The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-24
THE CUB SAYS

I'm I'LL "
Clark Derfier, who lives east of
Taber, has bought 1920 Bull trac-
tor that burns oil. 1t cost $1095
laid down at Taber, and a three-disc
plow for it cost $3.50. Mr.. Derfier
just got it ready for action about
the nineteenth of September.
R. B. Faris lives eight miles west
of Moreland, and was in town We'd
nesday doing some shopping. Mr..
Faris brought with him four pota-
toes that he dug from his patch of
an acre and half on the dry farm.
They were raised from culls planted
in May and the last rain they had
was on the thirtieth of May. The
four potatoes weighed three and a
half pounds, the largest weighing
one and quarter pounds. 1t is
about five inches long and well pro-
portioned. Mr.. Faris said he might
have found better specimens II he
had hunted, but he took these from
some Of the first hills he dug into.
He said he had planted the rows
about three and half feet apart,
and the hills about Is inches apart
in the rows. Homer Abbot who lives
near him planted some about the
same time that did not do so we'll,
but he attributes his lack Of success
to the fact that he planted his closer
together, and the plants exhausted
the moisture before the potatoes at
tanned a good size.
T. W. Randall, who lives a couple
Of miles west of Snake river bridge,
has remodeled his house lately and
made an addition to it, besides mod
ernizing it. Hot and cold water at
the tap, carrying itself in and carry
ing itself out are part Of the new
program at Randall's.
F. s. Robson, who lives west of
Goshen, planted some Minnesota
White Dent corn on the tenth Of
June, and in 100 days from that
date he delivered couple of ears
of ripe corn at The Republican Of
flee. The ears were nine and ten
inches long and we'll matured. He
had only small tract and will save
the best of it for seed. He plans
to have some homemade corn meal
of his own raising and own grinding,
and raise a larger tract next year.
He also brought to town sample
of monster turnips sweet and good.
Mr.. Robson came from Iowa couple
of years ago and has been putting
his sand-hill farm in condition by
doing a great deal of grading. Last
spring when horses were scarce and
there was still grading to do, the
Cub found him working with
wheelbarrow where the haul was
short. He had plank or two for
a tramway, and the grading was
progressing by the strong-arm meth
cd while the horses were doing other
things. Mr.. Robson proves the
truth of the saying, "It doesn't mat
ter so much how you do it, so long
as you get it done by the best meth
cd at hand" Most men would have
left that little patch uneven and
paid the penalty in ligter yield.
It has been reported that the
Wrights who live between the rivers
below Blackfoot, have been offering
a large amount of hay in the stack
for $40 ton. Investigation shows
the report to have been incorrect.
The Wrights inform us that they
thought some Of offering it at $12
a ton, but decided they could make
more out of it by feeding it to cattle,
so they are looking for feeders.
Thomas G.. Bond is buying some
fields in Centerville for pasturing
feeders he purchased in Montana.
We are informed that he is paying
as high as 81 an acre for beet tops.
Ed. F. Lindsay is a Dakota cattle
man who came to Idaho two or three
years ago looking for location that
was better. He said it got so there
was settler in every good nook on
the cattle range, and it was all right
for him to be there for that was his
home, but it made grass scarce. Be-
sides that, each settler fenced his
place with two wires and bunch |
Of dogs, and that was hard on cattle. |
Well, he farmed near Blackroot on |
the west side of the river for a |
couple Of years, and then leased the |
Dick Burns place south of Fl. Hall |
for term of years. He went down
and selected it when the snow was |
on, and the ground damp, and it
looked good. In fact, it was good.
Lindsay is not a man to run things
lown. He swears it was good and
sandy, but even sand is good. Last
spring was cold and windy; good and
windy, but even the wind is good;
10 is the cold. He put in % acres
If wheat at cost of $3.50 an acre,
ind it came up and looked fine. The
wind blew and the sand drifted, and
he wheat stalks suffered. Some
lines it would get as much as a
DOT high and then be cut off by the
lrifting stand. He did not harvest
kernel of wheat. He planted 10
,orao ne cnudc and thew did we'll |