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

three and one-half acres Of beets.
twenty acres of grain and twenty
five acres of hay.
l.. Bingham lives west of Rock
ford on the west side of the big
canal. He has eight or nine acres
OF potatoes, four acres of beets, six
or seven acres of grain and some
hay. He says the soil is very heavy
and is underlaid with hardpan or
something of that nature and fruits
and trees in winter kill very easily.
He has storage for 1000 sacks Of
potatoes.
A. G. Hansen has forty acres of
land west of Rockford that he
bought of Mr.. Bingham. About
half of it is under gravity system
and the other half has to be pumped
for irrigation. He paid $500 for
the forty acres with water rights in
the Aberdeen-Springfield canal, and
there were no buildings on the place.
Mr.. Hansen reports that he made
$1OO an acre on the potato crop in
1920 and did as well in 1921 but
did not actually get the money
owing to the, failure of the w. D.
Gilbert Company. He has 500 White
Leghorn chickens and reports that
| SO per cent of the hens were laying
all winter, including the very cold
weather when the mercury went 40
below zero. From 200 hens he gath
cred 100 eggs per day. He has a
chicken house of the Monitor type,
that is not very warm but has much
light and plenty of space in for the
| chickens to scratch and get exercise.
He has plenty of windows and the
drop curtain ventilator. He reports
having made 500 month all last
winter taking care of his chickens.
He feeds them almost entirely on
the produce that he raises on the
farm. Mr.. Hansen keeps some cows
to milk all the time and he sells his
| butter and eggs to the cafes in
Blackfoot. He says they always
give him the market price in cash
for his produce, he always knows
where his market is and the cafes
that he furnishes know where their
fresh butter and eggs are coming
from and what days they will be
there. Mr.. Hansen is building a cell
lar by his house to take the place
of basement. He has five acres
of potatoes, five acres of grain, ten
acres of hay and Strawberries and
raspberries and many other things
in his garden.
John Siostrom has 115 acres Of
land and is raising thirty-four acres
of potatoes, thirty-five acres Of
grain and some hay. Mr.. Sjostrom
reports that he has set. raspberries
for three years in succession but the
water was always SO late in getting
in the canal in the spring that they
always died. He pumps for twenty
five acres of land and thinks it costs
him $3.50 per acre for the season.
William Sjostrom has 1870 acres
of land and is raising fifteen acres
of potatoes, forty acres of grain and
some hay.
c. G. Sjostrom has 1926 acres of
land southwest of Rockford and is
raising five acres of potatoes, ten
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sixty acres of hay and has some pas
ture. His trees died last winter.
He has seventy Poland China hogs,
part of them being registered and
part of them a mixed lot
r. H. Walters lives on what was
formerly known as the Furniss
place. He has twelve acres Of po-
tatoes, twelve acres of grain, fiji
teen or twenty acres of hay.
j. P. Jensen has twenty acres OF
potatoes and storage for about four
carloads, or 1900 to 1900 sacks. He
has ten acres of beets, twenty-one
acres of grain, eighteen acres of hay.
w. e. Brown has four or five
acres Of potatoes, fourteen acres OF
hay and no storage for the potatoes.
Willard Barnes lives south Of
Rockford and has four acres of po-
tatoes, three acres of beets, seven
teen acres of grain, twenty acres of
hay. He has storage for all of his
potato crop. He says he would like
water in the canal earlier in the
sprinp SO he could raise better gar
den and orchard.
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l.. Barnes has five or six acres of
potatoes, twelve acres of grain,
twenty acres Of hay and some pas
ture. He built an addition to his
house in 1921.
J. L. Wheeler and sons live south
of Rockford and have one acre OF
potatoes and some hay on the Davis
place. They have seven hives OF
bees.
A. J. Privett is on the Henry Pet
erson place south Of Rockford and.
has one acre of potatoes and no stor-
age. He has one acre of beets and
ten acres of grain. Some Of his
beets did not come up and he plant
ed the ground to potatoes.
Vernal Tayson is leasing the G.
J. Murdoch place. He is son-in-
law of Mr.. Murdoch and reports five