The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-05-25
What the Farmers
Are Doing
Continued from page three

straw in the walls absorbed the
dampness so that no sweat or steam
ing condition was in the potato Gel
lar and they keep perfectly dry and
cool, the temperature being right
around the freezing point. The po-
tatoes came out of the cellar during
the spring in the same condition
they we're in the fall. Tlis pre-
served the values Of the potatoes so
we'll that Mr.. Wedding feels that his
Mr.. Weddings potato cellar is forty
feet wide and a hundred feet long.
1t holds about 5000 sacks. He got
the timber for the cellar from the
mountains at the head of Wolverine
creek, about thirty miles east Of
Blackfoot. He went away up toward
the top of the range and selected
pine timber, cut the amount he
needed to fill his plans and 1t made
twenty-five good big wagon loads. 1t
took him seventy-five days hauling
to get the timber on the ground
ready to build. When the frame
work was put up he covered it over
with heavy woven wire netting such
as is used for hog fencing, then
cellar had already paid for itself in
one year. Mr.. Wedding has been
using selected seed and dipping his
seed so that it was free from disase.
He says they sometimes cut potatoes
for hours before finding diseased
potato. He said one day this spring
several buyers came to the place and
went to cutting potatoes to see if
they could discover any disease or
any tendency to disease and that
in cutting fifty potatoes they found
only six that showed signs of dis
ease. He had sold off all but what
he wanted for his own seed this
spring, he was offered 1925 a hun
bred for all of them, but declined it
because he wanted it for himself
When the potato market was IS
cents he sold a lot Of potatoes at
$1.35. He uses air-slacked lime for
treating his seed potatoes, sprinkl-
ing it over them and mixing it we'll.
E. T. Bark has a forty acre farm
which he bought of Mr. Proctor
three years ago. He is raising
twenty-five acres of potatoes.
Eugene Hone has forty-acre
farm, he is raising ten acres of po-
tatoes, three and half of beets, ten
acres of grain and the rest is in hay
A. Early has seven or eight acres
of potatoes, no beets, seven acres OF
grain, and ten or twelve acres OF
hay.
James Hone has an eighty-acre
farm and is raising seven acres OF
beets, fifteen acres of grain and
about twenty acres of hay.
l.. E. Hill and Orson Hill have the
farm their father had before his
death and are raising eighteen acres
of potatoes, seven acres of beets, six
acres of grain and some hay.
D. ]. Murphy has fourteen acres
that have been owned in recent
years by Mr.. Lee, Mrs. Carson and
Mr.. Collister. He has been grading
this spring to get the place in condi-
tion to irrigate properly. He has
planted about twelve acres to po-
tatoes. Mr.. Murphy has a good milk
COW to sell. He says he is in need
of wagon and he dares anybody to
offer him a good wagon for his COW.
He has no telephone at his house,
but if you ring Orson Hill at 422R5
Orson will get the message over to
him.
Nat Taylor has forty acre farm
that formerly belonged to Alvereta
Grover. His daughter Eva Taylor
married Jesse Thompson and they
are leasing the place. He is farm
ing a place adjoining it and is rails
ing nine acres of wheat, fifteen acres
Of Grimm alfalfa, fifteen acres of
potatoes. He has that variety of
potatoes known as the Irish Cobbler
or Eureka Early.
Robert Frasier is farming a part
of the G. A. Powell place and has
sixteen acres of potatoes, seven
acres of beets, fifteen acres of grain
and fifteen of hay.
E. l.. Williams is raising twenty
five acres of potatoes, no beets, five
acres of grain and six acres of hay.
T. w. Randell is on the Bush
place about three miles above Black
foot and is raising thirty acres of po-
tatoes and five acres of beets. Mr..
Randell bought part of the Trego
ranch on the west side of the river in
1905 and sold out a few years ago,
after he got the place in very good
condition by grading and rotation of
crops. Since selling out he has had
reason to regret the sale.
Rural Route No. 4
Harry Trego bought a half inter-
est in his Uncle Byrd's homestead in
1920 and they are operating it in
partnership, Harry leasing his
uncle's interest. In 1920 they built
$1,000 house on the place with a
full basement, heating plant, and
hot water service, and in 1921 built
a large potato cellar. He is doing
some grading each year and usually
feeds some stock on the place in the
winter. He is raising ten acres of
beets and potatoes, fifteen acres of
wheat and the rest is in hay. He
has a few tons of good hay for sale
at the present time.
Forrest Trego had forty acres of
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