Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-06-17
"P|CS is PICS"
ON This RANCH
PAYETTE BANKER WHO'S WIFE
is AccUMULATING WEALTH BY
MAKING PoRKERS A sIDE-LINE.

The Wendell Irrigationist contains
the following report Of a visit to the
hog ranch of A. P. Scritchf.eld neal
Wendell, which is successfully mana
ged by his wife:
Recently we had the pleasure of q
visit to the Scritchfield ranch, few
miles southeast of Wendell, enc OF
the well improved and profitable
ranch properties for which the North
erty is owned by A. P Scritchf-eld,
president of the First National Bank,
but is under the management Of Mrs,
Scritchfield, as the former is at Pay
cite practically all the time, where
he also has large interests, while his
wife is demonstrating that women
can do things as well as the men
folks by the manner in which she is
conducting the business of this prop
erty.
The place is divided into a number
of fields which are seeded to blue
grass, clover, alfalfa, with reserve
for the growing Of grains. Mr..
Scritchfield has modern, comfort
able home on his property, good
barns and outbuildings and some
fifty hog houses.
The place is stocked with some
fine holstein cows, about thirty in
number, Cotswold sheep and Duroc
hogs, besides the necessary work ami
mails usually found on such places.
The COWS have the appearance of be-
ing as fine as any in the country ano
many of them are registered animals
But the greatest sight to US, as II
10 to everyone who visits this ranch,
is the almost. countless numbers Of
red Duroc hogs and pigs. AS we ap-
preached the place the hogs came
running in out of the clover and al
falfa fields in all directions until
the lot in which they are fed had the
appearance of being literally awe
with running, grunting, frisking red
hogs and pigs. We drove up to the
house and asked if we might take
few SNAP shots" at the pigs, Mr.. an
Mrs. Scritchfield came out and &C
companied us about the place, Mr..
Scritchfield being down from Pay
cite for a few days visit with the
manager of the ranch, and they bosh
exhibited no little pride in their pos
sessions.
Certainly we could take pictures ;,
and they helped to line up the pigs.
tHogville," has the appearance OF
miniature city, with the twenty
tive or thirty hcrces on either SIDE
of the driveway or street Each
house is fenced N a separate LIT,
and here is where the breed sows
and little pigs are kept. We succeed
ID in getting about two or three hun
dred of the little frisky red pigs
huddled up together for shot but
the weather was cloudy and the pic
ture did not work good. Some day
we are going back and try it again,
so we can present our readers with
this sight.
1--WE find the individual houses
best" said Mrs. Scritchfie!d. 1--WE
have had considerable experience
| with hogs, and think We have condi-
ions here as near ideal fer handl ng
them as can be arranged with a view
to proper drainage, and dipping watts
are there for use as needed, gates
easily opened and closed make it pos
sible to divide the lots or not as is
desired.
The clover fields furnish food for
| the hogs until they are almost ready
for market, when they are placed on
heavy feed of grain or peas for a
few weeks and sold On the rack
side of the place is the grain fed,
this year planted almost wholly to
stock peas, and the intention is to
turn the hogs into the field and let
them do their own harvesting of the
crop. The hogs like the clover and
are thriving on it, every one being
healthy and fat.
Don't you find it pretty strenuous
work managing such a property, we
asked Mrs. Scritohfield. "Oh, yes;
but my partner (Mr. Scritchfie'd)
seems to have lots of confidence in
me, and we get along fine, "she said.
1.-THE main thing here, as in every.
thing else, is to know what you are
doing and we have been with it un-
til we know our Job. ! often write