The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-08-21
By Addison Bennett.


Moscow, the county seat of Latal
county, Idaho, is in the wonderful Pa
louise country, celebrated the countr.
over for grain, and is one of the fines
agricultural districts in the United
| wonderful" it is no exaggeration, M
misuse of the adjective, for here in thu
very heart of an irrigated region ex
tending across the Rockies to the cas-
to Mexico on the south, to the Cas-
cades on the west and the British pos
sessions on the north, lies large ares
of agricultural land with precipita-
ton often totaling 81 inches a yeal
and seldom falling below % inches.
The climate also is about all that
can be desired for farming pursuits OF
for a place of residence-even for a
health resort The land is rolling but
not billy; there is good deal of water
in streams and springs, but the wells
are, as q rule, about 200 feet deep. In
the city of Moscow artesian water of a
splendid quality has been reached at
depth of 200 feet, and the water from
three of these wells supplies the town
with an abundance for all purposes.
Quoting from a pamphlet issued by the
Moscow chamber of commerce, and the
statement seems not to be oyer-drawn,
moscow has neither a cistern, storm
cave or lightning rod. There are no
hot nights, no severe thunder storms,
no destructive hail storms, no sun
strokes, no cyclones, no billiards, no
earthquakes, no saloons, no crop fail
ures in I4atah county. The county is
out of debt and has the lowest tax
levy of any county In Idaho
Latah Banner Wheat County.
Latah county is the banner wheat
county in the state, the yield last year
to 2,043,960 bushels from
Sc, 76O acres, or an average yield of SO
bushels an acre. l do not happen to be
accessible to the published statements
of the United States Agricultural de-
partment, but it is recollection that
no other district of the country, har.
vesting any large quantity of grain.
can equal that yield an acre. | may
say also that the above statement of |
area harvested is from the Idaho Off
cial reports.
Latah county took the gold medal |
'or wheat at the st. Louis exposition |
n 1904; the gold medal for wheat, the |
gold medal for grains and grasses and |
he gold medal for oats at the Portland |
exposition in 1904; the gold medal for
grasses and forage plants at the Seat !
lie exposition in 1909; the gold medal
md grand sweepstakes for apples at
he International Apple show at Spo-
,aEe in 1911; The grand sweepstakes
or best exhibit of cattle, hogs, sheep
md horses at the Portland Livestock
how in 1912. In both 1911 and 1912
4atah county took the grand sweep j
takes prize at the Spokane Interstate
air for the best and most varied ex-
ibit of grains, fruits, vegetables and
rasses. In addition to these prizes
he county took the grand sweepstakes
Or the best carload of apples at the
Apple show in Spokane
l 1911.
If you will carefully consider the
bove achievements you will see that .
u general agricultural products
rown in this Latitude, Latah county
must be pretty near at the
,pnotch-and she is. There is only
lie thing lacking-dairy product. For
,me unknown reason the people of
e county have not until quite recent
ven the attention they should have
ven to the dairy COW. There are
me of the very finest Holsteins and
,rseys here that can be found any.
here, and several breeders are doing
cir utmost to have the people pay
ore attention to milk stock, and
ese breeders say there has been good
ogress made during the last couple
years in this direction.
Corn Indicates Awakening.
There is no spot in the country bet
r adapted to dairying than Latah
unity. The farmers have been slow
finding this out. Many of them have
i'd more attention to fruit growing,
Their to setting out young orchards,
an to livestock. They have sold too
lch of their grain and fed too little