stripped them OF nearly every
remaining resource. The deep SHOWS
IN the mountains give certain assuran.
ce of abundant water this season and
security from drouth and the grass
hoppers are not feared this year. as
these pests are known not to Lave de-
posted their eggs in the country at
their last visitation. All the circum
stances are now favorable, and the
situation is full of promise for good
and abundant crops and a season OF
general prosperity for the farmers in
Camas Prairie as else where; but these
people have completely exhausted
their resources and means in living
through these two bad SEASONS aud
through the long hard winter that has
followed. They find themselves now
at the beginning of the present pro
missing season without seed grain for
their fields aud without the means of
obtaining it.
The acreage of the area heretofore
cultivated and now ready to he sown
amounts to about 1890 acres, dis
tribu,ed among the several local dis
trlc,s as follows:
Soldier district, 1000 acres; Corral
district, 24OO acres; Criclton and
Willow Creek, 3,70O acres; South OF
the Malad, 600 acres.
The amoun. OF seed per acre need
ed for sowing is 100 pounds. Th,
grain usually sown is oats, barley and
wheat.
As soon as the condition of thu.
farmers b, came known, the enterpri
sing and generous citizens Of Haley
took the matter in hand AMI have
through their Board of Trade, con
trIbuted about is tons Of seed grain.
In order to make contributions from
from Il distance easily available, the
RAILROAD company has offered free
for the same.
Hon W. y Perkins of HALEY,
representing the HALEY Board OF
Trade is now in this city, and the
Boise Board OF Trade has appointed
u committee, composed Of Nessrs.
{ has. Himrod and Joseph Perrault to
accompany MIR. Perkins in calling
upon the citizens Of Boise and solicit.
ing subscriptions for the purpose
The committee will call upon citi
zens to day and give them an oppor-
tuni,y of contributing to this good
cause. 1t cannot be doubted that the
citizens of the Capital City, who have
always responded SO generously to
every call made upon them, will b..
equally ready to aid their unfortunate
neiyhbors Of Camas Prairie, for whom
help is only asked to enable them to
SOW their fertile fields and thus prohr
by the good farming season that is at
hand.
Contributions made here will be for.
warded by the Boise Board of Trade
10 the Board of Trade of HALEY and
through the latter Board will be dis
pro,rata to the farmers of
the Prairie.