American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-27
spring will seed 50 acres to Bluestem.
Has Successfully Fought Pimhill.

spring will seed 50 acres to Bluestem.
Has Successfully Fought Pimhill.
Mr.. Talon related hat he has seen
the time when the Jim Hill mustard
stand in eastern Washington exceeded
anything that Arbon valley or any 9TH
er section of the county has ever seen.
The stuff stood as high as a horses
back and presented an almost impen-
etrable barrier. Yet the wheat grow
ers got rid of it by a system of thor
ough summer following. In eastern
Washington the farmers have adopted
the method of blowing six to nine
inches deep for summer fallow and
going at it just as early as weather
conditions permit, usually about the
middle of March. The summer fallow
is narrowed at least twice directly
after the blowing is finished, and then
the weed skinner" is brought forth.
This implement consists of four run
ners, pulled by from four to six horses,
sending a steel blade twelve feet long
and four inches wide about two inches
into the ground. This implement is
taken over the fields when the ground
is dry and besides getting every weed
in its path gives the ground a thorough
stirring. 1t is customary to take the
weed skinner" over the fields of sum-
mer fallow as often as weeds show up,
and by the use of this implement the
farmers of eastern Washington have
succeeded in keeping the mustard
down so we'll that no wheat fields are
seen there which can not be har-
vorfnI Thfg ctro1nrr rrar rnfnnI in
from two to three years and, Of course,
the farmers are now constantly on
guard against a recurrence of the evil.
Mr.. Talon has no hesitancy in stat
ing that the same degree of success
can be had here if the same methods
are followed, and he is of the opinion
that exclusive spring seeding need
not be resOrted to in order to get rid
Of the mustard.
No Spring Flowing.
The blowing On the SapOlil Ranch
consists of summer following only,
half of the wheat growing acreage al
ways being in that state. Early and
deep blowing, combined with the con-
slant use of the harrow, are his great
aids in the conservation of moisture,
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half or two inches of the surface and
holding it there.
He insists that his seed grain is
clean and is dipped in a formaldehyde
solution of one pint to forty gallons OF
water. Enough is dipped to have a
days supply in store, and care is ia
ken that the seed is perfectly dry be-
fore it is drilled into the ground.
This rancher has 10 acres of alfal-
ia, seeded in the spring of 1915, and
grown by the dry farm method. One
crop is cut, giving from nine to ten
tons, and then the patch is used fol-
pasture. He considers it the best hay
to be grown here, especially for dairy
COWS.
Mrs. Talon always raises a garden
and never fails to get a good yield
This year turnips. potatoes, carrots
p~arsnips, beets and cabbage were
stored away in large quantities, and
beans and peas were dried. The
gooseberry bushes gave their first
yield this year, and a number of cher
ry trees set out are growing in fine
style.
The work bunch of horses numbers
eight head, all graded Percherons, anC
two high grade Percheron fllies viii
in another year add their number tC
the bunch. Mr.. Talon states that tbs
Percheron strain is the best of any
draft horse for the farm or the roaC