American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-22

will be equipped in modern manner.
Water will be piped 70 the house and
the wiring for electric lighting has
been installed. For many years Mr..
Fifield and his family have resided in
a log cabin on the ranch, but the old
structure will soon be relocated TO
the rear as far as it is concerned as a
dwelling. Other improvements on the
ranch are under way.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. May reside on a
three and a half acre tract Of irrigated
land a mile and a half north Of Rock
land. Butter is regularly marketed
a high grade Durham and a grade Her
etord COW comprise the dairy herd
Besides supplying the household with
butter and cream, from three 10 four
pounds Of butter are sold each week
at an average price Of 40 cents per
pound. A flock Of So chickens during
the spring and summer were so indus
trious that from 10 70 Y dozen Of eggs
we're marketed each week. These
chickens during the past fall never
ceased in their industry: in fact they
are laying now and seemingly have
determined that they might Just as we'll
keep up their work all winter. ginca If
IS not a regulation winter. Mr.. and
Mrs. May consider this flock Of chick
ems one Of the best assets Of the ranch
Inc garden on this small irrigated
tract IS under the care OF Mrs. Nav
and II always yields fine crops From
three sacks Of seed planted last year
q tolal OF - sacks of potatoes was
harvested The mangel-beets planted
Tor stock food also gave a fine re-
TURN. as did all other vegetables On
me dry farm in the foothills. three and
a half miles 10 the east. Il sacks If
Deans were threshed from five acres
the beans weighing close 10 1000
pounds. and Is cents per pound for
the whole OF part of the crop has beer
offered. These beans did NOT gar
overly much attention during ne
growing season. having been cultiva+-
ed and hoed just once. Of courss
me must be kept free from weeds
Mr.. May leases a 2s0-acre tract in ,be
foothills, all of it dry land Last vaar
he seeded % acres to Bluesfem h.
C"een June Is and 20. and from the
Ile!d ne harvested 81 sacks OF wheat
ms acreage had been originally seed
60 70 turkey Red, but part OF il had
been winter killed and cut-worms
o a whack al the rest Of il. re-
seeing was resorted 10 with the re-
SUIT mentioned. This Bluestem tested
~ and 50 pounds per bushel and
brought S3.OS per 100 pounds. Last
Iall 90 acres were seeded 10 Turkey
hed and II shows a hne stand al pres
ent. A field Of so acres is PREPARED
LOT seeding to Bluestem in the spring
n labOrs Of the Pilgrim have IN do
mostly with farmers and their doings
Dut Tor a line or TWO be is going TO omit
tnat worthy field in order to make
mention OF the window decoration Of
i. J. Lawson's hardware store on the
main street of Rockland. Old GLORY in
all It's beauty surmounts the Dicfrra
OF the nations president and on each
SIDE OF the central decoration are rwo
Red Cross insignias. The entire dec
grafton tells the passerby at q glance
that America IS at war and that The
nag and all it stands for appeals for
support from every loyal citizen Of the
land.
Last year C. J.. Clark had 50 acres
o. his l~63-acre ranch. located rwo
miles northeast OF Rockland. planted 10
Nlnety-Day field corn. a yellow flinr
'arlety. and the harvest yielded a total
OF go bushels. The corn was nlanr-
ca late In June on summer fallow. dry
iand, with a grain drill and received
no attention whatever during the grow
ING season, yet the field gave q me
!leld OF corn. some Of the ears were
i inches long. All live stock on this
laAch-norses. COWS, hogs and chick
Sal led corn and they all thrive
on H. Fodder takes the place of hav
20 me entire exclusion OF the latter
q hogs DO especially we'll on corn
a a ~Iattening ration. In years pasr
Dir. Clark has raised as many as g00
logs on this ranch. At present he has
= mead on the place. but the lumber
VIII be increased. as the present mar
ket quotations Tor pork on the bo.,f
are certainly enticing. This ranch *
equipped with a big hog bousa an5
proper fencing. Mrs. CLARK hss
stored in her cellar 1000 ora-- -
preserved articles Of food. ran1ng
FORM lelles 10 Deutschland every
olI OF It, with the exception OF peaches
~NU VSltleS. vas SroWn on the home
ranch. Her recipe for the preserving
OF oeefsteak is as follows: The steaE
Is fried and put in the bottles or The
Jars water is then poured n he
pan IN which the meat was fried ana
TINS water added 10 the meat in rhs
oo1tles the latter are then sealed her
Metically and boiled for four hours
neat tnus prepared will keep indefi-
hltely' but once opened the entire con
n OF the bottle should be con
sumed' they should never be resealaS
sweet corn is also grown on mis-
ranch. and q power grinder is provided
70 make corn flour as well as whole
wheat flour. both Of which articles are
extensively used in the kitchen of This
household Mr.. and Mrs. Clark ans
10Th natives of North Carolina and rhs