The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-15


Wet and Dry Farmer
Zenas Norman has 40 acres, of
which there are beets, 1S acres, IL
to IA tons; potatoes, four acres, rs
sacks; hay Is acres, two crops of
about two tons each. He keeps about
20 hogs and but little other stock.
He built house year ago and has
1920 acres of dry farm in the Big
Bend.
Apples-26 Kinds
Samuel Norman has 60 acres in
all; beets IL acres, IL tons; potatoes
five acres rs sacks; grain, IL acres,
10 bushels; hay Is or 20 acres; or
chard, four acres, containing 26
varieties of apples. This is the orig
inal J. P. Porter homestead.
Little in Much
William Beesley, dry farm wheat
90 acres; where it was summer fall
lowed it produced IA to Is bushels
per acre and the volunteer nine
bushels. The quality was good.
Farm Paid for Itself
Louis Felt has 100 acres, supplied
with good buildings and woven wire
fencing; has beets, II acres, "A tons;
wheat, Is acres, so bushels; oats. six
acres, 81 bushels; potatoes, Is acres,
rs sacks; hay and pasture 90 acres;
few acres of orchard; has As cat
tile, 26 of them in summer herd
kept by S. A. Busenbark in the hills;
has 100 hogs, a dozen horses and an
Overland car; has full line of farm
ling implements, wagons and vehicles,
and everything under shelter. Has
a blacksmith shop and does nearly all
his own shop work Has only about
$40 or $12 worth of blacksmithing
done in a year elsewhere. Has
Ichicken house 16x32 with cement
base, is lathed and plastered and
cement floor; all clean and sanitary,
and has plenty of eggs the year
around. Dempster windmill supplies
water in 1900 gallon tank on a
tower and 100 gallon tank set be-
tween two. stock yards, where animals
can drink. This tank served as a
base of operations when the barn was
afire last spring, and enabled them to
save the stacks 1t saved the cost of
the water system at the fire. Pipes
supply the house also. Mr.. Felt
bought the Ifarmrin51907 and made
the first few crops pay for the farm.
1T has since paid for extensive i'm
provements, implements and stock,
land we will tell in later issue how
Ihe does it. The information will be
worth money to every farmer and
ifstockman.
t Works at Everything
Walter Jackman has 100 acres;
ibeets, 16 acres, Is tons; wheat IL
acres, 46 bushels; oats, four acres,
81 bushels; hay 80 acres, two crops;
potatoesys20 acres, Is sacks; orchard,
six acres, has good yield and good
sized fruit. Many very fine green
lings He prunes and sprays and keeps
the orchard clean, but through being
too busy, does not receive much re-
turns on his orchard. Has an ex-
ceptionally neat, well kept place.
On Road to Wealth
Jackson brothers on the Hawley
place: Beets 20 acres, Is to 16 tons;
wheat, 49, acres, AZ bushels; oats
seven acres, As bushels; potatoes, IA
acres, rs, to 100. sacks; hay, 60 acres,
two crops; has dozen brood sows
and IS pigs; rs yearling cattle to
feed for the winter Intends to fol-
low the practice of winter feeding of
some stock.
Making Small Profit
Albert Gardner has 55 acres; beets
IL acres, IA to Is tons; potatoes,
two and a half acres, IS sacks; peas,
eight acres; grain, 1917 acres, not
yet threshed; SO hogs. Has a black
smith shop for his own use, and a
potato cellar with capacity for $500
sacks. Has good barn and large
brick house.
A Man of Ideas
James G. Johnston has 100 acres,
his original homestead; beets Is
acres, 1S tons; same yield last year;
potatoes, IL acres, 100 sacks; hay,
20 acres, three crops; keeps about
100 hogs, 20 sheep on the place dur
ing the summer, and $50 sheep on
the range for fall and winter feed
ing at home. Keeps the sheep and
hogs in same pasture and uses the
same sheds and pens for Landing and
narrowing, Landing first, followed by
narrowing. These sheds are supplied
with service from the water system,
land are of the most approved and
modern pattern, reducing labor to