The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-11
WONDERFUL. FERTILITY
Nj REWARDS THE FARMER
A Section Of the Country That
Within a Few Years Has Gained
an international Reputation for
It's Many Products.
BY HERBERT vANDERHooF.

Element by men who viii actually build
homes and found communities.
wa as t not taking ia ths at rando me
speaking from an actual knowledge OF
conditions as they exist, as we'll as from
an actual knowledge Of what S could
piled to them. He knows that OF the
many millions of acres Of these lands
most fertile fields in the world can be
created If only the water can be brought
to them, Homes for hundreds OF thou,
ns S sra now Saa DESERT that raise
only the sage brush and the coyote can
be- made veritable garden spots, Not
only that. but they will become inpor--
economy because Of the great crops Of,
leverv kind that they will produce. r
1 do not know that the president was
at Pette or In the b Pay yus oaex f
eas the py mes3 int a' as sv vii ONE
Of the greatest centers OF the IRRIGATION
stirred the West into a new life. Only
here is where the farmers have done the
whole work themselves. 1t has not been
b wa5h
scheme. They have made the country for
miles around a veritable garden spot
There Is no such thing as crop n9 c iafs
w When s't to this is added never falling
supply Of water and this. water can be
FED to the fields at precisely the eot time n
when the growing crops most need u.
it is no wonder that the community has
azingy IN tn the past t tMo
and from a town Of 1900 inhabitants has
ginning to get Its stride, however, and in
the next three years. ib destined to
~ What Irrigation WI! Do.
! The man who Is unfamiliar with the
possibilities Of irrigation can hardly credit
its magical powers Here is a typical yes
I met in Payette has done. He SAID:
Iowa with $3.50 and invested It in some
: and then sold out for $4,000. I bougfN
unimproved land again, and could sell
out now at a good advance on my pur-
chase b bout Prefer e to kf Sat man man
What ~: Would require thousands in the
older co ., J, of the. the middle West
Fayette. is destined by its geographical al
location to maintain its supremacy as
! the distributing center Of this rich ter
Il Gto Boise the c apH Of the state and
therefore within close. touch with the
great markets of the PACIFIC coast by
means Of the oregon Short Line ann,a It tbs IS
cational facilities, while the various re-
ligious denominations are well repre-
scented. It has the dry, interim untain ali
heavy and damp, as along the coast,
with delicate lungs. The sun shines about
s9e asy 1T the but ywh sn& taa chasg
of season and tonic to brace up the
system. The average mean temperature
for the year is about ffty-fve, degrees
summer, is unknown, this being due t.
the extreme dryness Of the climate
which enables one to endure the high
= state in the Union.
r idaho is famous for it's fruits, and tn
Industry. Especially Is Idaho noted fo
its apples, and In recent years they hav
won a secure position in the markets c
the world and at the same time hay
II fair that has been held. They are rosy
plump, sound at heart, and of deliciou
flavor. They won first premiums at tn
ve end three med
1908 at the Ogden meeting Of the NJ
T Idhd he sgs o1 Rae d5p w va
Senator Clark Of Montana offered #
the best exhibit Of the greatest numb,
- Of varieties of perfect fruit, free fro
insect pests and fungus IS, diseases, raise
!, There is money in horticulture ]. in tt
h common thing to gather . ESQ pounds pound 5,
year old trees yield. from thousand !
~ twelve hundred pounds. These readi
- command from 81 to s1.5o per fifty pount
e. box delivered to the cars at Payett
! po1y 70 also
10 market market prices The idaho prune, as
any 1dah IN a tRs h i Prime d fgeEte
It's pleasing combination Of swee
j. the Payette valley In addition. Il
section produces apricots, peaches, ne
s srapss T Thifs 81 sma nPe fruits Such
IL, strawberries, blackberries and goosebe
q, ries. the yield is enormous. One man
W. Payette sold $40, worth of strawberr
fr9 The coadtons OF Of fe 1 Where rrga
is practiced are far different from tho
that obtain on the big farms Of
ana IS Hpt I'D nte
rr holdings and the farmer does not ha
- to travel a mile or two to see. a famil
face On the contrary. the houses
~ communities spring up It is an
nj tenSive cultivation, where every FOOT
i the soil is utilized. Almost every. farm
no has a telephone and Sthe rural free {
livery keeps him in immediate touch W
the world.
Directly across the Snake river fir
Payette are many thousands Of acres
- the most fertile land that are soon to
" irrigated by the canals and reserve
to that are now under construction. MI
of this land has been taken up I'm
as homestead and desert land entries. MI
- has been patented, and as SoorS5as
: water has been turned on 1T WI
Lde equal in every respect to lands alt
HE the Payette river: AS one author
. - said to me:
when you, come to soil there is no
10 section in the country that can SUPP
loo it. There are millions of dollars here
ind under the soil simply waiting to be pic
50, up. Dollars will grow by irrigation
oed as well as grass. In only q few ye
z4n this section will support "a half mill
~ people,
- The Payette valley is now leader
= irrigation work, and is bound to ma
tain its supremacy. Much Of It's succ
has been due to the active interest ma
n tested in it by the women. They dc
a onstratethfs by their attendance at
>, irrigation meetings by their questit
5, and by the quiet promotion work they
e They also demonstrate their faith II
&. practical way by putting their prope
into the water users asSociat ion. Z
d. are becoming advisers of the men