American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
CRYSTAL FARMER WILL BUILD
SMALL IRRIGATION SYSTEM,

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Up on Clifton creek, two and a half
miles northeast of Crystal, Ezra u
well farms a homestead of 100 acres,
filed on in November, 1909. When he
located on this tract there was no
house nor a patch of broken and in
sight in any direction. In the spring
of the following year he put in only
a garden and obtained a good yield
from it. The family came to join the
father on the ranch in the spring OF
1910, and clearing of the land was got
ten under way. In 1911 about seven
acres of erstwhile jungle land were
seeded to Sonora wheat and an aver
Wage of p bushels per acre was har-
vested. The following year the aver
age was increased to 26 bushels per
acre from Is acres, and at present
about fifty acres of the homestead are
in cultivation. This year II acres
were seeded to Blustem and eight
acres to Early Baart, or Ninety-day
wheat. This grain was ripe and
headed in 50 days after being seeded,
and it promises a yield of between 10
and 20 bushels per acre in this adj
verse year. Mr.. Burwell states that
this latter wheat "a seeded thin n
that he is entirely satisfied with the
experiment of growing this variety
new to this section. Mr.. Burwells son
Eldred has a homestead of 40 acres
adjoining his ranch IN the east and
south and father and son work the
$50 acres in conjunction. On the sons
place, filed on in 1914, about 20 acres
are in cultivation, all of it in Bluestem
wheat this year. Both father and son
really prefer Sonora wheat for spring
seeding as it never has been a failure
on these ranches. These are
dry farm tracts, but Mr.. Burwell, ST.,
owns a water right on the springs at
the head of Clifton creek and this fall
intends to construct a reservoir to IT.
rigate from 20 to 25 acres of his ranch.
Just what this black mountain loan
will produce in the way of grain when
irrigated on an extensive scale is a
matter of speculation with the farm
ers. In 1913 from IS acres of dry
land Sonora wheat an average per
of 2S bushels was threshed. The
same year $50 bushels of potatoes
we're taken from a little less than an
acre of non-irrigated ground. In com
pliance with the request of the gov
eminent to put additional acreages in
to wheat both father and son are
blowing up more new land to be
seeded in the spring.
Mrs. Burwell takes pride in showing
the products of her garden, where
early and late vegetables of every
kind have yielded we'll this year. The
sweet corn grew to a height of five
feet and the field corn broke all rec.
ords this year by growing eight fee
high. OF wild fruit III quarts were
put up this year, every last bit OF
picked on the ranches of father an
SON. This wild fruit has been pre-
served in the form of jellies and jams
some of them all of one fruit ant
others of mixed fruits. To a gallon o
choke cherry pulp Mrs. Burwell add
the juice of two lemons for flavor.
The Burwell ranches have to con
tend with weeds for supremacy and
is not to be wondered at when not ia
away neglected lands are given owe
to weed growing.
On this ranch, too, experience ha
Sftaught that shallow blowing will nc
do at any time, spring or fall. Fo
fall seeding the blowing is done
the spring and the ground is turne
to a depth of from seven to eigf
inches. Directly after the plowin
the ground is thoroughly gone owe
with the harrow two or three time
If it is new ground the disc is use
in addition to the harrow, both
these implements being used withOl