The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-11-25
COTTONWOOD
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Us already quoting some interesting fig
ares to prove the value of ysilo to
the farmers of this section. Mr.. Luchte
field erected a silo last summer and
filled It with green oats for silage. Aft
er opening 1t this fall he began feed
ing the silage to his milk COWS and
noted big increase on milk and cream
production almost at once At the time
he was milking five cows, three OF
which were MIXED twice daily and two
once a day. Before starting to feed
them silage he was getting 16 pounds
of cream a week ffom the COWS and
the first week after they were fed the
silage raion the cream totaled.2S pounds.
Mr.. Luchtfeld says the increase was
due entirely to the use Of silage and
this first experiment has proven to his
complete satisfaction that he cannst
farm in future without the silo. He
says the pigs and chickens like the ST.
lage also and seem to thrive on it
OF their ration
Five of the farmers Of this section
put up silos during the past summer.
b. Luchtefeld filling his with Glover.
w. B. Hussman using corn, James
Wright using field peas, Herman Han
son using peas and cat hay, and ]. b.
Luchtefeld using plain oat hay. The
results OF their various experiments will
be watched with interest and there is
little doubt but that numerous silos win
be erected here during the coming year.
for the farmers of Camas prairie are
known abroad as being always ready to
adopt any methods for Improvement tina
have been tried and found satisfactory.
1t is reported that quite few OF
the farmers of Camas prairie have be-
come disguised with the prices that
have prevailed In the hog market for
the past couple Of years and are quit
ting the business, lock, stock and bar
rel Besides fattening and selling all
Of their stock hogs many Of them are
also disposing Of their breeding stock
and this move will naturally result in
q very marked decrease In the stock
shipments from this section in time to
come II the movement becomes at all
general Idaho county has been known
Cor many years as the banner hog coun-
try OF the Pacific northwest hut, with
the better prices paid for grain during
the past few years and an apparent
buyers and packers to pay only what
they have to pay for hogs. the farmers
OF the prairie country are rapidly reach
ing q decision that grain farming under
existing conditios is far more profit
able than the raising of hogs for mar
ket, hence the movement on the part
OF some to get out of the hog market.
The shipping OF a. trainload of Idaho
- ca ~.A
by e. S. Sweet, Of Grangeville. and Hen
ry Katterhagen of Uniontown. proved
success in spite Of a heavy drop in
the market the day the shipment reach
ed It's destination, and it is believed
this attempt TO market western grown
pork in the east may have a salutary
effect among coast buyers but even
this may not prove OF lasting effect.
Just as an idea of how the parcel
post is being used to convey goods to
people In out of the way parts of the
country at heavy expense to Uncle Sam
Is shown this week by the shipment of
small sheet iron heating stove by
the Cottonwood Hdw. g. Imp, co. to D.
+. yanPool. who resides over on Snake
river The stove went from this place
by parcel post TO Grangeville, thence
by way of Garfield, Joseph and Boles
to the new post office at Spring Camp
on the lower Joseph. Il was taken In
BY mall nor a few cents while It would
have cost several dollars to have been
delivered In any other manner. or cours
the public cannot be blamed for using
the parcel post when 1t was offered
them by the government. but just the
same the system is making an almighty
big deficit In the postal department each
year and will continue to do so as long
as it Is continued.
Mrs. E l. Parker and little daugh-
ter and Mrs T. J. Parker returned from
their visit in Iowa last might
The highway election held on Tuesday
OF last week In the Greencreek district
resulted in the election OF Adolph Him
kelman, John A. Johnson and Sam HAM
III as commissioners for the next four
years. Mr. Hinxelman was member
OF the old board.
Jacob Yeager was In the city Monday
from near Garfield. having brought out
q nice drove OF 46 fat hogs which he
sold to John Baer for shipment to 500
kane. The hogs averaged ss2M pounds
each in weight and were very fine
grain grown on his farm on the Dou-
mecq and stated that grain was very
cheap over there and was used only for
feeding stock. as they have no way to
get 1t out to market While here he
dropped in to advance his subscription
another year and said he hoped they
would eventually get road built down
Center canyon to the river and connect
with the Grave Creek road from this
side, thus giving them a good outlet
to market at this place.
J. w. Eresch. the Grangeviile cigar
maker. was in the city the first OF the
week looking after business among the
smokers.
Geary and Jake Trautman and Jim Ell
Ter are in town today fixing UP some
Indian land leases for the former.
Little Ella Ham1in was given a birth
day party Tuesday. 1t being the elev-
enth anniversary OF her birth. A num-
Der OF her girl friends and playmates
were invited and games were played