The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-29


the cistern by this manner. In the
winter when snow lodges on the roof
! it is soon melted by the sun and
heat from the sheep under it and
the water flows into the cistern.
When the roof gets bare they shovel
snow on the shed and 1t also melts.
The sheep shed is built very low SO
there is not much heat wasted. Mr..
.Heibert says the heat from the sheep
supply them with snow water for
weeks at time and the sheep never
miss the heat. His house is built
ION an eminence and they can see
the electric lights from Aberdeen
and American Falls. and the locomo-
ltives coming out of Pocatello in the
might are plainly seen by their head
lights. He has a mortgage of $4,000
on the place to run 3h year yet at
is per cent, and the place Is for sale
at S25 per acre. Mr.. Heibert has
heart trouble and his physician says
he must 20 to a lower altitude.
Carl Becker has 500 acres of land,
go of which Is in winter wheat and
7 in oats.
H. C. Heibert has well on his
| place 375 feet deep and raises the
, water with a IL foot sheet wind
, mill. He has acres of very me
/ rye that he planted last last fall
, and pastured his COW on it till late
lin May. He. sowed 20 pounds per
acres and thinks he has solved the
} question of pasturage on the dry
[ farm. He is so we'll pleased with It
t that he is going to SOW some more.
He raised 10 sacks of excellent po-
. tatoes on three-quarters OF an acre
/ last year. He lives in the same
8 neighborhood as the gentleman who
made a failure Of potatoes last year
3 Mr.. Heibert has ITO acres OF MS
: land under cultivation
v Rudolph Sandau has lived three
! years on his place and has Do acres
q in winter wheat this year. he is
: breaking 80 acres or so now.
2 w, H.. Carpenter lives about iO
! miles west of Aberdeen and is work
ing some at the experimental farm
9 He is learning considerable abou,
( |dry farming from the superintendent
4 and is enthusiastic about the future
q Of dry farming. His son, Ellhu, Il
member of the potato club and al
!, SO takes a great interest in all other
= crops They are raising mangels
a onions, peas, corn, typary Deans
y soudan grass and various othel
- things which they are raising IN con
g siderable quantities; too much TO Df
= called a garden and too little to p'
y called a field crop. He has quite
I. q lot of alfalfa planted in drills. Tit
. tvnarv bean is said to be OF yer!
- fine flavor and especially adapted U
" the desert since it was propagate'
- in the dry lands of New Mexico. INF
= Carpenter has a very beautliu
Guernsey COW that is the prlde o
% the farm as we'll as the SURROUND
~ ing neighborhood. =
10 e. A. Bezold has IL acres
a winter wheat and is breaking som
U more land. He had the misfortun
n 70 lose four horses in Is month
Is and his farming operations nav
e. heen considerably handicapped by II
IS 2 Nicholl has 60 acres O
winter wheat that Is very poo
N stand He also has 10 acres OF paI
~ lev which is a fairly good crop. n
a. Intends to pillow up some NOR
~ ground this spring. Mr.. Nicholl ma
rs acres planted to alfalfa in drill
D. AZ feet apart and he is raising
test patch Of peas. o,+
er p pear lives IL miles west 9
of Aberdeen and this is his tnlra yea
III on the place. He came from ooue
d. Dakota. Mr. Baer mas 1 acre
es alfalfa that he planted in drills an an
W he is planning to SOW more ail"il
r next spring. He has II acres -
r winter wheat and is breaking a IL
Mt more land this summer :.
IN Albert Schmitgall has been on II 4
w drv farm four years. He mas .
of acres of winter wheat and seeded
Id ocres to oats and alfalfa this sprln'
ce John Feimer has been on his plae
d. two wears and reports having 2
ed acres of winter wheat and is Dreai
er ing 60 or 70 acres for fall SOWING
* Nick Clasen is 20 miles near
of west of Aberdeen, a little 10 u
Ike southwark. He seeded half an acl
es to alfalfa this spring and has ~
he acres of winter wheat, 5o OF Whle
ng was partly winter killed and ne r
no seeded it. He has 10 acres Oh GA
ne as well.
10 Louis and James Odnuro arc Au
'ly TRANS and have Is acres OF wlnt'
i'm wheat southwest of Flat Top. The
is are building house 14x2O feet, l
ng stories high. They said they shou
be doing their summer falloW1n
OF but they are using brood mares II
WIS work teams and they have sever
rs small colts on the place just now.
gs Otto Drawert is IA miles west
. Aberdeen and has been on the pla
tn five years. He. says he does not res
nd much English, had no chance Il
schooling but is determined to leal
ar. to read. He is learning it by rea
is ing the newspaper with a dictiona
tie by his side. He says it takes a got
while but he is not very busy
nd winter so learns what he can in tn
re- way.
ia, Reinhold Schweikert has been
res his claim four years and has IL
res acres in winter wheat. He is SUI
mer following about go acres tn
he spring and summer.
res r. P. Schmidt came from the w
nd jeanette valley two years ago al
raised 140 acres of grain in 191
of He has 1870 acres in grain this We
Of and is summer following 100 acre
in Karl F. Goehring lives IA mil
in west of Aberdeen and has lived