The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-22


place known as number three. He
has 33 acres of wheat and 20 of
oats.
John Cooper is farming three miles
northwest of Sterling, and has 10
acres of hay, IL of wheat, 3 of po-
tatoes, 2 of beets, l of oats, half an
acres of stock carrots and 8 OF al
falfa for seed.
Nephi Forman is farming the old
o. e. Nelson place. He came from
Heber, Utah and reports hay 100
acres, 20 of which is Grimm alfalfa
for seed and acres of beets.
Joseph. Cosgrove is farming three
miles northwest of Sterling and has
% acres of Grimms alfalfa for rails
ing seed. He has it drilled in rows.
Sam Davis sowed acres of Grimm
alfalfa this spring for raising seed
D. A. Wiltamuth is still succeed
ing as a raiser Of alfalfa seed, and
reports much interest in the crop. A
friend of his, a Mr. Casey, of Nebras-
ka, is working for him this summer
and getting acquainted with the
country and its ways of making for
tune from the soil.
A. J. Satterfield at Grandview re-
ports wheat IL acres, potatoes g.
beets 2, and the rest of his so acres
in pasture and other crops:
Henry Jones, of Grandview, has AZ
acres in Grimm alfalfa for seed be-
sides some common alfalfa. He has
wheat 20 acres, oats 10, beets IA and
potatoes 5. He bought some old
ewes last fall and sold them this
spring at profit that astonished
him. He had money to clean UP
some installments on his farm that
had worried him before he got to
know about sheep and their ways.
William Carlson is doing some
farming on the Coleman place al
Grandview, and reports beets 81
acres, peas "a, potatoes 1, oats 5 and
hay 40 or so.
Archie Jones is leasing the c. A
Peterson place of 80 acres. He re-
ports grain % acres, new alfalfa 40
old alfalfa 20 and 40 acres on an.
other place west of there.
Lester Corbridge reports his spring
seeding devoted to peas, oats and
Grimm alfalfa, plus some oats and
potatoes.
] T. Morgan who left the Aber,
deem country and farmed for a while
on Lost river, moved back to Aber.
deem about the first of June.
j. A. Sellers has one place at Aber'
deem and another at Grandview. He
reports hay ITO acres, oats 40 or
| the Aberdeen place, and garden peas
30 and barley 10 on the GrandvieW
place. He is also seeding some lane
to Grimm alfalfa.
Frank Sackett came from Sal
Lake recently and bought 80 acres
of F. A. Sweet at SIS. The lane
had fence, water right and was about
two-thirds in alfalfa. It was al
cleared but had no house. He re
ports wheat 10 acres, peas 5, oats 2
! otatoes and onions half an acre
He could sell now at a profit.
Floyd Claunch has dry farm II
the Split Top settlement southwes
Of the Big Butte and in June was
helping to farm place In Grand
view.
| H. T. Ernst came from Butte THU
spring to spend the summer on hi
place at Grandview. Farming is new
to him and he is going at it will
some caution.
C. N. Aldous lives in Grandviev
and he and his family seem to b.
natural gardeners. Almost everything
they plant turns into bounteou'
growth, but not without labor an(
care They give things the Labor
and they give them the care. Las
year they raised some nice onions
and onion seed. From one-fifth O
an acre they took about SIS worth o
onions and then sold $114 worth o
onion seed, which indicates that thu
product from an acre at the SAM
rate would be about $500.
William Froelick is on a new farm
by the canal in west Grandview ant
reports Is acres of wheat and
acres of peas.
Thomas M. Prudhomme, of Grand
view is another man possessing
garden. He gives his wife the credi
for it's success, but the garden yield
abundantly and people come TO
miles to spend their good money TO
vegetables which they might as wei
grow at home if they would only &c
at it. They put the seeds and bulb
in the ground, keep it moist, figh
the weeds and harvest the truck. l
does the growing itself. They hav
it fenced against stock, and they fer
tilize the ground and in various way
give the garden a chance. Four year