American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-29
BY THE PILGRIM"

20 acres of Bluestem and 80 acres of
oats. A total of 5025 bushels of grain
was threshed and 40 acres of grain
nay was cut. The Turkey Red went
a shade better than 10 bushels to the
acre in n S0-acre field, another field
OF 80 acres went 1874 bushels, and still
another field of $50 acres went 141b
bushels to the acre. The field plowed
latest in the summer of 1916 gave the
smallest yield, and this proves to Mr..
Adolf that the earlier the summer fall
lowing is done the better the yield.
The 2O-acre field of Bluestem gave a
yield of 7S sacks, and the 30-acre field
of oats 290 sacks. The Turkey Req
tested So pounds per bushel and
brought from S3.05 to s3.11 per 100
pounds delivered at American Falls
and Quigley. For the yield of the past
year, in many respects an adverse one.
this rancher has no exceptions to
make and for the price received he has
only praise.
Mr.. Adolf practices thorough meth
DDS in preparing his lands for his
crops, believing in blowing as early
and as deep as the condition of the
soil permits and in using the harrow
unremittingly in creating the mulch
to hold the moisture. Weeds are not
permitted to get a foothold on the
farm and no hour is considered wasted
that is spent in their elimination. He
faYors cooperation of all farmers IN
the work of getting rid of them, and
condemns the practice of abandoning
an entire ranch. Or parts of it, to them.
Mrs. Adolf each season harvests
good yields from the garden on the
farm, the past year raising an espec-
Tally good yield of potatoes, cabbage,
turnlps, beans and peas. In this dry
farm garden watermelons are regu-
larry matured each year. The seed of
these watermelons, a particularly
sweet variety, was imported from Rus
sla. Every year some of them are
preserved in the whole in a picked
form and they are a fine dish during
the winter months. From three
quarters to an acre of carrots are
grown each year in this garden and
they serve a dual purpose. AS a table
food they are unexcelled, and they
have proven to be one of the best
stock foods obtainable. AS long as
the supply lasts they are fed with
straw to the horses, and so well are
they relished by them that they are
given the preference over grain. 1t
is well known that carrots fed to
horses in the spring give them a fine
silky coat; when they are fed 10 the
horses all winter long the animals are
kept in the best of condition and no
rancher following the practice of feed
ing them as a regular ration has many
calls to make on the veterinary. This
year 125 sacks of carrots were grown
on this ranch.
An orchard of $50 fruit trees-apple,
pear, plum and cherry-was set out
last spring; the trees were planted
"A feet apart each way. Shade trees
to the number of 200-Carolina pop
lars-have been set out, and these har-
dy trees are making a good growth.
The bunch of work horses numbers
IA head, about half of them grade Bel
gians; some grade Percherons are al
so in the bunch. A number of fine
colts are growing up on the ranch
which show that the owner of this
ranch is not allowing his horses to re-
trograde in any name
At present only one COW, a high
grade Jersey, is on the ranch. but nor
mally two are kept, and butter is al
ways marketed during the summer
months. The Jersey strain is de-
cidedly the favorite here.
Some fine specimens of high grade
Poland-China hogs, IA in number, were
on this ranch in the past fall. Mr..
Adolf always raises some for sale.
either to the local markets or for ship
ment. Three years ago he raised 100
hogs, and the past year he disposed of
Is head to neighboring farmers. He
does not advocate the raising of hogs
for market shipment under present
conditions of the grain market.
The flock of chickens numbers from
100 to 125 OF this ranch, a mixed stock
of Wyandottes and Rhode Island Reds.
Mrs. AdOlf's aim is TO in a few years
to have only pure bred Rhode Island
Reds, as she considers them to be the