The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-08

of his neglect and he is going to re-
lieve them by cultivation. He has
nine acres of potatoes that are not
very good. He thinks the weather
was too hot all through August to
grow good potatoes. He says he has
noticed that a good rain about the
first of August, followed by cooler
weather brings good potatoes. Pota-
toes seem to him to be cool wea-
ther crop. His clover crop was not
affected like the alfalfa.
Glad He proposed
c. w. Bailey has six acres and has
tenant for most of that. He is a
retired farmer, married So years and
glad of it.
Losing Soil Fertility
E. N. Bingham reports ten acres of
beets good for about Is tons per;
eight acres of wheat at 40" bushels;
four acres of oats at 76 bushels, hay
not so good as 1t used to- be, and
1850 good lambs. He keeps about
lis head of cattle on the place and
has. some work horses he wants to
sell. He has three acres of potatoes
that average very poor He planted
seed on part of it that had heated in
the cellar and only part of 1t germin-
ated. He got few sacks of seed
from his neighbor to finish the patch
and now wishes he had gootten it all
of his neighbor, for where he planted
that he has fine potatoes. Mr.. Bing-
ham things it has geen good year
for potatoes, only he failed to venti-
late enoguh last winter. He wants
his potatoes kept cooler in winter and
hot in summer, with very little irri-
cation. 80" ~.
Still on the Job
Everett Green reports wheat at 46
bushels, oats at Sc, potatoes 100
sacks per acre, and a few sheep doing
we'll.
A Fortune in Pear Trees
B. F. Dayly reports one pear tree
bearing six boxes, most of which he
sold at $2.75 per box, and an acre
or so of apples from which he has
sold 200 boxes and thinks he has
over 200 boxes left on the trees yet.
Farming at Glen Dale
Mrs. I. L. Beesley at Glen Dale
farm with her five boys farms and
pas ures 100 acres. They have 25
acl es OF beets which she thinks will
not average over 12 tons. They keep
SO or so hogs.
Beet Crop Costs More
Abraham Hansen report three and
half acres of potatoes at about 81
or IS sacks; % acres Of beets vary
ing from s tons down to ten or per-
haps less; two acres of oats; five
acres of wheat and some hay. He
thinks 1t takes from 12 to IA tons
of beets per acre to pay expenses and
wages.
Champion Potato Grower
Israel Butt is the champion pota-
to raiser. He has three acres of them
that yield about 200 sacks per acre.
He tore out three acres of apple trees
and clover, manured it heavily and
had the ground in fine condition
His potatoes are nice size, clean and
free from disease and he Is going to
tear out more apple trees. He says
he had sprayed his trees three times
| this season and has more worms than
ever. He has pawaukee trees that he
sprayed when he sprayed the others,
and then sprayed them almost daily
for long time just to see IL pewau-
KEGS could be kept free from worms
and they are practically all wormy.
He sprayed during the rainy weather
and for long time afterward. He
thinks he can do better with hay or
grain or potatoes than with apples.
He sells his Mcintosh apples at a
good price. He spent $3.50 an acre
for arsenate of lead for spraying.
s. G. Seamons has about an acre
Of potatoes that are not very good.
He watered them five times this eyar.
He usually waters four times. He
has beets and they are not so good as
last year. He got 19 tons per acre
in 1914 and thinks they will yield
only about ~ this year. He sprayed
his apples three times and there are