Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-04

ers Hire Labor at 1925 on Aver
age.
Tho census bureau has just Issued
a bulletin giving agricultural sta
tistics OF Idaho Figures are given
for the crop year 1903. The leading
crops OF the state In the order OF
their Importance, as judged by value.
are ha anyd forage. S12 100, 900; whoa
8s.4i9 900; oats. t5.O67 900; barley.
1898 900; and potatoes. fl.5s3.OOO.
The most important crop OF the
state Is hay and forage, II being
greater In acreage than that OF wheat
and oats together andnearly as great
Ia value. In acreage, hay and for
age is about six-seyenths as great
as all cereals cOmbided; In value,
about three-fourths Oats have an
acreage little more than three
fourths as great as that OF wheat,
but In value show a somewhat small
ler proportion. Barley has an acre
AEN 'iAN@AhAAN an hAFbh an NhbAAf
but. like oats, shows a value rela-
lively lower. Potatoes with an ac-
reage Of but one-thlrtieth that OF
tho combined cereals. show a value
almost one-tenth as great
Wild Grasses.
or the hay and forage crops alfal- |
farepresentn about AZ per cent OF the |
acreage and about 90 per cent Of the
value. wild, salt or prairie grass
es" ranks second In acreage and
fifth In value. timothy alone" rank
ing third In acreage and second in
value.
The acreage Of corn though small,
bias made important advances, slight
y more than doubling during the {
asst decade Goats have increased in I
icreage relatively faster than any /
II the other crops here enumerated
he gain during the last decade being
67.7 por cent. q
The acreage OF wheat made its a
reatest advance during the decade t
nded IN 1879. tho increase being 3ts 4
or cent. or the 132,412 acres of z
arley almost 1901 900 acres represent r
he gain OF the last decade. The ac- q
cage OF hay and forage has gained e
and Is now nearly four a
Ines as great as In 1899. and the z
creage " potatoes Is almost eight d
mes that of the first report 20 years a
20.
More Oats and Barley. n
Out OF every 100 farmers 81 report /,
ay and forage As report potatoes, a
! report oats. and 10 report barley. Z,
greater proportion than 10 years a
90 report oats and barley; small il
I proportion report corn and hay and II
rage The seven crops shown in q
10 preceding table cover about So r,
pr cent OF the improved land OF h,
10 state while 10 years before they q
overod about 6S per cent A,
Tho average value per acre Of the IA
,mblned cereals is 1882, The av-
age values per acre OF wheat and pl
lrn are above this amount those a,
the other cereals and OF hay &c
I'd forage below Il. The average IA
aluo OF potatoes per acre is al 81
ost three times that of the com. pr
ned cereals ca
Nearly two-thlrds Of the acreage At
oats Is reported from the five IN
untles Of Fremont, Latah. Nez In
cree. Twin Falls and Bingham. nc
here are two main wheat sections, "a
10 In the southeastern part OF the pa
ate the other in the west central mi
rt, Almost three. fourths OF the
leat acreage is reported from sew rel
counties. four In the southeastern m
elton and three IN tho west GU
ntral The acreage OF hay and ,e
ragc however unlike that Of the lS
reals. is quite evenly distributed or,
er the state. w
Hired Labor.
Over one half OF the farmers hire I'M
,ov. and the average amount OK. IN
ndod py those hiring Is sac, About lar
@ sixth Of the amount reported as NJ,
pended for labor was In the form be,
rent and board, and during the pul
'ade the total expenditure for lab
increased st.45i 600. OF 1878 per
t. At prior censuses no tabulation
: made Of the number OF farmers tn
'orting expenditures for labor. VIC
,bout one farmer out OF every yo'
90 reports some expenditure for 70,
d. but less than one out OF every ~ !.
ldrod purchases fertilizer. The ,,,
n amount reported as paid for ron
.illzer has increased sS5S7. or 2O.9 dor
cent, and the average is now
80 per farm reporting. No
Progress OF Decade. Y
he accompanying table summar- dea
] for the state the more signifi. me
{ facts relating to population and por
q vi