The Idaho Republican., 1916-07-07
FARMERS DAY AT
. EXPERIMENT FARM
!. FRIDAY, JULY IA

Next Friday is to be Farmers day
at the Aberdeen experiment farm and
the farmers and business men of the
county should be there to study farm
ing and to become better acquainted
with each other and the resources of
the county. A number of state Of
ficials who are connected with the ex-
tension of scientific agriculture will
be there, among them H. W. Hoch-
baum, the superintendent of county
agricultural agents.
Z The day will be spent in studying
better methods, better seeds and
whatever enables a person to incrase
the quality and quantity of crop
Yield. Superintendent L. G. Aicher,
who has charge of the farm, has
Thousand varieties of cereal to show
mat day, growing under both wet
and dry farming, and will present
an object lesson that it would take
"a lifetime for the individual farmer
to make for himself. He will show
the why of the good seed bed; why
the seed alfalfa must be planted in
rows 80 or more inches apart II 1t
lis to grown without irrigation; will
show why it grows less than half as
high if planted in rows half as far
apart; will illustrate and prove the
action of moisture when conserved
according to the dry farm principle;
what happens when those principles
are ignored; how weed rowing
near by robs a plant Of moisture and
leaves that plant correspond1ngly
smaller by reason of what moisture
the weed took, He will exhibit 80
varieties of peas, and in many ways
with many crops will teach the val
liable lessons that will enable the
visitors to go back home and add
substantial increase to their crop
yields by the better knowledge OF
how to do it hereafter. Farming has
its problems and the fourteenth OF
July the progressive men and women
of the county will be learning what
they can of how to solve them.
The Oregon Short Line will make a
special train schedule for that day
and the train leaving Blackfoot at
|S O'Clock in the morning will remain
at Aberdeen until o'clock in the
evening. The business men OF the
town are planning to leave their
work to others that day so far as
lit is practical, and will go down on
the train. A few who want to see
the country or make calls on the
way will go in their cars and the
farmers will consult their own con-
venience as to driving to Aberdeen
or getting on at their nearest sta
ton. Luncheon will be served at the
experiment farm for all visitors, and
they will be shown over the farm In
groups, while other groups hear ad-
dresses and rest from their tramps
over the fields. Everything will be
free after arriving at the farm. II
Is just at the edge of the town OF
Aberdeen and If people do not take
this opportunity to secure the bene-
fits of the experiments which their
tax money has been expended Tor
the loss will be theirs. II the family
can by making this visit, learn now
to increase their crop yield dollar
an acre per year it means a large
increase in their income.
II a farmer and his family are
really interested in farming they Will
try to attend that day; If they are
not interested in their farming, they
will find attending this farmers day
will be a good way to become inter,
ested and to get into the game OF
farming for profits.