American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-10

source of n~ever-ending information.
He studies and compares cause and
effect, labor and results. One con-
~clusion he has arrived at is that the
quicker the farmer quits the practice
OF trying to raise crOps-grain or
produce-from scratched-under stubble
land the quicker he will get the re-
wards that his labors should rightly
bring him. In this day of progressive
farming new methods must be adopted,
lieves that 1t is to their material inter-
Of deep blowing and consequent CON
servatiOn of moisture. He also be-
lfeves that it is to the material inter-
est that farmers should attend the
convention Of seedgrOwers and other
meetings of farmers and related in
dustries. OF course, the county fair.
the farm bureau, the work of the coun-
ty agent, and the discussions and con-
clusions arrived at in the dry farm
congresses receive his endorsement
and cooperation.
Buys Idaho Grown Seed.
Another very important phase of
farming is pointed out by him. He
maintains that the farmers Of this
county should not go outside of the
state to purchase seed of any kind If
they can possibly buy it il. Idaho. This
state has a good and effectively en-
forced pure seed law, and his exper-
fence has been that the seeds purchas-
ed within the state have beer of the
highest standard, especially as con-
Germs freedom from weeds. AS an in
stance, he points to the fact that in
five pounds of the Sudan grass sown
on four acres this spring but one for
eign plant has shown up and that was
a plant of rape, and not a weed, but
a good stock food.
He firmly believes in cooperation
between farmer and merchant and
states that the merchant should buy
the product of the home county farms
in preference to all others. This is
the kind Of cooperation that builds up
the community.
In livestock Mr.. Mcknight likewise
has preferences that have been &C
quired by experience. In horses he
prefers the Percheron strain as work
stock. He OWNS a fine graded brood
mare of this celebrated stock and is
grading up his bunch of horses. He
owns a graded Percheron stallion and
in a few years time his ranch will
contain an outfit of work horses that
will compare we'll with those found
on ranches in longer settled farm dis
! tricts of the west.
His dairy herd consists Of Short
horns, calves of the past two seasons
having a Holstein strain. He con-
: siders the Short horn-Durham strain
: the best dual purpose breed for this
section. This strain is equally we'll
a producer for the dairy and the beef
market. Like other progressive farm
O ers he recognizes that the butter and
cream feature of the farm must be
taken into consideration as one oil
the main money makers.
As to hogs he gives preference tC
the Poland-China breed. They arc
matured at less cost than other breeds
, At the present time he raises hogs fol
home consumption only, his other ex.
/, tensive operations not permitting tim,
II to devote to the raising of hogs. They
require alfalfa pasture and an extra
tight fence to induce them to remain
IS within their owners domain and no
I become a pest and everlasting sourc,
of annoyance to neighbors.
"a Mr.. Mcknight was born on a farm
II near Bakerstown, Penn, in 1884. Tn
. til eighteen years of age he lived Of
the farm, then went to work in a hard
9 ware store at Bakerstown for a yea
N and a half. He Their worked in
NJ feed store at Ambridge, Penn, 70
70 nearly two years. The following tw.
,v years he was with the American Bridg
10 company of Ambridge as machinisi
I AhnTTf FhfG time he LAnr-LA Af.A
n was time to go west, and in 1909 h
n came to Montana. remaining in tina
as state only a month, however. to com
a to American Falls the same yea
Shortly after his arrival here he file
III on a sagebrush tract which now
NJ one of the best farms in the state {
il Idaho, and in these few years has eC
rs quired by purchase and lease othe
lie Idaho, and in these few years has aC
I'M tensive operators in the county. |
December, 1909. he returned to Penn
lis sylvania and vas married to Nj:
IL Florence Black. also a native of II
Keystone state. Mrs. Mcknight
fond of farm life in the west and
certain that the development of tn
gu county will reach a degree of perfe0
&c ton that will attract the attention
iu many that now have probably new.
ere heard of the fact that Power county
"a making an earnest effort to gain q
NJ name of being the foremost whe
Us, producer of the northwest. When tn
'Ou time comes. Mr.. and Mrs. McKnig
slu may justly claim that they have be-
re- among those who caused green feel
10 TO appear that were not many yea
Is" ago covered with the somber grey
= the sagebrush and greasewood. Tn
lhe are aware of the fact that to ma
sed such a farm the homastoadcr il rorc
of 10 90 into dabt endure manv bor
de- shins and nriva+ions ord eD~ ge
IN toll of the most persistent kind. Y
they have reached the-point where o
ner good crop will place them i'm the T
the sition whore tbev ,re indenardor+