American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
DOES NOT TRUST TO LUCK.

Luck" may be considered impor-
tant by some, but Martin Hayden puts
his faith in deep blowing and frequent
and thorough narrowing. His luck"
is best when he follows the best cul-
tural methods known to him.
Three miles northeast of Crystal
Martin Hayden is developing a home
stead of $50 acres, filed on in May.
1914, into a productive farm. The first
year OF farming this ranch saw ten
acres cleared and in Sonora wheat,
the yield averaging 16 bushels per
acre. At present So acres are in cul-
tivati2n on the homestead. On the
original homestead he had 40 acres
on the west end which he relinquished
in favor of an another 40 acres on the
east end in order to get water. On
the relinquished tract he tried to.ob-
tain water and gave up the attempt
after he had gone down PCS feet, but
or the east tract he obtained an album
dant supply before he eve got a fair
start at well sinking; he had to go
down only eight feet for it. Besides
getting water so easily the exchange
was beneficial in that the land there
is a better tract than the %relinquished
parcel, and the well is high enough
above the house to give a gravity flow
and a pipe system will be installed.
This year IA acres of Turkey Red
and Sc acres of Sonora we're grown.
Mrs. VI. ]. Howells, mother Of Mrs.
Hayden, has a homestead adjoining
and Mr.. Hayden also farms this tract,
cutting Is acres of grain hay on it this
year. This rancher is convinced that
it takes four to five years to get new
ground into shape where it will give
the best results. The ranch was
covered with %sagebrush and a varied
assortment of other growths and it
takes years to ge completely rid of
them so that the ground can be used
TO it's full capacity. He is still break
ing new land at every available Oppor-
tunity to get the entire $50 tillable
acres on his homestead in cultivation
The spring wheat seeded e spring
will be Marquis, as it ripens earlier
thany-Shers Sonora or Bluestem. and
as soon as the ground can be pre-
pared alfalfa will be seeded.
MIS-. f1dEuE Is dnOlntl ldllNl W.
man Who has discovered that it pays
we'll to put the garden in the midst Of
a grain field to save the products
from the squirrels and gophers. II
this garden the beans. carrots. pea:
and other vegetables yer not molest
ed by the rodents and everything gave
a fine yield. In a separate patch from
this garden, not in the grain field, sh'
planted some peanuts and they were
doing fine when the gophers located
them and quickly destroyed the vine
and nuts. The potato patch gave al
excellent yield of Russet and BLU
Victor potatoes. From the wild frui
growing on this ranch a good suppl.
for the winter months was put up.
The first year on the ranch the pc
tatoes had to be planted in a hurry
so the ground was plowed and the see
put in without narrowing and the
left to shift for itself until fall with
out cultivation of any kind. Fror
the middle of the summer the tabl
was always well supplied from thi
patch of tubers and in the fall thiI
Leen sacks were stored away.
A%lr. Hayden states that he long az
QUIT trusting to luck in operating o
his farm. but that he has adopte
certain methods which he follows
get the maximum results. In summe
following and fall blowing for sprin
seeding he goes eight inches dee
summer fallow he harrows sever;
times. and then puts the harrow ov'
il again just before seeding and aga
after seeding. Fall plowed land
let's lie in the rough until spring al
as soon as the snow is off he harrow
i. twice before seeding and once aft
seeding. He advocates that gra
seeded in the fall be rolled as soon
the ground is dry enough in the spril
in order to break the crust and crea
the mulch needed to hold the moistui
He believes that the roller is bett