The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-06-16
THE CUB SAYS


large farm that was improved by
Isaac Ericsson 20 or Is years ago and
has since been owned by d. P. Pratt
and known as the Pratt ranch; by
M. E. Boyd and called the Boyd
ranch, and is now owned by a num-
Der of persons under the name of
The Idaho Land & Livestock COM
pany. Mr.. Starkweather and Mr..
Honnoid, from Salt Lake being, be-
ing among the number. Mr.. Sark-
weather has charge of the stock and
Mr.. Honnold the farming. The stock
consists mainly of sheep. Mr.. Hon
mold was an electrical engineer and
the call of the farm took possession
of him SO decidedly that he gave up
a good position. travelled one season
looking for suitable place to locate
and decided on Blackfoot, Idaho and
now he and his wife and little
daughter are 'just farmers" They
came here last October and are go
ing about cultivating the feeling,
This is my home, am going to live
and die and be buried here"
Long ago Mr.. Ericsson named the
place Fairview. 1t consists of 800
acres of choice land, with good build
ings and orchard It has a water
system with pressure tank, and the
water is piped into the house and
all about the barn yards. When the
writer was there, three very beauti-
full calves were basking in the sun
in the orchard, and two mares and
colts. We were informed that they
had lost three valuable calves by that
old mistake of feeding plenty of oats
to the mothers during the winter.
Out in the pasture were some sheep
and horses, and in the barn yards
were half a dozen pure bred DurOc
Jerseys and their filters. Fairview
starts to fatten its pigs when they
are born, and they are pushed with
the best feed the farm affords. Mrs.
Honnold has the care of the grounds
for eight acres about the place, and
it is handled according to, her direc-
tions. Everything is. clearly about
the place, and out in the feed yard
where much straw and litter was
used on the feeding ground when the
snow was going off the trash, not
sufficiently decompOsed to spread on
the fields, has been .tedded" or lift
ed and stood up so it dries out, yields
no odor and hatchs no flies.
Mrs Honnold raises chickens. She
has a lot where there is running
water at one end, trees and brush
for shade, and a large house built
cheap but white washed and painted
with creoleum. as insurance against
vermin. She bought 800 White Leg
horn day-old chicks at Petaluma,
California, to be delivered f. o. b.
at Blackfoot for SO hundred, and
299 arrived all right. Since that
time they have been reduced to 274.
The floor fthe house is of earth and
dry. 1t is covered with chaff and
alfalfa stalks broken up short, to a
depth of four or five inches, and
cracked wheat is mixed thru it. Any
time chick wants feed he can dig
for it. A feeder is stored with bran,
grits, oyster shell and charcoal, an
other feeder is supplied every day
with green feed, chiefly young alfal-
ia. A number of glass jars invert-
ed on dishes supply water and others
supply milk. They are given fresh
meat and are left to pick it from
the bones mostly. One chick was
running about with bloody spot on
the oil gland from which the tail
feathers grow, and as he passed other
chicks. some of them noticing the
fresh meat, would peck it and he
would finch and run. Mrs. Honnold
said this indicated that they needed
more meat, and she put the chick
outside of the yard to save him from
being eaten alive. The poultry jour-
nails advise feeding bran to develop
bone, and the other things mentioned
for growth and development of the
egg-makin" powers. The chickens
were five weeks old, were large and
i,orv and had LARGE feet, and were
strong, clean, active and friendly.
We were Informed that they would
be ready for frying at the age of IL
weeks and those not selected for
market would be developed as rapid
ly as possible into egg machines. We
asked as to the meat supply and were
told that on stock farm there is
frequent slaughter of animals for
provision for the household and this
affords some chicken feed Also there
is, unfortunately, case of bloat oc-