The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-15

Fthe hogs make pork OF the grains ana
grasses and the sheep make mutton
of the weeds and other vegetation
(which the hogs leave alone. The
sheep help the farmer to subdue the
.weeds. All of them help to build
kup the soil so it is better each year.
EMr. johnson has three gasoline en-
kgines to do chores for him, and says
he does so because they are more
economical than men anu hired girls,
when wages and board are taken in
to account, and the engines are al
ways ON duty without regard to holt
days and Sundays. He, leased some
beet land in 1913 on shares and re-
ceived $22 for his share. In 1914
under the same arrangement 1t
brought him $25. His high yield of
beets is due partly to keeping stock
on the place to fertilize it. Keeps
some chickens and bees as well as
cows, and tries OF keep them all hap
i by and comfortable; they make him
more money when they are so. Has
water system extended to every part
of the place where water is needed,
gives the horses unusual freedom and
comfort, and uses big Overland car
for road travel Mr.. Johnston is full
of information and ideas about how
to conduct farm for profits, and has
the materials to show that they are
practical. We shall go into detail
in these matters in another article
ITO be published later, and we pre-
dict that the articles giving Mr.. John
ston's methods of farming will be
worth a ten-dollar bill to every pro-
gressive farmer who reads them.
At Old Bergman Ranch
G. c. Allen: Beets, 10 acres, Is
tons; oats, six acres; wheat, IA acres,
not Thu eshed; potatoes two and half
acres, 90 sacks; hay rs acres, three
crops; peas, seven acres, not thresh-
ed.
Same Old Ranch
j. r. Robertson: Beets, seven and
half acres, Is tons; potatoes, two
acres wheat 80 acres, 35 bushels;
oats six acres. 40 bushels; peas eight
acres, about Is bushels. He keeps
about SO hogs.
Has Too Much Land
H. G. Sundquist has 224 acres:
Beets, 10 acres, II tons; potatoes,
16 acres, rs sacks; wheat SO acres,
81 bushels; oats 28 acres, S8 bushels;
barley Is acres, 54 bushels; hay Is
acres, two or three tons per acre and
pasturage. Mr.. Sundquist ihas- a well
kept farm, good buildings, good or
chard, good stock. His boys are mar
ried and gone and he wants to sell
or lease his land or most of 1t.
Too Much Territory
Charles Sundquist, $50 acres: Hay
100 acres; potatoes 90 acres, 80
sacks; wheat 1876 acres, 80 bushels;
oats 40 acres, 40 bushels; has one
and a half acres of new orchard; a |
dozen cattle; two dozen horses and
$50 hogs. Mr.. Sundquist has fine
farm, plenty of good buildings and
machinery. He wants to sell 100 |
acres of his land and farm the rest
more thoroughly. He is convinced |
that he can take half of it and farm
it carefully and produce as much on
it as he has been raising on the
whole. He will sell 100 acres all
we'll fenced for $12,500. He pays
$3.50 taxes on his ranch this year.
Hogs and Grain to Feed Them
Emma L. Nelson has 189 acres:
Potatoes, 10 acres, SO sacks; wheat
five acres, 80 bushels; oats rs acres,
40 bushels; hay rs acres, two crops;
has about so hogs. Has built new
granary recently. a4a ~ .5 sa5,
Will Try Again h IRE
/. ]. 8. Gardnera Potatoes 40 acres,
100 sacks; beets. 10 acres. Is tons;
dry land grain As acres, nine bushels. i