The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN

the claim but Tor the fact that he
had big modern house completed
and could not move it.
i Carl Bauer has been on his place
IS years and is about equally distant
from Aberdeen and American Falls
He came from North Dakota and says
he has never had crop failure since
he has been on the place, but he
always summer fallows. He says that
locality is more certain of a croI
every year than Is North Dakota. He
has just completed brick house rs
by 20 feet, ~ stories high and q
barn "a by AZ feet. His we'll Is 4S4
feet deep and he uses a 14-foot wind
mill. He has 225 acres of winter
wheat and is summer following los
acres.
| G. Dittus has been on his dry farm
IA years and reports 120 acres OF
wheat and is summer following IS
acres.
Nick Kurth lives II miles south
west of Aberdeen and reports 200
acres OF winter wheat and 230 acres
of summer fallow.
Adolph Zetlitz has been on his
place 5 years and reports 100 acres
of wheat and Is summer following
lao acres. He lost II acres Of winter
wheat in 1916 by squirrels. Mr..
Zetlitz has a great deal Of trouble
with mustard growing on piece Of
state land adjoining him. He tried
to get the state to sell it to him at
SO per acre so he could keep the
mustard killed, but the state has ap-
praised 1t at $40 per acre and Mr..
Zetlitz says it is not worth that price
but is a heavy damage to him every
year. He says it is fit only for pas
ture and If he could buy it he would
keep the weeds down with stock. His
we'll is $50 feet deep and he uses
12-foot windmill. Mr.. Zetlitz sowed
5 pounds of sweet clover this spring
on half an acre of land. He sowed
lit with grain and wants to pasture
the clover. He is testing some mil
let in his garden and in the latter
part of June it was three inches
high. He is also testing small
tract of peas.
John Lindauer has been on his
place years and reports $50 acres
of wheat and 1875 acres in summer
fallow.
Carl Lidstrom has 100 acres of
very fine wheat drilled early in Oc-
tober. He is blowing out 80 acres
to seed as soon as the rains come
in the fall. This place is l mile
south and miles west of the Men
monte church.
John Schmidt lives. miles west of
the Mennonite church and has been
on his place years. He has 200
acres of wheat.
Van Wedel has been on his place
2 years and says he has great deal
of trouble with gophers. He finds
that they do not like to burrow in
land that is loose on the surface so
he keeps as much of his land disced
and narrowed as he can. He discs
all summer fallow in the month OF
May so it will keep moist for plow-
ing later in the summer.
Andrew Storh has AS acres of
winter wheat and 100 acres of sum-
mer fallow.
Henry Esau has made some expert
ments with alfalfa and says it is hard
to get it started. He thinks the dry
farm land will raise sugar beet seed
and peas and he wants to see it well
tested. Mr.. Esau has been poisoning
gophers and wishes every settler
would do his part to get them killed.
William Estes lives just north of +
the Aberdeen experimental farm and
reports having SO or 60 acres of hay,
Is of peas 10 of wheat and OF
Grimm alfalfa for Seed
Edwin Stone came from Mann
moth, Utah, and bought 40 acres
Just north of Aberdeen. He paid
1925 per acre for it. The place was
Ill cleared, fenced with woven wire
three quarters of the way around and
there was a water right with the
and. There was house on the
place worth 81 900.
William l.. Snow came from Lehi,
Utah, and bought 40 acres just north
If Aberdeen. He reports IA acres
If hay, 7 of oats, 1 of potatoes, 8 of
wheat, 5 of peas and some garden.
F. l.. Wenger has 81 acres of
Kaiser peas, 21a of potatoes, 4 of
alfalfa, so or 60 of pasture and l
If Grimm alfalfa for seed.
H. ]. Becker has 3S acres of winter
wheat and "a acres of barley. He
las a quarter section of land and
las been on it two years.
A. H. Leisy has 40 acres southwest
If Aberdeen and reports IA acres of