The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-19
MARKET REPORT
A CANADA CROP REPORT

The following letter from w. d.
Trego to his brother at Blackfoot
Econtains the views of man who sees
us from distance:
"Gleichen, Alberta, Canada,
October 16, 1915.
"Mr. B. A. Trego,
"Blackfoot, Idaho.
Dear Brother:
81 am always interested in reading
your paper as it gives me an oppor-
tunity to keep in touch with the local
conditions at Blackfoot and vicinity,
but your article in your issue of the
eighth, News of the Farms" was
especially interesting to me as it
shows just about how many of the
farmers whom | have known for
years are doing. 1t is very apparent
that farmers of that locality are
learning better farming methods and
are keeping abreast of the times in
every way. 1t was a pleasant sur
prise to me to learn that the old
timers like John r. Rogers are keep
ing abreast with the movement in
this direction. l had expected that
such men would feel that they had
done their part in the early pioneer
work, and having made a good saw
ling of worldly goods would be con-
tent to devote their efforts to stock
growing and the easier part of farm
ing. 1t is also very gratifying to me
to learn that men whom | knew when
they were making their first start
for themselves and were having a
hard time to pay for their first wagon
and pillow are now rated among the
most prosperous men of the COM
munity. This takes me back to when
you and l bought our first wagon for
SIS and how we had to figure to
pay for it.
81 was very much interested in
your reports during July and August
tof the difficulties the farmers were
having in making the water supply
of the Snake and Blackfoot rivers
take care of their crops and how they
made sacrifices of personal interests
for the benefit of the many. I had
grown to think that the farmers of
western Canada had monopoly on
that kind of development, but I am
glad to know that that spirit is grow
ing among the farmers and business
men, as we'll, everywhere. I would
have expected to see the water users
of the Snake river valley stand on
their as given in the decree of the
court and insist upon the prior rights
having the water and the ones who
came later doing as best they could
Notwithstanding all these difficulties
4 can see from your report that the
farmers are able to secure much bet
ter returns for their labor now than
we did in the earlier days when we
had all the water we could use, but
did not know much about how to use
It. :.
I'VE farmers here have been ad-
vancing along the same lines which
your farmers have, but we had come
to think that we were the only ones
who were learning better farming
methods and to look to "the greatest
good to the greatest number" and
to follow our motto of, "All for each
and each for ALL"
I'VE have been blessed with the
greatest crop that Alberta has ever
known this year and If we are able
to get 1t all taken care of we will
take some big strides in development.
Il have only got we'll started
threshing now, only good start on
my second quarter section of wheat.
From the first one I threshed I have
shipped five cars aggrating GAO bus
hels, and have two cars yet to load
which will bring the average yield up
to just about the 50-bushel mark.
This is not my best quarter section
by any means but I thing 1t will DO
above the average.
When finished harvesting l es-
timated my yield for the 1000 acres
j had in wheat at 10000 bushels, and
] am quite sure now that my estimate
40 quite conservative ] also have