The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-10-20
THE CUB SAYS

Bond brothers are building a po-
tato cellar, 40 by 100 feet in size, at
AIKEN 1t is on the east side of the
wagon road and on the north side
of the railroad. They have built it
large enough so a railroad track can
be built and cars run into it for load
ing. This eliminates the expense of
handling by wagon and enables them
to do the loading in any kind Of
weather.
The Lindsay-Welke company, of
Moreland, have sunk we'll and are
building a cement block building in
which to locate the pumping plant
and feed grinder. 1t has full base
ment beside the ground floor and is
"a by 80 feet in size. They are hav-
ing pressure tank in the basement.
Mr.. Bernthall, who lives northwest
of Moreland, has 23 acres of beets.
He has sold out and expects to go
east about the first of December.
A. G.. Sears has sold 800 acres
northwest of Moreland, to F. B. Fer
ris.
N. R. howard, on the S. L. Reece,
dry farm, between Moreland and
Taber, is planning to move away in
about two weeks.
John A. and Jacob A. Wheeler,
who live SIX miles southeast of Taber,
have ITO acres seeded to winter
wheat, and they expect to sow about
100 acres more in the spring. They
raised about 1900 bushels this year.
H. F. Scissor is having SO acres
plated for town site on the south
side of the track at Taber. The bust
ness lots are rs by 140 feet and the
resident lots SO 140 feet. G. F.
Hendrie, of Blackfoot, is doing the
surveying. Mr.. Scissor says there
are over 100 families living on dry
farms in that part of the country that
want to move to town for the winter
on account of the schools. Mr.. Seis-
ser will supply them the building site
for the city residences.
J. M. Deeds, who lives south OF
Taber, mas donated two acres for the
cemetery They are ready to have
the cemetery surveyed and laid out
in streets and lots.
C. Serr is blowing and seeding As
acres on his dry farm, IN miles
south of Taber. He has some rocky
spots on the place amounting to
about 2 acres in all and he is gather
ing up the rocks and piling them. He
came from Nebraska when he settled
on this place.
e J. Kasel, who lives two miles
south of Taber, raised 60 acres OF
winter wheat on his dry farm this
wear. that yielded an average OF y
bushels per acre, I'm acres OF spring
wheat that averaged IL bushels, ana
10 acres of oats that averaged II
bushels per acre. He. rolled the
winter wheat land in the fall with
packer-mulcher, and narrowed 1t
three or. four times in the spring.
He is drilling 70 acres OF winter
wheat this fall. Mr.. Kasel has some
fFlit trees that are doing well with
Out any water or irrigation. Before
setting them he dug hole for every
tree three feet deep and about three
feet and a half a cross, then filled 1t
in with good loose soil and the trees
have made very good growth. They
are three years old now. He raised
some very fine vegetables of various
kinds in his garden this year, and has
proven to the satisfaction OF himself
and the visitors of his farm that
gardening in the desert, without
water, can be done successfully II
men will pillow deep and dig down
to let moisture gather in the soil be-
fore planting the seeds. He is going
out of the chicken business, 80 far
as scrubs are concerned, and Is going
to raise the Barred Plymought ROCK.
He has 16 pure bred pullets which
he got from O. B. Newman, Of River
side. Mrs. Kasel has some very pref
ty flowers that she allowed to go
to seed and she has plenty to divide