The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-04-27
THE CUB SAYS

| Prediction is made by the cub that
marked advances will be made in the
beet sugar industry in America In
the next few years, and some OF 1t
will be in effect this year in Bling
ham county. The failure of the
Blackfoot factory to operate success
fully after the heavy freezing begins,
due to. gorging of the canal supply
ing water for washing beets, is to
be overcome this year by drilling two
18-inch wells at the factory and in
stalling monster pumping plant.
This will lengthen the campaign.
No announcement has been made
vet as, to whether there will be re-
lief this year from the delays of UNI
loading heretofore suffered at many
of the beet dumps.
A company has been formed to
push the production of beet seed by
growing them in Bingham county.
It is being confidently asserted that
the beet seed already raised here is
superior to the German-raised, and
that very important industry prom
| ises to move from Europe to America
with the lions share in the inter-
mountain, states. With more per-
feet seed, the work of thinning will
be reduced. The tests that have been
made in planting thinner, even with
the poor seed, have given cause TO
hope that beet thinning may yet be
greatly reduced.
There are so many men working
on devices for pulling and topping
beets, it is safe to expect that sue
cessful topper will yet be built
Something equally difficult OF con-
struction has been in use for lzo
wears handling cotton and separating
the fiber from the seeds, and me-
chanical devices are in operation for
setting type and many other seeming
Nv impossible tasks, SO the Cub con-
fidentIy predicts the accomplishment
of a mechanical puller and topper OF
sugar beets.
The farmer who steadfastly works
to get his land in the most perfec,
condition for beets, for irrigation
without loss of water or flooding OF
surface, and in a position to take
advantage of the greatly improved
conditions that are coming in the
next few years is the man who car
look back upon his work and rejoice
in the feeling that comes OF success
we'll won. The present year comes
on with problems that are d1thcul'
of solution, and the Cub takes III
the task of bringing as much lntor
nation as possible to the ATTENTION
of our readers.
R. B. Farris, who lives west O
Moreland on a dry farm, has l3'
acres of winter wheat in fine con
dition and is preparing to SOW lz'
acres of spring grain, mostly wheat
Mr.. Farris says that practically al
of the snow water soaked into TN
ground this spring where 1t lay, ant
scarcely any of it ran away. III
thinks the prospect for grain OF dr.
land is very good.
Harry Trego, who lives at the oil
r. Trego ranch north of Snake rive
bridge, had some Gull potatoes say
ed over from the sorting of last fal
and he advertised that they were TO
sale. He sorted some OF them an.
found that about Is pounds out eacI
100 were suitable for seed, Their
being some loss from cut and broke
ones. He sold them at 3a cents
pound, and had many calls for more
The Hale brothers who have DIR
farms in the Big Bend country mort
of Blackfoot, ordered an $1,000 case
line tractor some time ago for dc
livery in March, but were informe
recently that it could not be deliver
ed until some time in May, so the
cancelled the order. They wante
it for blowing for spring wheat.
T. M. King, the well driller, hs
obtained water for Edward McKenn
north of Groveland at depth of 9
feet; Alma Norman at 100 feet, Wi
liam Plant at SO feet and has gor
to West Firth to drill some wei
there.