Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-11-30
hat Forty Years Has Done:
What VIII the Next Forty
/ Years 70 70 h.ailo.
CROPS EVERYWHERE.
hmm For the Farmer is About
last; Bright Future Looms.
HnISM PREVAILS HERE
In the Top of the Wave of Pros
perity to the Hollow of De-
preston and Now For
the Top Again.


Bile of Idaho. of all vocations and
nches of industry, were riotously
bperous says the American Falls
ss With few exceptions their
sperlty had bred extravaganza. 1t
become Questionable to save.
bners, with the exception of a
paratively few in unfortunate one
districts, shared in the general
perity. Labor became capitalistic.
iness would not be prudent. Ir-
ted land was cheap at from $3.50
800 an acre, and not a little sold
more. Hay was worth SIS to $50
bn, with active demand, and other
Ducts in proportion. Sheep were
th $40 to $50 a head, or were
ID at that for a loan at the bank,
it was a poor COW critter that
ld not bring SIS.
elieved from the strains of war,
lie had relaxed, developed idling
it.. refused to consider work as
eans of making a livlihood, and
on a national joy ride. Labor.
porous beyond it's dreams, be-
arrogant and irresponsible.
mess men and farmers, too often,
pwed themselves rich. Automo-
became necessities. There were
Pe no more panics-the Federal
Erve system had banished them
good. Every readers knows the
Il
pen there came a day when the
hcial sun did not shine. Out of
apparently clear sky came storm
rocked the very foundations of
|ness and carried thousands to
and hundreds of thousands to
verge of despair. Live stock. land, |
property of all kinds lost its
d value, and under forced liqui-
on would not bring the money it
pledged for. Banks went down
their customers. Nothing seemed
re-
le clouds have not yet rolled by,
Idaho has gone far toward re-
ry. Many are still disheartened
some one-crop farmers will not
yer. The one-crop farmer, wheth-
grows wheat, potatoes, fruit, or
tock, is never safe. He is always
'ling against poor crop or low
and the odds are too heavy.
one blessing that has come out
lr adversely is the lesson that ,
aust diversity. We can not es-
all the effects of a world wide, {
induced Generalization, but no
ry which has Idaho's production s
'ilities can be permanently in {
Jumps. When the part of the
that is now starving resumes Q
ess and begins eating again we r
suddenly forget the distress we
endured.
;. samuels, a Buhl farmer, har- n
$500 bushels of beans from n
res. At the harvest time price .
We're worth s10,soO above the d
4 Production. y
, Marshall OF Idaho Falls har-
e2s bushels OF wheat from IL 7
ur Ball Of Ammon topped the ri
OF bis community this year bl
. tons Of sugar beets per acre, %,
brought him 5000 per acre ~
iN alfalfa seed growers 0f Rose oe
nave had good Yields and are
eF 80 cents q pound FOR their ~
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N'F ~ celery from iess thap oa
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