Show R fr ir J i felt Agriculture It tore t the e Second e e In of i the t e V G Gem em ems t tR State Stat I f I It Ii I It 1 roi c rr r L I 1 Jl I 7 j n I II I I 1 I 4 i c i j Jj 1 Ij It t I r 6 j rl i 1 l 1 h 1 I Ii J JI i y iI I f 1 N U Uj t Y j l r 1 i i i 1 I Ili li lii i II i I f ii j 11 1 Pl lt f x xa xi j lt I i I If f a k I I a 11 I Ij I i t j 1 J t il l IX L Lb b r t I Ir r j 1 I t I 1 i ii I I i i t ill t tr J I 1 1 t h ht r l t i j t l t I It 1 t k J I fj r rI j jr r i I P f t 11 M f I I I l I If I c i CJ t I Jq 11 F i l t ih r J Tilt THE Tn GHAUT GrAIr GI is IN THE TIIE SHOCK r r v iI r l In Idaho w r I I litH I i k 11 I A t the period r of nr 1 organization o nl za t Ian 1 cither Ithel r an es st ale or territory l n As Asfur s sI I iI f fur Cur buck back b lck II ar 1882 1802 shortly otter after j I I t 1 f tho Cho discovery of ot placer gold guld la In n Idaho at lit liti j i Sf which time lime 11 n great migration of ot ruten adventurous l gold goh Melon flocked Info the ther r I ti genie settlements wt were rc made mad In the e tuI ul uli L r r lies Ilea alonG th the nearest the tho gold i ii r dl hogs The land hind t was cleared cI and Ind r lt v 1 plowed plott ami the agricultural of r JI Idaho r It I is birth Prom I wm 1 n 1 this tAla tAlar t r j email m beginning It han hall t grown to UH IIII I 11 1 aU i t fI present and ranks Arcond b 1 In III of the Industries of or the tho theA I A Ii J tate state These tint first farmers grew t vege eso lt f j 6 r i J iii i a nod raIna g of tt kinds k It l ds with tile y the mining ii cumps s and 1101 for tor or which tech t r thi tr y commanded Io b d Kuch wh prices as ns would milk make the business nearly ax ns profitable to ie ns the tho dig gins Eln lo In the miner millert Year niter after year the In fn Industry t try grew HH ns did tho population tion ti n of ur th the territory Until It hon reached the broad proportion I I na which tech t It II now no oi 0 conics t r Number I According to III the tho agricultural statistics ics I is of ot Ins lutt lu l your year the th number of ot farmers ten of lIr the state chits wan nn a put pu t 1 I at III y 1 covering F an nn area urea of or arras acres a of ot of land Lind valued lit fit rIse rifle a will be Ito h materially Increased by b the great rell colo colonizing ln schemes of ot the many Irrigation Irrl projects recently inaugurated in III the thu Irv elite lit I I e s Knowing t F the different c uin r Iol nl C products Iro I lUct t V potatoes 1 Ra and anit hays haR pro duiel la III the state a l in tho the yet year ear r I Ot a nl as 11 by lI the I bureau of oC Washington tashi ton D O I Is la set forth In in the following s I 1 10 I I II I Product Rh he er erit it l 6 j jOatH OatH I BarioS O It e 12 1203 Corn 5 16 Flax 1111 53 00 Potatoes I 1111 Illy I tl I I p c i T Tc l Ii ry i r s st h t w 9 t tr k f t th li a i L t r it t c tl t i i i J 1 it j L Lt ki kii f h M i t f r j with I u Y t 1 f l t It x I r e el l y 11 r f r W X I rl f 3 1 i 1 tM y ti 61 r t t tI r rp I t p I A s 1 I 1 i 11 p 1 tf I J If tl t t I 1 i ir r I A SCENE IN THE GOLDEN HARVEST TIME TUn To anyone interested In agriculture n R careful stud shay of ot these theM figures will re rc reveal 1 veal eal n condition that cannot connot fall to In Interest Interest terest tere t him the Tho Tit yield ld of lit cereal coven la to the tho arro aero In Idaho U la shown to 1 be 01 nearly double tho the average n of ot the United States mid nud accordingly the value vahle of ot thu the crop erol grown on oa one Irate l acre In ire Idaho Ix le I nearly double IIII th value of lit the tho crop erol SHOwn