Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-08

gives value to all the others
from an economic point of view
'ile iarmer in Idaho has this adyan.
'age-he IS the self-directing owner
OF manufacturing plant, which is
constantly appreciating in value
III ldaho the number of farms has
increased from 1000 to 10000
and the value Of these same Idaho
farms has increased at the rate of
s6o6.W per year.
! doubt whether the lines,
BE 1t ever so humble,
There's no place like home"
could ever have been written abont
a home that had to submit to the
monthly visit of the landlord, or to
a home without a homestead. These
llnes We're written for a family
groupe that owned its own house
however humble, and the little piece
OF ground, however small. 1t is not
necessary to our idea of a home that
the father and son should be asso-
ciated in work as well as play, but
II Is a great deal better that this
cooperative companionship should
occur. Every father has some best
thlng that he wants his boy to know.
No one else can teach him this. Ii
seems that IN crowded cities many
mothers are so engrossed with social
and other duties, that there is n de-
mand for young girls who will care
Tor the younger children during the
absence Of the mother, and | thank
my stars that my lot has been cast
IN the west where these new condi-
tlons are not confronting Us. If the
father is all day at his office and all
evening at the club, and the mother
Is not free to care for her children.
IN heavens name what il to become
of the home. | think il i M to
some one to refuse to lend assistance
to program which is in itself Grim
lnal, and bids fair to produce idlers
and criminals a. the result.
Tuesday was taken up with the
study of beef cattle, hogs and draft
horses. In the morning Prof. Id
dings gave an interesting talk on
hogs, and being familiar with this
section he could not speak strong
of the opportunities here
for dalrying and hog raising, the
cool summers and mild winters in
surfing ideal conditions. He analy-
zed the various feeds, and answering
the question if jack rabbits were
good feed for hogs he stated that
they were a. they took the place of
tankage which the eastern producer
was compelled TO buy. Prefers
rolled feed for winter and whole
grain soaked for summer feeding
and would discourage cooked feeds |
except potatoes. After dinner some
time was spent in passing judgment |
On the display of hogs that had
been brought in. A Chester White
boar and Hampshire SOW belonging
Io p. l.. Dood were favorably passed |
upon. He pointed out Chester
White sow belonging to Il. W. Law
.he as being about ideal and that we
we're fortunate in having such an
,nimal here, that we could look to
Is our ideal in building up a herd.
Mr.. I,ldings stated that he had but |
recently returned from the Califor-
lia, Washington and Montana state
shows, but he has seen right here
hester Whites that would skin
hem all, " as he expressed it.
In closing his remarks on hogs,
Prof. lddings stated that not one
,ase of hog cholera had ever been
reported in Idaho.
The remainder of the afternoon
vas spent in Il general discussion OF
lorses which proved interesting and
instructive to those present.
Yesterday morning Mr.. E. R.
Bliss, who has had 20 years expert
nee in raising potatoes in the Gree
" district of Colorado, gave his
hearers a very interesting talk ON
planting, growing and marketing
..l ,Int thto ,ItS