Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

road beyond the Idaho boundary has been
announced 1t is believed that it will fol-
low the Snake river valley into the NAL
heur country in Oregon and build to Coos
bay. The Milwaukee is surveying a route
through the undeveloped section of Idaho
to Lewiston, and has already obtained per-
mission from congress to bridge the Snake
river at the latter point and has also
purchased considerable land there. 1t is
not believed that the Northwestern will
parallel the Milwaukee, but will go through
! territory where tonnage is to be obtained.
Sale of Twin Falls Land.
On the Twin Falls tract 10000 acres of
land is under cultivation this year and the
| crop prospects are excellent. The water
| supply is abundant and the unusually heavy
| rains have been very beneficial The land
| under the Twin Falls system was segre-
| gated by the government for the state un-
| der the provisions OF the Carey act and IS
! sold by the Twin Falls Investment company
at 80 cents an acre, the price fixed by the
act. The settlers pay % cents per acre at
| the time of filing and the balance when
final proof is made. Water rights cost sos
| per acre, p vable 50 per acre at time OF
| purchase, 81 per acre at the end Of the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
|
years and "a at the end of the tenth year,
with interest on deferred payments at the
, rate of per cent The purchaser has the
privilege of paying in full at any time. Sew
| eral farmers paid for the land, water rights
| and Improvements with the first years crop.
| One farmer, who put his entire forty acres
into alfalfa, sold his crop a few days ago
| for $50 an acre, the purchaser to cut and
irrigate ths--held- for interest OF the year.
1t is estimated that this field will yield
seven or eight tons to the acre. Other
farmers last year grew thirty-fve to fifty
bushels of wheat to the acre and sold their
product for $3.50 bushel. Even better re-
turns were obtained from oats. Corn thrived
wonderfully and splendid yields of peanuts
and sweet potatoes were secured This
year experiment with sugar beets are being
conducted and excellent results are being
obtained.
Farmers Well Looked After.
Experimental farms are located at Twin
Falls and Bull, on which nearly every va
riety of grain and grass grown in the tenn
perate zone are being tested. Irrigation
methods are demonstrated on the farms,
which will be maintained until the expert
mental stage has been passed. The COM
pany employs farm instructors whose duty
it is to see that no mistakes are made The
instructors visit the farmers, show them
how to water their land and plant their
crops and render them such aid as is re-
quired. The farmers are organized into
eight associations and these associations
are combined into a federation. The asso-
Citations meet every week. Entertainment
programs are arranged for each meeting
and the young folks are encouraged TO at
tend. The farmers compare notes. profit
ing by each others failures or successes,
and the agricultural superintendent is usu-
ally on hand to deliver addresses on Sc
lected topics. Every feature of farm life
is covered and the results have been very
beneficial. The farmers are beginning to
appreciate the value OF scientific application
in their work and the social feature, SO es-
sential in irrigated districts. is being sue
: cessfully worked out. Where farming is
done by irrigation every man Is his neigh
boris keeper. and great care is necessary
10 prevent friction over the use OF water.
The associations bring the farmers together
and enable them to obtain a clearer under
standing OF each others rights The boys
are given a course in agricultural training
equal TO that obtainable in any college
Elementary agriculture is also taught in
the public schools, the children being en-
couraged to study plant growth and con-
| NoSt Siilple experiments IN irrigation.
Fruit in the District.
Winter apples. plums, prunes and peaches
, have been grown for years by farmers
whose lands are under the Twin Falls
system at Rock Creek. Perhaps the best
fruit In America is grown at Blue Lakes
, three miles from the city of Twin Falls
, by ]. B. Perrine. who has won grand prizes
at Paris, Chicago New Orleans, Omaha
Buffalo, St. Louis and Portland
, Forty acres Is about all a farmer car
, handle. Labor is scarce and It is almost
impossible to engage experienced irrigators
These conditions will change in time, but
the average farm unit will soon be forty
acres or less. AS a rule the young farmers
from the east take kindly to irrigation. II
Is something novel to them, but once they
understand that water will not run uphill
and that land must be properly graded
before irrigation they make rapid progress
The first thing they are told is to forget
everything they ever knew about farming
4 and start all over again, with irrigation
as the cornerstone. They are beginning L
understand that alfalfa is the greatest fer
I tilizer known to agriculture and that by
e mixing brains with water and good sol
q they can obtain wonderful results CroI
, failures are unknown in the Snake rivel
: valley and the climate is as near perfection
a as could be desired. @. b. FRASER.
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& Held for Brass Cups.
d Frank Flynn. arrested by Patrolmal