The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
STANDPOINT SUBSTAT|ON
IS DOING G00DIIW0RK
LOGGED-OFF LAND AND DAIRY
PROBLEMS ARE BEING
WORKED OUT.

j, S. Jones of the university of Ida
no experiment farm, who has just re-
turned from a visit to the substation
at Standpoint, presents the result of
his inspection in the following in
teresting statement:
THE Standpoint substation is a farm
of ITO acres adjoining the corporation
limits of Standpoint on the northwest.
One hundred acres of the farm is
typical of the extensive areas of the
cut and burned-over lands of which
all of the north Idaho counties have
extensive areas. When the farm was
taken over for the conduct of ex-
pertinent station work, this portion of
the farm was perhaps as thickly set
with stumps and strewn with fallen
stuff as any land Immediately adjacent
to Standpoint. The problem of the
farm has been to bring portions of it
into cultivation as rapidly as possible
and to secure ONE sort of revenue
from the remaining portion which
could not be Immediately brought un-
der cultivation.
"A herd of young dairy stock was
put on the farm some two years ago.
The cleared portion of the farm now
supplies feed for the dairy stock, some
eight or 10 of which have become
substantial milk producers. An i'm
1-11@x, - .oxv11,yOJ ~,
getting the land in condition for the
plow but some 25 OF 80 acres are now
in cultivation. Twenty acres is being
used exclusively for the production
of feed for the dairy herd and the
other portion of the cleared area is
being used for experimental work in
soil Improvement. The clovers grow
splendidly and are given a prominent
place among other forage crops.
THAT portion of the farm which
cannot be cleared at once is being
made to produce the finest kind OF
pasture after the surface has been
cleared of fallen stuff and the clover
seed lightly covered by the use of a
spring tooth harrow. The dairy herd
has developed some splendid produc-
ers. The dairy herd not only demon
strates what can be done in the di-
rection of dairy farming but is be-
ing made to supply breeding animals
for the surrounding country. The
-x,o11 49, of hnoc
1t has been used successfully during
the past two seasons in the "hogglng-
off" of field peas grown on newly
turned land. The herd will also be
made to produce breeding animals for
distribution in the surrounding coun-
try. A flock of sheep will be added
to the farm within the near future.
A flock of Rhode Island chickens and
eight or 10 stands of bees constitute
the rest of the farms livestock in
1.-THE superintendent is Frank La
frenz, a graduate of the University OF
Idaho with the class of 1915. During
the last two years he has succeeded
in bringing the farm to the favorable
attention of farmers and land owners
that section of the state. In the
absence Of a county agent, he is. fire.
uuently asked to make visits to sur
rounding farms to advise with owners
On clearing operations, pasturage,
management of dairy cattle and other
farm interests. To be made
highly productive these lands require
heavy dressings of barnyard manure.
There is abundant reason, therefore,
why dairy farming or some other
branch of livestock farming should
De made very prominent in the opera
of this station. Mr.. Lafrenz is OF
he opinion that there are no better
]airy sections in Idaho than can be
sound in the cut and burned-over
of north Idaho. Immense
developments in that direction may
,e expected during the next few