The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-07

have manure spreader and have
MANFRED Is acres of the farm. They
also have a power feed grinder on
the place.
II. E. Holloway, who lives on the
Nelson place. is trying to put In
800 acres of wheat.
Waldemor Jensen, of Wapello, Ii
having a new house built to take
the place of the one that burned
down during the winter. Marcus
Meister has the contract for the
work.
J. D. Jensen is living on the
Robethan place and had 80 acres
of beets last year and has 35 acres
for 1917, as we'll as 7 acres of peas,
20 acres of grain, some potatoes and
about 80 acres of hay.
A. G, Hampton recently sold $50
sacks of potatoes for $4,75 per humid
red.
A. N. Galleazzi is putting in Is
acres of potatoes 10 acres of beets,
8 acres of wheat, 7 acres of oats
and acres of barley. He is farm
ing the Tyson Tucker place. Mr..
Galleazzi recommends shallow plow-
ing in a late wet spring like this.
He says that the second blowing for
heavy fertilizing should be shallow
enough to keep the fertilizer near
the surface. He tested this last year
by blowing some of it deep and some
shallow and the shallow blowing
yielded much heavier than the deep
blowing, He wants the fertilizer,
the second year it is in the ground,
to come in direct contact with the
plant roots.
Scott brothers have MANFRED two
and half acres of their land. They
are farming for bigger stakes than
ever before.
"A. J. earn lives on the old Vim
cent place near the river, west of
Wapello. They came from Salt Lake
and the whole family are much
pleased with the change from the
city life to the quiet of the farm.
They are all lovers of nature and |
say there is as much companionship |
in the buds and plants and growing |
things as there is in people. Mr..
Garn is planting IA acres of beets, !
6 of wheat, 2 or of potatoes, 2 or
acres of oats and 1 acre of spells. |
Spells grow somewhat like wheat
and are said to yield more per acre.
Emery and Heber Smith have a
five year lease on the Tavey place
formerly known as the Kennedy
place. They are planting 80 acres
of beets and have $50 acres in hay.
A. T. Manning bought Ill acres
of the Hall place besides the ripar
ian land and took possession the
twentyfifth of last October. Mr..
Manning came from Preston, Idaho,
and was engaged in the stock bust
ness there. He does not like the
heavy work of farming so well as
stock raising, but he is going to try
it while. He has 40 or SO acres
Of hay and will put in II acres of
wheat, 10 of oats, 5 of potatoes and
L5 of beets. He has leased 100 acres '
If Mrs. Montgomery, three miles
vest of Moreland, and is farming II
hat in connection with the place |
1t Wapello. He has car for travel 8
ng back and forth and one of the 8
ooys will stay at the Montgomery I
,lace during the season. He ex- q
,ects to put in so acres of wheat /
md barley on this pace. Mr.. earn
las leased some of the land to Mr.. g
Park of Wapello. He has IA COWS
md sells the cream.
K Nishida is the contractor for q
10 Tho Il
ANY in this district and only works
or the company in the capacity OF 7
the farms. He says .
he contract price for hand labor, q q
or beets, has advanced from $40 to :,
22 and he is having some trouble -
n getting all the labor that is need q
d. Mr.. Nishida says the season is Il
hree weeks later than usual and
he planting is in progress accord a
ngly. The first beets are usually "
lanted about the fifth or tenth of a
.pril. They are planting mother 81
eets on the sugar factory farms at Ia
Vapello now. They mark off the "
round both ways in blocks 80
lches square and plant beet at is
very crossing of the mark. The tt
lethod of planting is to haul the fr
eets out and dump them in small T.
lies across the field, then planters fo
)me along with a sack, which they W
TRY suspended from the shoulder, &C
hich are filed and the man goes al
ong and drops a beet at every ar
ark and a gang of men with of
lovels dig the holes and set the or
Gets. Where the beets have very tn
ng roots few inches of the bot ic'
m is cut off so they don't have to We
G so deep. The beets are then en- sh
rely covered with soil and after pu
out 10 days the new tops or leaves lin
pear and the crop of seed is pro-
ICED in the season. The American W.
ct has proven very much more sat wi
actory than was expected and nj
'ge acreage is being planted in this 20
unity. About 200 acres are being tn;
anted on the Wapello farms. by
Elias Hatch bought 81 acres of no
> Blackfoot Auction company, 16
ar Wapello, and has recently NOV
there from his former home at fa1
\
J. V. Birmingham bought 81 acres is
R. r. Adams. He has 80 acres in ad.
Y, 10 in beets. Is in potatoes, wit
ne grain and acres in orchard Out
Mr.. Tony Bartausky. is farming acr
, Chubbuck place above Wapello.