The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-14

! taDliSni1ent OF Il poSlp1liCe Ut oAioid,
Mcagher county. Sherman +. Robin
son has been appointed postmaster.
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed tho Omaha National bank
as reserve agent for the National Park
bank of Livingston. -
Irrigation has done much for Idaho,
according To a report of state Engi-
neer Stephenson Of the state, issued
by the department of agriculture. In
the report he says of the products OF
irrigated land in tho state:
During the past few years Idaho has
made remarkable strides i'm irrigation
development along the line of agricul-
tural and horticultural products. The
yields OF cereals to the acre in Idaho
is nearly double the average yield Of
the United states. The future of the
agricultural industry in this state Is
very promising. The farmers as
class are intelligent and employ meth
DDS for carrying on their work. and
are surrounding themselves with all
the conveniences for making life
pleasant.
In southern Idaho. throughout the
Snake river valley and its tributaries,
all of the land requires irrigation. In
the northern counties of the state ir-
rigation Is not employed or required
i'm farming, except In some cases
where fruits and vineyards are grown
on the sandy bars along the rivers.
In the irrigated region fully 100000
acres are now covered by irrigation
canals, and the lands served by these
canals are nearly all owned by the
people who occupy them. Experience
has shown that in this region the
greatest profits accure from small
farms under intensive cultivation.
With care and attention the land Will
produce twice as much. support double
the population and become twice as
valuable per acre as II would If the
larger holdings were the rule. There
are. however, great many large
farms In the irrigated district, some
of $780, $40 and $40 acres, successfully
farmed. and large profits are realized
by their owners. These large farms
are often devoted to growing alfalfa
for hay, and II IL not unusual for these
farmers to cut 1000 tn 1000 tons.
Within the humid belt of the north
ern part of the state conditions are
different. Land is owned in larger
bodies and farming is carried on In
very different manner. Wheat. oats
and barley are the principal grown
crops i'm this region. and until within
the past few years IT was believed that
nothing but grain could be grown
throughout Idaho. Neg Perez and La
tab counties. but experience has
taught differently. Alfalfa and clover
produce two good crops year ana
make a large growth for pasture be-
sides. All varieties of pasture grasses
grow well. II has been shown that
the farmers can add stock growing.
especially sheep and hogs, to their
grain raising industry with great
profit. The sheep and hogs are raised
on the grass pastures and fattened
on the stubble fields after the grain
has been removed. 1t has been learned
also that fruits of all kinds Will thrive
here, and some of the finest and most
promising orchards To be found within
the state are in Neg Perez and Latah
counties.
While the agricultural conditions IN
the humid and the irrigated sections
of the state are entirely different. II
IL a noticeable fact that the industry
i'm all sections Is very promising.