Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-03-08
GROW PEAS
FOR MARKET
South Idaho Farmers Make
Good Money Growing
Field Peas.

lately turned over to the Com
nercial club. there has beer
much interest shown among
farmers in this section.
In connection with the pea
seed industry in southeastern
Idaho. D. w. Greenburg, chair
man of the Idaho State Grain
commission. who has just return
ed from Fremont county, states
that the industry is growing to
extremely large proportions in
that section and that the raising
of seed peas will be one of the
principal industries of the state
within few years.
/ was attracted to ware
house at St. Anthony last sum-
mer where numerous girls were
employed in the sorting of foul
matter and discolored peas, the
process of sorting this stuff from
the good being by machine.
Thousands of bags of pea seed
were being shipped to all parts
of the United States" said Mr..
Greenburg last evening.
During my last trip | was in
formed thatin the immediate Vi
c1nity of ST. Anthony there were
IL 900 acres grown last year
which is but small part of the
acreage planted in other Sec
lions. This led me to make
some further inquiry and | was
told that the pea seed crop in
many instances brought net
profit to the grower of 1913 per
acre.
The elevation in the St.
Anthony country is some 5000
feet. The soil is splendid and
very little irrigation if any
is needed on the land. | was
told the seed was planted much
the same as grain is sown and
that three pecks of seed is sown
to the acre. The seed is sown
during March and grown very
rapidly and is ready within two
Or three months for cutting. 1t
is cut and threshed the same as
grain except that slow screens
are used in threshing in order to
avoid the seed from shattering.
The vine is cut soon after the
seed is in the milk. 1t is a pro-
duct that must be watched close
cly and cut at the proper time.
1t is stacked in the same manner
as corn and allowed to dry out
after which it is threshed and
the seed sent to the elevator for
sorting.
l am advised that the vine is
equal to alfalfa as hay and is
a very rich feed. Wherever
there is plenty of moisture in the
ground pea seed is successfully
grown. have learned since
that some pea seed is grown
along the Snake river in Elmore
county where the elevation is
$500 feet and that it was grown
IN the same field with a crop of ,
alfalfa. This of course was an Q
exceptional feature but | under
stand proved successful. :
There are six seed firms op- +
Grating at st. Anthony who a
furnish the seed and contract ,,
for the product. There is no t
doubt but that the industry may q
prove big thing for Idaho and G
[ believe this seed can be grown D
successfully in this section of tt
the state. The university en- n
pertinent station at Moscow has Il
ooked into this matter extern $,
'ively. understand, and is anx- y
Gus to give the public informa- :,
ion on the subject. Mondays III
Tribune. 81
We believed the growing of p'
'eas in central Idaho could be h.
made very successful and would W
advise many of our farmers who DC DC
contemplate giving it a trial to 10
axe the matter up with the da
Commercial Club and pa pa
ecure all the information avail s Sp
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