The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17

Mark Jackson has three acres of
potatoes, seven acres of grain; he Is
raising beans, squash, popcorn, has
six acres of hay and some pasture.
Mr.. Jackson is at Tonopah, Nevada,
looking after some mining business
and Mrs. Jackson and the children
are operating the place.
James Hennefer is living south
west of Rockford and has three
acres Of potatoes, thirty-three acres
of grain, forty acres OF hay; he mas
storage for his potatoes.
E. J. Hollick has seven acres OF
potatoes, some hay and grain and
pasture and is building storage for
his potatoes. /.
M. Obergefell is on the Arbogast
place southwest of Rockford and has
eight acres of potatoes, twenty-six
acres of grain, ten acres of hay. He
| planted certified potato seed and Is
taking good care Of the crop. He has
very little storage for his potato
! crop. The neighbors say that Mr..
Obergefell is a good farmer and is
taking unusually good care OF the
property that he has under lease.
G.. R. Mellick has twenty and q
half acres southwest Of Rockford
and has five acres of potatoes, ten
acres OF grain and some hay. He
| has storage facilities for all OF his
potatoes.
Alfred Appel lives on what used
! to be known as the Castle Hill farm,
owned by McGinnis and Behle. He
has three acres of potatoes and stor-
age for about 1000 sacks. He has
twelve acres Of hay, forty acres OF
grain. The farm is now owned by
Ernest Jackson of Blackfoot.
George R., Williams has thirty
acres of potatoes but had to pillow
up about five acres of them on &C
count of them being such poor
| stand after cultivation. He used
! the same treatment with the Guilt
vator that made the Rurals flourish
but killed out good many Of the
Russets; 1t seems that 1t does not
do to throw dirt on, the vines Of the
Russets as 1t does with the Rurals.
He has five acres Of grain, fifteen
acres Of hay, ten acres of beets. He
is situated at considerable distance
| from the main road and he Is plan
ming to buildzG new house and stable
out near the road. He planted trees
and shrubs at the new location but
between the hard freezing last win
| ter and the rabbits, he lost them all.
Joseph Merrill lives just west Of
Rockford and pumps water for irri-
eating 140 acres of land. He has
thirty acres OF potatoes and storage
for 1000 sacks. He is raising thir-
i ty-six acres Of grain, eighteen acres
of hay, sixty-five acres Of Grimm al.
falfa and reports that it is in very
4 fine condition and promises q big
crop. It costs about $500 to $3.50
4 per season to pump water from the
canal, but we forgot to ask, how
high a lift he has, but we think
! probably about twelve or fourteen
feet. Mr.. Merrill has a new kind Of
wheat that is said to belong to the
Macaroni wheat family. He u.s.. test
ing it out to see what it Is good for;
he has two and quarter acres Of 1t
i John 10y has three acres, of Pc
tatoes and storage for six or sever
hundred sacks. He is leasing som,
4 land Of Mark Fakwver. He ha!
some hay and grain and considerable
II garden truck. He is rogueing hi!
potatoes in the hope of getting then
certified.
/ A Big Pumping System.
i The Rockford Canal Company
pumps water from the American
Falls Canal, southwest of Rockford
and uses a 250-horsepower motor tt
lift the water for the system. Thi'
system lies west and south from the
pumping plant in two branches, ont
known as the south branch and tn,
other the west branch. There ar
about $500 acres under cultivation
at the present time and they hav'
been operating this season with ont
4 pump, the water being lifted twenty
seven feet out of the Aberdeen
Springfield canal. While the water i
flowing down the canals, eight ant
nine miles long, respectively, Their
is loss by seepage and evaporation
of about thirty per cent. The irri
eating season lasts from May 20 tt
October /; they operate one puml
up to the fifteenth of August AM
will then operate only half the time
pumping week and letting it stan'
idle a week. There is nothing blu
hay and potatoes to be watered afte
the fifteenth of August and perhap
some garden, and they hope to ge
along running half time. The cos
per season per share is $1.70 Will
operating with one pump, and the
have been able to get along thi
season with one. If they had to pu
the other pump in commission tina
would add sixty cents per acre t
the cost of the service for eac
month. The amount of water repre-
sented by share is five-eighths Q
an inch. The management has bee
trying to save the farmers the add
tional expense Of operating the extr
pump this summer and two men o.
the job have kept the pump operat
ing day and night and have attend
ed to the ditch riding besides, on
ditch being eight miles long and tn
other nine miles. One man is KEEP
at the pumping plant all the tim
and both Of them sleep there, on