The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-03-19
TIE VALLEY OF THE WEISER.
1926 to Sl725 Income to
the Acre!
ITS RESOURCES.
One OF the Finest Valleys
in IualaO. Contains S.),-
900 Acres OF Good
Farming Land.

III 1UaRhO. SOfhIitlnS |---r--
900 Acres OF Good
Farming Land
In the southwestern part of Idaho
lies the valley of the Weiser, one
side washed by the blue water
of the Snake anG the other si,i.
bounded by low, rolling foothills ,
where thousands of horses, cattle |
and sheep Craze and grow fat on the
luxmiant grass. Onward stretch the
hills, interspersed with other and
equally beautiful and fertile valleys,
towards the northern boundaries of
the county, where are gigantic forests
where millions of dollars worth of
timber stands in solitude, and where
lie mines of copper worth enough to
pay the national debt. The Weiser
valley is eighteen to twenty miles
long by two miles average width and
contains 25, 600 acres of most fertile
land. 1t is traversed from end to
end by the Union Pacific railway,
thus giving excellent shipping fa
cilities for all surplus products.
! Soft as sunny California are our
skies and our climate is delightful
Fruits of all kinds flourish and yield
: wonderfully.
yellow and red are the apples,
The ripe pears russet brown;
And the peaches have stolen bushes.
t From the girls who shake them d ,wn. "
e Three crops of hay year is cut, and
: the yield Of vegetables and grain
reads like fairy tale
The valley is cut in two by the
g Weiser river, about one third of the
! land lying ON the east side Of the
Is stream and two-thirds on the wes
re side. The soil in this valley is o
great depth and will produce almos
IN any thing that can be raised in TIN
m United States. Irrigation is neces
Y sary, but ample facilities are pre-
90 sented by the Weiser river and til
$. Payette, which lies just over the lin
in Ada county, and is twelve mile
he from the town of Weiser Enoug
in water can be taken out of the Payett
he to food all the land lying east of til
iaI Weiser river. A canal has alread
ot been taken out of that river to irrigat
or the land now under cultivation. II
er capacity can be increased as the d'
,ct mand for water increases. That POI
he ton of the valley west Of the WeisC
nd can be watered out Of this rive
an Two bitches or canals have bee
nd taken out but are not sufficient to i
u- rigate the whole valley One {
ral these will soon be enlarged and e.
as tended. With an influx of populi
mt ton immense canals would at one
be constructed.
led Taking the %, 600 acres in Il
IA valley and dividing it into 40-ac
I'm tracts we get 625, and each of the'
the tracts will support family of tt
persons, making $3.50 people liviI
n VI. ~ L.
,od on our farms. ms would make
MP city of 10, 900 of Weiser, or ov
has 16, 600 in the valley. That 40 acr
ne. would support ten persons is easi
os- seen. Take the 40 acres and &
.cle aside 10 acres for the buildings,
the small orchard and garden to raj
is vegetables for the consumption of t
ind family. This leaves 80 acres
ose cultivation. What shall we do vi
ind it? Well, suppose we SOW it in
,ere falfa. 1t will produce p tons to t
not acre, and three crops can be {
The or nearly tons to the acre. Put
,ich low and say . tons. The goi
her price is 81 to SO per ton but cal
eli So. We get S25 to the acre or 81
the from the 80. Put the land in !
res tatoes and raise 20 tons to the &C
re- \ They will bring l cent per pound
ted s4OO, giving $12, 600 frcm the tra
vry. Plant your tract in prunes, putt
The 115 trees to the acre, and at the {
ton. of five years they will yield
oar pounds to the tree or $3.50 poun
oon at cents, picked, (the price
YEAR, would give S1725 from
:, acre. OF course from these figr
would have to he deducted the {
of shipment. The land can be {
'he tivated for anything. If wheat
Iney raised it need not be shipped rs Il
'ros' is a 150-barrel roller mill now in
VIII Grafton at Weiser. Tributary to
ana valley and Weiser is several Il
nary bodies of agricultural land, ly inl