The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-15

able changes in the place and has
done lot Of grading.
P. P. Blackburn has bought
place that formerly belonged to
Senator Thomas and was originally
known as the Edwards place. He
has Thirteen acres of potatoes, four
teen acres of wheat, some hay and
he planted four acres of beets that
were so damaged by the wind that
they will not make crop.
F. S. Weiland, at the crossing OF
the Miners ditch just north Of the
Stevens farm, and have seven acres
of potatoes, five of grain, about
twenty-five of hay, and 230 acres OF
Riparian land that he uses for
pasture. He has some raspberries
and strawberries on the place and
plans to go into the hog business
later. Mr.. Weiland says he believes
he has a new kind of strawberries;
he transplanted them from the
woods on his place to the garden.
He has put IN" into everbearing and
made neverbearing plants.
| E. A. Madison has fifteen acres on
the Stevens land, has six acres OF
potatoes, five of wheat, and the rest
in pasture. He says he has not been
very successful in his finances and
wants to sell out for $4,000. The
place has house, well, granary and
garage on it, but not much of a
stable. He has also span of Bel
gian mares weighing about 1900
which he wants to sell.
The Stevens ranch of ninety acres
is rented to Jap named Hara, and
most Of it is planted to potatoes.
D. H. Mason is operating a farm
of fifty acres belonging to his
mother. He has fifteen acres of po-
tatoes, fifteen of grain, seventeen of
hay. They came from Rock Springs,
Wyo. in 1919.
c.. E. Crawford has ninety-four
acres in his place and is raising
fifteen acres of potatoes, sixteen Of
grain, has some hay and pasture, he
has considerable raspberries and
other small fruit.
Mrs. Anna Seeger bought eighty
acres of land that was formerly the
w. G.. Short place. They have thir-
teen acres Of potatoes, twenty-five Of
grain, and the rest in hay.
J. Edward Johnson bought eighty
acres of the ]. l. Stewart place in
1918 and has built house and
stable and potato cellar 30x60 feet.
He has twenty acres of potatoes, six
acres Of beets, twenty of grain, and
som hay. He has five heavy work
horses and four colts that he wants
to sell and can give the purchaser
terms on them.
j. L. Robertson bought sixty acres
of the ]. I. Stewart place for 5000 an
acre. There was small house and
we'll on the place besides the usual
improvements, fences and water
rights. He is raising ten acres of
potatoes, fourteen acres of hay, five
acres of beets that sprouted, but did
not get thru the crust formed on the
field in consequence of the rains.
The Fejeldsted Farm
The Fejeldsted brothers have
1000 acres of land between the forks
of the river, between the Snake and
Blackfoot. The Fjeldsted brothers
cam from Preston, Idaho, there be-
ing three of them, Edgar age thirty
six, Ezra age thirty-three and War
rem age thirty. Warren still lives at
Preston and is cattle buyer. Ezra
is the college graduate of the family,
having graduated from the Univer-
sity of Idaho in 1915 and Edgar is
the one who had the most capital
and found and bought the land in
question. He bought the main
tract the first of January, 1920 and
they have since added another tract
that they bought of Mr.. Thompson.
These tracts cost them about $42,-
900 with two pretty good houses,
shallow wells, and about 375 acres
in cultivation with water rights.
There is a large amount of timber
land and Riparian land, the timber
being scattered about over the place
leaving great open glads or fields
forming good protection for stock.
The whole tract lies in the shelter of
what is known as the Ferry Butte
about twelve or fifteen miles south
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of Snake river and at the junction of
the Snake and and the Blackfoot |
The prevailing winds of this valley
are from the southwest and the
Ferry Butte forms a good protection
for the Fjeldsted ranch. During the
cold weather of winter when it is
calm there the wind can be felt at |
other places not under the protec-
tion of the Butte. When a storm
comes up driving from the south
west the Butte splits and it passes |
around. When hail storms come
from the southwest, little or none
of it falls on the Fjeldsted farm.
The land lies in such position
that the waste water from the upper
end of the ranch is picked up and
used again on the lower end. Some
of the land sub-irrigates and there
are many tracts that can be de-
pended on to produce pasture and
grasses without artificial irrigation.
They are experimenting with a
comparatively new kind of forage