The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-12-24

Ouuy anu SlTlCIly Squire ueuIluB. ne
went into sheep as fast as his finances
would allow. The rough upland was
well adapted to the production of NUT
ton and wool. The sheep paid. The
land was gradually cleared of stones.
leveled, fortified and brought under
the benign influence of alfalfa. In a
few years the first eighty acres were
paid for. and more land was bought, as
Mr.. Hanold wished to handle cattle
and hogs as extensively as possible.
When Mr.. Hanold first began opera
lions raising grain was the general
type Of farming in the community.
Peas was the big crop. The present de-
velopment of the dairy industry was
little more than suggested. A silO was
an oddly and alfalfa an unguessed
marvel. This quiet. Woodworking new
conner didn't believe in selling grain
from land that cost SO much to clear.
Live stock was his choice. His aim
was to get the land in condition to
carry the most stock possible as soon
as he could. That meant high yields of
alfalfa and corn.
at isn't the number of acres you
work that counts" he says, "but the
kind Of acres they are. You can make
money on ten acres OF lose it IN 500
He is an alfalfa and corn enthusiast.
Spreading anu and rotating crops
are almost a religion with him. He has
a record of ninety bushels of shelled
corn to the acre. more than five tons of
alfalfa to the acre and 1900 bushels of
small grain from less than forty acres.
E Sheep. alfalfa and corn rapidly made
over the soil on his place. BY degrees
a herd Of cows was built UP and the
flock of sheep reduced. A silo was
built. ut gives one acre the stock cur
rying capacity of two" he declares.
After that came the house and modern
dairy barn. The dual purpose cow has
a friend in Mr.. Hanold. He tried dairy
COWS and then bought a blooded
Shorthorn bull of n milking strain. 81
want to keep thirty cows" he says.
"That means FIVE cows to Gull out and
fatten for beef every year. besides the
young stock. Dairy breeds don't make
beef probably. Look at those calves"
he said, pointing out a lot of six
months-old Shorthorn grades. Look at
the size of them. Lots of folks take
them for yearlings."
How do ShorthOrns pay out at the
pail? Not as well as a pure dairy
breed would maybe. but l make the
difference on beef" The invariable
answer to the usual question is ''sys-
tenn" you've got to work with your
head as well a. your hands to make a
farm pay he says. "If there's a ma
chine that will save work, I'm going to
have it. Take that gasoline engine as
a labor saver, for instance. It's a lot
easier to watch the milk go through a
separator than to urn it by hand.
Gasoline turns the washing machine
and the churn, pumps the water, grinds
the feed at home and cuts the wood.
"I've got my field work planned to
economic work to the last possible
degree. Alfalfa saves q lot of blowing.
The corn land works up fine with just
a disk. That means only one blowing
every four or five years. When land
is kept mellow with humus it is pre-
pared for q crop with less work, and
the crop Is bigger and surer. Such
land dries out earlier In the spring"
The rotation practiced on this farm Is
simple. Alfalfa is allowed to stand Us
long as 1t gives a profitable crop. Corn
follows the alfalfa. with on
he sod. Oats follow the corn. and the
aext year the land Is seeded TO alfalfa
again. A few acres are reserved fol
root crops and fruit. This and poultry
help the income. The poor renter who
began without health, friends or money
has all three now in plenty. He Is
setting the pace for a community. His
farm Is a splendid proof Of the fact
that modern nethods pay.