The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-17
ONE OF THE FINEST.
Field Orchard Has No SUI
perior in the State.
(Roise Capital News. }

Emmett, Oct. What is with
on. a doubt the finest young orch
ard In the state, for its size, is the
100-acre orchard on the Emmett
slope owned by j. r. Field, the
widely known expert horticulturist
Mr.. Field owns 200 acres of this
valuable slope land in one body, anc
he Is developing 1t to a very high
degree.
The land Mr.. Field owns was
bought from the state by w. l..
Nichol Of Salt Lake City on April
23. 1902. for $40 per acre. This
was before there was any definite
expectations OF an irrigation canal
being built to supply water for the
Emmett slope lands. After three
years. or in 1905, Mr. Nichols trans
ferred this land for a small premium
above the purchase price TO A. A..
Richards OF Emmett. who later sold
z 80 J n. Field for s25 per acre,
The bnilding OF the Canyon canal
which waters the Emmett slope has
so increased the value OF slope land
in the Field vicinity that raw lands
there have sold as high as $3.50
per acre. Mr.. Field has been offered
$500 per acre for portion OF his
two-year-old orchard, which he re-
fused To accept. This shows how
rapidly this slope land is advancing
In value.
Mr.. Fields i00-acre orchard, 60
acres OF which are two-year-old trees
and 40 acres In one-year-old trees,
is set out as follows Forty acres
in Jonathan, Rome Beauty and |
winesap; twenty acres Elberta pea
ches; five acres Phillips Clings;
five acres Ruuyuns Clings; fifteen
acres sweet cherries. Lambert. Bling
and Royal Ann; five acres apricots
Royal and Moorpark; ten acres OF
dwarf pears. Apjou and Howell.
Next spring MIR. Field will set
out so more acres to fruit trees as
follows: Twenty acres of apples;
20 acres of peaches; liberia and
10 acres OF sour cherries,
Part of Mr.. Fields 200 acres is
above the Canyon canal. He has in i
) allied an electric pumping plant
which raises the water through 5000
49,, a., IN g,,.h ,.xndan nine Ia on
extreme lift of 1876 feet Forty in :
hes OF water is raised this height
rhe wooden pipe Is tapped at five
iifferent levels, furnishing as much /
Is 80 inches OF water at the lower
1T. and lesser amounts as additional :
ieights are reached. This pumping 4
ystem can irrigate $50 acres. The
ost OF installing the plant was
5000 or s24 per acre, with an ex
ense Of 50 per acre per year for
over. 1
There Is also 220-foot well on y
he place which furnishes good soft
water for domestic purpos
5. The well pump Is operated by
lectricity, the water being pumped
nto an air pressure tank arranged 4
'ith an automatic shut-off valve. 81
living a constant flow OF water un- X
er pressure In and about the build a
ngs. This well supplies sufficient 6
INNING water for two neighbors II
4 addition 10 Mr. Fields own use. c
ir. Field has nice house and com
iodious barns on his place. His en-. a,
ire orchard Is enclosed with a splen
i'd fence OF 42-inch Elwood wire :
citing and one barb wire above I.
ne fence has cement posts every !.
4 feet. with three wooden posts be- :.
Seen. There are ten iron gates I.
lade by the Iowa Gate company. !.
a beautiful feature of Mr.. FIELDS :.
richard and those OF his neighbors, .
H. Cooke and DR. n, b. Barnes, !.
the cherry boulevard. there being .
ne and oue-quarter miles of cherry .
ees on each side OF the boulevard. .
: two and half miles OF cherries /.
planted in straight row. one
nd three-quarter miles of these .
Terry trees are Fields. and three /.
larters Of mile are Cooks and /.
arnes. These cherry trees are
ansed on the outside Of the fence /.
stead OF shade trees. the varieties |.
ing Bings, Lamberts and Royal
ms.
The general appearance of the
ED place is very striking, The .
nit trees arein thrifty condition, !.
e building are all nicely kept up .
i'd well painted, the fence is strong
I'd erect. the roadways are nicely /.
unded and grayeled and there .
e no weeds to be seen anywhere.
is easily one of the finest orchard /.
the state.