The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-09-01
GREAT CLEARWATER VALLEY
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changing hands. The farmers up mere
are all waiting for Jabob Weinhard. of
Dayton, to come up and bny some pools
like the one he captured early in the sea-
son at Dayton, and until he arrives. or
some other dealer decides to pay 81 per
GENITAL mp here, very little barley will be
sold. The Idaho farmer is very indie
pendent this season and can hold his
grain as long as he chooses, for they all
have plenty of money. ~
"a continuation of fat years, with
prices that nave averaged up well above
the cost of production have placed all the
graingrowers in good circumstances, and
fruit, stock and diversified farming have
likewise proved very renumerative.
Dairying is securing foothold, but the
creameries are as yet unable to supply
the local demand, at least Lewiston first
class hotel continues to serve very able
bodied butter which appears to be a
cross between axle-grease and oleomar-
garine.
With the increaee OF diversified farm
ing and the development Of her lumber
resources. Idaho is steadily increasing
her market for -four aud the mills have
local demand which just at present pays
them much better than the demand for
shipment to the coast Located right in
the heart of this new wheat region, the
mills have very fine grade of wheat
from which to draw supplies, and with a
heavy demand for all kinds of offal at
high prices, they use only The choice part
of the wheat for -four. One of the mills
in the Clearwater valley is using sK
bushels of wheat to manufacture barrel
Of -four.
An idea Of the superiority Of such flour
over some of the brands now on the mar
ket can be secured when it is stated that
prominent Puget sound miller openly
boosted about year ago that he was
making barrel Of -four from four bushels
and ten pounds of wheat. The millers
here on the ground floor, as it were, how
ever, are not meeting with much better
success in securing stocks for grinding
just at present than than are the men
over on the corst, for the Idaho man is
seeming dollar wheat, or at least he
thinks he is. which is equivalent to the
same thing, and sales are few and far be-
tween.
AS previously stated. the wheat crop in
the vicinity Of Moscow Is not so good as
in other parts of the state. This is on &C
count of the dry weather last fall and the |
cold, backward spring. 1t is not much Of
a spring wheat country about Moscow.
and the fall wheat, which was sown in |
the dust, was late in getting under way
in fact some of 1t did not start growing |
until spring, and nnder such adverse cir
cumstances the stand was very poor. and |
the weeds, which thrive and flourish re-
CARELESS of drouth or weather. got such a |
start that they had most of the wheat
faded to finish literally as well as fig-
uratively before the warm sunshine had /
a chance at it, after the cold rains ceased
in the spring.
"Many of the farmers in Latah county,
being unable to SOW their grain in the
Fall, did nothing with the land, and for
this reason there promises to be much
larger acreage of Fall wheat than usual
for next season. The weather at present
is very satisfactory for. blowing, and if
the ground continues In good condition.
! very large acreage will be in much
earlier than usual. There is some smut
IN Idaho, bnt il is not causing as much
ronble as it has in the Palouse. This is
aid to be due TO the fact that the land is
newer, and the germ which costs the
wheat growers many
thousands annually has not yet begun
working in Idaho soil. !
Every little of this big Idaho grain
rop will find its way to market by way
{ Portland, but its dimensions are so
magnificent that il cannot but attract at
ention as it is hauled to market up that
izzy grade through Potlatch Canyon, =
hence up another mile to the summit of !.
ne Cascades before it finally strikes a $
own-hill route. Incidentally, it win Il
apply Mr.. Vineland Libby with some :.
iore open-river ammunition, for the "
atistics on Idaho products will need Z
.vision after the returns are all in from &c
lie big crop OF 1908" Q,