grown on tho thu average acre nere In III ii the Unit United ed d The Tow future for the ill agricultural Indus Industry try Ir In this state Mate Ita I l I v ry promising The TIYe farmers at as n III Ire iro re very el ln and IJ employ ol In rury Ia rry Into on their II truck Irk ork They 1 Ij hut tire lire generally tind J lUll and ar ire tn Int Inn 1011 Idle 11 th with all III tl lh t t 1 vc I s mid comforts which h su o to tomake snake make homo home Ili hippy h lP and nud pl pa asai a t Tun hlO Kinds Iliad of fir 1 1100 1 t ih th stott p II oit into two The and tl tte r humid hunted I The Thc humid Ii fl lI portion h res the whole northern suction section i I Idaho cz Perce Shoshone a aim I The remainder of or orthe I the state It la arid nod requires Irrigation to develop fled and mature Crops Two Pisa roll mil Ilona one talc hundred l unit and un eight thousand acres neres In ht this trill region are arc now covered by Irrigation canaK ca which S land hued landIn In Is I nearly till all owned nd CU cultivated e by bythe II bythe the people who hn of occupy UtY It II The a projects that ore are nl now under eon con construction tin lh construction of som eon of lit which IH III fast rost Hearing completion lIon by bythe h bythe the government and tind i private parties In III Inthis thIs tills nee of or the state will 1111 add ald nearly one on million additional add acres H to tn the oho Irrl Irrigated rated gated at d urea of ot the state nn will trill pro provide vide Ido homes for additional Carol families lies Iles Small farms Pay Ill Ur Hot tIt t tIt It U Is h the experience of ot those who hive have matte mado u II practical test of lit the thu that In III the Irrigated region reg 1011 the greatest accrue from Crom small forma farms welt well worked In AY Huch cnn cases ss forty Cort acres lIerNI tic rc v CUll can I he be made to produce more to the tho owner than ICO acres t will now produce In to the old settled states stales of ot the tho east For Kor this reason rea oll the government In III opening up the lands lunds of ot the tin tract which Is II located along the tho Snake Inver BlI hell hellI Iv I V shipped 1111 I Total Value I er I out n Idaho in n 11 Vs S Slat c ISI 3 I 21 I G 2 1910 93 I L L 31 15 In Cassia and Lincoln counties limited n o homestead entry 10 to 40 acres when wh hen n made within two mlle miles of lit a n town site and to SO 0 acres Heres when wIlen made Inde beyond this hie twomile limit This IH III h a it 1 wise WIM pro provision i ro vision I lon on rot the port part of or the government and nud U Is an equally profitable one oue for tor the pettier settlor With proper care given to the theland th loud land III 1111 It will wilt produce double the amount It otherwise would do and support dou don double double ble bee the tho population and become twice as 1111 valuable per acre as ns It II would If IC thu tho larger filings of ot acres were wore permit permitted permitted ted 1111 While this might he be the tho more ad nit advisable condition It IH Is by b no means menns closely el adhered to throughout the state The average farm In ba Idaho would con contain on tain tab n at lit least lean lea t eighty acres arreR Many huge large farms or ranches consisting of oC hun him hundreds of or ones acres are devoted exclusively lo to 0 the production of hay ha both wild willi grasses and timothy nine and alfalfa The Thu irrigated districts of ot southern Idaho 1 the alfalfa the principal III al liny I tall Top crop In the northern section IK Is I timothy Hay 1111 Is III grown by hy bythe bythe the hundreds of or tons tone nod and roll tod out to