The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-08
What The Farmers Are Doing
CHAPTER vi

out pumping. He has gasoline
engine to pump water for the high
ground, but has lately installed an
electric motor. He is raising eight
acres of potatoes, twelve acres Of
beets, and about twelve acres of hay
and five acres of grain.
CASTOR Garlic has twenty acres of
land is raising fifteen acres of po-
tatoes.
Mrs. H. Roubidoux has forty acres
of land and is raising about eight
acres of potatoes, twelve of hay and
ten of grain. Her son Sylvester and
his family are living with her and
are operating the farm. Sylvester
was in the army during the World
war and married school teacher
whose home was in Baltimore.
Barney Olsen has eighty acres of
land northwest of Groveland and is
raising fifteen acres of potatoes,
about thirty acres OF hay, twenty
acres of grain and two and a half
acres of pasture. The farm belongs
to the Adam Yancey estate.
R. F. Keller has forty acres Of
land between Groveland and Center
willie and is raising about seven acres
of potatoes, twelve acres Of hay, and
eight acres of grain. Mr.. Keller re-
Gently lost cow by bloating on
alfalfa.
Golden Hale has forty acres and
is raising six acres of potatoes,
twenty-five of hay, six Of grain. He
built a two room house in 1921. He
bought his land of w. A. Younie at
$125 an acre without buildings on
it, but it had water right and no
we'll.
Enron Yancey has forty acres Of
land northwest of Groveland and is
raising sixteen acres of potatoes and
the balance grain.
William Lindsay has twenty-five
acres of wheat, five acres of oats.
three and a half of beets and about
twenty-five Of hay.
| David Peterson has sixteen acres
of ground and is raising about three
acres of wheat, one and half Of
oats and some hay. Mr.. Peterson
was keeping some cows and became
convinced that he had some that
were "boarders" and as they went
dry he sold them to the butcher. He
could have got more money by SELL
ing them for milk cows when they
came fresh again, but unfortunately
his cows gave a large amount Of
milk for short time and then
tapered off to where they became
| "boarders," and he did not want to
soak" some poor family with that
kind of cow. In 1920 Mr.. Peter
sons beet crop averaged eighteen
tons and in 1921 the yield fell to
fifteen tons. This year he is work.
ing for J. G.. Bond.
V. L. Monsoon hab b forty acres
north Of Groveland That he bought
Of Mrs. Morris Jensen at $167.50
per acre. There was we'll on the
place and some small buildings. Mr..
Monsoon came from Preston, Idaho,
and he likes to raise registered hogs.
He has some Duroc Persey grades
now. He keeps his pens and auto
matte feeders in fine condition. He
says that If you give hogs a chance
they will keep their pens neat and
clean and beverly systematic In their
habits. Mr.. Monson says that If you
give hog clean pen and some
clean food and chance to keep
things clean he will manufacture
good pork, but that If you keep him
in dirty, filthy pen the pork will
be filthy and good way to test it is
to cut slice out and drop it into a
hot frying pan and you can catch
the odor of the same filth that ex-
listed in the pen. Mr.. Monsoon is
raising ten acres of potatoes, fifteen
or twenty acres of hay and some
grain.
George r. Bailey has forty acres
Of land and is raising about eleven
acres of potatoes, four acres of
beets, one acre of onions, four Of
grain, twelve Of hay and some truck
which he markets in Pocatello.
A. D. Samuelson has forty acres.
He is raising seven acres Of potatoes,
twenty-five of hay and three acres of
grain.
Ernest Lilya has forty acres of
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and is raising four acres of potatoes,
one acre of beets, twelce of hay, six
ten of grain and sowed some Grimm
alfalfa with his grain.
A Shearing Camp
At the time of writing this, the
twentieth of May, the Harris
brothers were doing their shearing
at shearing camp in the Big Bend
country north of Rose. They had
about 1900 or 1900 grade sheep.
Len Hall was operating an outfit of
four machines operated by a gaso-
line engine at the old Edgar Hale
dry farm and they finished his job
about May %.
Albert Gardner had 1900 head
which they planned to commence
shearing on Tuesday and would
complete them in about three days.
Their champion shearer Fred Bros
sard has a record of sshearing 265
sheep in day The average shearer
finishes sheep about every five or
six minutes. A shearing machine
consists Of big pair Of clippers,
similar to those used by barber
for Clipping mems hair, or those
use1 for clipping horses. 1t consists
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