The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-08
knows he could not keep up to that
Grows Crops Now

rate.
Grows Crops Now
Van and Oscar Capps are farming
what is known as the Machold place
east of town, now owned by Rosa
Farnum. They raised S3S bushels
of wheat from 1S acres, approximate
ly 100 tons of hay from % acres, and
have five acres of beets that do not
promise good yield They think the
soil was not in good condition for
beets. They are farming all of the
place that had ever been farmed, and
say they had but little trouble in
getting water delivered to it when
they wanted it.
! Bumper Beet Crops
Morris brothers, H. H. and A. A.,
the cement, contractors, purchased
what has been known as the Bing-
ham place east of town last winter,
and have built a neat new cottage
at the southwest corner. The place
had large orchard, an apple cellars
capable of storing several carloads,
a potato. cellar. equally as large, and
a house and other small buildings.
They removed the Ben Davis apple
trees and some of the other poorer
varieties and planted the ground to
potatoes and beets. The potatoes
have not done well but the beets have
been examined by the factory expert
and estimated good for / 6 or II tons
per acre. Last winter they hauled
317 loads of manure on the 25 acres
of beet land, and are planning to haul
more the coming winter. Some
samples of their beets are on display
at the. office of j.. H., Early. They
have 1O3 hogs on the place and some
well bred horses.
New Poultry Farm
Milton H. Fennel aud Charles
Kirchner came here from Sugar City
last winter and bought a tract of
land a mile east of town for a poultry
farm. Mr.. Fennell had been for
some time manager for the Idaho
sugar factories and Mr.. Kitchner was
his clerk. During the p"st summer
they have built large poultry houses
on ., modern plans and are raising
white leghorns and barred Plymouth
lrocks
Peas, Clover and Alfalfa
George Parrish, who raised large
tract of seed peas for a couple of
years, had trouble getting settlement
with his seed house and quit raising
them except for local consumption.
He is now raising red clover for seed
and has made from $50 to $50 an
acre. He thinks this years crop will
bring about $40 or SIS. He says
he would rather have alfalfa than
red clover for hay on account of the
clover making the animals cough. He
has seven acres of beets estimated at
from Is to 20 tons per acre.
Has q Modern Dairy
Ben Merrell, proprietor of The Ris-
ing Sun dairy three miles east of
town, built large modern barn and
installed his own water system,
pumping plant and milking amchines.
He has laid out fine sanitary dairy,
and we shall tell the public more
about it as he advances with his en-
|terprise.' The volume of his business
has doubled in 28 month he intends
building a silo at no distant date.
They have about 500 beautiful fowls,
among the mmany prize winners from
fairs. They raised 60 bushels of
wheat per acre and are harvesting
a fine lot of apples. We shall take
pleasure in giving the public more
information about their enterprise at
at ater date.
Difference in Apple Crop
Merrell G Sons, who live east of
town, report that their wealthy ap-
pies bear heavy crops only once in
two years. They have about 800
boxes of wealthy, gano, greetings and
grimes golden. They have nine acres
of beets estimated by the factory men
at 15 tons per acre. s@
Beets and Billiard Cues
w. l.. Parker, proprietor of The
Idle Hour Pool hall on North Main
street, is something of an agriculture
list, and has fine field of beets at