American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-25

makes frequent trips into its confines.
On the ranch itself there are plenty
OF quaker aspen groves and the owner
has no intention whatever Of clearing
away all of them. The thickets hold
the snow late in the spring and thus
provide a great deal of sub-irrigation
to the land.
Methods OF Cultivation.
Mr.. Wrensted gets excellent yields
of grain on his ranch and follows out
certain methods to get them. Fol
spring seeding he plows in the fall,
setting the pillow to go at least five
inches into the soil. The ground lies
in the rough until spring opens, and
then the harrow and the disc are
brought out and taken over the land
as often as needed, and then once
more to make sure that the ground is
right for seeding. Immediately after
the drilling a corrugated roller is
taken over the fields, packing the soil
and creating the mulch necessary to
hold the moisture. Summer following
has never been practiced on this
ranch, but Mr.. Wrensted is an insis-
tent advocate of rotation of crops. In
line with this practice, he will next
year plant an extensive area to beets,
which will give a yield of from % to
90 tons per acre, according to whether
the season is dry or wet. But even at
the minimum yield they are a money
maker, for the entire plant can be
used to feed to COWS and hOgs-rOot,
tops and all. The soil on this ranch
is a rich black loan extending down
six to seven feet before hardpan is
reached and is fertile to the highest
degree.
The bunch Of work horses numbers
six well graded Percherons, the favor
tie strain of this rancher. Three
saddle horses and some young stock
add to the number of horses on the
place.
Good Revenues from Butter and Cream
The dairy herd consists of five milch
cows-all of them of the Shorthorn
strain, considered the best dual pur-
pose COW by the owner of the arnch.
Cream is regularly shipped to market,
and the record kept by Mrs. Wrensted
shows that last year from six COWS
the income from ream and butter eX-
ceeded 5000. For three months last
year the cream from six cows brought
S36 per month, and for the following
three months the income from butter
was $50. OF course, the home was al
so supplied during all these months.
These figures show that the dairy herd
in no wise can be considered a side
line on the ranch; it always must be
classed as one of the most important
elements of the farm.
Hogs are raised for home ocnsump-
ton, and the ~Poland-China is the
favorite breed. Mr.. Wrensted has no
doubt whatever that in time this coun-
ty will take its place as a hog ship
ping district of the state.
A small bunch of sheep are kept
on the place and they more than earn
their keep. AS weeders and elimin-
ators of brush they are hard to beat,
and the income from mutton and wool
adds to the revenue of the ranch.
. from one ram On the place last spring
a fleece of Is pounds was sheared.
The flock of chickens provide more
: than enough eggs for the home and a
surplus for marketing.
MIR. Wrensted is a native of Den
r mark and came to America in 1884
He went to Ohio and remained in the
Buckeye state about a year; he then
t went west to Nebraska and for three
= wears WAS ElEdEtA III la4AlO1NAAA
there, and in 1883 came to POcatellC
and worked as a r~ailrOader until 1894
S later serving on the police force in
that town. After quitting that service
he was for eight years in the forest
service, being supervisor OF the 70
S catello. Portneuf. MinidOka and Raft
river forests. While in the forest ser
n vice he filed on the homestead which
y r- r-- .-a1@ snNA - Emn 70 VIM In Vt
e he was married to Miss Anna Rasmus-
= sen. also a native of Denmark. Wher
e the family came to the homestead &
vast amount of clearing had to be done
y the tract being full of sagebrush, buck
brush, willows and other jungle
= growths. A neat cabin was built anC
q work begun on the homestead, which
taken all in all is one of the choice
spots in the entire Crystal country
A visit to the ranch today will brin!
the conviction that the family has
wrought well. The place is not fal
from the main road to the railroad
and neighbors are near. The home
stead of the eldest on, Carl, is three
quarters of a mile away. Carl hal
been called for service in the Unite'
States army and his ranch viii b.
leased out
Mr.. Wrensted since his residence il
Idaho has lived in four counties with
out much moving about. When h
came to Pocatello that town was il
Bingham county. then Bannock coun
tv was created: a move of twelv
miles brought him into Oneida coun
ty: when Power county was create
he did not have to owe at all-th
new county simply adopted him. Al
though the ranch is not such a yer
great distance from American Falls
somewhere around thirty miles-ye
Mrs. Wrensted has never been in TIA
county seat of Power county. Thi
year she had intended TO come to TIA
fair, but the season being late on tn
ranch the busy harvesting time inter
fered with the contemplated trip an