The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-01-06

Net returns that could actually tie
measured this year were S1O,9O0. The S
Lewiston Orchards community of A. l
eco acres is principally in fruit rees. 6
Rumus is deficient There is not
enough irrigation water. Accordingly
a plan Cor getting a LARGE amount of
cover and green manure crops was F.,
worked out with leading orchardists.
Last year there were not more than
SO acres of such crops in the orchards
as total while this year as a result
of the campaign there were 1000
acres of such crop, consisting OF peas,
hairy vetch and sweet clover. This
has been regarded as quite remark
able achievement locally. 1t is greater
than would seem for fully half of the
acreage of the community is control
! led and operated by non-resldents VINO
would naturally not have the interest
J that the actual residents would have.
1t means the revolutionizing of orch,
ard practice, from clean cultivation TO
an adequate use of humas making |
! crops. From experiments on growing |
truck crops it is stated that a green |
| manure crop turned under gives re-
suits equal to an application of five |
tons of barnyard manure an acre. |
| Figuring manure at as low price as
50 a ton we thus have a value of $40
an acre for the green manure crop, or
S109OO total benefit this year.
Grain Standardization.
The net return was s5,654 by the
work on certified wheat. There were
367 acres of certified wheat grown
this year. While in most cases the
certified wheat outyelded the common
wheat of the same variety growing
alongside of it approximately 10
bushels per acre yet the Increased
yield due to the certified wheat was
taken as only five bushels per acre
and the wheat so grown was sold at
| premium of % cents above the
market price for use as seed. The TO-
tai Weld was 12,745 bushels and this
9 would make the premium just indicat-
. ed figure S3,1S6, while the value OF
the increased yield of five bushels per
!, acre on 367 acres with wheat at 80
cents less than it was sold for at the
time, would come to s1,46S. There
were 307 acres of jenkins Club ana
On acres each of Turkey Red, Forty
= Fold and Kanred.
e Crop Reports and Farm Accounts
= The net return of this project is
q nominally taken as SAL, for there were
>, Al account books distributed and
a they must have at least been worth
= dollar a piece to the men by having
# kept them for the fact that in TINS
Il form the farmers accounts was ac-
"a ceptable to the internal revenue peo-
IS pie if for no other reason. This pro-
/. ject this year has suffered by the time
, being devoted mainly to other pro-
g iects The way to have found the
!. real value of keeping the farm ac-
, count books would have been to have
"a found what practices were changed II
,s the farm plan and the savings result
- ing therefrom, as these matters WoulC
III be brought to the farmers attentlo1
by studying the account book entries
-, It is hoped that this project can be
- developed next year as it is really very
~ important in spite of the fact tina
-. there is not much general interest II
- keeping farm accounts. The crol
~ reports part of this project so far ha
,9 .'7 never meant more than interesting
"a farmers in studying crop reports an
=. thus sell to better advantage. TIL
o. matter also is worthy of much atten
~ ton and development
ng Weed Control.
ad -,
va No value has been placed on tn
A work of this project as apparently
-. is impossible to do this. The wor
,c- is vet incomplete. country-wlo
70 series of tests in one to three places l
,er each community has been conducte
or aa to the efficiency of sodium arser
en ste as a means of eradicating roc
On stock weeds. The test is incomple'
. and varies a great deal. Our tes
,ho have brought inquiries from ali ov'
the United States. We have bee
working on wild morning glory, Cal
ada thistle and blue lettuce. In SON
places one application OF the sprs
seemed to kill the plants for coup
in Of months. while in others three ar
'ri- four sprays have apparently weaker
bic ed them about three fourths of the
500 strength. so o speak. The work w
has fe carefully continued next yea
ted v-he, it is hoped we can reach concl
Ex- sions.
rrei incidentally the worst weed in Il
ON United states, perennial SOW thist
sai was discovered on ore farm. TINS
'ih- being held under control by ordina
non means till we learn what we can
on complish with the arsenite. We a
ere not using i. on this patch as it co
rrel ers about half an acre and is in
ate orchard where hogs run. AS 1t
ved they keep it right down to the surfa
licn of the ground. This farm is near
at, large canyon separating two 1arl
'av- '>g communities. 1t was fortuna
Tor that we discovered it. as ha" II on
eff been allowed to set seed and get
som fort hold in the canyon it would ha
era been of enormous damage to We
was large farming area.
tang
Dirk Smut Control.
nifty Little has been done along the II
sted of this project this year but from
'ub sending out of some records to
zone kept as to date of seeding, soil tre'