The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-12
Heber Fackrell of Thomas has an

Heber Fackrell of Thomas has ar
acre of beets that he planted or
good land and up to the 9Th OF June
had not watered them. The ground
was dry and dusty on the surface
but at depth of three or four inches
had q very good supply of moisture.
He finished thinning them the last
of the week and had cultivated once.
Heber intends to lay aside one
third of what he makes on his pro-
ject this year for a nest egg for his
education. For the coming year he
plans to attend the Blackfoot school,
and will try to pay expenses by
working out of school hours. He pre-
fers garage work.
Walter Wilson lives in the Younie
addition to Blackfoot and has I'M
dertaken to raise some geese this
year He Matched % and they are
all living and doing very we'll. When
the eggs were Matching, the gander
remained by the coop and every
time anyone came within fifty feet
of the place he rose up and chal
lenged them to mortal combat. After
most of the eggs were Matched and
it was thought that the others would
not hatch, one egg was tossed aside
in the evening, and the next day a
little beak was sticking out of the
shell and working feebly to open up
a larger hole. The gosling was help
ed out and is quite husky now. The
flock is fenced off so they cannot go
into the water in the ditch nor into
any puddles. The little fellows do
not do so we'll if they go into the
70 that ic OF nh tho
mother goose seems to think they |
ought to be. Two of the goslings
that crept under the fence and got
had a serious illness.
Walter says they eat all the
line. He can't seem to fill them
III. He feeds them late at night
Freak of day and all day. They
20 about grazing like COWS only they
10 not take such large bites but they
ute enough oftener to clean up the
,rass rapidly. He supplies them
rain and grass, and thinks goose
reduction is too feeding a job to
make much profits on.
Walters father is telegraph OPP
rator at Blackfoot, and also has
ONE fine dairy cows and two tracts
f ever bearing strawberries. He
avs that strawberry plants should
e kept in water for a couple of
7eeks after planting, to get good
tand. Watering them often or let
ng it run on them about all the
me seems to bring the best re-
Its.
Ross Clark lives near the Wilson
lace and has an acre of beets. Ross
eeps his records of the project very
eat and clear in the form book
lpplied by the department for that
lrpose Ross is little uncertain
Ist what he is going to do because
IS parents are talking of moving
Texas in the fall.
Archie Ball lives on the Kirkpat-
ok lane west of Blackfoot and has
/ acre of beets in fine condition
i'd a Holstein-Jersey COW. Archie
fifteen and is keeping his accounts
refully to see what profit there
in an acre of beets.
Fred Mark lives north of the sugar
Glory and has two acres of pota-
es. He got certified seed from
ic Sundquist for the 1923 crop
d rogued the tract to keep 1t pure.
is year he plowed up some alfal-
meadow after irrigating it, planted
g potatoes and then cultivated
en- just as they were coming thru
, ground
Simmons and Francis
atson have four acres of beets in
rtnership on a tract of land in
, State addition owned by Frank
esse and Mrs John G. Brown.
e boys hired team to do their