American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-06-08
GREAT CHANGE
In THREE YEARS
Dry Farm Development is AL.
most Unbelievable.
Fine Homes and Splendid Grain Fields
Almost Cover an Unbroken Field
Of Sagebrush of Three Years
Ago. People Satisfied.

ment during the past three years.
Falls reveals a wonderful develop
After leaving the dry farm, at that
time there was not habitation
anywhere except that of Lava Jack,
right at the lavas. Today there are
fine houses, splendid fields of wheat,
regularly laid out roads and half of
the farms under fence, with nearly
all the others preparing to fence.
The change was SO great as to be
almost unbelievable. And still they
are coming. twenty-five locations,
the Press was informed, were re-
Gently made across the ridge north
of the Adolfs, whereSthere is said
to be large area still open.
Everywhere there were good pros
poets for splendid harvests. Spring
wheat in that section is looking bet
ter than at Rockland, Landing or
Aberdeen. John Deeg has a field of
about fifty acres which he believes
will yield twenty-five bushels per
acre, and there are many others as
good Mr.. Deeg came here from
Washington, where dry farming has
been reduced to a science. He has
a splendid house, good machine shed
all his land fenced and in cultiva-
1ion. There is an appearance of
thrift and enterprise about his place
that is generally reflected in the
reign hDarhood, which has more good
barns and residences than any other
new section within fifty miles of Am
elican Falls. Mr.. Deeg is thoroughly
satisfied with the country. His wife
is also a dry farm enthusiast. She
put out about 200 cabbage plants
this spring, everyone of which lived,
and other garden truck doing we'll
She says this country is far ahead
CT Washington.
The route followed went past the
places of Conrad Miller, Jacob New,
Jacob Tiede, Adolf Hoffman, John
Deeg, close by the places of S. Kram
Itch, o. C. Hall and Gottlieb Adolf,
and past those of L. Adolf, E. Adolf,
Martin Radke and through the west-
ern part of the dry farm. Crops,
as a rule, were in splendid condition
some of the fall wheat showed the
effect of the extreme dry weather OF
last year, but other fieldS--X We're fine.
><rdUn mas field of---...zss'4edi
that is exceptionally good. Spring
srain is universally good. Judging
I, ON what could be seen of the
field of Mattin Radke, from the road
he will have no cause TOR complaint
at harvest time.
Grain on the dry farm does not
lcok as well as it does beyond. Too
much of it'll shows lack of attention,
and a great part of it is volunteer.
Yet it looks better, on the whole,
than the w3iter ever saw it look be-
fore, and i'd has shown good yields,
conditions taken into consideration.
Last year lsome of the fields went
above thirty bushels and some pos
sible a little lower than ten,, but
the average Nor the 5000 acres was
above fifteenl bushels.
What impfesses the visitors Is
the fact that snearly all the | sage
brush within fences is gomez and
there are MANY quarter sections all |
in grain. Sevdral others all plowed !
Enterprise isl everywhere ap- |
parent One instance is that OF
the Docktor brbthers, JohnI Jacob |
and George. They came about a
year ago bringing very littla money. |
Their farms ard about half plowed. |
probably one third in c4op and
enclosed by a &ne-wire fehce. Two
of the boys arel away work king for
money, while tile third isl looking
after home work. Such grit ana
enterprise will win.
Jacob New is another fho has
shown the spirit that pefvades the
community, the first year he plowea
his entire quarter section Win
three small horses. and low has it
all in wheat. Gbttlieb Adolf has
800 acres, part 4f it school land
nearly all in wheht.
l.. Adolf had tie finesu home seen
on the trip. 1t would DIP credit 10
any farming community Emanuel
Adolf also has a fine homie. He also
has about threeI acres bf potatoes
that are promising.
The trip is godd for anyone VINO
feels depressed. Every new country
has its share Of burdens, and this
Is no exception, but it has its adVan-
tageS as we'll Fhe crops that nave
been grown under unfavoragble con-
Citi0ns, demonstrate it's merits.