The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-07-06

planted about the first week In
April, the land being sandy and well
fortified. The first of July the po-
tatoes were blooming and setting the
small potatoes. Dealers wishing to
get large shipment Of early pota-
toes should keep this field in mind.
Mr.. Andrus' address is Firth, Idaho.
C. C. Casper has ffty-five acres Of
land and is raising ten acres of po-
tatoes, fourteen acres Of grain and
some hay. 1t is on one Of the
Beakley farms northeast of Kimball.
Mr.. Casper has very fine tract OF
garden and is raising abundance of
truck in it.
| A. johnson is farming a part Of
4 Chris Peterson's farm and is raising
hay, potatoes and grain.
/ w. L. Pope has forty acres of land
and is raising ten or twelve acres OF
! potatoes and some hay and has
strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb,
sweet corn, asparagus and multi
plier onions. They have multiplier
onions to spare for people who want
to get a start.
Sam Sibbett has forty acres of
land in the sandy belt and has nice
garden and orchard. Mr.. Sibbett
was away when we visited his place.
A. L. Sibbett is farming the sixth
year on the R. P. Hansen place and
has sixty acres of grain, forty-five
acres of hay, tetn acres of potatoes
and is seeding the lawn for the third
time; it has blown out each time be-
fore. He has planted a good many
trees and shrubs but owing to lack
of water early in the spring he has
, not been very successful with them.
Richard Dye has eighty acres OF
land and is raising about nine acres
!, of potatoes, forty acres of grain,
, twenty acres of hay. He has set
2 some strawberries and has raspber-
, ries, rhubarb, horse radish and
multipler onions.
Tolmie brothers have 164 acres Of
land and are raising twenty-three
> acres of potatoes, eighty acres of
G hay, forty acres of grain and have
, some pasture. They keep few
sheep, pigs, cows and horses on the
: place. A number Of years ago they
, put in a pumping plant and tank
. that contains about 5000 gallons.
g They operate the pump by horse
power and have found it very sat
;. isfactory. They have a modern
, house supplied from the tank and
g water system using air pressure to
=. force the water thru the system to
g the house and barn yard.
= George Hansen is leasing 16O
: acres of E. w. Hansen and is raising
: ten acres of potatoes, twelve acres
of beets, sixty-five acres of hay,
forty-fve acres of grain. He has
: raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb
and tomatoes in his garden.
Simeon Christoferson has ninety
= acres of land and is raising fifteen
:, acres of potatoes, twenty-five acres
y of wheat, three acres of oats, forty
= = acres of hay and raises raspberries
. rhubarb, multiplier onions, horse
= radish, tomatoes and other htings in
= his garden. Mr.. Christofferson's
. brother P. w. is with him on the
:, farm. l.
g The Chris Peterson farm near the
~ foot hills that was used as seed
farm by the United States Beet Seed
company is now being farmed by a
r couple of Japanese, one of whom
e married an American wife and lives
g in a new bungalow on the place
s They have large acreage of pota-
8 toes and a fine garden and are rails
t ing some hogs.
q John Teeples has tract of land
t in the sandy country and has a
!: reputation for being successful
d raiser of, watermelons and musk
n melons in his garden. Mr.. Teeples
q was not at home when we called
q but he had large garden filled will
# many fruits and vegetables ant
d there was evidence that there would
q be watermelons and muskmelOns.
d Willis Teeples has fifty acres O
d land near the foot hills and ha
Il built house couple of years ago
a He has done a great deal of GRADING
n on the place and is raising eight.
d acres of potatoes, twelve of grain
W and some hay. He raises raspber
IS ries, horse radish, sweet corn, toma
d toes and other things in his garden
n The Land of Goshen
r There is country in the north
10 eastern part of Bingham count
IL known as Goshen. 1t is probabl
@ the best part of the county and Ger
le tain it is that the land lies best TO
t. irrigation of any part Of the count
Is and it was settled early. In tn
"a early eighties it was known as tn
rs Sand Creek country or the easter
is part of the Sand Creek country an
IF Sam Taylor had horse ranch O
II the upper part of it and FEY
ar pioneer farmers located on tn
le plains. They had long hard strue
~ gle to get water on their land havin
10 to be there several years to complet
Of the first canals, or if they got waite
10 sooner than that it was likely to b
ar high water supply that played OF
le before the crops were matured an
~ they suffered losses on that accoun
I'd 1t took long time to get the canal
n. made and secure a permanent waite
II supply. Their land was so rich ths
n the grain often grew up so ran
of that it fell down and it was very di
90 ficult to harvest and there wei
80 losses from that source. Then the
IN had an unusual difficulty in gettin
he their crops to market. 1t was Ion
he way to Idaho Falls or Blackfoot an
ct there was belt Of sand that la
he between them and the railroad.
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