OCR Text |
Show , BEAUTIFUL CACHE AN -: EARTHtf PARifeE .. ... ii-i- m FARMERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME GETTINGJN CROPS Road Bonds Should lie Vo'.ed for Conditions Bad in Many Places. ) Cucho Valley should onjoy nn era of prosperity this year should conditions condi-tions continue" Tuo splendid winter which Just ended; the equable conditions; tho largo amount 01' moist-uro moist-uro conserved, all tend 'o make a grcntor and more uniform yield. With thorough, systematic and scientific sci-entific farming thoro should ho no reason for thg dull times like those -wo have just passed through. Truo, fanners and others have Invested In increased land holdings which have to ho paid, but If land acquired Is consistently con-sistently and honestly tilled and scientifically sci-entifically worked, conditions should bo altogether different, and there should bo no reason for a deficit. Farm Work In Full Blast. At Hydo Park, Smlthfleld and Richmond, Rich-mond, farm work Is In full blast; and ground Is being prepared for beets. From Indications, a greater acreage will bo planted this year than before; nnd then again, tho conditions promlso to bo considerably better. (If ono should Journey by road as far north' as Preston, Idaho, ho will k find a valley of kaleidoscopic beauty. Stretching out or miles like a check er board In grcon nnd brown, are tho well tilled farms of Cacho Valley's citizens, cit-izens, a paradise; andnninherltance for a thrifty, progressive people. Tho alfalfa fields of UiIh valloy aro a revelation, rev-elation, and It is really ono of the most stable crops wo have. Across from Richmond, as far as tho oyo can reach, oven o.nto tho hills on tho west, beautiful farms, nestling Bldo by side, tell of tho wonderfur richness of this glorious valley. In . nnd around Richmond, ono la struck with tho wonderful fertility of ' tho country, whllo the dairy Interests attest at-test to the prosperity of its people. , The Road. Tho roads out to Richmond aro in fnirly good condition; a llttlo ballasting ballast-ing hero and there, however, would lmprovo them considerably. But from Richmond across tho High Creok Hollow Hol-low onto Frnnklln, ono finds the roads In a terrible condition; In some places great furrows havo been gouged out by tho continual travol of milk haulers. From Richmond to tho Idaho Ida-ho lino tho road needs considerable work, and wo thought of the new bond Issuo as we passed over them. Every tlmo a Jolt and chug hit us wo hollered hol-lered "bonds." The Bond Election. Now this bond question should bo looked forward to with Interest by the wldcawako citizens of this valloy, nnd when election day comes thoy should go to tho polls and voto for tho lssuo. When wo aro told wo can havo the roads of tho county placed In splendid condition, nt such on easy way of payment, objections to tho movoraont should bo waived asldo. Tho county needs tho money for this purpose, tho citizens cannot do without it. Instead of tho movo being undertaken by prominent citizens of this city, It Khould bo tho farmers of this section who should tnko tho Initiative, and send tho proposition through with a flfr whoop. Qj It Is tho farmers of tho county who neod tho roads. It Is they who travol tho most, nnd objection to bondi should bo tho Inst iden thought of. Farming Condition North. Tho Inrmlng conditions north uie fino, while on tho southwest ttircu,th LowlBton, Trenton and other plices, conditions seams to bo nbovo tho average, av-erage, and with n fow moro nice rains such ns wo havo had tho past weok, iho Is no reason why Cacho Volley should not prosper during tho coming season. ' Many Orchards. Tho farmors throughout this sec-lion sec-lion seem to be paying consldoiablo attention to fruit. Many orchards havo been planted out. Richmond received two carloads of trees, whllo Preston Tccolvcd" n like number, Logan also kept iip with the procession, receiving ovor two carloads. Tho trees aro principally prin-cipally apples, Gano, Jonathan nnd Rome Beauty as fillers being tho ones chlofiy rolled upon for good substantial substan-tial stock. Many peaches have been planted, and grapes and other fruit has received close attention. Now that It Is demonstrated that grapes, peaches peach-es and other tender fruit can bo grown ns far north as Mink Creek, we should feel moderately at peace with tho conditions, both climatic and otherwise, which an nll-wlsc creator has endowed us with. Cheaper Wheat Maybe. It Is estimated by. the Dureau of Agriculture that thero are stored away on tho farms of tho United States, 197,000,000 buBhols of wheat, which for some rcaspn is being held hack by tho farmers. True, a great deal of it will be used for planting, but figuring most of tho wheat used for planting In, the totnl reaches just about what tho department has It In talking tho wheat situation over with somo farmers yesterday, tho Idea prevails that should this year produco nn abundant crop, wheat will go down to fifty cents a bushels, and they also think, that if the Canadian reciprocity reci-procity bill becomes actual law, farm products will go down tho toboggan, and prices will prevail that will ho ruinous to farmers. Let Your Wheat Walk Off. Let us stop a moment and think bo-foro bo-foro wo "fly off" about things "that might be." Suppose that, wheat, dyes, go down to fifty cents per bushel It la now GS In somo sections up tho valley val-ley tho farmer If ho Is an up-to-date man, will feed his wheat so that ho can drlvo It to market, without watting watt-ing for tho "bulls nnd bear" of tho btock exchange to Juggle with the proposition. Havo not our Agricultural Colleges been dinning this Into tho ears of tho farmers for lo, these mnny years, nnd yet thoy will not see It. With pork at 9, 10 and 11 cents, as It. has been this winter, by feeding their COc grain to hogs nnd stock, their money would bo double nnd tho expense would bo very llttlo moro. So, It Is nn 111 wind that blows nobody good. Wo havo no doubt that tho thrifty housowlfo would llko to soo n reduction In tho prlco of breadstuff, nnd while It would bo a welcomed ro-.ductlon ro-.ductlon In that quarter, tho avenuo pointed out, If followed by tho aver-ago aver-ago Cacho Valloy farmer would bring him moro monoy nnd overyono would bo happy. Don't Chase the Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp. Citizens of this valley should thank Providence, and fato, If there bo any such a thing, that thoro was made such a valloy as this; should bless tho day that circumstances sent them to settle hero In tho midst of plenty. With n little, Judicious business tact; a refusal to take up nnd sustain bogu3 stock companies; paying strict attention atten-tion to improving their fnrms; leaving leav-ing out of the question all unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory and undcslrablo Investments, this valloy could be self-sustnlnlng without much outsldo help. It Is estimated that 500,000 has beon taken out of tho pockets of tho farmors of this valloy, val-loy, for fictitious stocks. Had that money been spent on the farms and nn our roads a different financial (ondltlon would Imo liuen the result. lt "Experience innkoa Fools wlso." Cache Valloy pooplo Instead of drilling Into Bona-thlnc, that "mnybo". ithould strlvo to niako this year a ban-n?r ban-n?r nno In tho bUtoiy of tho county, and with tho Agricultural College right at our very doors, wo aro sure that farmers will take advantage of uptodate conditions. |