The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-11

10 acres. lHoy Will put III 0U acres
of wheat, 81 of potatoes, 10 of beets
and 10 of oats.
]. w. Amor lives on the old Amor
homestead, but has it leased to
Maroni Mecham and sons. Mr.. Amor
lost his health year or two ago
and is trying to regain it.
Jean Hutchinson has ITO white
leghorns and has Matched 1870
chicks. Mr.. Hutchinson has 9 hogs
eating &c corn and thinks it Is a
dangerous speculation. He has put
in 10 acres of beets, is acres of
wheat and some other crops. He
says he has observed that some OF
the fellows who are in a hurry for
spring to come are blowing the
ground while 1t is too wet and he
thinks this will damage the soil as
well as the crops.
Fred Nelson, who lives south Of
Firth. is sowing So acres of grain,
lis of potatoes, of mangle-beets
and has about 80 acres of hay and
some pasture. He has raised red
clover the past two years and made
about $50 per acre. Mr.. Nelson Is
sowing some wheat and alfalfa,
mixed, this, year on ground that he
had farmed to potatoes two years
following alfalfa. The first year he
raised IT'S sacks of potatoes per
acre and last year only 100 sacks,
but they were of the Russell variety
and he thinks they are not very
heavy yielders. He will sow 40
acres of red clover and alfalfa, 20
acres of each, and 5 acres Of alsike
Mr.. Nelson has been farming in this
locality for 32 years and favors a
diversity of crops. He says If he
were starting on new farm and
had the means he would fence his
farm with woven wire to make 1t
| hog tight. The second thing he would
want would be shelter to protect
his stock and his products and ma
chinery. Mr.. Nelson urges farmers
| to take care of their machinery and
not leave it out in the storm and
sun. He has a grain drill which ne
has used for 10 years and 1t looks
like most of the drills do when they
have been in service one or two
wears. He has a binder that he has
used 7 years and has never spent
cent on it for repairs, but he does
not leave either of them out in the
storm and he does not use them for
chicken coops and feed boxes. When
he is done with the binder he loosens
the canvas, and when the season IS
finished he puts them away for the
winter. He thinks good many men
talk of the importance of keeping
machinery under shelter but at the
time it ought to be done they rely
upon the paint to protect 1t ana
leave it out in the weather until they
get used to seeing it and it suffers
much damage.
Charlie and Edward Nelson are
living on 200 acres of the old Peter
son place south of Firth.
w. l. Hunt plowed up his yard
and planted it to crop. He has set
out 40 Lombardy poplars and some
apple, prune and cherry trees. He
has 81 acres in his farm.
Hyrum Christensen came from
Mink creek, Franklin county, Idaho,
in November, 1916, and purchased
piece of land from Bowen Curley
southeast of Firth.
E. P. Wernett has S3 fall pigs and
he wants to sell them or buy feed
for them. He is planting 18 acres
of potatoes, 81 of grain, 2 acres OF
mangle beets for hog feed and has
us acres of hay and some pasture
land. He is doing considerable
grading on his farm. Mr.. Wernett
saws he consults the market report
carefully in the paper. He says he
would rather give 81 more per year
on subscription to paper if it will
carry market report of all the pro-
duce bought and sold among the
farmers all over the county.
| Joseph Johnson came from Mt.
Pleasant, Utah, in April, and bought
14O acres from Heber Christensen at
SIS per acre. The improvements on
the land were not very good and 1t
has II acres of orchard that is IN
bad condition on account of stock
having had the freedom of the orch
ard. The place is two miles east OF
Firth and one mile west Of the pro-
posed beet dump on the spur road.
There is a lot of waste land in this
locality that has never been farmed,
or that has been farmed some and is
lying fallow again. Mr.. Johnson has
planted some potatoes, 10 or 10
acres of wheat and 10 or Is acres OF
oats.
G. Piltingsrud lives 2A miles east
of Firth. He came from Idaho Falls
a year ago.
LIE Roy Peterson leased 100 acres
of Chris Peterson and is planting 10
acres of beets and Is acres of grain.
He has done his blowing with a
gasoline tractor.
Luther Tufts is leasing 20 acres
of L. J. Johnson and sowing 1t to
grain.
John Teeples has 200 acres and is
farming 70 acres of 1t. He Will
plant 10 acres of beets, l Of potatoes