The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-12-01
IHE AVERAGE FARM IN
AM AROUND filler
by EARL WOODBRIDGE

petition and YET operate AT a profit
the prices for it, crops are an Inn
p0rtant factor to be reck0ned -ifh
The by-prodacts are also an lmpor-
fant thing 10 b. considered because
the returns from by-producfe often
determine the profit or loss. Ths
use OF by-p9odncts 90 the farm ard
feed bot in the future must have
more consideration from the Amer,
lean farmers than ever before Al
agricultural products except Ihess
marketed through livestock are
nov selling for beio~ the cost Of pro-
dBction ON the basis OF present
prices for grain and livestock. grain
sold through cattle and hog will net
producers Is 10 zee per cent more
than u the grain wore sold thru the
elevator. Then there Is the add
tionai gain OF from 20 10 per cent
resulting from maintaining and Ia
ereasing the fertility Of the soil
The agricultural classes OF the
high school have. during the past
few weeks. complied aud summariz.
81 considerable Information relative
70 the livestock and crop aereag-
on the various farms In this slcln-
ny. and II was hoped TO get informs-
ton covering nearly all the farms la
q square extending four miles Oh
each side OF Filler. Thls would have
taken great deal of time. however.
and results ~efr finally completed
for an average number OF farms "a
tending over an area OF eight miles
on each side OF town
Sixty five farms ~ith a total acre
age OF sSo0 acres we're considered.
making an average ser~sx. 81 about
fos acres for each farm. All Of tLe.e
farms are irrigated on all Of them
there ~as found 70 BE- the follo-ing
numbers Of livestock and acres %
various crops.
SIS acres OF alfalfa. 3l3s acres -
wheat. 80 acres OF corn. s. acres of
orchard. 500 head OF ali sorts of
eaitle. 1873 head OF sheep. as head
u hogs and sehs chickens Tkes@
figures are very ssarly aecarzt- AMI
.hoxs a fairly near average for AL
Inc farms OF the vicinity.
Averaging for the community. IL
"a % los acres 81 land With about
4alf this amount ~heat Each TARA
tlzo has about fzis acres OF al,ai4a.
, little over one acre Of cora and
,ne scre ~ orchard. For the llss
stock. each place ~oald have to
mix COWS. one beef animal. t~eniy-
NO sheep. = little over sin hogs. and
seventy eight chickens
Figuring a little farther. Il means
here u only one Gov for every t~~n-
ytwO and one half acre. OF lsnl.
There q also one sheep for every
our acres ~ land gisrKs bands -
heep .ere not consideredl one has
Or every sixteen acres Of land. aud
80 thar one chicken for every aer~
Z land
These figures sh0ald mean some
hing 70 the farmer Ia this eommun.
y aud especially Al time -hsn
arm crops are ~orfh little or aoth-
~ on the market A fe~ farmer.
~ wondering about buying mix
,~s and h looks a. thoaxh an.
ould be a fine thing for nore fsrm-
~ 20 do e. l. certain that aas
irn community that sp~cssilSes ea
he or two farm enterprises a. The
lpenss % al ofh~rs -ili not foa<
,ntinae 90 b. prosperous esu-
unity Hany states have, and
- are nov. going broke from trs-
z 70 raise -heat alone. The early
ockmen have foand out that live
bek alone would not solve the
oblen. and certain u IL that
od many farmers. right so-. are
n they are on the right
sex. The saying that chicken aud
3 money pay for the groceries bat
x money goes into the bank la a
,iority of eases. 70 accumulate. -
> nearly correct The farmer AMI
> farm community that goes on
, farm 10 build home and does
try 70 make . fortune in one ar
o years from some one or two en-
prfs~s Is usually the fsrmer and
nm unisy that remains In the bus