Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-05-25

With the green iiSiu'
I'D the hot sun pouring beneficient
,azv-feeling rays down on the just
- the unjust alike the editor tired
- buetling humdrum news in the hot
ona dusty village inviegled some OF
-. friends to take him to the differ
,raan fields on the Magic Project
As an excuse he used the water
situation to get General Manager
padlav TO talk and from that talk
gathered information to enable him
70 talk intelligently to the different
farmers.
speaking of the water situation
Bailey said:
eThere is not sufficient water this
wear TO allow any of it to go to waste
and nv the middle of August or the
first of September the reservoir viii
ba enpty but in the meantime If the
farmers will conserve the water on
their crops and not allow it to go to
waste there will be ample to make
the crops. As there will not be
enough to give all the full quota and
double heads they have been getting
we have adopted the policy of charg-
ing each man with the water he uses
and every man will get his proper
tionate share of the water and no
more SO if he wastes it now he will
wake up later to the fact he has no
judiciously and conservatively, not
allowing it to go to waste he will
have water later on to mature his
crops. 1t will be impossible until the
4 middle Of June to say just what pro-
portion each user will be able to re-
8 ceive this year but there is more
4 water on this project than most and
ample to insure pretty good crops If
not wasted. And the man who wastes
water will waste only his own and
not that Of Others"
Then the editor drove over the
hlcnfield tract. This tract is con-
siderably later than the other tracts
as tney cannot commence work as
carly out then they do not need to
ds tney have a soil peculiarly rich.
needing less water than the other
sections. On this tract there is over
'Vo acres planted to peas for seed
production. Seeds are a concentrated
IVY ana pay extraordinarily well
iney take nowhere near the water
'nat alfalfa does but more work and
considerably more monetary raturn
10 make up for the work.
anu TAX about a pretty sight
No"ing out of the dull gray of the
sage brush strewn lavas to the bright
e'een rows of waving tintintillating
pea vines shimmering in the sunlight !
. sight not soon to be forgotten. |
peas are now six and eight inches
s" IN places and give promise of
''"eing rich returns to those who
lave Ventured on raising a pea seed
s'0p' Nothing disheartening among
'e farmers, nothing but optimism
among the pea growers.
inen trip over the Dietrich tract.
snort trip to be sure and embracing
10y lew Of the farmers but yet
typical of them all.
crossing the desert with tts drab
.O'onng one is delighted by the green
.sn, '"ess OF the J. H. Barbee place.
ven Joe, are you discouraged
WIN farming and ready 70 rst,,rn 20
the citygy ~ '''" ~
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~ NOSE sheep, just look at those
~ss' Just look at those cattle inst :
49,. ~ nose chickens and turkeys.
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80 Just look al that waving.
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