The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
What The Farmers Are Doing
CHAPTER XIV.

came. He thinks the sods are more
convenient to handle than other
containers and the plants do not get
rootbound. Mr.. Stander has a
Virginia creeper on his house, and
it keeps that part of the house cool
in summer that is covered by 1t.
Ed Parsons lives across the road
west of school house No. IL, and has
the distinction of not having any
potatoes this year, nor any sugar
beets. He has twenty-five acres OF
hay, fifteen acres of garin and some
strawberries, raspberries, red, white
and black wild currants, rhubarb
and bantam corn.
Lafayette Parkins lives on the
Peter Fjeldsted place and his eight
acres of potatoes, six acres of beets,
eight of grain and twelve of hay.
2. A. Broadhead lives between
Riverside and Thomas, near the
river. and has six acres of potatoes,
seven acres of wheat, three of field
peas, seven of barley, seven of oats
and ten of pasture. He has no stor-
age for his potatoes. He has straw
berries in the garden and some
thing has been cutting off the plants
with prospects of destroying the
patch. He raises considerable fruit
and garden truck and has eleven
registered Poland China hogs. Last
spring he lost most of the pig crop,
saving only three out of sixty-two.
He said he had comfortable quarters
for the sows and gave them good
variety of feed.
William Christensen has four
acres of potatoes and no storage for
them. He has three acres of beets
five of grain, sixteen of hay. MI
Christensen is one of the few farm.
ers who chops up a supply of stove
wood in winter for summer use.
Alfred Lang lives on D. H. Beth.
ans farm southwest of Riverside
and has eleven acres of potatoes and
no storage; thirty of grain and
forty of hay.
A. o. Johnson lives on the Dan
Olmstead homestead and has four.
teen acres of potatoes and has stor.
age for about 600 sacks and will
increase it to 1000 sacks. He has
about twelve acres of hay, and IL
his orchard he has eight or ter
black haw trees loaded with fruit
Mr.. Olmstead is living at Preston
Idaho.
F. S. Hawkes. lives on the j. E
Williams place and has thirteen
acres of potatoes and thirty-six o.
grain.
H. %: Bags has 40 acres of lane
and is raising IL acres of potatoes
and the rest is in hay. He has nj
storage for potatoes.
William Podlatis has 80 acres O
land, of which As is under cultiva
ton. He has Is acres of potatoes
and has storage for about 1900 Of
1900 sacks. He has 10 acres O.
grain and some hay and pasture. HI
built five-room house in 1920
with basement and bath room, ant
also machine shed 20x4S feet.
William Horrocks was on a DIR.
farm II miles east of Idaho Falls
and lost three crops and had othel
misfprtunes and then bought farm
at Riverside and was unable to NEE
his payments and lost all he had
He is now leasing the Beakley place
southwest of Riverside and has q
acres of potatoes and no storage TO-
them. He has IS acres of grain ant
ten of hay.
Elmer Spencer has 40 acres south
west of Riverside and has nine acre.
of potatoes and has storage TO-
about 1900 sacks. He has six acre
of grain and some hay. He ha
strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb
horse radish and other things in tn
garden.
M. E. Wood lives on part of tn
D. G. Wood place and has 13 acre
of potatoes and has storage for 1901