The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-08

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by 80 feet. Besides all this he has
Installed a we'll and made other I'M
provements.
K. D. Strang is an elderly gentle
man. who lives just west of Yuma.
Mr.. Strang is quite a student of ma
ture and he wants the men who
understand the smut question to ex-
plain what is the use to treat seed
wheat with chemicals, in view of the
results that one gets. For example,
if a sack of seed wheat is dipped in
blue stone to kill the smut and then
some of that wheat raises smutty
wheat, what was the blue stone for.
He has been watching carefully and
found that one grain of wheat may
produce six stalks and three of these
will produce good wheat and three
will go to smut. Is this due to the
smut being killed on just half of
the kernel and being strong enough
on the other half to produce a smut
ty stalk? Mr.. Strang analysed all
Of the so called remedies for smut
and finds results in every case that
he cannot reconcile. He says nature
is a funny old joker and when the
fellows from the agricultural colleges
go into partnership with her, and
undertake to explain things, there Is
always something that they cannot
account for. Mr.. Strang Is a great
lover of nature and likes to raise
wheat just for the love of seeing
it grown and because he likes to be
around it. He always takes good
care to harvest it carefully because
ones needs it to help pay expenses.
Neff brothers, who live west OF
Yuma, have rs acres of wheat of
the Marquis variety, SO acres of hay,
Is acres of Swedish Select oats, five
acres of potatoes, and Is acres OF
alfalfa seed planted and they expect
to SOW more of the Grimm variety of
alfalfa. They have some sloping land
on which they expect to raise seed
alfalfa. They regulate the flow OF
water on tho land by the tube sys-
tenn. The Neff brothers came in 1903
from Chicago.
Joseph Cough, who lives on the
edge of Alkali fiat west of Yuma,
is raising IL acres of Grimm's alfal-
ia and 10 acres Of common alfalfa.
He also has some other crops plant
ed.
WIFI Alfred, who lives west of
Sterling, has built a fine new cottage
this year. He has prepared his lawn
and yard and set out some shade
tress and contemplates setting out
some vines to decorate the walls OF
his cottage.
E. o. Dewey is farming the old
Claypool place west of Sterling, and
has 35 acres of alfalfa seed, but the
yield is not very heavy.
R. A. Ward, who lives southeast
of Sterling, has four acres of sugar
beets and rs acres of Grimm's alfalfa
that he sowed last spring. The
ground was very dry and he did not
get a good stand, and the Russian
thistles are very thick in the field.
The land is just a little higher than
his bitches and he is planning to in
stall a pumping outfit so he can ir-
rigate. Mr.. Ward is preparing to
sow a lot of fall wheat and make a
lawn at his home.
Drysdale brothers came here from
Decatur, Illinois, in 1915, and are
farming the Weimer place south OF
Pingree. They took charge of the
place rather late in the season, but
have 80 acres Of hay, 10 acres OF
beets, 40 acres of white clover for
seed and SO acres of grain that did
not yield we'll. They are also hand
ling the A. H. Drysdale place, OF
Pingree. A. H. Drysdale Is a dealer
i'm automobiles in Illinois.
Barney Johannes, who came from
Sioux City, Iowa, has the old Merrill
farm at Rich. Mr.. Johannes is rails
ing seven acres of beets, 10 acres OF
potatoes, 20 acres of wheat, 80 acres
of oats 80 acres of barley and 40
acres Of alfalfa. He also has l75
head Of Duroc and Poland China
hogs. Mrs. Johannes has about 3O0
Rhode Island Red chickens that are
very thrifty and profitable. They
live on the bluff overlooking Snake
r1ver, where there are cold springs
and lots of brush. The weasels,
and coyotes give considerable
to the fowls.
Heber C. G. Rich has lived 20 years
on the river bank at Rich. He has
4 large farm and a large family and
they are all very industrious and
They have many cold springs
along the farm and considerable bot
land from which they cleared
he timber and brush. The farm is
very productive, the crops of hay,
grain, potatoes and beets being very
leavy. There are II acres of beets
IN the bottom lands that they do
not irrigate and raise very heavy
,rops. They have quite a dairy herd
/ small band Of sheep, and a good
many horses. Mr.. Rich has a large
louse and is having it fitted with a
water system, served by a ram
operating at a big spring near the
louise. Clark brothers, of Blackfoot,
re installing the water system in the
louise, with bath, toilet and sinks.
hey nave a spring house where S
hey handle all the dairy products {
md keep them cool and sanitary.
he big spring rises out of the build
ng and flows away in quite a large
Mr.. Rich says that when 1T
ONES the fourth Of July or fair time
nd they want to come to town to
Celebrate, they find it quite a lot OF
rouble to keep things in proper con-
ition at the farm. The stock do not f
ct the nroner attention at regular 6