The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-15

is to plant the seed early in the
spring, not early in the summer. He
plants mis- potatoes with the expecta-
ton of having them frozen down a
time or two. Mr.. Chapman says 1t
is better for potatoes to have a good
root system and the tops frozen down
than to plant them late. He says
the only time it hurts potatoes to
be frozen is when they are in bloom.
Mr.. Chapman has eight acres Of po-
tatoes this year. He jokingly men,
toned that he raised three plums
and eight pears which missed the
frost.
]. H. Berg has had a bad season
of Basalt and the squirrels destroyed
nearly all of his 100 acre crop of
wheat. He says the losses are heavy
all thru his neighborhood this year,
due to the squirrels. Mr.. Berg has
been i'll part of the summer, conse-
quently has not been very successful
with his farm work.
J. j.. Jensen, who lives north of
Goshen, has been away from his
farm for several years, but is back
again. He has the farm leased to
a company that are raising sugar
beet seed at present, and he does not
expect to do any farming next year.
Mr.. Jensen has a private electric
lighting plant installed at a cost of
about $1,000. 1t consists of a gaso-
line engine in a power house, be-
tween the residence and stable, a gen.
orator, a storage battery, and wires
that extend to the house, barn and
barnyard. He operates the engine
about six hours each day in order
to charge the battery, and to do the
pumping and such other work as is
done by the engine. In the power
house there is a washing machine,
wringer, feed chopper and emery
stone for grinding the tools. Mr..
Jensen says he can grind the sickle
and have it in fine condition in 10
minutes, or he can take a dull ak
and put it in good trim with about
10 or Is minutes work. Mr.. Jensen
has a steel plow beam extending out
from the gable of his power house
and everyone that visits the place
enquiries about the beam. Mr.. Jen-
sen dips his seed grain to destroy
the smut, and when he is ready to
hoist a sack of seed from the barrel
or tank he does it by pulling a rope
which operates a pully that 1t attach
ed to the plow beam. This swings
the wet sack up into the air to drip
above the barrel. When it is dry
enough he swings it into a wogan
that stands near by. In this way he
dips the seed easily and rapidly and
does not waste the fluid. The water
system extends to the house and feed
yard and in the house they have the
bath and sinks with a hot and cold
water service. Mr.. Jensen has a
Coupe Hupmobile which is a very
fine vehicle. 1t has a glass wind
shield on the front and a similar
construction at the rear and on both
sides. These can be opened and
closed as they travel and in the cold
winter weather it is like sitting in
a room without a fire. They do not
find it a hard task to take a trip to
town on a cold day in winter. Mr..
Jensen has one of the Martin ditchers
and he says it is a great labor saving
device and one should be on every
farm where there are 60 to 80acres
of irrigated land. He thinks it is
most useful for cleaning out bitches
to keep them free from weeds and
grass.
W. Unsworth has ~ acres Of fine
potatoes that are a good stand, al
tho not perfect. Mr.. Unsworth is
farming on one of the Hansen places
northeast of Goshen. He came from
Salt Lake City last year and this is
his first experience at farming. He
does not think his crops are very
good, but he has no failures and most
of his yields are heavy. The pros
poets are that with two or three
years experience at farming, he will
be rated among the champions.
l.. W. Hansen has "a acres of po-
tatoes on a gentle slope near the foot
hills. They are almost a perfect
stand and look like they will make
a very heavy yield.
Hyrum Hansen has nine acres of
red clover seed that is a very heavy
crop, not only in clover but in seed
bolls. He also has 20 acres of very
fine potatoes.
Benjamin Strigham, who has been
farming next to the foot hills above
Goshen, is preparing to leave for Salt
Lake City about the last Of Septem-
Der to engage in the commission
business, dealing in hay and other
produce.
T. J. Killian has a well 100 feet
deep and draws the water with a
60-gallon barrel and windlass, oper-
ated by horse power. He has a valve
ir the bottom of the barrel and the
weight of the barrel holds 1t in the
water until the barrel fills thru the
valve. When it reaches the top Of
the we'll he shoves a wide trough
under the barrel and pulls a string
which opens the valve and the water
quickly into the tank. The
taak will hold $50 gallons of water.
He a y it takes about five minutes
to draw a 60-gallon barrel Of water.
Mr.. Killian has eight acres of pretty
good potatoes.
Fl. A. Nelson had four acres Of Idaho
Gem potatoes last year that he raised
as a speciality for the agricultural
department at Moscow. He raised
900 sacks that he graded into two
sizes and sold them for $1,400. Be-
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