American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-24
Conserved Moisture Produced This
Thrifty Wheat.

from the 412-foot we'll by p~ole-derrick
and rope, a horse being the motive
power. The horse travelled nearly to
the top of the hill in the grain field
south of the house with each trip. In
the winter. especially, it proved to be
a disagreeable job to handle the ice
covered rope. This was one of the
many pioneer hardships endured by
Mr.. and Mrs. McCarty in the days
when the sagebrush flat was being
converted into a farm.
Prefers Mules for Farm Work.
Mr.. McCarty has his preferences in
livestock, and states that for farm
work he finds that the P%ercherOn
strain is the best as we'll as the most
economical horse. They are gentle.
and while they consume feed common
surate to their size they also work in
proportion. But for true economy he
prefers mules TO horses in the long
run. He is raising mule colts, and has
three specimens growing up on the
ranch that are the equal of any in the
county. He has a bunch of thirteen
work horses, grading them up to the
Percheron standard.
AS to cows, Mr.. McCarty has a small
herd but he has n%Otogone into the mar
keting of butter and cream as yet. He
expresses a preference for the Hol-
stein breed, and in due course of time
intends to establish a herd of black
and white prize winners. They are
uniformly good milk producers and
find ready sale as beef cattle. When
that herd is established the important
feature of marketing butter and cream
will become a factor in the further
u~pbuilding of the ranch. Mrs. Nc
Carly mentioned, while speaking of
dairying. that her sister. Mrs. Lynn
Byington of Rockland, receives an
average of $11 per week for the cream
shipped from three cows.
Mr.. McCarty at present raises hogs
for home use only. He believes the
POland-China strain the best adapted
to the conditions in this county, and
further believes that in the course OF
a few years Power county will shiI
not carloads but trainlOads of hogs tC
the outside market. He sees no rea-
son why farmers and ranchers of this
county can not successfully become
shippers of hogs in quantity. The de
AAANtAA"A ~ AA0HE - easing CIV
the prices are climbing constantly
While Mr.. McCarty has in the past de-
voted his holdings principally to the
raising of wheat. this has not made
him an unbeliever in the doctrine OF
Investigation. Wheat and livestock
raising on the ranches of Power cOun-
ty can be successfully combined-anC
both of them made revenue producers
Endured Hardships OF Pioneers.
Mr.. McCarty is a native of Illinoi.
and went to Reno county. Kansas. witt
his parents when ten years old. II,
lived i'm the Sunflower state nine years
and Their went to Malheur county
Oregon. and entered the employ o
d, sheepmen. He landed the job of trail
ing sheep to Nebraska. six months be
ing consumed on the trip. From Ore
gon he came to Rockland. then il
Oneida county. In 1903 ne located Ol
his present farm. and the same yea.
was married to Miss Mary Wood
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Heller c
Wood The first two winters Mr.. ant
Mrs. McCarty lived in a tent, goinI
into debt for the tent. Then for sew
eral years they lived in a one-roon
pioneer cabin. In October. 1914,
four-room frame dwelling was com
pleted. Mrs. McCarty stated that on
ly the memory of the hardships en-
dured in pioneer days by her parent
induced her to bear her own trials il
pioneering with fortitude. The chill
dren Of the family attend the schoo
about a mile and a half distant. bu
when the SHOWS get too deep and tn
weather too severe the children atten
the schools in town. 1t is a far or
from the task of walking to the presen
site of American Falls in pioneer day
as compared with the quick trip mad