Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-01-19


tain an appearance OF consei Se.''.'
cnoau as her cultivated area IS ioano
ranks high in production. she gro"s
IN nor cent of the Grimm alfalfa seeo
of the United States and 90 per ce"'
of the seed peas; is third IN pfouu0
.;o, If wool. prunes and plums; nolds
first place in yield per acre OF aliaiia
clever and timothy seed; secono III
bar,ay and tame hay and ties Win
california for second on potaeoeS' >
and is third in average yield oil "hea'
and beans, says D. w Davis IN west
ern Advertiser.
Quality. more than quantity no"
ever. distinguishes Idaho's agriculture
Tn the Seed Division Of the lnterna-
tional Hay and Grain show just closed
at Chicago, among 1000 entries from
oil narts of the world, Idaho won 1irse'
third. fourth, fifth, seventh, eleventh
thirteenth and fourteenth places on
red clover; second on sweet cioVer'
first. second, third, fourth, fiIth anu
seventh on alsike clover; fourth, eishtn
and fourteenth on alfalfa Other WIN
nings were first, second, fourth ana
twentieth on barley; third, fourth
fifth, sixth and eleventh on "ni'e
spring wheat; and second on feiio"
Dent corn. The other awards on these
staple products were divided among
o,,r forty-seven sister states and the
rest of the world. This proud record
is no accident. Idaho did as well or
better last year.
Seeds are aristocrats among farm
n-oducts. They sell by the pound
not by the bushel or ton, and virtually
laugh at freight rates The freight
from Idaho to Chicago on alfalfa or
clover seed grown on an acre ranges
from 81 to sS, as compared to s1oO Tor
an average yield of potatoes; and the
seed will ordinarily sell at destina-
ton for as much as the potatoes, thus
converting the saving in freight into
a handsome profit
Seed growing in a commercial way
in Idaho dates back only about rlVe
years. Our production Of grass seeds
approximates 100000 pounds, and
of seed peas, 100000 pounds.
The development of our seed pea
industry is an interesting story, A
few years ago seedsmen of the central
west induced a few farmers in the
upper Snake River valley to plant
few peas as an experiment From
that small beginning an industry has
grown until it now pays the farmers
more than a million dollars a year
and an additional half million TO labor |
in growing, sorting and packing the |
seed for shipment.
,nent during the past decade. Among
all the states she ranked third in in
crease in number Of farms. Her cul-
,ivated area increased 81 per cent, her
area "A per cent. and eapi-
tai Investment in irrigation works i2S
per cent. Her two and half million
acres of irrigated lands can be in
creased 90 four million by conserving
the waters that now run 70 waste.
and big irrigation developments are
l0recasted for the future
Progress Is not dependent, however,
lpon new construction, We are even
low rapidly developing along lines
hat are full OF promise. Several fac
0rs combined 20 usher la this new
~, chief among which were Initiation
lnq deflaiioa. Initiation was a plsas'
lpt process A asmspd fof more thsn
ye could produce ~ prices virtually
q our own ssklns, brought fsmper
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