The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-06
.IDAH0 STATE NEWS

1UAHU SlAlE NEWS
University of Idaho, Moscow
new course offered by Mrs. jennie "a
X. Haner, director Of domestic eco-
omy, is interesting women of Mosco,.
A onc-year course in practical sc;ar
tific Siressmaking is offered. '
Weiser = Eight peaches weioh;n.
seven pounds were picked recently Is
: the orchard Of w. Hand, near this c;.a :"
The peaches are of the Elberta -, w.
riety, perfect in every way and bear,;
full in color. Mr.. Hand believes ~ :.
these peaches establish a record t tha.
will be hard for any grower in ths
Northwest to surpass. w
Weiser = The apple picking and
packing season is on in earnest. tn
apple crop never was so large and H.
fruit SO perfect and free from disco"
An apple was picked from the orcbsss
OF H. d. Coble, two miles west of tsa
city, that tipped the scales at "a
ounces. Another was picked from tbs
same tree that weighed 33 ounces 7.
is estimated that more than $50 csrs
will be shipped from this city alone
Moscow Within 10 minutes at tha
Farmers union meeting held here roo o,'e
than $40, 200 was offered bv farnoo.s
TO be loaned on wheat receipts to other
farmers who wished to hold tbo;.
wheat for better prices. There Is i
the farmers warehouses here 20 0oo
bushels OF wheat to be held for bettss
prices. The farmers warehouse i
offering Tic to members for red what
2 cents above the price offered by
other buyers.
Caldwell-E. B. Field, manager =,
the Caldwell Fruitgrowers' associa.
ton, states that there will be approri.
mately ~, 900 boxes of apples Skinned
from Caldwell this season. Fipnr;nr
900 boxes to the car, this would mean
the shipment from here of 45 cars ~
apples.
The largest bearing apple orchard in
the Caldwell vicinity is 20 acres and
belongs to W. A. George, whose splen-
did ranch is located in Caldwel's fam
GUS orchard district.
1t is estimated that 1000 acres in
the Caldwell vicinity were to set 10
orchard this spring. This is an i'm
mense planting and indicates the large
fruit business being developed here.
Nine cars of prunes have so far been
shipped through this association.
Many more are yet to be shipped.
Boise-The Idaho Inter Mountain
fair association will have the distinc-
ton this fall of being the only associa-
ton in the United States which has
ever shown an exhibit of Persianino
sheep, which are commonly known in
Persia as the "Fat Tail Sheep" the
fleece of which is used in the manu-
facture of the fine Persian shawls.
which bring such big prices. The
sheep which are to be exhibited are
now in the possession of j. S. McAllis-
ter, of Emmett, and were imported to
the United States by the government.
AS Idaho is recognized as one of the
best sheep states in the union. IL
sheep wefe. sent to the Emmett ranch
to test this climate, which has been
found to agree with them perfectly,
they having been on the Emmett ranch
nearly year. When fully matured
these sheep weigh 200 pounds, 40
pounds of which is tail, their caudal
appendage being very large and was
the means of their having the name
Fat Tail Sheep" in their native coun-
try.
Lewiston-E. L. Harris, a farmer
living on Mason prairie, delivered at
Vollmer warehouse the most valuable
load of farm produce ever marketed in
Northern Idaho.
Mr.. Harrims brought in 7,143 pounds
OF timothy seed for delivery to Seat
tie commission firm at cents a pound,
the highest price ever paid, according
to local grain merchants, for forage
grass seed in considerable quantities
in the United States. Mr.. Harris has
several thousand pounds yet in store
on the farm which will be forwarded
to coast points as soon as shipping or
iers are received.
This is the first time in the history
Of the Nez Perez prairie that farmers
have threshed their timothy, the most
Of them being content with disposing
Of the hay, but with market for tim
othy seed established they are now
able to realize from $50 to $40 per
acre as against $28 to $50, where they
cut their crop while green.
From 400 to AIS pounds of cleaned
'eed can be secured from each ton of
timothy, and as the yield in this part
If the prairie is two tons an acre and
he straw when threshed is worth 81
ton, the product of the meadows is
worth at least $40 an acre. Practical
y one-third of the timothy crop in the
'icinity of Vollmer this year has been
handled in this manner and next year
nearly all of it will be allowed to ripen
instead of being converted into hav.