The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-29

cept as an accommodation in the
neighborhood He has 10 acres in
winter wheat and 81 acres in spring
wheat. Ha
Peter Thiesen has $40 acres of
land all mortgaged, and he says he
expects to lose half of the land by
foreclosure in a short time, but will
try to save the other half Things
about the place indicated that he was
not a very good farmer.
E. ]. Becker has been on his claim
eight years and reports having lis
acres of winter wheat, 10 acres of
spring wheat and he is summer fall
lowing about 140 acres. On the
summer fallowed ground he uses a
weed puller that consists of an inch
rod attached crosswise on the under
side of what appears to be marker
with three runners on it. He uses
four horses and the weight of the
driver together with the marker
causes it to drag somewhat below the
surface and pull up the weeds and
create dust mulch.
/. T. Pierce came from Salem,
Utah, this spring and bought 40
acres near Aberdeen, adjoining the
townsite. We did not learn the pur-
chase price.
H. P. Christensen came from
Salem, Utah, and is located one mile
southeast of Aberdeen where he pur-
chased a 40-acre tract. r
Bingham county is operating a
ferry boat across Snake river about
miles east of Aberdeen. The ferry
Is operated by Mr.. Bowman who
charges 80 cents toll for transport
ing a vehicle or auto across the river.
This is on the road connecting with
Pocatello.
C. L. Dalton is leasing 40 acres
of the John Cunningham place south
of Aberdeen. Mr.. Dalton formerly
resided at Riverside and married a
Pingree girl, Miss Myrtle Anderson.
C. L. Myers has an irrigated farm
south of Aberdeen and dry farm
three miles southwest. On the IT.
i, rigated farm he has little garden,
: enclosed with woven wire fencing,
and in this garden he has about the
usual fruit and vegetables. He had
a strip of horse radish. 70 feet long
and about feet in width. By some
: accident he found that the horse
radish was in good demand at GER
tain seasons and he purchased some
, pint Jars, or bottles, that cost 81
cents per dozen and used meal
: grinder with which to grind the
horseradish 1t was put on the
> market in the pint bottles and solo
4 for 35 cents per pint. At first hi
3 put it up in vinegar, but found thai
it went fiat and lost some of it'
. strength and snap. Since then the!
d have been using clear cold water ant
;: find it keeps perfectly and wher
!! opened is in good condition. He hal
I been supplying the market at Ameri
: can Falls and Aberdeen with hi
product. This spring they sold So
! worth of horse radish from the 6x7'
E foot strip which is only about
2 hundredth part of an acre and the.
: have enough left for next year
g crop. Mr.. Myers also had row
:: of parsnips, 80 feet long, from whicl
u he sold 81 worth and had all the,
II wanted to use. He did not mention
: these as being of great Importance
g but when we arrived at the place an
9 insisted upon his telling us some
y thing that would be of interest t
. some other farmer, he glance
a around and pointed out these strip
to us and told US what he had re
u ceived from them. He said he di
= not think there was very goo
Il market for horse radish or parsnip
u due to the fact that little goes
q long way and partly due to the fac
q that lots of people want horseradis
u without knowing what they ar
u hungry for. They use mustard'
:, catsup and many other hot sauce
is which satisfy the craving to Gel
y tain extent and thus takes the plac
e of horse radish. Horse radish is
3. more natural food and should b
'e used more to satisfy such need
y Many people do not use parsniE
< largely for the reason that they hav
g. never had them cooked with othe
ly