tostock tostock stock mill end sheep during the P s span i pan ot Dry Ir III tome Farmers In ha the arid region Ill tr t i 1 ir r I tI l Cite II h it t Cul tl In late laie la to years eu re In I n 1 If iu no tog ing wheat on dry dr farms still atoll a fOil Crap u th III ler ter push Audi conditions Is not nol tn to b d ii upon But Hut when water atel Is N I m sit mI 11 I lied t to the tho land lend a u miracle Is wrought The fhe land brings forth In mighty abu abundance ol mica ance Under such puch conditions an acre IP II hl t will produce from 40 O to 60 bushels hels oats oatH and barley burle will still yield from C Oa 61 to hels and n 11 flit from 5 ti to 9 a trots tims per her acre liny Is a ready seller lu hr Idaho limbo bringing from U 4 to 16 n a ton for Cor from 15 S to JS 3 for Cor timothy In It stark A profitable o addition to lo th thI tin farming Industry la I hog hl raising rl ng Many I tit of the Idaho ho formers farmers rule raise IIII e hogs In unit nd alfalfa pastures during the tha um sum v TY I u iJ f t 1 I It tl t tt A t i p r Y t r I II I M I P 1 fl 1 yA VM i n I A NEWLY MADE FARM IN COUNTY I mer r mid and In the fall after the loosest harvest Is IR gathered etel t they the ore ure o put onto the stub bit ble II eltIs nod una fattened L t for market marketA A Market In tho Ilic northern or humid part of or tho the state date natural conditions are different yet ct vegetables grains gl ln raid d fruits ore lire grown Brown In ht the tho th same lime variety arlet as liS In tho the thoI southern I portion Poll jolt Here grain grit In raising railing wheat onto oats anti barley Ira the tho l crops Is IH carried on somewhat more extensively than lion In the arid region and the Idaho product y n a ready leIlI eed t S market anywhere where Her lIer supply of or ag ng agricultural products produces Is III I never novel equal to th thu i demand The Tho miner and the tho lumber lumberman roan mon ore lire Just jU 1 beginning to awaken to a u realization of ot the unbounded resources that hot t lie He lief before ore them and the tho tanners farmers h of ut Idaho will n I ll 1 be he e Kept lell I busy bUK f for tor or many years In supplying their demands de II lid II Ainu ka China Chinn Japan Jo pau and the t e In Is Inlands lands are arc developing rapidly and ami all are arc looking look In to the Idaho former for his hl proS pro product duct and It tiny may be lie safely lintel said Hald that the present prosperous condition of or tho the agricultural Industry ludo I Hr s throughout the tho state stale will trill be lie Indefinitely maintained Tile The Sugar Industry tr trOne One other Industry I us h that IH is gaining n ninn linn inn footing tooting In n the state plate IH is that of lit sugar manufacture from the sugar augur beet Leet Ino ne tOlle are laIng established l hell In many minty purls of ot till the southern portion of fir the th state stale and tho taw farmers arc are n II good gool portion of ot their farms arms to the tho grow gross 10 ing lung of if lr beets b e from Crom which sheet they ore are rID rap hiI i handsome P I roil All 1 II In u nIl ail r t 1 t future of or the Oem Cent State li Is I a v r ry y bright one ono and no state In 10 the tho t I totters I otters offers better Jetter advantages es to n man Iho io wants trams to get gat un on ullin In hl tho thu world l c cI I d dI I t l t l lIf If I R t I I I apy t f fI r 1 i r r x I 7 1 f m 5 o 1 Y fe r t i it t ii I I if eft I 1 l a r rt j r t if 7 to toI toj j f fl l I I 4 e y eel eelI 3 r rIx I F Ix r fr i is s s 1 Tit r e t 1 A now HOW THE PROSPEROUS FARMER PLOWS MOWS HIS lAND LAUD I |