Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-02
WILL FARM
DRY LANDS
Extensive Operations Now
Underway In South
Idaho Counties

The Desert Improvement comnanv
the second local company to under
rake, to farm thousands of acres OF drv
Hand by,means of labor saving machin-
cry. has received its equipment ana
win begin blowing probably today. saws
the American Falls Press. Thursday
"a s2-horse power Russell traction en-
CINE, the last of the equipment. was
.unloaded,
Plows and harrows were received
some time since and taken to the scene
of operation. about seven miles from
TOWN, awaiting the arrival of the en-
CINE. Mr.. King. an expert sent here
Tor the purpose. will start the macbin-
= cry and instruct its owners as to its
care and handling.
The Desert Improvement companv Is
composed of "a local people. MANY of
whom have lived In this section for
years who have taken homesteads in
body aggregating 1900 acres, and will
engage in wheat growing on a Dakota
scale. j. S. Morris is president. Chas.
johnson secretary and ]. l.. McKowan
= treasurer Among the members of the
company are ]. S. Morris, S. f. Morris
George W. Morris, Farley M Norris
Eliza Thomas Sylvia McCieary ]. L.
Mckowan, Dan w. Runyon, Clint Pear
son. James Walker, Mary Cottreli, will
lord Bennion. s. M. McBride Charles
johnson, ], F. Gish and Peter Neeley.
The company will immediately begin
the driving OF one or more wells on
the tract to supply water for the en-
gine.
The engine will draw 20 disc plows.
cutting 16h feet In seeding time
-seeder win be attached and blowing
narrowing and seeding will be done at
one operation. Flowing will at once
oegln and 1t Is hoped to get about 500 |
acres into grain this fall, and the en-. |
tire tract as soon as possible. Wheat |
VIII be mostly grown. BY operating
as company and purchasing labor
saving machinery the expense of farm
ing Will be materially reduced.
The company has a fine body of
land, unusually free from sagebrush.
with rank growth of wild grass
SioWinS on much or ii.
The pioneers in dry farming on an
extensive scale is another association
which began operations last fall, and
have about 800 acres in grain. II Is
known as the Dry Farm, not having
ofncers but working together as an as
ISOLATION. Half dozen families are
living on land there, about five miles
from town. and 1t is the intention to
Farm about 1900 acres. This associa-
lion has full equipment of machin-
cry. two wells and a cement lined res
ervoir. The last of these wells has
just been completed is 20 feet deep, and
has 80 feet of water with a strong fiow.
Permanent pumps will be installed this
week. and the Desert Improvement
whose tract is near. will use
water from this well until theirs is
ready.
The grain on the Dry Farm that was ,
put in last fall is in excellent condition ,
and will return good yield. The grain |
that was sown this spring was not ex- =
pected to make more than hay, but it I
also promises to yield quite we'll and
may be allowed to pasture. Surround I
ng American Falls is a quarter Of a {
million acres adapted to dry farming, {
which win within the next few years. I
It the rate IL Is now going. all be
and cultivated. BY many
I is considered to be the best dry
arm land in the arid west. =