The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-09-19
Building rs Silos.

greater number than ever before were
erected in one year. Corn for silaRe
is not quite up to normal, on account
of heat and lack OF water. A good
percentage of dairymen are getting
their cattle into shape for the tair.
Growing More Alfalfa.
Lemhi county hay men are becom-
ing interested in alfalfa in preference
to the timothy and clover which have
been preferred in the past. Men
having alfalfa in the past season have
cut more hay under drought con-
ditions than have other growers.
Bannock Ships Livestock.
Farmers and stockmen Of Bannock
county recently shipped y carloads
of mixed beet cattle, in a cooperative
shipment, to Kansas City by way OF
Denver. Two carloads of dairy cattle
have been shipped from the Thatcher
and Lago communities to Nampa.
They were purchased tor the farmers
at Nampa. Some fine animals are re-
ported to have been sold at sacri-
tice OF about $50 a head, on account of
the scarcity of hay and its high price.
About 400 head OF first-class cows and
three-year-old and four-year-old steers
were purchased at IN cents and 9H
cents respectively, in the Bancroft
vicinity, by eastern buyers.
Lots of Pure Wheat.
Jerome county. makes the claim that
it has as much certified Dicklow
wheat as any other two counties in
the state. When the farm bureau
wheat growers excursion in 1918 es-
tablished the fact that practically no
pure seed wheat was available in the
county, a carload of the best Dicklow
seed obtainable was secured by the
farm bureau and approximately 7OU
acres. ON SO different farms, were
planted in the spring of 1919. This
seed was placed on clean land and
handled under the direction of ]. d.
Rigney, project leader on crop i'm
provement.
Values Benewah Timberland.
In cooperation with the county
farm bureau, soil survey and analy-
sis of values of lands in three COM
munities of Benewah county was
made by Prof. P. P. Peterson of the
University of Idaho soils department.
This action was taken in preparation
with the proposed organization of
stumpage district to demonstrate the
workability of the Idaho stumpage
district law. Prof. Peterson con-
cluded that the soils ranged in value.
from $35 to $50 ner acre. The tracts
examined are said to be fairly repre-
sentative of the newly cleared timber
land soil throughout Benewah county.
VIII Adopt Standard Grains.
Demonstrations are being conducted
by the Benewah county farm bureau,
through which it is hoped ultimately
to have the county adopt one of two
standard varieties of wheat and oats,
and to eliminate all others. In ad-
dition TO survey of crop yields, to
ascertain the relative yields of the diff
feretn kinds of wheat being grown,
the farm bureau is growing compare
tive plots of oats from ten of the most
promising varieties. The farm crops
department of the university is CO.
operating in securing data
Win Test Dairy Cattle.
Plans are being made by Washing
ton county dairymen for the testing of
about 100 cows early in October. DR..
]. E. Ellis of the bureau of animal in
dustry tested 20 cows for three farm
ers in Midyale community recently.
Building Eleven Silos.
Eleven Silos are being constructed
in Washington county as direct re-
suit of the two silo excursions held in
April, supplemented by the individual
efforts of the dairy and livestock COM
mitteemen of the county farm bureau.
and the county agent.
Shorthorus for Ier,hi
The Lemhi county farm bureau has,
received 10 Shorthorn calves for
Shorthorn calf club. The list is COM
posed of heifers ranging from IA to
l8 months of age. They came from
Iowa.
Fighting Worms on Beets.
The army and web worms have been
doing considerable damage in the beet
fields of Madison county. The county
farm bureau agent, in corporation
with representatives of the sugar COM
pany gave demonstrations of pest con-
troll, by spraying with lead arsenate.
Results indicated that the worms
could be eliminated by the use of the
spray, with proper equipment.
Cutting Canada Thistle.
Ninety-five per cent of the Canada
thistle in Jefferson county Is reported
to have been cut In the last month.
Many farmers are trying the clean
cultural method of eradication.
Cattle Saved From Drought.
Assistance to stockmen of the
drought-stricken northwest by the
United State department Of agricul-
ture, the state agricultural colleges.
and state department of agriculture
have been effective in relieving the
situation and In facilitating the trans
fer to new pastures and the marketing
of much endangered stock. Tenn
porary offices have been opened In
South Omaha, South Sa. Paul. Bill
ings, Mont, Kansas City, and Chicago,
where as accurate information as pos
sible Is assembled on market con-
ditions, the movement of stocker and
feeder cattle feeder lambs and breed