Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-03-27
FARM BUREAU
NOTES

DRAlAAGL. On March 18th
: very enthusiastic drainage NEE,
4 ing was held IN the New Ply
: I1Outh High School, II ranchers bein,
z in attendance. Last Friday nigh
!, another drainage meeting was he'd a
: Fr1itland High School m which abou
-I75 raneheEs were present AZ bot.
these meetings Government engineer
Sloan and Lewis were present :
third drainage nleeting viii BE- held
next Friday night, April sth al Fruit
land High School. II drainage dis
trict is undertaken for all Of the bench
area extending from the Snake Rive
TO the FzIk drainage district every
raneher included IN this entire area
shoUld be On hand TO voice his zppr0y-
al OF disapproTal Of this method Of
lind Improvement The meeting Is
called for $50 P. NJ and Mr. H. p
Boomer committeeman Of the Farn.
Bureau project on drainage viii b.
chairman Of the meeting. Come al
800 O'Clock if you can but don't fail
70 be there at $50 vixen the meeting
opens
CLOVER Ranchers Who plan to
SEED some clover this spring should
not delay in securing their supply O.
seed as II Is becoming scarce. II you
feel that yoa caa control the wesTil
you may not need 70 put ont clover
but We would suggest that you side
step the weeyil calamity by growing.
q few acres Of clover One nan plans
70 put in 50 acres Of red clover this
srzing. If there IS demand for Z
clover expert 70 come and tel rs Eoz
he succeeded We win arrange for slr-
ofendorff q Parma 70 come and tel
ne nlsthods ne used which made him
prosperous clover seed producer.
SILoS- We are planning to have
silo and live stock excursion during
the seSRd week in April This ex-
cqrzsa4 ~ visit various types oil
si1os in tilis county in order to com
pare them as TO efficiency, cost and
desirability. The date VIII be definite
iy announced later and men who nlan
to feed corn silage TO steers, sheep or
dairy COWS should go on this tip and
learn the best procedure State ex-
perts VIII be present 70 give informa-l
aon along these lines
WEEyIL CONTROL One of the
methods for controlling
weevil is for ranchers 70 thor
oughly harrow their hay fields very
early in the spring in order TO slim
ulate an early start OF alfalfa sprouts
The spring tooth harrow should be
used for this and the ground worked
in both directions. This cultivation
allows the ground TO warm up more
quickly, tears tie root crowns apart,
destroys the Norman oats and weeds
and gives the hay such an early boost /,
hat the first cutting is produced bel
fore the wesvil worms have hatchedl
trom the eggs layed in May.
SCI0NS AND BRIDGEGRAFT /,
NC. If you plan to do any top
work OF apple trees or repair any .rab- .
it or mouse girdIing injury better :
ee that yoEr scion wood Is secured ,
nd stored iasl,ediately in ths ice 7
louse or cool cellar. Use 1918 wood +
-rowth for these scions. The grating '
5 done during April after the tree
'uds have nicely started.
SULPHUR FERTILIZER. This
ear a number of farmers are using
llphuT as a fertilizer on their hay
md. Only = snail amount Of sulphur :
5 needed and 50 pounds to the acre :
nd i5e pounds per acre are the two
amount. This is broad =
ssted by hand and from TIE reports J
! Oregon alfalfa hay growers they
elieve they have discovered fegiliz-
: really worth while. II interested 5
! trying one acre we know where !
ipply may be secured at one half $
rice for this work. :
RANCH LABOR. We hsve calls d
n about 20 men for ranch work il
rices are $1,000 and board which is o
irivalent TO $3.50 day and board q
arried men have houses furnished Il
I'd get $500 with garden spot avail o.
BE. Any man who wants work can "
It it by applying at the Farm Bureau
flee on Mondays snd Saturdays nj
hich are regular office days. =,
LAND DRAINAGE, II the drain :,
re meeting On April 4th should vot n
establish q drainage district work =,
uld probably begin in less than r,
ar's tinse. Preliminary work would a,
quire money to make surveys and r,
cry man who lives between FalSs .e
ore and the Snake river ssould he a. :;