The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-08

on Gem County. some portions OF J
consists Of "twice-told tales" but al
q good story never gets old, so thu
article is printed entire and is giver
below:
Emmett.
That Gem county is prosperous may
be seen from the fact that the cror
returns TO the farmers and stockmer
Of the county in 1916 reached the
splendid total Of S2,lOO,OOO, made up
Of the following items. livestock
$500 900, wool $35GOOO, hay $3.50
600, grain 5000, 900, clover and alfalfa
seed $4,000, poultry $4,000, butter
fat $4,000, potatoes 5000, etc.
Gem county shipped out 4l0 car
loads in 1916, as follows: Livestock
1877 cars, wool "a cars, grain IS cars,
lumber 40 cars, miscellaneous II cars
There are four railroad shipping
points in Gem county Emmett, Mon
tour, Letha and Bramwell
In 1916 Emmett shipped out 1913
cars loads, including SO cars Of live
stock, "a Of lumber, p grain and 20 Of
wool Montour shipped out 10 cars,
including l92 cars of livestock, 81 Of
grain and seven Of wool Montour is
the shipping point for Sweet and Ola.
Letha shipped out total Of 10 car
loads, 10 Of which were grain. Bran
well shipped out total Of ID carloads
mostly watermelons.
The 1916 carload shipments from
Gem county were 30 per cent great
er than in 1915. This is remark
able showing when consideration is
taken Of the fact that no fruit was
shipped out in carload lots in 1916,
whereas great many carloads of
fruit were shipped from the county ia
1915. There is promise Of big
fruit crop in 1917. With a big fruit
crop this year there is assured for
Gem county the most prosperous year
in the history Of the area comprising |
the present boundaries Of this county. |
Personal efforts on the farm are
what count An experience worth |
while is that Of w. II. Appel, whose
farm is on the famous Emmett bench, |
10 miles northwest Of town Mr.. APP
pei was a business man in Iowa for
years He bought 100 acres on the
bench and planted so acres to trees
and 20 acres to alfalfa. Last year
was Mr. Appels first year to do
actual farming The results he OBJ
lained are worth telling. From the
20 acres Of alfalfa he got seven and
.hree-fourths tons per acre, or 165
.ons. which he sold at $3.50 per ton,
,r Sl402.50. He had 10 acres Of clo-
yer among the trees. He got two and
,ne-half tons per acre from the first
'utting, or 37la tons, which he sold
or $3.50 per ton, or S3ls.75.
He then let the Is acres Of clover
70 TO seed, and got 100 bushels Of
ecd, or 5000 pounds, which he sold
on 70 cents per pound, or 5000. The
hreshci hay from the seed he sold ]
or Sl5o
He planted 10 acres Of oats among
lis trees and got GO bushels per acre,
r. GOO bushels. lie sold 5000 worth .
I oats and has over 200 bushels
Eft.
1t is seen that Mr.. Appel actually
armed 40 acres. % acres of which
ias between the trees in his orchard. I
lis cash return from the 10 acres was
297l, on 500 per acre.
Henry Conrad last year planted 20 !
cres to alfalfa. and sowed small
rain for a nurse crop He got 1900 Z
ushels Of small grain, and got better /.
han half ton Of alfalfa per acre. S
he first year. Mr.. Conrad had five !
ores of clover last year The first =,
utting made IL tons of hay, which !
e sold for 500. The seed from the I
econd crop he sold for $249.s2. His !
otal receipts from the five acres :
iere S345.S2, OF S69.l6 per acre s
J. Loe Reed last year sold the hay c
rom 20 acres and received check =
or S99s, or $3.50 per acre, His yield i
'as six and one-quarter tons per acre Z
A year ago last June Mr. Reed
eedcd II acres TO alfalfa. Last year
e got e5 tons Of alfalfa from the l3
ores. or five tons per acre. His farm
j one and three-fourths miles nortb-
asst Of Emmett on the bench
Otto Wilhelm threshed 1900 bus
els of clover seed last season with
is machine. Some of the best re-
9lts as reported by Mr. Wilhelm are:
Charles Stimson from 10 acres got
5 bushels Of clover seed, or 1900
ounds At Is cents per pound this {
sed brought S675, or S67.50 per acre. I
7. Z. Buck had seven acres Of clover
-oni which he got 40 bushels Of seed (
r 2940 pounds. At 10 cents per !
ound this seed brought SAL, or S63 !
err acre. /. o. Hankins had IS acres !
f clover. He got an average of five