The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-30
Press and Comment
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Idaho Falls Potatoes.

The Register of Idaho Falls gives this very inter
esting account of large field of potatoes being
planted their city
Those unfamiliar with the measure of yield as
mentioned in this article resulting from last years
crop will understand that sack of potatoes weighs
about pounds The usual price, in the upper Snake
river valley, paid for this crop is about fifty cents
hundred Thus may expect to receive gross re-
turn of about $4,000 acre from his potato crop in
that locality
The Idaho Register says:
Joseph Taylor one of the successful farmers of this
section is busiy engaged in planting three hundred
acres in potatoes on his ranch located six miles
southeast of Idaho Falls Mr. Taylor has his potato
land in the very best of condition. the fields being as
level as good engineering and hard, intelligent work
make Them and the soil is in perfect condition to
receive the seed 1t is of the sights of the
valley at this time to the big teams at work and
the improved methods of potato culture put into
actual operation. Mr. Taylor is scientific farmer
and has proven beyond all doubt that the successful
the farm elsewhere is the man who works
with his head well with his hands, and is
to be expected the head work produces the best
suits The big fields laid out in half
mile in length the work being done by Mr. Tayors
13-yearold son, who drives the potato planter His
10-year-old boy drives five big horses hitched to
of the plows These boys receiving right
now the education that will stand them in stead
when thrown on their responsibility.
One hundred and eighty thousand pounds of seed
of cutters being employed to cut the potatoes and
prepare them for the planter. Mr.. Taylor is old
timer at potato culture though this is the biggest
acreage he has planted. Last year he had in
two hundred acres which yielded an average of one
hundred and sixty sacks to the acre, all first class
He is prepared to handle this crop, having two
cellars one with capacity of fifty car loads the
other holding thirty car loads 1t is of the sights
commented on with interest by the people of Idaho
Falls when Mr. Taylor delivers his crop in the fall,
hauling them in to the warehouse in big
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the big horses he Mr. Taylor handles fine
grade of draft stock having of the best bred and
heaviest horses in the valley While it is true that
Mr. Taylor is old timer in the valley, having lived
here about fifteen years, and has had the benefits
of all the experience to be derived by such resi-
dence, what he has done be repeated by any
wide awake, intelligent possessed with the right
amount of energy backed by the necessary good
Judgment His success is but illustration of what
the land of the upper Snake river valley will do when
properly cultivated and treated The land in the If
rigated section of the Upper Snake river valley will
pay the farmer big dividends his investment if he
1oes his part. Mr. Tayors success is not the result
IF chance but the result of intelligent effort What
lie has done can be done by any else who has the
lbiity and energy.