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Show Government Reports - I On Grain in Idaho I WASHINGTON, June 21. The dc- h I partmont of agriculture has issued a j: H farmers' bulletin entitled "Growing lr- H rigatcd Grain in Idaho." A digest of I H this report given out by tho depart- H ment rends as follows: "Under the stress of wartime need?. ' the production of cereals on Irrigated I lands In southern Idaho the Snake , j' H river basin received an Impetus ; which Is stimulating the livestock In- Ji' H dustry of that locality. Farmers who VT previously regarded the growing of Jj H small grain on Irrigated lands as prof- F, J H Itablo only as tho first crop on new I H land now find greater possibilities lu V this form of production, and are seek- L mM Ing bettor methods of irrigation and 1 , cuItlvatlQii. Much of the grain which I fH is produced can bo marketed most l profltab' by feeding to livestock. P "The bureau of plant Industry. Jjj United Stales department of agricul- f l 1 ture. in co-operation with the Idaho .1 agricultural experiment otatlon, . i through Its substation at Aberdeen, . ( has made a careful study of the in- i creasing attention given Irrigated grain In this section of the country. The t JB results, together with much valuablo J information concerning the various j' grains and the treatment of land for ,. irrigation, are contained in a bulletin soon to be Issued for general dlstrlbu- According to the bulletin, until the ( outbreak of the war the Increase In the Affl production of wheat, oats and barley r BH in southern Tdaho had been gradual, keeping pace with the extent of new lAVfl land placed under Irrigation. During BH the war the acroage of wheat was greatlv increased at tho oxpenso of oats, alfalfa, clover and other crops. A slight Increase in the acreage of barley resulted from the substitution of this grain for wheat hi bread mak-inc. mak-inc. 1 MVMf |