The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-08
Sam Davis has 80 acres of wheat

Sam Davis has 80 acres of wheat,
oats and potatoes. He lost Is acres
Eof wheat by it being blown out with
the winds. The Russian thistle
came up on the land and Mr.. Davis
and his son have been cutting them
out with a spade, one at a time.
l. N. Meyer, who lives northwest
of Sterling, has So acres of Grimm's
seed alfalfa and 35 acres of alfalfa
that he cuts for hay. He has all
his hay engaged at 81 per ton. Mr.,
Meyer thinned out his seed alfalfa
last spring by taking the mold
board from the plow and blowing
CT osswise, making rows of the alfalfa
like field corn. He has a good yield
of seed. Mr.. Meyer drilled in some
Grimm's alfalfa seed, using two and
a half pounds of seed per acre, and
he says he has about ten times too
much. He thinks that if a man
could set the drill to about one
pound per acre he would have about
as little as he can put on and it
would be plenty thick enough. When
he plowed up the alfalfa, to thin it
out, he saved a lot of the roots that
were cut off at a length of about
four inches and replanted them with
a potato planter. The plan was not
very satisfactory as only part of the
stubs grew and he did not get a
good stand. Mr.. Meyer says that
a frost on the eighteenth of July
blighted some of his alfalfa seed.
To cut the crop of alfalfa seed, Mr..
Meyer had devised a special set of
guards for the cutter bar that cut
along beneath on the ground and
raise the stocks several inches high
so the knife will get all of them.
Mr.. Meyer has 80 acres of grain and
20 acres of sugar beets as we'll as
the alfalfa crop. He had some sheep
last year but they were not very good
stock and he sold them.
A. E. House has rs acres of hay
and Is acres Of grain on his farm,
west of Sterling. Mr.. House Is a
new conner. His former home vas
in Nebraska and he was engaged
in the newspaper business in that
state for some time.
D. A. Wiltamuth has about 80
acres of Grimm's alfalfa seed, 10
acres of hay, 10 acres of potatoes
and 10 acres of field peas. Mr..
Wiltamuth is very anxious to push
the alfalfa seed question and thinks
it about the most profitable crop
that can be produced in his commun-
ty. He has rebuilt his potato cellar
and will use it for a seed house as
we'll as for storing his potatoes.
]. A. Sellers, the former Merchant
of Sterling, is developing a dry farm
about four miles west Of town and
Is also handling the Anderson ranch
near Aberdeen. He says he believes
in watering his alfalfa good, when
he does water it., but not to water
very often. He had two very heavy
crops of alfalfa this year. Mr.. Sell
lers is arranging to irrigate consid-
cradle of his dry farm with a pump
ing outfit and has a great deal Of
faith in the plan. He will SOW 100
acres of Grimm's alfalfa next spring
for the purpose Of raising seed.
Frank Verbick, who came from
Butte in 1915, is farming 40 acres
of his own land and 40 acres ad-
joining. 1t is his first experience
in farming and he has adopted the
plan of raising Grimm's alfalfa seed
az-d good stock.
Lee Smith is n of the farmers
who settled 40 miles west of Ster-
ling and hauls his water 35 miles.
He has a small tract of beets that
are doing we'll and look like they
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William Claunch has an adJo1n-
ing farm of 100 acres which he has
plowed for fall sowing. He has just
a little Grimm's alfalfa on the place
that stands about a foot high. He
thinks he will be able to raise seed
successfully.
John Toevs was one Of the first
farmers to settle at Aberdeen, and
during the nine years he has been
the quarter section he has turn
ed it into a good old fashioned farm.
Every foot of the farm is made to
produce a heavy crop. He has good
stock, poultry, buildings, trees, a
good water system and everything
to make, a good old Illinois home.
He has seven acres of Kaiser peas
that stood as high as a man this
year and he refused 500 per acre
for the crop. Mr.. Toevs has 81 acres
of beets, 10 acres of Alsike, IL
acres of barley, 10 acres Of oats, 35
acres of hay and "a acres of pasture.
j. P. Wedel has a farm adjoining
hat of Mr.. Toevs and handles it on
about the same plan. When he came
% Aberaeen he unloaded his goods
American Falls and hauled it out
md set it in the sage brush. About
day l he went to blowing and SOW
ng grain, altho he had no water
or irrigation, he raised a good crop.
The next year he had water for the
,lace and he has been farming pros
,erously ever since. He has a fine
lerd of Holstein cattle OF the place
md keeps a green pasture for them.
Will Bartel lives southwest Of Abb
erdeen and pumps water for 80
of land on the bench. He has
,een using gasoline power for pump
ng, but it is not very satisfactory
md he hopes to have electric power
lext year so he can operate the pump
III the time. He has some hill side
of mired grasses that he
green most of the summer.
Mr.. Hepner has a dry farm and
Jumps water for 35 acres. He raised
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