American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-28
ptyFRsIrICATION II INSURANCE
AGAINST UNAVOIDABLE SEASONS
Il,estoek on the Farm Necessary 70
Insure Success and Maintain ferti-
n, Of the Soil. Belief Of the Durkees'

IAINNNH AN ANWNM ~ /
a.. cardinal principles adopted BY G.
4. Durkee and son Ia the operation OF
ranches IN Power county embracing
fo4s acre.. Good tiliage methods, as
oractieed by the auccesaful "heat
rrowers Of the state Of Washington
who ploneerad IN dry farming, are
rtvidl, adhered to. Chief among these
method are deep polwing. frequent
narrowing. an everlasting light against
weed pests. and liberalization.
livestock AZ the basis OF diverslh-
cation a. strongly endorsed BY the
purkees. They 90 not believe In plac-
ing their sole reliance and all their
homes on one source OF Income. While
thev are optlmlats they are not 80 ex-
tremeiy optimistic az to expect favor
ahie growing conditions aud a bumper
cr,p every year To insure revenue
with their iabors they
turn 10 other things h wheat
sheen. hog and dairying vii become
i~noreaninr factors ii their operations.
The home ranch Of l. j Durkee con
sista Of 820 acres. located about four
miles east OF American Falls The
arst quarter section va homesteaded
by 1. ID. Hammer and the r~elinquish-
ment was bought la 1913. The FOL
IoWlns wear an adjoining quarter sec
ton Waa homoateaded By Mr. Durkee
Ne .lsa owns a is5-acre ranch Ia the
H,oonahine district. his tract border
inr on the Fort Hall Indian reserva-
tlon.
a l.. Durkce. father Of l. } purkee'
,aatdea with his son and the two CO
operate In the work Of the ranch. MT
pvrkec sr. also owns a ranch OF 300
ncres In the Moonshine country. with
onty a tO.acre tract between Il and hts
sons is5-acre tract. and q quarter sec
80, near Landing. All these tracts OF
dry farm lane are being worked by
fatber and son. and wheat raising Is
the principal aim.
The homestead IA mostly IN sullino,
failoW. with plenty OF pasture proNlu'u
for the livestock The hrAt crop o.
the hnmastcad was all spring wheat
and gave a yield OF Is bushels 20 tn'
.rre The second crop was Turkey
Red. which gave a Yield OF 30 hushel'
49, M. acre testinr 63M pounds. Here.
tofore Turkey Red and hlueaiem nav
been rroun exclusively. but mex
spring Marquis viii be tried out haf
ley viii do we'll ON the ranch y se'n''
a. the proper time mr. uufh,o' ~.
on hls ranch Ia the Moonshine ma" y
acres IN winter wheat, do acres "
spring wheat and 20 acres ih Mhea
aud oats mixed This latter VIII ID
cut for hay. experience l""
the mixture makes a Tar be'iri nN.
than either of them alone on van
ranch is a Ayli oult i6 feet deep "hl''
gives a never ccnslns FLOW OF "a''
nearly ioe cold Il d. located a shuI
distance from the road and is IN
mecca OF aii travellers. as well az SUP
ulyiug rnnchers in the neishh"fh'"e
Condemns seeding ON Stnhhle.
Nr nnrkeo aud hls son camc her
FROM Whitman county. Washington
which ia known as the greatest whea
county in the United States Mr. put
h.e. Sr. claims that Whitman count
also has the best soil la the Unite
States for wheat raising the cerca
having been grown there for hair
century he has decided opinion
about the tillinu OF the soil and
practgcing them with success In "a
nrst place. he says that q Will not d
70 put 4 r Ia stuhble land-the 40
must be- summer fallowed, disced an
narrowed And do not forget that "a
weeds must be kept out For sprin
seeding he pioNs shallow and uses N
harrow. going over the land thre
times a. least The harrow follow
the plow a. aoon as possible. the soot
81 the better. Then comes the drill
followed b. a corrugated roller. tn
latter packs the soil. giving it a du'
mulch 90 hold the moisture. Nhe
the wheat Is four inches high Il
again harrow ed This is a OF a
best methods 10 get rid Of the weed
For fan seeding he piows six
seven Inches deep. following this ait
two ~harroWlngs The harrow rs agal
put over the land just before the dri
hnE Drilling should be lone not lat
n september ~ 10 20 20 insure
good start FOR the grain Mt purk'
states thai the Whitman cOunl
methods can be followed TO good az
vantage here The rainfall here
about ~ inches annually. while
Whitman county Washington IL ave
ages 22N inches Vet the condition
in many respects are similar. lie lag
stress On the frequent 1se of the ha
roe and the disc. and adds that n
elimination 90 Weeds is just as On
portant The matter of stuhble seel
ing is an item On wheat farming he
that must be- constantly kept hotO
the farmers to bring about Us disco
~tinnance The practice s. one OF q
worst spreaiers OF The weed pest th
a b employed hl the ranchers. al
along wifh tho enforcement 81 q
weed iaW. individual efforts Of
farmers 60 get rid ~ weeds Lea the
fields. the discpntiuuauce of stubl
seeding must go hand in hand.
A Flourishing Cardeu.
90 the homs ranch about two acl
are In garden. under the especial
Mrs. l. J. Durkeo The splendid
poarance Of the tract Is evidence q
ID received all the attention due 10 a
everything planted thercis giving 20
yields Especially is this true %
potato patch the Early Ohio yariet
which IA giving a yield far beyond