The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
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ocean Of sage brush all about him he
sees little chance for relief till he
gets more settlers in to clear OF the
rest Of the brush in which the rab-
bits find shelter. He has 40 or SO
acres Of wheat and 20 acres Of corn
Jensen brothers are now in their
fourth year on the claim and raised
no crop till 1916, when they got SOC
bushels of wheat. They have fenced
against the rabbits and have to keer
removing the drifting sands from
some of their rabbit fencing to KEEP
them from going over on the drifts
In front Of their premises for sew
eral hundred yards they made stone
fence with wire on top, and the
stone wall caused the sand to lodge
about it. They have fenced 800
acres with woven wire. The rabbits
got their first crop and they fenced
against them; then the gophers
(squirrels) took a crop. This year
the heavy rains drowned many OF
the young ones at infancy but the
mustard threatens the crops, and
they are fighting 1t. The winds have
done considerable damage in con-
nection with drifting sands. They
report having plenty of moisture to
produce crops If they can only get
rid of the pests. They have good
farming implements and are study
ing the question of getting those
crops that do not yield to drifting
sands or mustard or the rodents.
They have a tract of sweet clover
which looked thrifty and might be
profitable either for forage or for
raising seed. They are hopeful of
being able to raise alfalfa seed or
clover seed or forage crops while
waiting for the surrounding country
to be taken up and cleared of brush
and rodents and weeds. They think
dry farming has a future and they
are intending to stay and study it
out.
w. N. Seefried lives 10 miles
northwest of Aberdeen and has 1876
acres of winter wheat and is sum
mer following 100 acres. He re-
ports some damage done in his To-
cality by wire worms and says he
believes that cultivation is the means
of killing them. He recommends
spring cultivation and spring sowing
for them.
John M. Mooney has 10 acres of
bromis inermus, commonly called
bronze grass, 40 acres of winter
wheat and 10 acres of barley. Speak
ing of the damage done by worms,
he stated that number of men who
had used blue vitriol on their seed
wheat had not been troubled with
worms and those near by who used
had them. He was in
hopes the chemical had something to
do with it. He says the German
government had studied the matter
Of cut worms and wire worms and
made exhaustive reports upon them,
and that dipping seed wheat into
chemical solution had nothing to do
with the activities of the worms;
hat the worms cut off the tender
sprout at some distance above the
kernel, and the chemical on the husk
If the seed could not affect the stalk
1T the surface of the ground. 1t
had been shown that no chemical |
made any difference in this respect,
and that the only recommendations
made yet by the German scientists
was to cultivate the ground in the
spring to expose the eggs and young
worms to the elements and kill them. |
H. C. Brado lives about IL miles
vest of Aberdeen and has IS acres
n winter wheat. This is his fourth
rear on the land and he Is sowing
iome sweet clover this year. Mrs.
3rado has a dozen ever-bear1ng
strawberry plants that she is taking
rood care Of.
Robert Brown states that this is u
lis third year on his claim in the
Bear butte neighborhood north OF
Flat Top. He has 80 acres of winter
wheat and some nice garden. I
H. R. Mann, of near Bear butte, ,
las been four years on his claim and
S interested in the tractor question.
lie has not much horse power and
las only 10 acres in spring wheat r
nd some garden.
Jacob Brandt is one of the older
esidents of Bear butte settlement
nd has nice home. He has 100
Icres of winter wheat, 5 of barley,
nd has a very fine garden including
uxuriant rhubarb, beans, peas and ,
ther eatables besides tulips, lilacs,
mountain ash trees and other things
# beauty He has a few tons of
woven wire at his place ready for :
encing.
Oscar Brado has Is acres of
winter wheat sowed in the middle
f September. He has tried summer
and stubbling it in, with
much better results from the form
r. He has acres of barley and
5 summer following 80 acres for
all wheat. He also has an acre
nd a half of potatoes.
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