The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-10-06

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Perkins constant blooming rose and
q mountain ash tree. Mr.. Cunning
ham has large patch Of Strawberries
and raises considerable garden stuff
He is building cistern and will in
stall pump to draw water from it
\ j. A. Montague has a nice home a,
Woodville and his yard is filled with
nice trees and shrubs as we'll as rasp.
berries and other fruits.
Issac Norton, of Woodville, has
been studying the dry farm question
In the hills, and says that he has OBJ
served that where ever weeds are
Eplowed under at time of the year
when they do not decay promptly, the
grain is, as general role, a very
poor yield. Mr.. Norton says the
weeds on the mountains are very
bitter and he thinks the roots of the
wheat do not do well where there
is so much of the bitter element. He
advocates blowing deep the first time
and letting the ground lie for two
years, just cultivating to keep the
weeds down.
+ John P. Bischoff came to Wood
vile from Franklin, and has 70 acres
in his farm. He has a fine large
barn, built on a cement basement,
and an unusually good potato cellar
and granary, all of cement. He says
chickens are the best paying PROPOSE
ton on his farm and that they need
the least care, and the income from
the eggs Is steady and sure. Mr..
Bischoff has electric lights in his
house and barn and electric power
for pumping and washing. He has
ESQ ewes and stock enough on the
place TO eat all the hay. He raised
IS acres Of very good beets, 9 acres
of potatoes, 10 acres of grain, and
acres of hay. Mr.. Bischoff is plan
ming to build a new house next year.
]. c.. Everett lives west of Wood
vile, and has 80 acres in his irrigated
farm, and he and his sons have $50
acres in dry farm that is all yield
ing wheat. This year the wheat yield
ed from 1917 bushels down. The
average yield being about Is bushels.
They pillow six or seven inches deep
and have iound that spring blowing
brings the best returns when sowed
in the following September. All the
blowing they have done after the
ground gets dry has not yielded much
returns. Mr.. Everett says he thinks
it damages the soil almost as much
to pillow when very dry as to pillow
when too wet. He cannot explain
why, but he thinks it has killing
affect to pillow when dry and hard.
Mr.. Everett is 81 years old and says
to tell the farmers for him, to pillow
when the soil Is moist and mellow,
and at no other time. Mr.. Everett
has son or two engaged in dry farm
ing that have had an unusual expert
ence, and have met with success that
is rather remarkable. We will tell
our readers about this in another
article.
William HUMPHREYS lives west of
Woodville and is building dwelling
1890.
School District No. 1, southwest
of Woodville, and known as Tayson
district, have two room brick school
house and are building two more
rooms. The contract for this work
ives let to Spani & Van Seeter, Of
Blackfoot. Henry Spani and s. ].
Faulconer are helping on the work. !
The same men are building nine
room dwelling for David Cousins of
Woodville.
o. H. Hansen lives on farm |
of Shelley and Is farming |
this year on his own responsibility
for the first time. He has 81 acres
%hA 20 q In w
and some in beets and hay. Mr.. Han
sen says he has not been very sue
cessful this year, but hopes to do
better in the future.
Alma Burke has just completed a
house 24x32 feet, with rooms. He
has DO acres in the farm.
F. M. Walker lives northeast of
the Shelley bridge, on the Henry
Knowles place, as a tenant. He has
As acres of beets that were not a
very perfect stand, but he thinks they
will average Is tons per acre the
field over. He has noticed that where
The beets are thinner they grow larg-
Or and they do best where he Guilt
Yates plenty. This year he cultivated
or Z times, to depth of 4 or
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ne set the pillow about to IL inches.
IN thinning beets Mr. Walker prefers
% leave them farther apart than the
Instructions of the field man say.
He says that when the beet land is
bowed in the spring, a little wet, it
loes not mellow up at all, and that
he tramping and narrowing seems
o keep on packing it and it is best
o plow in the fall or later in the
pring, wait until it is dry enough
o plow so it will not pack. There
re four of the Walker brothers and
hey have 155 acres in the farm.
hey raise hay, grain and potatoes
s we'll as beets.
John Shoberg lives west Of Firth
n 100 acre farm. He raised rs
ores of hay, and so acres of grain
hat yielded 807 bushels, 20 acres
t potatoes and acres of beets. He
ettled at Firth in 1904 and Is build
ng chicken house this fall and
opes to build dwelling in year
r so. He has 80 Duroc-Jersey hogs
nd altho pork is good price he
links he will be obliged to sell some
them to keep from feeding them
cent grain.