The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12

the most carefully. The men who
have been studying farming and stock
raising and forging ahead are the
ones who see the most Significance In
the record given by John Smith
whose crop yield was high under GER
tain stated conditions and by Jack
Brown whose yield was low under
similar conditions with slight yaria.
tion in the process. We account f0l
1t on the theory that the man who
has studied a question knows a thing
when he sees 1t. The man who has
not, well, 1t all looks alike to him.
He Is like the Eskimo, who was car
ried from the monotonous arctic re-
gions by an explorer, thinking to see
him open his eyes In wonder when
he took him into London. But the
Eskimo walked stolidly through the
streets with the explorer without be-
ing impressed at all. It was all a
blur to him and nothing that he
looked at was remembered in its re-
lation to anything else.
The editor of The Republican has
asked many of the subscribers il they
had read the crop reports In the
paper, and he finds few who are not
quite sure whether they have or not.
These same men are usually not quite
sure how many acres they have raised
lof any particular crop, and they
know very little about the yield.
The general office of The Gem
State Lumber company at Salt Lake
City issues trade circular to all the
branch offices for the information Of
their local managers and statesmen,
and in their edition of November 5
they devoted one page to comments
ON our crop reports and our article
on what a banker takes into consid-
Grafton when he passes upon an APP
Iplication for loan to farmer. They
took our list of items as proof that
their own list was not far-fetched or
/ too sweeping. They introduced the
whole subject under the heading. "A
Live Newspaper Man." from which
we copy the following.
within the last few days mem
ber of our organization noticed an
interesting article written by Byrd
Trego, editor of The Idaho Repubh-
ran. From the report given Of this
article. it is our conclusion that Mr..
Trego is live wire and fully aware
that the best interests of the mem
bers of any community are furthered
to the extent that each has an under
standing of the other fellows condi-
tion, prospects and need.
"As we have it, Mr.. Trego con-
Iceived the idea that the development
of his section of the country would
ibe materially advanced if Mr.. Farm
er really knew and paid attention to
the things which are Of interest to
Mr.. Banker when he is considering an
application for loan. Toward this
end. this enterprising editor took the
time necessary to consult the bankers
nf his community, and is using the
information obtained from them as
basis of articles for the farmer, in
structive as to the things which are
considered by the banker when he
lis extending credit more especially
when the loan under consideration
is not to be fully secured. in a ma
terial way"
Senator D. w. Davis, president Of
1.-THE First National bank of American
Falls, in speaking of the dry farm
work in the desert west of that place
said there were successes and fall
ures and all the intermediate grades
of work this year. 1t has been one
of those tempting seasons with
enough fine weather in the spring to
allow people to plow great deal
of ground. Then 1t had rained so
long that they took courage and SOW
ed wheat thinking they would get a
crop or some feed. The moisture
| from the rains remained at the sur
face. the grain terminated and form
ed a root system at the surface, the
soil was loose and when the rain
ceased and the warm winds came the
moisture was Immediately transferred
from the soil to the atmosphere and
the grain died. Those who had pre-
pared in the usual way and sowed
the seed in the fall and taken proper
care of the land to keep the moisture
stored below the surface, had good
crops. His discussion of what is meant
by taking proper care of the land to
keep the moisture stored below the
surface will be fully set forth in the
magazine section of this paper to be
published soon. Speaking of our crop
reports and of the special magazine
section we are preparing for the in
formation of the farmers, Senator
Davis said it was in his Judgment
the most commendable work pub
fisher can do. That farming is revolu-
ltionizing in many respects, and that
anything that helps people to grasp
the best methods and to see the
trend of the times and take advant-
age of it early Is important work. He
thought all the farmers and business
interests of the county would do well
to help the work along and to buy
and circulate large numbers of the
magazine section.
The following comment on our crop
reports is from The Aberdeen Times:
THAT Byrd Trego, editor of The
Idaho Republican, at Blackfoot, is a
man of courage, no one who reads
his newspaper intelligently, will deny.
His editorial methods and his diction
may sometimes be criticised, but
never will he be charged with the
fear of saying just what he thinks.
THE Republican of last week con-
Itained an article written after the
editor had made an automobile tour
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