The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-06-23
Get Together and Boost,
1t Pays, Says Gerrit Fort

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ready being titled. That Is where W,
profit. With tho increased cropu com,
greater Guinness for the Union Pacifi,
and so We are justified.
"The United States is now at wor]
in Idaho on two of its greatest recla
nation schemes, and when these ar,
completed they will bring into fertil
ity nearly 100000 acres of land. II
the Minidoka and in the Payette- Boise
projects, the size of the farm units has
been limited to 40 and 80 acres. This
has been done for several reasons
With farms of this size there will ba
little demand for farm help. They are
the one man, or the one family home
steads, and the saving of money spent
for farm labor Is vast. On such farm
it Is not only possible, as every one
in the state knows, but also compare.
lively easy of accomplishment, to pay
for the farm and amass a comfortable
competence.
Diversified Farming Profitable.
Diversified farming is usually
adopted by the man who comes here.
His early aim is to get his ground
cleared and leveled and his bitches in.
Then he gets in an alfalfa crop, for
alfalfa seems to have again found it's
natural home here. Then come the
grains, and COW and few chickens.
These lay the foundation for a COM
Portable old age As improvements are
made and the one-time colonist finds
himself stepping rapidly along to the
Easy street of which he had dreamed,
his thoughts turn to fruit.
THAT is where he learns new things
about his land With Idaho's climate,
its sunshiny, clear days, it's cool
nights, and It's wonderful soil, rich in
its fertility, and unleached by the rains
which wash from the soil of the east
much of it's wealth, the apple tree
thrives in manner that is startling
to the man who has watched their
slow growth to maturity In the East.
"Idahos orchards are young, but
they have proved their productiveness
various parts Of Southern Idaho orch
to the pioneers, and there are today in
ards which are the equal of those
anywhere. and the fruit of which
brings the top Of the market at all
times.
Irrigation Makes the State.
Without irrigation Idaho would be
region of sheep herders and miners
Mr. Fort with the water
rom the mighty streams which wind
through the state, everything that
grows in the temperate zone is pro-
luced here in vast quantities. The
'ecords of the Idaho farms put to the
,lush the best performances of the
armers back east The sons who
we're sent out here by their farmer
athers have astounded their parents
" their letters home telling of re.
ults, and many OF the fathers have
old their back East farms and fol-
owed in their sons footsteps. /
The low price of lands, and the
ong time payments make 1t easy for
n Industrious man to make not only
livelihood, but to save a goodly por-
lon of what his crops bring.
One sure profit, which may be de.
ended on. is the fattening OF cat
e. And another is dairying. Cream.
ries are springing up all over the {
tate, and good prices are paid for
9th milk and butter fat. Poultry and E
ggs also bring splendid returns, and 6
side line that costs nothing for it's !,
pkeep has been discovered. That is
ee-keeping. The great stretches OF
Italia blooms furnish a wonderful t
asture' for the bees, and these busy i
tile insects not only feed themselves t
ut return double profit for, in their /
avels from flower to flower both in
~ alfalfa field and IL the orchard,
fey carry the precious terminating Il
>ilen, without which the fruit would o
ot grow to maturity or the alfalfa a
led become reproductive. "
Get Together for Big Results. h
THE people of Idaho know all these c.
ings, and SO do we men of the Union :,
acsfic," concluded Mr.. Fort. But tho
'ople OF the East do not. That is the u
ain reason for our great advertising tt
preparation. We intend to spend
share of It to tell the world of tho b
onderful possibilities of Idaho, of the II
lendid future she holds out to all. ~
ID OF the hand Of good Fellowship VI
erred by her Inhabitants. And it "
IN cooperation that we will obtain u
e best results. W
I'VE must get together with the tt
ople Of the state themselves. Join ia
nds with them and with their aid
} will pull Industrious men and =,
men here who will not only help =
emselves by coming, but in, turn q
II add to the prosperity Of the state NJ
tn by what they bring and what b
~ 90. Cooperation is the thing al
with cooperation every one will
well repaid. When we tell of Ida.
. good things we can, by co-opera-