The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-16
THE CUB SAYS

One Farmer Says Cant Raise Fruit
on Dry Farm, Another Says Can
and Offers Proof. One Man Offers
Good Farm For Sale; Dry Farmer
Started on $50 Borrowed Capital
and is Now an Independent Invest
or. Big Farmer Attends Night
School. Has Wife as Teacher.
"Busting' the Coal Famine; OBJ
literating the Weeds; Flowing
Land Too Dry or Too Wet Injuries
1t.
]. J. Unruh lives on a dry farm
in the Aberdeen country, one mile
south and one mile west of the Men
MONTE church. He has some seven
year-old apple trees that have pro-
duced some fruit. Mr.. Unruh has
six-room house, machine shed,
granary and plenty of good imple-
ments on his place and they are all
kept in good condition. He reports
having 160 acres of wheat, 10 acres
of spells and i acre of potatoes be-
sides 100 acres of wheat that he is
raising on some leased land.
G. Schroeder has a 240acre dry
farm southwest of Aberdeen and has
been on the place 8 years. He went
to the place without any stock. Mr..
Schroeder is carpenter by trade
and had a set of tools so while he
was improving his farm he worked
at his trade, building houses all
about the settlement He has
wind mill and pumping outfit that
cost $500. He has the windmill
geared to operate a feed grinder in
the granary. He has 100 acres of
wheat, 10 acres of barley and is sum-
mer following some rented land. Mr..
Schroeder has been in America 20
years and has raised a family of
three daughter and four sons. He
stated that he owes little money
on his farm yet, having secured
loan on it which he has not entirely
paid off. Aside from that the prop
erty described represents his gain
in eight years.
Andrew Heberer is building
house on his place which he recently
purchased, about 4 miles south of
Aberdeen. He has fine building
site and he is setting out some trees
and shrubs. He also has very fine
garden. Mr.. Heberer's land is in
the irrigated belt.
Jacob D. Heppner has been on his
dry farm years and has some nice
trees and an orchard which he irri-
gates Just a little from the we'll
operated by a windmill. He advises
setting Russian olive trees for shade
and a wind break on the dry farm.
Mr.. Heppner does not think it prac-
tical to raise fruit without plenty of
irrigation. He thinks the trees will
grow but when it comes to producing
crop as we'll as maintaining the
trees they are usually failure. Mr..
Heppner came from Minnesota and
on his dry farm here he has tried
raising alfalfa but it yielded only one
small hay crop and he did not think
it worth while. He reports having
so acres of winter wheat and 20
acres of oats. His farm is advertised
for sale in this issue.
John w. Unruh has been on his
dry farm 4 years and reports having
80 acres of winter wheat, 80 acres
of spring wheat and 80 acres in sum-
mer fallow.
G. A. Conrad came from Nampa
in April, 1917, and bought 100 acres
of ]. ]. Becker. He reports 80 acres
of wheat, of barley and one-half
an acre of dry land potatoes. He
has some trees and shrubs growing
for a wind break. ..
Peter Fast lives one mile south
and one mile west of the Mennonite
church at Aberdeen. He has just
erected a barn on his place, SO by
40 feet, which will store 20 tons of
hay. Mr.. Fast has lived on his place
years and has nice well 1877 feet
deep. He uses a 10-foot wind mill
for pumping. Mr.. Fast has some
fine full blood Jersey cattle on his
place.
]. ]. Frey came from Kansas in
1909 and settled on a dry farm con-
sisting of 100 acres. In 1910 he
sowed some alfalfa and used it six
years for hay and pasture. He has
100 fruit trees and raised a few
plums and cherries one year. When
Mr.. Frey arrived at American Falls,
in 1909. he had a car of goods, stock |
and implements and had to borrow !
$50 from a stranger in order to |
finish paying the freight on the car.
Since that he has lost an average
of 2 horses every year and has 8
horses and cows on the place now.
He says the man who tries can sue
coed on a dry farm.
John Jantzen lives one mile south
and miles west of the Mennonite
church. He was one Of the first to
take up dry land in that section. He
drilled well and got water at a
depth of 231 feet and he uses 12-
loot windmill in operating the pump.
He has 280 acres of wheat and 20
acres of barley.
Gust Cramer lives IL miles south
west of Aberdeen and came from
Washington 3 years ago. He has
240 acres of wheat and 800 acres
If summer fallow. He says he discs
his land in the fall and harrows it
n the spring and in that way he can
blow it at his leisure because the
liscing and narrowing keeps it from
osing it's moisture.
George Dalton came from Illinois
n 1912. Since then he has cleared
md broke i 900 acres Of sage land,
partly for himself and partly for
,thers. The first year or two he
lad crops and then bought some |