The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-11-03
RAISE FIELD PEAS
IN THE PALOUSE.
Good Results Are Obtained
Around Moscow.

r. All interesting dEIlCle III IHe
Idaho Post of last week gave some
information in regard to the rails
ing of field peas that is worth con-
sidering. Of course here in the
Potlatch country the bean crop
makes an ideal summer fallow crop
but the returns from the field peas
near Moscow have been so big this
season that there is no good reason
why the farmers of this section can
not take advantage of the idea and
at least plant a small field of
peas as an experiment.
Two of the Moscow merchants,
realizing the trouble they have had
in the years of summer following,
trouble in collecting bills and notes,
took trip last week to Fairfield,
Tekoa and Latah. They spent
several hours checking up on crop
conditions, inspecting warehouses
and talking with men in their
homes.
AS a result of this trip they saw
more peas than the warehouses of
Moscow would hold, and they could
not buy pound because all had
been contracted for months before
at 2 34 and 3 cents a pound.
They talked with intelligent
farmers, responsible men and found
that none of the land was for sale
for less than $3.50 an acre. Then
they began to ask why. There
there is better town, better rail-
road facilities, better schools, bet
ter homes, and yet the land
around Moscow-just as good land
and just as good soil = may be
bought for $75 and $s5 an acre.
These men from Moscow were
told that they did not understand.
why, they were told by some of
the farmers with whom they talked,
1--WE can make the price of land in
one or two crops; then we can turn
the land over to the boys. go to
California and spend the winters,
live very we'll and come back each
year to look after the harvest and
collect our rent. If we sold we
would be disposing Of all we have
and have no income at all after the
dollars we got for the land were
gone. In other words we could get
price of the land at the rate of $125
to $3.50 in two years in crops of
peas, beans, wheat, oats or potatoes
and have the land left"
This year E. ]. Ar mbruster raised
a crop of peas worth 500 an acre
gross on land that cost $75 an acre
little more than a year ago.
Elmer D. Nichols raised a crop
worth $81 AN acre gross and George
O'Connor still has his crop but is
confident it will bring $500 for the
12O acres.
After making as thorough test
- possible with Mr.. Whittier of all
THE conditions, the quality of the
peas, the warehouse receipts, anC
all other proofs to satisfy himself
of the facts, Mr.. Williamson gave
out this statement:
81 wish to say to the Palouse
country; to every loyal farmer; t.
every man who owns an acre Of
ground; to every man who wishes
to better conditions for himself, hi
wife and his children, that he il
satisfied. that Mr.. Whittier and hi
other associates are satisfied, aftel
a diligent investigation, up on
side and down the other; taking tn
worst of it; considering the pea
worth but 2 cents a pound and ha
but 81 ton, when as matter o
fact the seed would be worth to
cents pound and hay $40 to So
and after paying we'll for the sum
mer fallow, the field pea coop wi
not fall short of SIG an acre.