The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

pteHentS ana STOCK 10 operate VIII
be the same for 10 as for so acres;
Whereas, judy hg one locality by
others where the farm unit Is 30!
acres we have improved our lands
with anticipation OF an so acre farm
unit. building our buildings, driving 4
our wells in many cases, on the 4
least desirable 40 for cultivation:
Whereas, our situation relative 10
markets is such that demands diver
sifled farming;
Whereas, the condition of the soil 4
demands vegetable mold to bring
1t to a state to produce cereals and !
fruits:
Whereas, hay Is the crop to fertis
iize the soil and as the hay markets
are supplied 1t necessitated the feed
Ing OF stock on each farm.
Whereas, there is no market for
small fruit and no transportation for
sugar beets makes 1t Impossible 20
get great returns from small farms5z
Whereas, 1t takes several years 20
get returns from large fruits. II Is
Impossible to get returns from this
apparently important source; U
| Whereas, in case OF reverses such
as sickness In the family. one 40
could be sold and the home saved;
Whereas, the prosperous cnitivatr
| ed farm In the Bose valley ayeragHt
1 100 acres each;
4 Resolved, that owing to the condir
tions above enumerated. we claim
our right to ask, and our duty TO
ourselves and to each other and to
our families to demand an so-acra
farm unit.
Mr.. H. b. Aven spoke Of his exz
Il perience while homesteading on Deer
Flat some ten years ago. HeNstatedi|
that his orchard was total failure.
owing to early frosts, and that he
most emphatically id not consider
this fruit growing country on that
account. He did not know hut one
successful farm with 60 acre tract:
In his opinion the only money naks
ing crop In this part Of the country
> were hay and grain and bcatss and
the high bench lands ars not q
for grain till they have bee, in Ia !.
!. for several years. as In ray. grouf
: grain will not give profitable yiei
Mr.. Look then made what wa
8 probably the most eloquentsS peech
4 the day. In which he stated that,
o the natural resources were not q
a the sort that induced manufacturing
d we would probably never have Q grea'
b city In the valley and therefore l
/ would not pay to farm small fruits
and vegetables, there being no mar
'el ket. A man with family mus
g have more than 40 acres or he coui'
'e not do himself justice. He then ask
I. ed II there was anyone in the hons
IN who favored 40-acre unit, would h
e please stand. No one rose. stand
a. ing vote being taken. the meetin
~ proved to be for the S0-aere uni
n to a man.
The Rev. Mr.. Agee called after
h. ton to the fact thai high taxes an
BY railroad rates coupled with the di'
K lance from the markets made a lars
Ill unit Imperative.
C. s. Fanrot dssferad from mar
at OF the speakers. Wherein he stood =
ed for the fertility of the soil and
as so doing he did not in the least 4
jure his reasons why so acres Shot
de be the unit 1t was most humiliatlI
lat to listen to soma o. the speakers
lp picturing the poverty of the soil b
nit lieving that by so doing they Won
influence the government repr q
err lives in recommending
Tn unit, 1t was most refrer' NS
ten to the remarks MAJ
ow Faurot and ]. w Ross. q Us
sed stated that land In mi
at the best In the world Il
cir of the opinion that so
In tie enough for honest
irit A lively discussion f5ilq
cen ing which one rancher sugf1o Z
Inn Continued % fagy 40