The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-06-30

ONES may Lhko cuOuBu VI ShO OhSA %
OF the roots to prevent the new ones
making the rapid growth which they
would If the first ones had been
promptly removed. The meadows
that were watered early this year SUI
fered least from freezing and those
that we're watered late practically
lost the first crop. Meadows that were
watered late last year and went into
the winter in fine condition do not
require such early spring watering,
but it Is a mistake to let the ground
lie dry and hard all spring for rear
of getting it cold and soggy. The
more soggy the ground Is naturally
the more likely it Is to bake IN the
spring winds and make 1t Impossible
for the grass to grow. Where there
is no hardpan and the under drain
age is good. neither the late fall
watering nor the early spring water
ing is likely to bring bad results.
George A. Lutz, Of Wapello, is
seeding much of his land to hay,
hauls a great deal of fertilizer from
town, feeds all his produtcs on the
farm, and plans to increase MS DAIRY
products as much as he can. Wneu
he bought his farm ten years ago IL
had been dyked and flooded till It's
nroductiyeness had declined severely.
| He removed the dykes, plowed deep,
watered without making ponds, and
got a good response from the SOIL.
II. p Scofield, who lives above the
sugar factry, raised lot OF Hup-
bard squash last year and is trying
few this year. The repeated Ireez'
ing makes it severe test for SQUASH
and If they stand it this time ANYBODY
can raise them any year. He mas
lot of dahliahs that he prizes more
than the squash.
w. R. Dolan who bought the Burk
hardt place some years ago, mas peer
grading it very carefully and gettlns
it SO it all yields good returns.
!; H. Roemish lives just above tn
sugar factory and has been GRADING
his farm and rebuilding some OF tn
bitches to get them on better lines
He is getting 80 acres graded and Il
condition for beets for 1917. He ha
recently built a barn 32x36 rect Il
; size, a story and half high. lie ma
been losing colts till this spring, an
charges it to too high feed for tn
} mothers, and keeping them too Ia
or working them too hard. He ma
= settled down to moderate ratlons 10
s them and moderate work. He ma
5 some good hogs and a pure pre-
. IHolstein heifer. Mr.. Roemish has a.
t ingenious device for hillside waterln
1 that he promises to write up.
r Mr.. Yarger, of Wapello, has mum
$ Der of acres of orchard in whlch n
: pastures his hogs. He made the Oils
. covery last fall that the wealthy az
: pies are exceedingly good ones 10
f driving and when used are almos
t equal to fresh ones. Mr.. -Yarger ha
8 been raising some hogs and maxim
/ little money on them. This sprln
$ he sold 1892 worth of Polnd emma
) and has II left. He expects to clea
. up the old herd and get new star
: of pure bred hogs.
l o. w. Hatch is farming the Georg
r Hall place at Wapello and came o
l the place after spring blowing begun
His predecessor had done CONSIDER
l able blowing on the cut-and-coVe
t plan and did not harrow or smooth
3 down to hold the moisture. Mr.. Hate
Y reports that he considers all of tina
l work a damage rather than hell
e M. T. and John T. Peterson liv
Q FEAST of Wapello and have 60 cres
a land. On it they are raising varlet
e of domestic animals. They have l
t ewes that LANDED $50 per cent; 3
S geese that paid profit of $50 pc
t cent on the money invested in 1917
d They have horses, COWS and hogs an
o some poultry, all we'll bred. The
e have bunch of 25 cattle in the sun
r mer herd in the hills.
" Orson w. Jones lives on what
IS known as the Rich lane east of Blacl
e foot. He came here from Salt LAX
d last December and is farming 4
e acres. He has some fine horses an
e is fixing up his place making 1t yer
s neat and as productive as possible.
g Thomas Barnard lives on the Rlc
}. lane and has been getting his farl
d graded and in condition for farmin
n more thoroly. Some of it was graz
e ed as waste land when he bought
s and he has been making it over. II
d has a rather large front yard whic
u he is getting set to things beautiful
If He has some grain of unusually goo
u appearances.
F. H. Miller, who lives on til
e Keeney farm hopes we have been sui
e jected to good sample of all the di
S ferent brands of wind which tn
d climate affords. He bought some
l. the back field and built a house Q
d it where there is clear sweep {
q the wind over the sandy land, and b
10 has had his troubles. He has bee
n doing considerable grading to get til