Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-09-02
MUCH ACTIVITY ON THE ALBF.RS
RANCH THESE DAYS.
Wheat. Alfalfa and Fruit VIII BE
the Crops for Next Year.

Il Rupert J. Hill. the new manager
Of the w. +. Albers ranch located
south east OF Dietrich was il
II shoshone on business Friday oi
H last week. Prof. Hill states that
II The operations on the ranch will be
II quite extensive next season. This
II fall 800 acres will be sown to win
ter wheat which will all be irri-
H gated next season if labor can be
/ secured for the purpose, but what
can not be irrigated will be cropped
by the dry farming method. Next
spring 100 acres will be sOwn to
alfalfa and il is needless TO add
that all Of It will receive irrigat-
ing water as often as necessary for
the best results, which usually
amounts to three or four times for
newly sOwn alfalfa. In addition to
the fall wheel seeding it is planned
to set out 1000 apple trees this fall
for start in fruit culture. This
viii be followed by a heavy tree
planting each succeeding year till
a large acreage Is out. There is
one job on each ranch that is
always in evidence except when
winter weather prevents, and that
IS sage brush clearing. Whenever
any let up occurs on other jobs the
extra hands and teams can hike |
for the sage brush lands and there
work off any surplus energy that |
may Turk concealed about their
anaiomics Like death and taxes
The sage brush is always with us in
irrigated Idaho. As the Albers syn
icaie controls 1880 acres. every
foot OF which can be cultivated and
irrigaied,the boys on the ranch are
not likely to be out of a standing
Job for some time to come. Eight
big mules and horses are owned BY
the ranch and eight more are hired
at the present lime Prof. Hill
wasin shoshoneIpartly for the pur-
pose Of employing more horses for
the fall rush Of work. When Mr.. ;
Albers settled on the ranch last :
spring be experienced the greatest =
in securing practical ir- q
rlgators for immediate work. One @
dollars a month and board
would not secure and hold effici- o
emit help. When Mr.. Albers adver- n
Used for a manager for the ranch =
and by that means came in touch !.
with Prof. Hill, an agricultural :,
graduate of the irrigated north q
Sest, he felt confident the right man .,
vas found and he lost no time in
a bargain TO cover a per- n
cd OF five years. IL
To illustrate the Importance of h,
Employing practical irrigators for -,
heir work, a circumstance will be :,
mentioned. When the writer Wis fl
ted the Albers ranch on June "A. ee
he services of several men were
equired to irrigate a field near the IN
esidence aud at the rate the work TO
vas being done only a few acres ii,
day could be watered. While
hese men We're irrigaling. their o..
cams were standing idle in the eli
arm, although a world of team NJ
.ork needed doing at the time. ca
Their ranchers reported that on W,
ieir farms one and a half acres sil
day was all that one man could -,
alter. owing TO a lack of DrOper II
yelling To start With. Whom fields IA,
Re properly leveled. ditched. cor cal
igated and otherwise prepared for
rigailon IN a proper manner. one To,
an can irrigate large fields in a no
" days time and the system lasts le.,
T. years with little additional ing
ork Ids
Il would he impossible to Guilt son
tie large fields by irrigation ex- the
pt they are properly prepared sta
economical watering The prac-
al lrrigator is a necessity IN tins co
untry and Mr. Albcrs was quick
recognize the fact and act upon
knowledge, I'm addition 10 being A
irrigaior. Prof. Hill is a scicn- h,.
&c agrieulturist and horticultur- eon
and his knowledge and skin will nav,
d fun play in developing the AL sais
cult
vers
IRVING N IDAHO II IN TrS ~