Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-02

An Interesting 1ntertillage
Exhibit at the Canyon
County Fair.
(staff Correspondence,

Caldwell, Oct. Every interesting
results from growing intertillage crops
by r. c. Sleeper in Henry Griffiths'
40-acre. 2-year -old apple orchard al
Fargo. on the slope Of the Snake river,
are shown at the Canyon county fair.
in progress this week. This inter-
tillage crop brought the grower re-
turn Of $1,000. at the same time the
fruit trees had a growth this year Of
little better than five feet 1t Is in
teresting to note the large variety Of
crops Mr.. Sleeper this year grew be-
tween the tree rows 1t is also worthy
Of mention to say that Mr.. Sleeper
is a carpenter by trade and that this
Is the first year he ever grew crops
by irrigation.
President Griffiths Of the fair asso-
citation. who owns this 40-acre Or
chard, tells the following method Of
successfully growing potatoes and
onions: PLANT a row of onions and
then a row Of potatoes The onions
make the potato eyes water. and that
irrigates the two rows"
Fargo District Exhibit.
One Of the interesting exhibits in the
big exposition hall Is that shown by
the Fargo district. which is made up
Of two really meritorious individual
exhibits. One is that of r. c. Sleeper,
who Is the manager of the 40-acre
orchard owned on the Snake river
slope by Henry Griffiths, who is the
president Of the Canyon county fair.
The other exhibit Is that made by Miss
Mercer who owns an S0-acre ranch on
g fpn hot, in, II
tivation.
The exhibit of Mr.. Sleeper is the
result Of intertillage between the tree
rows In the Griffith 4O-acre apple or
chard. planted two years ago last
spring. The exhibit contains water
melons. the largest weighing 4S
pounds; cantaloupes. muskmelons.
squash, pumpkins. field corn, sweet
corn, popcorn. cabbage, onions, car
rots, parsnips. alfalfa, millet. clover,
broom corn, potatoes. cauliflower,
beets. endive. garden lemon, kale, soy
beans, husk and cherry tomatoes, table
beets. mangel wurzel, rhubarb. satisfy.
peanuts, sage. radishes, summer
squash, parsley. European grapes, etc
Splendid IntsrtilIase Results.
Potatoes are shown that yielded 800
bushels per acre; yellow globe Danver
and red Wethersfield onions yielded
four tons per acre. They are worth
$50 per ton. Popcorn made 40 bushels
per acre, and field corn so bushels per
acre. One potato In the exhibit weighs
31a pounds. There are AZ potatoes
shown. Early Ohios, that weigh 100
pounds. Eight parsnips are shown that
ga lf1r foil 10
measures ~ feet and has two large
ears. White Elephant field corn Is
shown where one kernel produced six
large ears. and three nubbins One
kernel of popcorn produced 16 devel-
oped ears and five silks. Soy beans
are shown. that stand three feet high.
One bunch Of Tokay grapes weighs
312 bounds and fills one plate The
exhibit contains the following varie-
ties Of European grapes; Muscat, To-
kay. Black Hamburg, Thompson's
Seedless. The last named grapes make |
the fine seedless raisins
This 4o-acre orchard from intertil-
1age crops this year is bringing a re-
turn Of $1,000. The trees In this or
chard this year had a growth of bet |
ter than five feet, which is excellent |
for trees so young. Most Of the or |
chard received only two irrigations,
and part OF 1t three irrigations. Only
25 feet OF water We're used this year |
on the 40 acres. Mr.. Sleeper Is car
penter by trade, and this is the first |
year he has raised crops by irrigation. |
Tuesdays Race Winners.
First event-Saddle horse races,
Canyon county horses only. Headlight
owned by c. Davis, first; Charlie,
owned by Crowther. second; Toots,