The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-03-09

learned THAT during the past winter /
lecture couIse Of five numbers has been
carried on and that the income has
little more than paid all Of the ex pens-s.
The citizens prouounce the course as un
usually good and they L"pe they have
the lecture habit ii xed now ~ rs to keep
up the course ia the future.
There is sncressiul creamery here ia
Parma under the management cf W. r..
Fisk. AIr. Fisk reports that the, are
turning out about 10000 pounds of but
ter per month noS and that the cream
for this amount oi butter il procured
fr,m about 10 farmers. lie says that
those vino furnsli cream to the cream
cry, and who 20 at it right, are making
money. One of his customers, he says,
last month sold cream to the amount oil
sll ~ per COW, besides the man also
supplied his own table with cream and
butter in au,ition. The man who did
this IL J. NJ. Baxter, and Mr.. Fisk says
that any one who will use Mr. Baxter's
methods may be equally ~ successful.
on alfalfa, and in his opinion this is as
good as the sIlage fed 10y the eastern
I
dairymen. MIR. Fisk says that the mar
ket for his butter reaches all the way
from Twin Falls to Huntington and in
cludes all oi the Intervening towns, and
also reaches down to Silver City. He
also reports ocrasional sales as far wert
as Walla Walla-
G. l.. Park, manager Of the dry goods
department for the kirkpatrick Mercan-
tile company, when asked what good
things he had to say about Parma and
vicinity, replied: "If it were not for re-
peating Il fact 20 well known as to make
its repetition seem pure redundancy |
would like to announce that Parma il
heated in the best portion of the Boise
valley, in the very cream of the valley"
He reports that raising all sorts of agri-
cultural products, especially stock and
stock feed, fruit and sugar beets- The
beets, he says, are shipped to Nampa
and they were very satisfactory crop
last year. He is enthusiastic over the
fine stock and poultry raised here. He
says that recently there were four cars
of horses shipped from here to San Fran
cisco and that the entire bunch WAS pur-
chased here in Parma ut mn average
price Of tl75 per head and that On the
way to San Francisco the man in charge
WAS offered 500 per head for the hors
es Just rs they were in the car. Mr.
Park Says that the Parma brand Of APP
plies and pruncs bring the top prices on
the New York market. He also reports
that number Of the farmers here are
becoming interested in raising fine hcg'
along with other fine stock.
An effort is being made to Organize al
Of the business men and farmers of th,
vicinity into u sort Of commercial clul
that will present an organized front l.
any business Interest which may AL
vance the interests Of the community
II is also hoped by its promoters tina
the union Of all Of these interests viii
bring the farmers and business nscn int.
: closer relations with each other in sIcI
way as to De greatly to the benefit -
each. Ii is argued that such an "rgsni
zation is the b-st trust buster that cal
he manufactured.
= The lands tributary to Parma and ~
ing to the north Of the town are equal
= as valuable and important as the famou
Roswell bench to the south. Thcs
j lands have been farmed longer and wer
= settled brforo the Roswell country, bu
they were first taken in large tract
+, which made less room for population
At the present time the tendency is |
= break up these large holdings into snia
u ler farms as the land IL too valuable ns
% Ia be worked to a higher state of cultiyi
q ton than is l.or<ible in large tract
This tendency not only adds to the valt
u OF tie lands but also adds largely tS ii
'' population of the bench.
y The lands about Parma receive the
's water froiu tao bitches. the Koswe
u bench fronl the Riversi,ir ditch ami Il
, north bench from the Farmers Co-ope
T. alive Ditch company. Zach Of the
u will in time be units ia the great COVER
y ment Boise rayette project and sill
y benefited by the continuation by bell
'" able to get late supply of water durir
'' short season.-Boiss statesman.
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