The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-15
THE CUB SAYS

William Christensen, of Goshen,
built a fine new house last fall 24x4 0
with basement. He has a water sys-
tenn with pressure tank. bath, sinks
and hot and cold water facilities.
He has an engine house 4Ox2O feet
in sixe and uses a gasoline engine and
a 1OOO-gallon tank. He operate a
feed grinder and plans to install a
washing machine and wringer and a
tanning mill.
j. E. and r. M. Gibson, who live
in the west end of Blackfoot, on the
Cole place, r doing extensive gard
ening, and have the ever blooming
Strawberries, as we'll as the single
crop. This year the single crop was
badly damaged by the frost and the
picking was soon done. The ever
bloomers were only set last spring,
and yet they got to bearing in mid
summer and when seen by the writer
on the seventh of September, were
loaded with bloom and with berries
in all stages from buds to ripe ones.
They are luscious and of fine flavor
and medium size, 1t is plain that
they will be yielding berries until
the freezing destroys the green ber-
ries. They seem very energetic and
put out many stems and runners.
One plant had % stems and was put
ting out more with tiny buds in the
making. The Gibson brothers had
quite a tract of these plants and have
demonstrated their great value over
the single crop berries. Late spring
frosts have made the straw berry crop
so uncertain that many people have
gone without rather than gamble on
the frost, but this new production
meets the needs of these high valleys
and farmers should get their little
tracts in condition this fall for fall
or spring setting and be assured Of
a crop.
George Clark came to this locality
nine years ago and bought 25 u acres
OF the original Carrot farm west of
town. He had to buy it on the install
ment plan and pay interest. The
land was rolling and he had to grade
it before it could be watered, SO with
grading and improving and paying
interest and supporting his family
Mr.. Clark has been a very busy man.
He states that he paid for his farm
twice over by paying the original
price Of it in interest and also paying
the principal, but he paid it. He
has it all in crops now and keeps
seven acres producing sugar beets.
He fills the position of manager at
the All-Cut Implement company's in
Blackfoot, and milks his own cows
and drives his own car. Mr.. Clark
says it is 10 snap to buy a farm
in this country when you haven't the
wherewith, but it can be done and
the young fellow who is afraid to
try ought to tighten up his courage
and go to it.
w. B. Rumble has a dry farm
west of Rockford and is blowing as
much as he can for fall sowing. He
has so or 70 acres ready and wants
to make it 80.
w. c. Carnell, who has a suburban
farm northwest of Blackfoot, has
had a pumpkin on exhibition for
some time at Bybee's grocery that
weighed IS pounds. He has a lot Of
them a little smaller at his farm, and
many Hubbard squash that are safe
from frost. He expects to harvest
a ton of onions and has mangels,
cabbage. tomatoes, r~utabagas, beans
and corn in abundance. He raised
three acres of wheat that yielded As
bushels per acre, and has an acre
of potatoes that promise a heavy
crop.
w. T. Bithell has a patch of pota-
toes on some sandy land that is puz-
zling him. He says they have been
setting potatoes for several weeks
and the stems are still coming out
and forming more little potatoes. He
he was careful to keep them
watered that there was no particular
time when the crop set as it should
done. He will have all grades
and sizes Of potatoes, from big ones
down to the size of peas, at digging
time. Mr.. Bithell is wishing that
some one would tell him what has
caused the potatoes to behave in this
manner.
George Heaton. who has a large
by the river, northwest of Kim
ball, has a field of about 20 acres
where he has been raising around 16
tons of beets per acre each year, and
altho it is still a little rough for
beet land he thinks it will be in good
condition before planting the next
crop. Mr.. Heaton has a two horse
power International gasoline engine
that operate his pump, but he is
planning to replace it with an eight
horse power engine so that he can
operate as much machinery on the
farm as he likes. He has a cement
3x4x14 feet where he waters
his stock, and has installed a feed
and other things. MI. Heaton
has a furnace and cooker where he
cooks feed for his hogs. He can
lump in 80 sacks Of feed at M time.
md Mr.. Heaton has a Martin ditcher
and grader that cost $47.50, and he
says 1t has been worth that price
three times over, this season. He
finds 1t very useful in making bitches
and bikes and cleaning out the old
He simply drives along thru
The old bitches and leaves them as
clean as If they were new. The ma
chine is of steel and consists of a
bar and a wing, but is built very
light. The team is hitched to it in
,uch a manner that there Is very lit