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Show Farming Is Area's Chief Industry A great Franklin county ns founded by I livestock brought Franklin Coun- - I sion woikois, subjai t matter spe-- I w c-- t side A branch t line of this directly fiom agriculture. side of many of the homes of the county lalists of the University ot Idaho ladioad seites the ol $o,55-5bettleis in scaiDi nl oikI fuim t a tot.il f, ii in income r K i t 1119 the (oun'v twinging lad height aie ruial homes, yet It is indicaj in .pent n! the l.ind, and thcdv ipei a ion with tii (lining the ye-iA .snhst.int i,i p,ut ol the maromniixMuiU'i s County mlo PieMun dadv lioight, live- tive of the progressive nature of County ciuinly thimiyt mil its livtniv b.i b 'ell one ol mi c x. .willing and keting ol agiicultuial pioducts Extension Advisoiy Committee, stock and passengei looting points the people to note that more than mote diveiMind agi n i, llur.il c o- - ill tnt county is handled througn j Home Demons! i at on Count it, and are totaled at central points 91 per cent of all homes In the Club Colon il. thioughout the rountv. Motor county have electricity, while most nomy. Franklin (mini) today pre-- I i ni ions larmi'i '.s eoopet allies. The The breakdown in v minus land height seivite is al-- o available of them have culinary water, televnls a pictuie t a stable tai in j Franklin County Daily associa uses for the county shows 89,210 daily to all points ot the tuunty phones, daily rural mail seivice, economy supplenn .ited b small tion handles a large pait of the the and daily new spapers. by industry, with ciop land, Passenger bus set vice gtain mdk and butter fat production acres in Modern Living Gtevhound Lines, to all points in crops, and the live ,u k industries of the county and piocesses "Dew 8,359 acres in meadow and u i The 1915 census showed that Ciest but let, a superior product pasture; 118,201 acres in the United States, is available forming a substantial backbone. The total value of all farm which is widely used throughout grazing land. 40,635 acres in it li- from several points of the county, all homes in the county had radios sold in 194b was more than the area. gated nop land, and 167,215 acies since U. S Highway 91 bisects the and since 1948 the county has had its own radio station, KPST, mx and a half million dollars. The Franklin County Sugar of forest lands. county from north to south. Good Transport There are approximately 12.500 which provides about 16 and a The county hs a tot-- d land romnany, with a large tattoiy Franklin county has excellent people in Frai khn county, divid- half houts daily of direct and F. act cage of 426, SoO. Atoued 6.4 per locaed just south of Prestoi proMote M. broadcast, serving the people cent of this area is in farms of cesses most of the beets grow r in transportation facilities to take ed into 21 communities. caie of the farm and other needs than a thiid of hese people live of southern Idaho and northern various types, with the numhei of the county. of the population. The Union Pawith enteitainment and A large and successful r n in Preston. It is safe to say that Utah individual farms totaling 1.151. cific railroad runs north and almost all these people derive programs of the most varied na-tAveiage size of Franklin county enterprise is the Franklin south e. faims is about 23? acres. through the county on its their livelihood directly or in County Grain Growers Inc., which handles great volumes of g. air Home Ow rd An indication of the soundness carries on extensive a marketing WE SPECIALIZE IN ACCURACY FOR DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS of vorie of the farm economy is seen in the operations and mitls USING THE PUREST INGREDIENTS ON THE MARKET li c t that more then El) per cent superior grain products. 1950 Good Vrar of the farms in the county an owned by the people who opeia'e The year 1950 was a good them. year for farmers of The chief crops grow n in Franklin county. A record rainfall Franklin county aie alfaha. diy of 3.S5 inches during October of land wheat, sugar heels, feed 1949 filled soils of Franklin coungre- - o ty to the overflowing point. grains, potatoes, clover and beans, peas, canning Franklin county farmers, more canning f Tier corn. Principal livestock grown and more conscious of the benefits ate dairy cattle, poultry, beef, to improved agriculture in coopsw me and sheep. Fur ammals as eration with their Extension serH rti of the a business are also popular. vice. availed themselves Though farm crops aie a big soil testing program and other source of income, a look at iccent services to lenrn mote about the agricultural statistics induatcs needs of their soils. As a result the increasing extent to which the more nitrogen fertilizer was used county farm pictuie might be de- dining 195(1 than duiing any pre-- v ft ious year. The use of nitrogen scribed as a dairy and poultry economy. The 1950 ngiieultuial came on sugar beets, irrigated census listed 7.174 nulk cows m pastures and grain. The county agent for Franklin teaia i.imf the county. Duin.g If 49 4.267,207 gallons of whole milk were sold county, Dan Roberts. reorted CAMERA HEADQUARTERS FOR PRESTON and 51,578 pounds of butterfat. that pole beans, corn and sugar BELL AND HOWELL EASTMAN Total value of all daily pioduits beet crops were the best in the sold during that yeur was $1,166.-93history of the county during 1950. PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Grain, alfalfa and panning peas Closely allied to the extensive were only average crops because -- 1 -- dairy industry is the large alfalfa of the cold early season growing crop harvested in Franklin weather. A newcomer to the crop county. In 1949 about 22.400 acies picture and something of a novelof alfalfa were cut for hay. ty was the growing of cabbage for sauerkraut, which proved a Poultry Industry The 1950 ensus listed a total success in its second year of testof 149.416 chickens four months ing in Franklin County. Grass old and older. During 1949. 1,310, seed production shows promise of 781 dozen eggs were sold for a becoming an important cash crop INTERNATIONAL total value of over had a million in the county, according to Mr. dollars, the exact fig re being Robe rts. Cattle same as listed Hairy $568,011. During the Dairy cattle numbers in the year the turkeys raised in the ALL remained about the same county county totaled 24.332. as for 1949, according Total income from poultry and during 1950 to Mr. Roberts annual report. eggs for 1949 amounted to $7S7,-07But the trend seems to be toward Winter wheat threshed or com- increased numbers to offset parbined in the county total 32,561 tially the lower prices received acres, and spring wheat 12,124 for milk products. acres. Sugar beets for the same Farm sheep numbers are increasing in the county as fast as year amounted to 55,288 tons. Hogs and pigs sold alive in 1919 breeding stock becomes available. totaled 6,182 for a total value of Farm production costs continued $228,877. The hog pool oerated to rise during 1950 as a result of In Preston, one of the few still in water facility improvement, tax operation in the state of Idaho, increases, motor fuel price inhas developed throughout the creases, as well as increased years a system of efficient and costs for most repairs. Net farmprofitable marketing and has ac- er income, according to the 1950 counted for millions of dollars of report, is off considerably from agricultural income In the county. 1947 and 1948. Extension activities in Franklin Total Income This diversified economy- - of county are planned and carried farm crops, dairy products and out jointly by the County Exten- -t 1 . i ic i id pio-duc- ts er-nti- ui pio-duefl- JSfiff! liar: MffiKfixSs j 2. State 30 S. MEL'S DRUG Phone No. USE EQUIPMENT FOR CROP AND HARVESTING CONDITIONS 7. 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