The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-05-25
Rural Route No. 8


Mr.. Lee has twenty acres at
Riverside but he wanted larged
farm. He rented this place early In
the spring and found afterwards
that much OF the alfalfa had winter
killed and he has the job Of break
ing up the meadow and planting
other crops. He is sorry now that
he took the place.
Lost His Farm
In the year 1903 man named
Mangnus Johnson bought forty acres
of the Woodland farm on the install
ment plan. He had worked at the
shelter at Murray, Utah and had be-
come "leaded'' and his health was
not very good. Mrs. johnson had
lost limb and was hampered with q
wooden leg. These people stayed
with the undertaking for three years
and did not succeed with making all
of their payments. In the mean
time the price Of land had gone up
and there was some controversy over
the extension of time Of the other
payments and they settled it by Mr..
Johnson selling his equity back to
Mr.. Woodland. The Johns0ns moved
to Salt Lake, where he died of in
fluenza.
Farm Subirrigates
The Wasley farm is in the locality
where the flood waters from Sand
creek and the waters from regular
irrigation rise on the land in the
form that is called sub-irrigation.
For good many years the land has
been too wet for cultivation and is
used only for pasture. Practically
all of the trees have died and fallen
down and the buildings are going to
decay.
Elijah Bingham bought the old
Mackie farm that has fifteen acres
of trees on it and after living there
a couple Of years he sold It to
Walker Rich. Mr.. Rich is using it
for a stock farm. It contains $40
acres about half of which is sand
hills. He Is raising hay and grain to
feed his stock. He has q herd of
registered Shorthorn cattle and
some Duroc Jersey hogs.
G.. A. Powell is raising seventeen
acres of beets, ten acres Of potatoes,
some hay and grain. A good deal OF
his alfalfa killed out during the past
winter.
J.. E. Tenney is raising eighteen
acres of potaties, no beets, and some
hay and grain, a few hogs, horses
and cattle.
John Hammer is living on what is
known as the Hyde place. He is
raising about fifteen acres Of wheat,
sixteen acres of potatoes, three acres
of oats, but no beets.
Albert w. Written is renting the
Lloyd farm now owned by Chris
Peterson. They are planting forty
acres of potatoes, no beets, twenty
five acres of beets and have about
forty acres of hay.
Too Much Fertilizer
Peter Peterson is raising fifteen
acres of beets, fifteen acres Of
mangels, five acres of early potatoes,
thirty acres of hay, ten acres of
grain. He reports that considerable
of his alfalfa was killed out from
snow water standing on it during
the winter. He kept ESQ cattle last
winter, which he bought and then
sold again after fattening them. He
has twenty-six head of Shorthorns
for sale, mostly cows. Mr.. Peterson
says he lost some money feeding
cattle when the price of live stock
began to 60 down. They have more
fertilizer on their place than they
know what to do with and last
winter they let the neighbors have
good deal of it. They pump water
for the stock with a gasoline engine.
Ward Sollenberger has forty acres
of land, is planting six or seven acres
of potatoes, no sugar beets, has
some hay and grain.
s. D. Kendall has twenty acres of
land is renting some of Nephi
Christensen. His sons are taking
the agricultural course in the
Blackfoot high school,. They are
raising six acres Of beets, and four
acres Of potatoes as part OF their
school projects.
: Redeeming Fathers Estate
Samuel Miles is operating the
old L. L. Miles place since the death |
of his father and mother. He has
five brothers and sisters at home
and they are all working together on
the farm. They have ten acres of
beets and four acres of potatoes. |
They are doing some grading on the
land every year. Mr.. Miles says that
his fathers estate has an indebted
ness of about 5000 hanging over 1t
and that he and his brothers and
sisters mean to pay 1t off as fast as
they can.
Suburban Dairy
Carlyle Merkley is planting ten
acres of potatoes, no beets and one
acre Of mangels for feeding his
cows. He operates the New Boss
Dairy Of fifteen cows, does all of his
milking by hand. He says he has