Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12
SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF CAM
PAIGN
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cit has been a source of great sat
isfaction that so lively an interest has
been shown in the improvement of live
stock on the farm, and we feel that
much good has been accomplished by
our efforts in this campaign. The
meetings in the country have made it
possible to get at the real problems as
they exist on the farms.
The members of our party are men
who have travelled widely and have
had much experience in the livestock
business. They speak in the highest
terms of the possibilities in the terri
tory through which we have Travelled.
1T is felt that in the near future there
is bound to be tremendous advance in
the quality and the numbers of farm
animals Of all classes.
:" As a representative of the Northern
Pacific Railway company / feel well
repaid for the time and expense incur
red in this campaign
Impressions of the Specialists.
Professor Merrill, one of the mem
bers of the party from Utah protested
himself as being greatly impressed with
the great fertility of this section and
stated that to retain the elements of
fertility there must be change in the
present methods of farming in most
localities visited. He advocates the
use of the silo and states that there is
no better section anywhere than the In
land Empire for raising forage crops
to be put in silos.
The statement of Professor Shaw is
of more than especial interest and he
has made a careful study of this section
on the occasion of his two visits His
statement is especially interesting and
is given in full as set forth in the Tri-
bune, as follows:
Statement of Prof. Shaw.
I'm both the Palouse and Camas
prairie areas in Idaho, the conditions
for growing forage crops are unusu-
, ally favorable. These conditions in
elude wonderfully productive SOIL a
temperate climate that is unusually
! free from extremes of weather, and
, rainfall that in most areas runs from
Is to 81 inches. This makes it possible
to grow the finest from nearly all of
: the forage crops that may be grown
in temperate climates that are charac-
, terized by nights that are reasonably
cool, even in summer.
Any of the small grains may be
used for forage either as a pasture
! or as hay, because of the great luxu-
J rance with which they grow. OF these
winter rye sown fall and spring has
highest adaptation for such uses. All
the valuable clovers may be grown
well, including the common red, the
. mammoth, the alsikes and the small
| white. Alfalfa will furnish two cut
| tings per acre per year which will yield
! from two to three tons of hay per year.
The lands are well adapted to the
growth of timothy, orchard grass,
meadow fescue, perennial rye and Ken
lucky bluegrass. The opportunity,
therefore, to grow mixed grasses for
pasture is excellent, but at present it is
being but little improved. Field roots
may be grown exeellently well, and in
much variety. The same is true of
, Dwarf Essex rape.
: Corn for the grain may be grown
quite successfully and matured in all
! areas that do not exceed 1000 feet
in altitude. In the higher attitudes
only the smaller varieties can be grown,
, but even from these, % to 80 bushels
if hogged off would give higher pro
fit in pork than is usually obtained
, from growing wheat. Similarly corn
may be grown for the silo, of larger
varieties, that should give from eight
to ten tons of green food per acre. But
it will not mature in all instances,
though in all instances it will make good
silage. 1t should be remembered, how
ever, that in the areas named there is
but little or no room for such semi
, tropical plants as feterita, milo maize,
kafir corn and sedan grass.
, "Where such fodder crops may be
, grown SO abundantly, the high adapt
, alton of sheep to such arabic areas is
, not to be questioned. They will aid
the farmer by grazing down weeds.
They may be used in grazing too rank
grain crops in spring SO that they will
not lodge. They will aid in fertilizing
the land and they should be money
makers. In one instance not many days
ago farmer near Nezperce sold his