Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-30
Idaho Looks Good.
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AnS falnlati never exceeds IL niche.
{ and which comes in the winter month
Z when It can do no damage presum
that sounds strange 10 Iowans. but ou
there the farmer is his own weathe
prophet il he wants rain. il rains, al.
: Il rains where he wants il TO. Their
are no cold spells which usually accom-
/ pany rains in this country and tn
{ growth does not stop for an instant.
N'The farmer plans his work iron
one years end to another and know
Just what he will do each day. In thii
way one car secure much larger yielc
from a certain acreage because there
is never any waste time. There are nc
idle seasons in the Snake river country.
! The cool nights and hot days make the
best kind of grain hard kernels and
full heads.
Alfalfa, oats and other grains. can
be cut and no fear If rain to spoil the
hay or rot the grain. The farmer takes
ms own time in the harvesting. ex-
amined grain and hay stacks and found
10 grain spoiled or badly cured hay.
As FAR as ! could reach it was all of alb
solutely first quality.
The entire Twin Falls section is adj
apted 70 fruit and it will uncuestionably
become an enormous producer of all
kinds Of fruit Il is at the same time
grain, farming and stock country,
hogs doing especially well. There viii
always be all kinds of crops grown and
in most abundant Quantities.
The climate being dry there is no
danger Of blight or any of the other
diseases common TO fruit, grains and
vegetables in more moist climate. /
Trees make a growth in three years
equal to ours at FIVE years as the grow
ing season there is much longer. APP
Piles. prunes, plums, pears. grapes and
peaches will undoubtedly be the i'm
portant fruit crops and probably their
viii be in the order named
4 found the Idaho people hardy,
thrifty. intelligent citizens. There is a
good fellowship out there that makes
you feel at home at once, and |, talking
10 lowans who have taken up their res
3ence there. was curious TO find out
low they got started the farming be-
ng some different from what they were
lsed 10 but they told me that what
hey didn't know their neighbors were
Wiling to tell them, and that is the
pirit that builds empires
When asked what one should do in
ase he wished to go out to the West
nd Twin Falls country and take up
iece Of land. Professor Holden said:
The lands are all cleared except for :
sge brush or rabbit brush and all that
necessary is to drag railroad IRON
cross it TO break these up, followed by :
king and burning. would plant to !.
ITS or wheat. This would give me +
BOD paying crop the first year and the
ubbe which would be plowed under
ould furnish good soil bed for alfal-
J. | would set out an orchard the II
.xt season and plant my orchard with
'tatoes between the rows. This would
We me good money-making crop for
e second year and my trees would be
owing all the time. Any small fruits
vegetables can be planted between
e rows of trees, and it is the best
ing TO do because it insures cultiva-
m. which is a good thing for the
upg trees.
in this connection | would say that
'eel sure land can be bought out there,
orchard set out, potatoes planted be-
cen the rows and from the potatoes
me the owners will make a living,
y for his land, pay for his trees and
Inting. and his orchard when five or
years old. be worth $500 per acre.
member that today there is not in
$ Twin Falls district farm older
m four years most of them three
rs they had no water until the
ing Of 1905. Now there is Twin
Is town alone with a population of
10 and school houses in the district
ded and in course Of construction to
extent Of Sl75 600. 1t certainly is
iderful.
The diversity Of crops appealed to
as strongly as anything saw. The
N Falls irrigation farmer. for in
ice. is not dependent upon any one
}. He doesn't have to wait until
end Of the season to get his money
'uss there IS something seasonable
salable at all times OF the year.
raises fruit, wheat, alfalfa. oats,
stables, hogs. cattle, sheep. in fact
ything grown IN the temperate
There are no weeds. 1t takes mois-
TO grow weeds, and in this coun-
here is no moisture except where
put il. The land that is irri-
q is cultivated in such thorough
ner that weeds DO not get start.
Is particularly noticeable in the re-
,ably clean seed that comes from