The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10


of melons and hurry their ripening.
He mentioned William Sanford and
Mr.. Fackrell at Pinsree as having
followed this plan and raised plenty
of melons.
Mrs. Harriet Jackson lives on the
Piquet place east Of the John Wat
son ranch and has large quantity
of wild white currants, asparagus
and a very pretty lawn and many
flowers.
L. j. Hennefer has 40 acres Of
land leased of Arthur Jackson, and
two acres of potatoes, four of grain
and p of hay. He has storage for
800 sacks of potatoes. He reports
that in 1921 he raised 800 sacks
from about an acre and quarter.
Robert auckland has 100 acres of
land and has six acres Of potatoes,
three acres of cauliflOwer, seven
Of navy beans, 80 of grain and so
of hay. He has quite tract of egg
plants, peppers, strawberries, rasp-
berries, tomatoes, Bantam corn and
many other things in the garden.
Mr.. auckland says these vegetables
are an experiment with him, and he
finds it difficult to raise such things
because the water is not in the canal
early enough in the spring, and he
lost or suffered damage on much Of
it. He says the peppers and egg
plants are quite tender, and the
cauliflowers must have just about
the right amount of moisture. Toc
much water makes them soft and
too little water makes them blight
and grow green leaves in the part
that should be white, crisp and ten
der. He says the cauliflowers are
used chiefly for picking, and that
very few people seem to know how
to use them as vegetable, and cook
them in such way as to render
them unpalatable. He finds :ha:
this soil and climate will produce
abundant crops of vegetables that
are high priced and hard to get, but
they must have early water for ir-
rigation in spring, and must study to
water them enough and not override
it, He believes that the people who
undertake to operate truck gardens
will have a hard time disposing of ii
at profitable prices because people
thru the country do not appreciate
the value of such things fresh from
the vines.
Willard Jackson has ninety acres
on the road southwest Of Thomas
and about seventy-five acres of it is
under cultivation. He has five
acres of potatoes and storage for
about 500 sacks. He has three acres
of grain and sixty-five acres of hay
Mr.. Jackson has good garden and
has a. we'll drilled on the place this
summer.
Mrs. Harriet Jackson has ninety
| four acres of her own land and is
operating forty acres of the E. E
Thompson place, south of her, max
ing 1874 acres handled by her sons
They have eighteen acres of pota,
toes and storage for about 1900
sacks. They have twenty-five acres
of grain and the rest is in hay.
R. e. Porter is leasing the ]. l.
Rich farm. He has twelve acres o.
potatoes and no storage; he has
| twenty-five acres of hay and eight
acres of grain. Mr.. Porter operated
the G.. w. Powers place, northeast
of Pingree, for several years; he
made money when farming was prof
table and lost it again when the
tide turned.
Ray Cope has eighty acres of land
south of the Swan Berg place. He
has one acre of potatoes, twenty
acres of Grimm alfalfa, fifteen acres
of common alfalfa, twelve acres OF
grain, and has a wonderfully good
showing of Grimm alfalfa seed. Mr.
Cope has an Aultman and Taylor
thresher outfit operated by tractor
of the $3.50 type. The separator Is
1886. He has just given it thor
ough overhauling, cleaned, oiled, re
paired, put new rabbits in all places
where the bearings were worn
cleaned and painted the wood work
repaired all belts that needed it ant
put everything in condition SO i
will run like new machine and no
make unnecessary delays fixing III
| LudI Wdo WAN az IAS
time when they ought to be operat
ing. Mr.. Cope says that in thi'
country where farms are small ant
so much time has to be taken uI
with moving, setting and getting
ready for work it is very important
that the machine should be in condi
ton to do good work when they are
ready. He says that delay of fif
teen minutes when they are operat
ing on a job means the loss Of foul
or five dollars to him and loss tt
the men he is threshing for. HI
keeps a supply Of extra belts SO thai
If at any time belt breaks he does
not have to stop to mend it, but
puts another one on and goes again
Mr.. Cope pumps water for forty-fivt
acres Of land and says he thinks II
costs him about SO cents an acre
every time he irrigates. He has
been lifting the water in this way
with a gasoline engine for foul
years and finds it operates very sat.
isfactorily.
Jack Baker lives at Goldpoint and
has about twenty acres Of wheat
some hay and some potatoes and
reports some weevil in his alfalfa.
Weber brothers have an apiary
on the north side Of the river just