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

which are very heavy yield. he
had some yard-long pole beans plant
ed, but the frost prevented their ma
turing. Mr.. Robinson also has q lit
tie tract of pop corn planted for fod-
der and the tonna q Is very great.
Lot Hesse rented his farm last year
and took a long rest. He said 1t was
the most miserable year he had ever
put in and that he was restless and
uneasy all the time. like fish out
of water. He is farming the place
this year himself and is enjoying
the work.
F. J. Wilson, of Goshen, purchased
a place last year which he says needs
undermining. He says all the build
ings are arranged with the utmost
inconvenience. The house and stables
are too far apart and the we'll Is a
long distance from either of them.
Everything that has been built has
been arranged without any thought
of its relation to the other things on
the place. He has already started
the work of re-arranging and putting
things in more convenient form and
states that he is going to work 1t all
over. Mr.. Wilson has rs" hogs and
40 pigs of the Duroc-Jersey breed.
N. Thompson has 100 acres of land
and stated that in 1915 he raised
4 900 bushels Of grain and on SINH
lar amount of landthis year, he raised
between 5000 and $500 bushel. He
raised 100 tons of hay this year, but
his crops in general are not so good
as last year. Mr.. Thompson has 10
acres of very fine potatoes, 3 acres
of which are Russetts. Before plant
ing the potatoes he dipped the seed
to be sure that it was free from
disease. He also has 40 acres OF
alfalfa and 20 acres of pasture. Mr..
Thompson has about 200 pigs and
80 head of cattle on the place.
John A. Earring has It's acres OF
land on the bench south of Goshen.
He has 40 acres of this land under
irrigation, but expects to build a
number of bitches in order to in
crease the irrigated part to 100 acres
He raised II tons of suga" 5eets per
acre in 1912.
John o. Blomquist has farm OF
400 acres south of Goshen. he
operates it with hired help and
spends about $4,000 per year for
wages This year he has 100 acres OF
hay. 80 acres of potatoes, rs acres
of oats, 10 acres of barley, IL acres
of peas, 1875 acres of wheat, 3 acres
of orchard, and 20 acres of pasture.
Mr.. Blomquist says that in 1913 his
taxes were over $500, but since then
they have not been quite SO high.
He pays about $1.25 an acre each
year for water assessments.
H. H. Scott has dry farm at the
edge Of the bench, south OF Goshen
His wheat this year produced from
to II bushels per acres, and ne
threshed about LOO bushels all to-
gether He is building an addition
to his house.
J. N. Christensen has Is acres OF
wheat, 6 acres of oats, acres OF po-
tatoes and 8 acres of beets. All these
crops are heavy yield.
Charles Edwards stated that he has
leased Will Christensen's farm for
1917. Mr.. Edwards is a graduate
of the agricultural college of Lansing
Michigan, and is going to try farming
in Idaho. He has been in the west
for several years, but just came here
last June.
Jesse CARING, who lives northwest
of Goshen, has some sand hills on
his place Last spring he planted one
of these hills to corn, but the weather
was little too dry for it and 1t sur
fered from drouth, altho 1t grew
nearly to maturity.
l., C. Petersen suggests that per-
sons having sand hills on their places
might raise alfalfa seed on them
He has not tried it and is afraid ne
will not have time to carry out the
plan. His suggestion is that if some
of the old meadows were plowed up
and the plants pulled out and trans,
planted very early in the spring II
might grow. He thinks to plant
them about 40 inches apart would be
a good distance. Then If it were left
to go to seed it might turn the sand
hills into good account. After 1t was
once set the farmer would have moth
ing to do but harvest it for seed every
year.
Ferdinand Olson spent 20 years
herding sheep in the mountains and
then took to farming. His wife was
very confident that they could make
success of farming so he purchased
piece of land at $23 per acre and