The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-22

on the beet crop will make conditions
80 desperate that cooperation will
be necessity instead of a luxury.
Better Begin Now
1t would be easy to pegrn this good
work now, in the period of good
crops, and it is one of the things that
our Uncle Samuel has been pushing
vigorously through the schools and
agricultural colleges for good
many years. The county school sup
erintendent is the spec1ar agent for
advancing the work in Bingham
county, and it is under way among
the youth. We shall have more to
say on this subject later; for the
present read the following items
about different farmers and what they
are accomplishing on the same soil
and with the same climate.
Rain was Expensive
Howard Brothers, at Wapello, have
$50 acres of land. Beets 80 acres,
varying from 10 to IS tons, everag-
ing about Is tons; red clover, SO
acres, 800 bushels total; potatoes, go
acres, 1875 sacks; barley, Is acres.
40 bushels; hay 100 acres, $50 tons;
wheat 10 acres, 80 bushels. They
planted about so acres of the beets
in good season, then the rain started
and delayed planting the other 20
acres. These never grew we'll, and
hardly paid expenses. The red clover
seed sells for about 1920 bushel.
The Howard brothers want to dis
pose of some of their land and raise
the same amount of crops on fewer
acres.
Success on Brush Creek
Joseph Davis, of Basalt, has dry
farm on Brush creek bench some 20
miles east of Blackfoot, where he
raised so acres of Turkey red wheat,
80 bushels per acre, and had 800
acres that averaged 33 bushels. This
was raised without irrigation, and is
of excellent quality.
Success on Cedar Creek
Hiram Davis, on Cedar creek. east
of Blackfoot, 1876 acres of Turkey red
wheat, 35 bushels; had a tract of
oats on which he sowed one bushel
per acre and threshed 40. This was
on dry farm.
Found Secret Of Success
Mr.. Armstrong, of Basalt, had a
fine field of wheat and oats on dry
farm on the hills some 20 miles east
of Blackfoot, and estimated the yield
at 1000 bushels total. We have
been informed that he has threshed
5000 bushels. We did not learn
the acreage. He has sowed 100 acres
of winter wheat. and says he has
learned the secret of preparing the
seed bed so the fall rain and snow
water makes the crop regardless of
spring rains. He prefers not to have
any spring rains, as he had to har-
row every time it rains, to prevent
evaporation of the moisture already
stored in the SOIL He prepared his
seed bed by blowing, narrowing, disc
ing and floating dragging with a
frame of planks.O He treats the soil
to make it pulverize and then firms
it again and coats it fine on the sur
face. The investment is slight as
compared with handling irrigated
lands.
Large Investment and Small Returns
Thomas Hull, north of Shelley, ir-
rigated land; wheat, 90 acres, Is
bushels; beets IL acres, II or IL
tons; oats five acres, 80 bushels.
H. E. Mcmillan, of Shelley, report
ed that he had field of wheat at
Goshen, east of Shelley, that yielded
so bushels per acre, irrigated lands.
Very Successful Farmer
Amos Harker, three miles east of
Shelley, has 80 acres of land; has
raised IL acres of beets each year
for IL years, ranging from II to Is
tons, this year it Is 1917 tons. 1t
costs him $35 an acre to handle 1871
tons, and they bring him $3.50. He
has IL acres Of potatoes yielding $50
sacks per acre for ten years, but are
not nearly SO good this year. Wheat
10 acres, As bushels; oats eight acres,
IS bushels; pasture. eight acres. He
keeps about dozen horses. rs cattle,
rs hogs and stallion. He makes |
about $3.50 year above all expenses. ,