American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-07

ment in alfalfa raising, and the area
devoted to that crop will be extended.
He looks upon alfalfa as the very best
variety Of hay that can be produced,
especially for COWS. Grimm dry
land alfalfa has the advantage Of ma
turing early in the season and can be
cut and stored away before the grain
harvest comes along to take up all
the attention and time Of the farmer
for several weeks. Next year Mr..
Kluck will raise this variety Of dry
land alfalfa for seed, and no doubt
progressive farmers Of the county will
see to it that a notable extension Of
areas will be devoted to this most val
liable hay.
Rotation Experiments.
Another feature in the way Of ex-
perimenting on this farm is utilizing
summer fallow. Mr.. Kluck has taken
an acre of summer fallow, located on
the brow of a hill, and planted it to
Minnesota White Flint corn and White
Navy beans. The rest Of the large
field is seeded to barley. The purpose
is to find whether the putting in of
a diversified crop on summer fallow
will improve the land, harm it, or
show no particular effect whatever.
This fall the entire field will be seed
ed to wheat. Next year will show the
difference, if any, of the yield of wheat
grown on turned under stubble and
that grown on the acre now in corn
and beans. At present both the corn
and beans are in a most excellent
state of growth and Mr.. Kluck feels
perfectly confident that success will
be his reward. If that is the case,
the coming year will see a vastly in
creased area in corn on his ranch and
the consequent installation of a silo.
Across the road from the dwelling
house on the ranch the visitor will see
a garden and orchard tract Of about
five or six acres. The garden contains
everything in the line of what a good
garden should produce, and everything
has given a good yield. Mr.. Kluck has
had considerable trouble and loss
from pocket gophers in his orchard.
The pest has destroyed a number of
the trees by cutting a girdle around
, the trees Just beneath the surface of
Ile EIOuuu ne udc ldDDEQ d 4aA ~
; number of the rodents, but still they
: continue the work of destruction. A
remedy which has proven effective in
! other sections of the country is here
with given. A trial will do no harm
if it does no good. Take a handful
of poisoned corn or grain of any kind
: and drop it into the hole of the gopher
r in the evening. Four of five kernels
o will do. The gopher rarely ever ap-
pears on the surface again after par.
4 taking of the meal thus presented
Whole colonies of them have beer
killed off by this method in a week.
e time.
: The trees left unframed in the or
r chard are bearing a bOuntiful crop o
a fruit of all kinds-pears. cherries
a%pricots. plums, etc. The berr,
bushes likewise are giving a fine yiel'
n of r%aspberries. b~lackcaps. g~ooseberrie
: and c%urrants. Mr.. Kluck has set on
some Concord grape vines at the edg
n of the garden and these. too, are la
den. In past years he has grown ex
% cellent watermelons and c~antaloupe
in this garden. At the time Of tn
visit OF the Pilgrim Mrs. Kluck wa
d busily engaged in the work of cannin
and preserving products of the gar
h den and berry tracts. The Jars c
preserves looked most invitingly al
= tractive, and it is very probable tha
~ at the county fair this year some
them will be presented to the after
10 ton of the judges and visitors.
N Seed Potatoes for sale.
ge As in other lines. Mr.. Kluck has il
II. vestigated and experimental alon
Up the line of potatoes, seeking the be.
Id variety to be grown On his ranch. tai
be ing into consideration dry land, altituC
of and length of season. The altitude c
a this ranch is somewhere aroun oV'
wv feet. He has arrived at the COZ
IN clusion that the variety known as 5
Ill Weeks potato is the best adapted
N. the conditions here. II is an e.
&C. tremely early maturing variety. TT
ct bulbs set before the dry weather Sc
ed in. and by the Fouth of July the tab
lot iu this ranch home is invariably su
piled with a dish of new potatoe
les They are a good keeper. and inva
lei iably give a first class yield. :
To- firm is Mr.. Kluck in his ~convicti'
ia. that he has decided rightly. that ne
I've year he will plant a large crop OF ;
ne Weeks potatoes for seed. will carefl
lfa lv sort and select the very best al
cut place the seed on the market h
rty second choice in potatoes is the ear
Ill Ohio. He will have some Six Wee
the seed for sale next spring.
lex As to livestock, Mr.. Kluck h
ri reached the conclusion that a dr.