The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-13

doing very well. This particular va
Criety of sweet clover will prove very
valuable crop to the dry farmer to
pillow under as green manure and the
object of the test being made is to as
certain which variety will do best and
Lhow best to handle it.
Perhaps one of the most import
ant works being carried on by Mr..
Aicher is his development of seed
wheat, this being done by securing
from seed men and other sources,
wheat sold as being true to name and
then planting demonstration tracts.
This year in one tract sowed with a
,seed sold by prominent seed house
in Idaho, and guaranteed, to be clean
and true to name, IA different varie-
ties of wheat appeared along with
several varieties of foreign weeds.
leave it to the farmers whether or
not the state of Idaho needs rigid
seed inspection law. One crop of
the farm ] believe is worthy of every
farmers attention and that is the
crop of kaiser peas being grown by
Mr.. Aicher This is a variety which
has been developed by him with a
view of securing the best variety for
the dry farmer and it is quite safe
to say that his field will yield from
40 to SO bushels to the acre. The
value of peas as forage crop for this
country cannot be overestimated and
for the farmer who has a bunch of
hogs to finish off before marketing
they are invaluable. There is so much
of real value to the farmer to be
found at the experiment station that
1t would be real waste of time for
me to try to tell you about it. Have
your farmers 70 there and see for
themselves. Get up a holiday and
arrange for day there"
Boys and Girls club Work in Idaho
"My real work is with the depart
ment devoted to the organization and
development of the boys and girls
school farm clubs in Idaho, and | am
pleased to find in American Falls one
of the largest and Invest sewing clubs
we have. Miss Whistler, your county
superintendent, is fully alive to the
great Importance of this work and is
doing splendid work. Her plan for
this fall will call for the complete or
ganization of her county in the club
work and next spring we will have
the boys and girls all at work in corn,
potato, pig, sewing, bread making, or
some one of the numerous lines of
activity carried on by this depart
ment. This work is fostered by the
Agricultural Extension department,
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture cooperating and this year
Idaho has more than 10000 boys and
girls in club work. More than 5000
are engaged in the poultry club work
many OF them going in for the very
best in breeding and last wear we hat
at the state poultry exhibit at Boise,
quite number of fowls exhibited by
poultry club children which were
high up in the list of awards II
some parts of the state manual train
ing classes have been organized, and
at Lorenzo, two of the boys have
built, entirely alone. fine bungalow
The building is constructed of con-
crete blocks which they cast and
aside from the assistance of mason :
they did all the work themselves. 8
Another of our boys now has more !
than thousand dollars worth of fine
Poland China hogs, this being his
third year in the pig club work. This
VIII give you an idea of what club
work means. 1t is the greatest agri-
movement being carried on
80 '@O 'SAiu. III IHC IOWu6 our young
folks have their garden and back /
yard club work and many unkept
back yards have been converted
through their efforts into pretty
flower or vegetable gardens. Teach
the children to work. Teach them
&c know that from their earlist years
they may be useful; that they can
accomplish really big and useful
hings; that they can earn money for
themselves and you have solved the !
problem of handling the boy or cir
restless with farm life. Teach them
as the department does, by the aid
Of its bulletins and courses of in
Struction, the beauty of the trees, the
beauty and value of better bred !
horses, cows, hogs, poultry, etc.;
leach them they can make these
things better, more beautiful, more
productive, than did their fathers be-
lore them, and you will be aiding the
p IN A.nA L..