American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-21
BY THE PILGRIM"

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too late the soil becomes TOO pow
dered n plowed when the ground /
too wei il becomes baked. He ha
reached the conclusion hat on tn
farm there Is a certain time for ever.
procedure, and the work must be dom
al that time. or success Will be Yerl
apt to be lacking. Last year he die
some fall blowing o late In the sea
sou. when the ground was too dry
The result was a reduced yield Ol
grain on that tract. Had the tract
been piowed earlier. states Mr.. Isaak
he might just as well had doubled the
yield. OF course. he needs the lesson.
He maintains that the harrow can not
be used TOO often IN summer fallOwl
and on plOwed ground In general. 1t
IL the most important implement on
the farm TO create a mulch on the
ground, to hold moisture In the soil.
and liz frequent use aids In the elm
nation OF weeds,
Moisture and Seeding.
Experience has proven to Mr.. Isaak
that II summer fallOw at seeding time
contains moisture It Is best for winter
wheat II too dry. Il Is best to let the
GROUND await until spring for seeding
This has been impressed upon him By
the lessons taught In three or four
seasons and the method will never be
devlated from on the ranch In the flu
ture. The land must produce the
maximum crops TO reward the farmer
for his Investment and labor expended.
Summer fallow must be worked at
every possible opportunity with disc
and harrow 10 get the best results.
Mr.. lsaak stated that an experienced
and successful wheat grower of the
state OF Washington told him that
every time the harrow and the weeder
are taken over the land two bushels
OF wheat are added 10 the acre.
Weed Problem.
The problem Of noxious weeds has
engaged the serious attention of this
rancher. He realizes that the pest
has got far too strong a hold in the
fields and highways of the county and
that It VIII take the combined efforts
Of the farmers Ia each section to over
come them. lie follows the practice
Of using the disc on summer fallow as
soon aa weeds show up. But this must
be done promptly. It must never be
delayed. He cites an instance where
he failed to go after the weeds at the
proper time. with the result that u
took three men and from twelve Ia
eighteen horses To accomplish the
task Of Kidding a certain tract OF
weeds. while the work would have
been done by one man and six horses
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stage. Mr. lsaak has an implement
ON his farm. the rOd-weeder. which he
nuds OF greatest aid in killing weeds.
This implement sends the rod from
two to three inches into the ground,
cuts the roots OF weeds. and leaves
the t%urned-over soil bottom up. II
has proven entirely efficient and he
would not try to combat weeds without
Il.
But above all Mr.. Isaak wishes to
Impress the fact that ON a dry farm
seeding must be done when the ground
Is moist. This he considers one of
the great essentials. his knowledge be
ing acquired by actual experience.
Controls Twelve Hundred Acres.
MIR. lsaak farms a total of nearly
1900 acres. OF which 240 acres are
leased state land and geo acres In pas
ture The state land Is practically
surrounded by the home ranch. lie
owns 65 acres. 40 OF which are under
irrigation from Warm creek. Just be
low Medley.
When he filed on his homestead In
1909 the tract was covered with an
especially rank growth of s%agehrush.
and IL was especially tall and obstrep-
erous ON an eminenCe selected for the
home site OF the ranch. Mr.. lsaak re-
lates that "a stake was driven to mark
the spot where the first load of lumber
was TO be delivered. and that he then
hitched up a team and went to Amer
lean Falls for the load. When he re-
late i'm the afternoon he spent
several hours looking for the stake in
the miniature forest
This year he has somewhat more
than 900 acres I'm wheat. He had
seeded I'M winter wheat more than 800
acres, but had TO re-seed all but 20
acres OF il owing To fact that II was
killed. He states IL would have
better to re-seed the 20 acres al
so. Besides the re-seeded area he has
about l40 acres additional in spring
wheat. The entire acreage promises
q fair yield Ia raising spring wheat
MIR lsaak has had best success with
Bluestem and this year he IS raising
variety exclusively. In winter
wheat he has harvested as much as
35 bushels of Gold Coin per acre In the
past. but has discontinued this varie-
" for Turkey Red, the latter being
harder. he has 65 acres in barley.
bearded variety. and this also prom
ises a fair yield.
In 1913 he had a tract seeded TO oats
with which he had a peculiar exper-
fence. when the crop was about ready
for cutting a second growth sprang
up from the roots. The first crop was
headed. returning a hne yield. and the
second growth provided one OF the
finest pastures Mr.. lsaak ever had for
his livestock.
On the land near Medley the entire
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