Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-11-11
ODD FACTS FOR FARM FOLK.
Tokay and Syrian Grapes Grown in
Northern 1daho-All Grains Are
Over Weight When Properly
Grown by Irrigation-White
Flax S~eed-Corn Wheat
in Place of Corn.

1900
STOW in the United States as far
north as Duluth. Mimi. The particu-
lar place where this may be lone 10
Lewiston, Idaho. on the banks OF the
Shake river. Whatever is done along
the Snake river in the matter of agri-
culture and horticulture must be done
with irrigation, however.
The remarkable things done under
irrigation are portrayed by a NUMBER
Oh states. Colorado has a relief map
OF the Arkansas valley. Utah shows
a'diorama Of one OF her irrigated val
leys. California exhibits her products
from and worth a thousand dollars
an acre. Oregon displays her beauti-
1ul fruits and grains from irrigated
districts, while Idaho, her next door
r%cighbor, won twenty gold medals ON
her agricultural showing.
The tokay grapes from Lewiston are
only one OF G2 varieties now success
fully grown at that far northern point
where the climate is almost as mild as
Italy, for the tohay cannot flourish
where the winters are cold. Along
With the tOkay is q fine sweet grape
from Syria, in which every grape and
fruit grower will be Interested The
Maine is %llunisa. or Antab late, from
Antab. 1t is large. very dark. and .
fine keeper, the last being its most
important quality. After travelling
over 1900 miles to the Worlds Fair
ii opened up in as fine condition as the
tnkay, and made a good show. These
grapes are from the first vine ci his
variety truited in America.
Another fact not well known is that
grains grown by irrigation in the
dry atmosphere of the western slope
Of the Rocky mountains are much
heavier than those grow in the east.
and the yield is far greater. In the
lUaho exhibit of the Palace OF Agri.
culture at the Worlds Fair are many
examples Of irrigation results. a
sack of oats vas received at the ex-
t.bit a few days ago which was graded
by one of the machines in the building
and tested as to weight. 1t was found
that the third. or poorest grade,
weighed 3S pounds to the bushel. while
tie standard Of weight for oats is only
- pounds to the bushel. The yield
Is 100 to 10 bushels to the acre, n
Idaho oats ordinarily weigh AZ to 46
pounds to the bushel. An acre of ir-
rieated Lane yields bout three times
as much as an acre in . humid cli-
mate. Wheat in southern Idaho Is 62
to ca pounds to the bushei, the stand
era being 60 pounds, and the yield so
To 20 bushels to- the acre. A bundle
Of alfalfa hay. second crop OF 1904.
brought from southern Idaho, Is as
tall as y man, q six-footer. Five to
sever tons to the acre are grown each
season. it being cut usually three times.
All over southern Idaho, which for
the most part Is q vast desert, are
, cases that have been made fruitful by
irrigation. The liberal provisions Of
The Cary Act of Congress have made
, possible the reclamation Of these
lands, the state taking over the lands
and disposing Of them to settlers at SO
cents an acre. The water right Is an
extra cost. In some cases as Tow az
!, SIS an acre Tor a perpetual right, the
first one or two crops often paying the
: entire cost of a fine property, Only
a few days ago the state land board Of
r Idaho threw open TO settlement lO0. 900
: acres of land under one canal at Twin
Falls, On the south side Of Snake
river. 1t is in Cassia county. one OF
the counties that touch the Nevada
;, border. In this instance the total cost
per acre IS $25. so. and unGer the liberal
terms OF the Cary Act entry may he
, Ilade through another person. The
/. payment Is In Easy installments.
Idaho has the honor of showing In
her agricultural display something
that very few farmers have ever seen,
namely. white flax seed. This variety
Of flax originated in Idaho, and ID
, said to possess great commercial pos
; sibililies, because il is richer in oil
and produces a grade of very light
ColoIcd oil that Is far more desirable
, for white paint than the darker
grade.
Idaho Is trying to do what otner
mountain states are attempting, that
is. to supply the home market with
fruits, vegetables, meats, grains and
= dairy products. The mountains con.
tain hundreds of mining camps and
. settlements where everything now pro-
! duced finds ready market, while the
| demand increases with each new min
: inP district opened.
Corn is about the only thing tha,
does not grow well in the irrigated
toserts of southern Idaho. because the
I summer nights are cool but a kind OF