American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26
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n ANS well fortified, well cult
waited acre of Irish potatoes sur
prised the neighbors with the
49, amount it produced. Two hun
dred bushels were what he harvested
from the patch. and. selling them at
90 cents per bushel. be had $40 to
show for the first crop. II was only
the LIST Of June, so be Immediately pre-
pared the land and planted the acre
again in June corn.
After that the work came thick and
fast The can was ready to be cut
He moved it, let it cure and stacked
away two tons Of fine hay in the barn
he could have gathered another crop
Of cane if he had let it remain, but the
pumpkin yams must be planted. So
he prepared and bedded the ground,
and one cloudy day just before a rain
be pulled the potato slips from the bed
where he had grown them and planted
this acre also with a second crop.
The cotton then had to be plowed,
and when that was finished the four
acre cornfeld. in which be was also
growing a fourishing crop OF pump
kins. was calling for him.
The peach and plum crops were very
short this year, owing to a late frost,
but the Powell orchard never suffered
In this respect. The old trees had a
bumper crop Prices being good. after
Mrs. Powell had preserved what she
wanted, Sam sold $40 worth of plums
and Sl1O worth of peaches, making a
total Of $50 income from the fruit,
not to mention the preservings for fam
lily use.
Early in the winter. before the fam
1y moved. Sam had made arrange
ments with a breeder Of a fine strain
Of Plymouth Rock chickens TO get ten
sittings of eggs. For these be was
to pay $3.50 a sitting. Mrs. Powell
already owned a mixed breed flock Of
fifty hens. but Sans plan. with which
his mother heartily agreed, was to re-
place the mongrel stock with the thor
O%ughbreds. The first Of these sittings
were Matched while it was yet cold,
and before summer came on. with its
excessive heat and insect pests. the
whole ten had been brought OF and
more than 100 thrifty young Plymouth
Rocks weie running about the farm.
The ample range and shade and the
rye sown in the orchard made the in.
come from poultry almost clear profit
Chickens require little feed when they
can get green stuff aud insects. Be
.4an- 49,. D1rnnDrFh n,1l-e Mrs Darnf
raised six dozen common breed fryers
which she sold at So per dozen. OF SIS
From the thoroughbred flock. after Sc
Letting seventy pullets and Eve roost
ers to keep. she sold the culls for $15
ROSTERS at 81 and pullets at 80 cents.
The egg market was very low durin.
the summer months. but even at a few
cents a dozen 500 worth were sold thii
year and the family had all they coulC
at home. Finally, In the fall
the old flock OF common chickens wa,
sold. bringing 25 cents each or S12.5(
in all. Surplus milk and butter from
the two cows brought $50 for the year
But this wasn't all. The acre o
watermelOns. catalogues and vegeta
bles contributed its share. Sans wa
termelons were "A long white variety
with black seed and blood red meat
sweet as sugar. These melons Away
brought something above the regula
market price In an the young farme
sold $40 worth Of melons and vegeta
bles.
The June corn made n fair crop. San
sold the roasting ears al one cent each
These brought him $50. Then he cl
and cured the stalks for feed Tn
ground being once more cleared, b
plowed. narrowed and planted it i
turnips.
sam found that a little farm OF di
teen acres can keep two or three peopl