The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-11-10
RICH TELLS OF IDAHO RICHES
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tne country, IN ana contiguous to the
large cities, have become imbued with
the back to the land idea, and with
the desire to find new and better OPP
portunities. The land show brings be-
fore these people in one comprehen
sive glance, the story of every section
of the country, where such opportuni
ties are existing and prevalent. On
the other hand, the prosperity of the
developed section is dependent upon
it's own growth Every new settler
adds to it's wealth and production and
therefore, the reason for placing it's
advantages and opportunities for de-
velopment before the people of the
other sections are strikingly and OBJ
viously important. In this regard the
land shows fulfill another essential
function.
Message Of Idaho.
"The state of Idaho has such mes
sage to the people who attend the
land shows with the intention of find
ing new location and fresh oppor-
tunity, it's natural resources and pos
sibilities for development hold out in
wiling hands to the prospective settler
or investor and the proof of their
worth is to be placed before his eyes.
Idaho has been prominent as a
mining, stock raising, timber and ag
ricultural state, SUCCESSFULLY. The
first development of Idaho was in the
nature of mining and nearly every
known ore value has been found in
paying quantities somewhere in the
state. Some of the great mining dis
tricts have become memory, but 9TH
ers kept their place as great produc-
ers and today Idaho is the leading
d-producing state in the country
and 35 per cent of the lead mined in
the United States comes from Idaho.
Shoshone county is entirely devoted to
mining and though developed to a
magnificent extent still is far from the
maximum.
"The great open range in the south
ern and central portions of the state
have furnished pasturage the year
round for millions of sheep and cat
! tle The clearing of the timber in
the wooded sections will and is now
gradually taking the place of this kind
of range as the latter becomes utilized
for agricultural purposes. These tim
Der lands when cleared will Oxford a
range for grazing not easily excelled
in fertility and abundantly supplied
with water for stock and irrigation.
Sheep on Farm increase.
'The number of sheep and cattle on
the open range is steadily decreased
and increasing as steadily on the farm.
There are about 100000 sheep in the
state, yielding close to 20.000000
pounds of WOOL valued at over $4,000
000 The number of cattle in the state
is estimated to be 225,000.
"The irrigated farm offers an attrac-
| tive opportunity for good pasturage for
stock which accounts to some extern,
for the large increase of stock on the
farms of the state. All of the best
feeds can be grown cheaply and abund-
antly under irrigation and stock can
be grown and fattened to better adj
vantage in this way than on the range
THE range horse is giving place to
pure-bred stock. Valuable breeding
horses have been imported into the
state and marked improvement in
the character of Idaho horses is APP
parent. Horses produced in Idaho are
remarkably free from bone diseases,
and possess great stamina and vlgorl
The production of mules is of some
Importance and the mule is being rails
ed for market and for the farm.
"The dairy COW is at home in Idaho,
especially on the irrigated farm, where
alfalfa can be raised, with other i'm
portant dairy feeds, in abundance.
There are not nearly enough dairy
COWS in the state to produce sufficient
butter for the local markets and rare
opportunities for profit await the pros
pertive dairyman. No better chance
anywhere to raise good product and
no better market than here in Idaho,
Similar conditions prevail in regard
to poultry. Poultry thrive in Idaho,
where the climate is dry and mild, and
are particularly free from disease. The
egg production is large, considering
the number of hens, but entirely in
adequate to supply the demand Eggs
and chickens bring high price on the
market and make poultry raising at
tractive and profitable.
/ Large Irrigation Section.
Idaho has an irrigated area of over
100000 acres, with about 1900 miles
of irrigation caanls.
Though irrigation is so extensive in
the state, the main agricultural crop
-wheat-is grown almost entirely on
non-irrigated land The semi-humd
sections of the state are very we'll
| adapted to the production of grains
and grasses, with the exception of al
falfa, and yield as fine product as
the irrigated land. A better profit can
be made from the higher-priced irri-
gated lands by growing crops other
than grains.
'The principal wheat-growing sec
lions are in Nez Perez, Latah Idaho,
Oneida and Washington counties.
though wheat is grown extensively
throughout the state, there being only
one county which produces none, be-
ing entirely devoted to mining. The
average yield. per acre, for wheat is
about 80 bushels. Yields as high as
so bushels have been frequently re-
corded The yield of wheat for 1910
was about 100000 bushels. In the
point of commercial importance al
falfa follows wheat, and is almost en-
tirely an irrigated product. Alfalfa is