The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-05-05
BETTER FARMS DEPARTMENT
The Republican Pays ST Each Week for an Idea
on What You Have Planned to Increase
Your Crop Yield or Make Home More
Beautiful City Lot or Farm

I have some very definite plans
formulated for the betterment OF
beautifying of our home, but | can't
say that they will all materialize in
1915. On new place where the
sage brush has to be cleared, it takes
time and patience, and even months
to accomplish much, but as soon as
the brush is cleared from around
the house, we want to have it fenced
with woven wire. On the south side
or the plot, we expect to plant our
garden, and the remainder will be
planted in lawn. have seen so
many unsightly back yards that
want mine to be covered with grass
and shrubs as well as the front yard.
Iitacs, honey suckles, snowballs,
roses and hydrangias, all especially
hardy here and ! expect to try to
get some of each started. For vines
there are many kinds. I want to
try rambler, first to shade the
south windows.
Il am an ardent lover Of flowers
and like to see the inside beautified
as well as the outside. Window boxes
made and filled with rich soil, which
can be put together by the most
amateurish carpenter, give a more
cheerful light to the room, and look
better than SO many cans and pots
adjoining the window stills.
almost forgot to add that we
expect to plant a number of shade
trees around our lot and the farm
as we'll. / am also going to expert
ment with some the evergreens the
university forestry department are
selling so cheaply.I have never seen
any growing on the farms in this
vicinity, and often wondered what
the reason was.
We have enjoyed the better homes
departments immensely and read
with interest of the dry farm gard
ems, the built in furniture, and the
electrically fitted home.
They were all splendid, with prac-
tical ideas, except some of the plans
and devices, which could hardly be
used on the farms until an electric
line is put in. There are many sub
stitutes tho, which could be used
with equal advantage. Take the
kerosene stove for summer use. Who
is there that doesn't have sense
Of pity for the Iarm woman, who
stands over boiling hot fire all day
cooking for hay-men or haryesters?
How much nicer would the coal oil
or gasoline stove be than the scorch-
ing coal range, WIN the electricity
is unavailable? The house would be :,
cooler, the cook would have better
temper, and how much smoother the
household would be il the farm was
equipped with all these modern de-
vices.
T would be much interested in see
ing some one writing on the improv-
ing of the farm house in regard to
the modern necessities. There are a
few Of the most prosperous farmers
in our-vicinity who have homes equal
to any city homes. The water is
pumped from the we'll by gasoline
engines into the house, having hot +;
and cold water in the kitchen, lux
urious bath rooms, and every modern
but this is beyond the ]
majority of farmers. There are those
who are just beginning on their
LdA LIS, duu live III uOIO SudChS, VI
0ne or two rooms, and who for years S
70 come must pay every cent they j
make for their land, or machinery, {
stock, ETC.. and so no great amount I
If improving can be done about the c
buildings, or beautifuing and better /
ng the home conditions. Can't t
ome one, enlighten us and give us il
'ome ideas on doing the greatest s
mount of improving with the least S
mount of capital?
MRS GEORGE ANDR EWS h