The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-15
What The Farmers Are Doing
CHAPTER VII

Der of years to get the place graded
and set the orchard, and after he
found it was financial failure they
went to clearing it out by pulling up
the trees by using four or six horses
for the job.
Alfred Lindsay has forty acres of
land and is raising six acres of po-
tatoes, eight acres of grain, seven
and half of beets, some hay, a
couple of acres of pasture consisting
of clover and other varieties of
grass.
James Larson has sixty-siX acres
and is raising six acres potatoes,
four of grain, five of beets, twenty
acres of hay.
James Nunley has twenty acres
on the road, northeast of the Nc
Carly place and is raising about two
acres of potatoes, four of wheat,
eight of hay, oue-fourth of an acre
of beans and some hay. Mr.. Nunley
was formerly in the blacksmith bust
ness on West Bridge street in Black
foot and during the war he sold his
business and went to the coast and
worked in the shipyards. He is a
veteran of the Spanish-American
war and after the close of the World
war he returned to Blackfoot, mar
ried and settled down on this farm.
Mrs. Nunley has twin daughters now
that are getting big enough to run
all around the place. A couple of
years ago Mr.. Nunley applied to the
government for a pension and after
| Investigating his case and his record
| in the Spanish-American war and
the disabilities following it they al
lowed him $18 a month pension,
dating from September, 1920.
Jacob Ramey has sixty acres west
of Rose and north of the Porterville
bridge. He has owned the place for
many years and has been improving
it, but has not usually farmed it
himself until the last couple of
years. He has engaged in the stock
business usually acting as foreman
fore someone and several years ago
he commenced erecting buildings on
his farm. He has large barn 80
fet by SO feet, plus shed 32x100
feet in which he shelters cattle in
the winter time. The barn holds
fifty-six tons of hay and is equipped
with Delco light, self feeders and
everything clean, convenient and
sanitary. Since building the barn
he has built modern house on the
hill just above the barn and equip
ped with Delco light, hot and cold
water, and every modern conven-
fence that he could. He operates
the churn and washer by electric
power. Last winter while the snow
was deep and the sleighing was good
he hauled in about twenty cords Of
cedar wood for future use. Mr..
Ramey raises some very fine horses
and cattle and has a sorrel mare a
little over two and half years that
weighs 1910 pounds. He says he
thinks there are better prospects for
profits for feeding sheep and hogs
in the winter time than there is in
feeding cattle. He buys and sells
cattle at almost any time of the year
and feeds them up to get them in
condition for good sales. He says
that he has fed hogs eight years and
never made loss on them. He
thinks it almost impossible to do
that with cattle, there being al
greater element of risk in handling
them.
Frank Chapman has twenty acres
of land and is raising eight acres of
wheat, three acres of potatoes, four
of oats and some hay. He is leasing
the Tony Cruise place.
s. A. Judd has 100 acres of land
at the place he is living on, has a
good house and barn and laid in a
good supply of cedar wood last win
ter when sleighing was good. He
has twelve acres of potatoes, thirty
five of grain, eight of beets, sixty of
hay and some orchard which he
sprays every year.
Retween the Rivers, Route 5
J. F. Hunter is on the Arthur
Liljenquist place of thirty-seven
acres. He has twenty acres of po-
tatoes, four acres of wheat, and is !
doing considerable grading and inn
proving on his place.
Sumner Ezell has Ill acres and
is raising fifteen acres of potatoes,
twenty acres of grain, forty acres of
hay. Mrs. Lillian Hall, sister of
Mrs. Ezell who has lived in Butte,
is spending the summer with them
and is raising 800 chickens and is
trying out some flowers about the
place. She is decorating the flower
beds artistically with little fences of
willows of different colors that pro-
duce very pretty effect.
w. A. Pickett has forty acres Of
land bought of Frank Stearns. He
is raising ten acres of potatoes, five
of grain, eighteen of hay. Mr.. Pick
EFT came from Providence, Utah and
Mr.. Stearns has moved to Pingree,