The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-22
THE CUB SAYS

Andrew Christensen, who lives east
of Basalt, has eight acres of red
clover seed which Is very good, 20
acres of Deets, 20 acres of potatoes,
and his grain is only a fair yield.
c. H. Christensen has 20 acres of
potatoes that are good, altho not a
perfect stand. He also has 20 acres
of beets that he thinks will yield
about 12h tons per acre.
] G. Maxfield came from southern
Utah last spring and purchased the
Mulhull farm, east of Basalt, which
contains 20 acres. He has 6 acres
in potatoes that will yield about 100
sacks per acre. The rest of the land
is in hay and grain.
G.. w. Larsen, who lives east of
Basalt. has 10 acres of beets, acres
of potatoes, and 4 acres Of grain. Mr..
Larsen is new conner here. He is
building a potato cellar 25x55 feet
and is using the surplus dirt to grade
the roads and walks about the place.
A. G. Jensen is building house,
east of Basalt. He bought the place
on the installment plan and Is max
ink very nice home. Mr.. Jensen
was a former resident of Blackfoot
and Lost river, but moved to Cache
valley, and while there met with some
severe business, so he came back to
Idaho to make his home.
A. l.. Wicklund has wind break
of Siberian willows that have grown
very rapidly. They do not grow tall,
hui hrc hu houn +hn ~
ance of weeping willow. Mr.. Wick
lund has everything about the place
neat and all his machinery is under
shelter.
George Bolander has purchased a
place east of Basalt and this is his
first year of farming it. He has
acres of potatoes, 9 acres of beets
and s acres of grain.
James Anderson has 20 acres of
wheat that yielded 40 bushel per
acres, 10 acres of potatoes, acres
of oats, 80 acres of hay, 2 acres OF
cabbage, and ~ acres of red seed
clover.
Mr.. Whitworth has been expert.
menting with sand vetch and Sudan
grass for pasture, but as yet he has
reached no conclusion about it. He
has 8 acres in seed clover and has
just recently planted 10 acres more
Mr.. Whitworth says he thinks the
plant called "kale" would do we'll or
the irrigated land and would make
more forage than anything else that
the farmers are raising. He has been
having trouble with the chickens
getting into his garden so planted
a garden tract in the middle of the
field. Everything grows abundantly
there and he has winter radishes
which were planted the middle oil
August. These are very large and
sweet and he stated that he will put
them in the cellar, for winter use
where they will remain crisp and
juicy.
Will Stringham has $50 acres in
the sand belt. He has acres Of
seed clover, Is acres of hay, 40 acres
of grain, and 8 acres of potatoes
He grades some of his land every
year. Mr.. Stringham has been en-
gagged in shipping hay, for the pas
four years, and he and his brother
Ben, will engaged in it this winter
only on a larger scale.
Ed. Johnson has 21s acres of seet
clover, 1Ok acres of potatoes ant
has laid the foundation for barr
40x54 feet in size.
F. S. Robinson came from New
Market, Iowa, last spring and pur
chased 80 acres, which lies in thu
sand belt, east of Basalt. He hal
been grading the farm. Mr.. Robin
son has 20 acres of hay, 8 acres O
potatoes and 10 acres of wheat. Con
siderable of the alfalfa on his place
especially that along the bitches, ha
gone to seed and he is harvesting
and taking care of it. He was mem
Der of party of so orphan boys tina
were shipped from Brooklyn to thu
prairies of Iowa in 1870. The boy
were distributed among the farmer
and Mr.. Robinson is one of the buncl
that came thru and made good. HI
has a remarkable garden and man.
things in it that he was in the habi
of raising in Iowa. Some of the prod
ucts were killed by frost on boil
ends of the season, still he has al
abundance. He planted few row
of the little wonder wax pole bear