Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-08-24
LITTLE WILLOW
A FERTILE VALLEY
Some interesting Facts About One
of the Rich Valleys That Arc
Tributary to Psystte--scme EK-
cellent Grain Yisics Secured This
Year.
Especial Correspondent


Little Willow Valley at the moutf
is six miles from Payette and is
tributary to the Payette Valley. II
is about fifteen miles long and one
ard one half miles wide from hill
I, hill and has smaller valleys that
!. are tributary to it making 1t in all
quite body of rich fertile land TO
say nothing of the hills which some
day can be watered and farmed and
have in this section already proven
their worth as fruit land.
Although the valley is yet practical
ly undeveloped as far as irrigation
is concerned. yet it stands second
to none in quantity. and quality OF
/ crops that are raised without water.
Alfalfa is seeded in this valley
and goes through the first year with
out water and in fact will, and has,
gone for several years and made val
uale yields Of seed crop. In some
instances the first crop has been cut
for hay and then an average of 500
per acre made on the seed crop and
this without irrigation. The fact that
alfalfa grows as 1t does and produces
such excellent crops without water
is evidence OF the extremely rich
and fertile character OF the soil OF
which this valley boasts.
In the production of grain this val
ley claims to take the lead for dry
farming with the present conditions.
The following are few OF the re-
suits attained this season:
Mr.. Solsoble had about one humid
red acres in grain all new ground
most of it spring plowing and all
spring seeding and threshed out over
thirteen hundred bushels. This was
all hill or high land.
w. F. Stirm had several acres OF
grain that threshed out extremely |
well and at the Dan Coates ranch |
the crop was also extra good. At
the Bolton ranch a fine yield was
secured seven acres OF oats made
three hundred and eighty five bush
els. B. D. Mcintyre had over eleven
hundred bushels of rye and barley
all on new ground. At the Drink
wine and Scott ranches and also thei
Gissell and Roe ranches the yield
was good. w. R. Shimp had wheat
on new ground, spring seeding and
spring plowing that went twenty-five
bushels to the acre. He had some
rye on ground disced three years ago
and had never had any attention
since that threshed out twenty bush
els to the acre. l.. H. Patton had
barley on new ground which made
thirty bushel to the acre yield. AT
the Smith ranch the yield was good
it to be the second year
and all volunteer wheat and rye.
Mr.. Gordon had wheat which Weigh
ed out sixty three pounds per meas
ured bushel, then Mr.. Keifer had
barley which was good and also at
the Skippen, Mckinney and Wilson
ranches the yield was fully up TO the
average.
On the above ranches no summer
following was done, nearly ell new
land with the first crop. II such
Yields as these can be secured un-
der those conditions what would be
the result if handled under the dry
farming system and better yet il
irrigated. II
The people of this valley have al
ways favored an irrigation system at
Ill times to fully prove just what
ge have and just what can be done
inder a good irrigation system is q,
What we desire to do. |
Tributary as we are to the Pay /
,tte Valley and the city Of Payette, |
he ten or twelve thousand acres OF |
Inc land yet TO be developed would /
surely mean something great for
hat little city. We are not forgetting
he orchard possibilities for with
andy loan and a clay sub soil we
Inow what that means for fruit OF
III kinds. We have here all but the
irrigation system and the outlook for
hat is looking better every day.