Show j I 1 news N notes 0 tes e its a privilege to live in IDAHO BOISE there are nearly five times as 13 many deer rambling about idaho as aa were killed by both hunters and predatory animals during 1927 a report at the offices of the boise rational forest showed there as deer in the state while were killed by sportsmen and by predatory animals during the year BOISE during the past five years there has been a nationwide nation wide tendency toward the use of better seed for potatoes and growers who have thus experimented have been rewarded with increase in increased d yields it is announced in a statement prepared by M L dean idaho dire director actor of plant industry the tha average yield for the country in 1927 was about bushels to the acre AFTON during the past season or two under the direction of county agent seamons B murray demonstrations st have been made as to the practicability of using sweet clover as a cow pasture shortage the experiments have proven successful and there have been shipped into the valley and placed at the county agents office for distribution large plant ing are being made by those who previously tested the experiment BOISE approximately forest fire fighters operating under the state land department will take the field here during the next few weeks in preparation for the annual battle with the damaging flames during the tha winter six fire wardens constantly on duty have been outlining the seasons work which initially will consist of trail blazing repair of telephone lines and other aids in combating fires that may break out during the forest firo fire season beginning about june 15 TWIN PALLS FALLS under direction of william kerr boise state director of vocational education and H E lattig university of idaho a judging contest was held at jerome filer led the seed judging contest with 2208 points jerome second with 2193 burley third with 2131 gooding 1996 and wendell 1808 wayne patterson burley scored highest with points and elmer parrots parrot filer made an BOISE one factory of the amalgamated sugar company will cooperate in the twin falls rupert section during the coming season acres of beets having havin been contracted according to va V G district manager of the company former state reclamation reca mation commissioner declared the white fly was likely to damage crops in that section to a con side sider rabe abse extent this summer predictions of which had caused farmers to turn to other crops awaiting more fa years for beets EUREKA the eureka county road crew in charge of supervisor mcbride is working north through diamond valley toward palisade another piece of road project is being worked between cortez and beowawe much ore is being hauled over this thirty five mile stretch from cortez to the railroad though the mine and the new mill are in eureka county most of the road lies in lander county MOSCOW three hundred ard and rainbow trout eggs have been received by the grangeville Grange ville fish hatchery ery from the state hatchery at hay near and they are now in a state of germination states C H supervisor of the grangeville Grange ville hatchery the eggs will hatch in about three weeks jand and they will be held until september in rearing ponds they will then be released in streams in central idaho in idaho clearwater and nez perce counties BOISE the mesa alesa orchard company shipping apples from council on the pacific idaho northern railroad has won a recommendation for an adjustment on rates over the oregon short line and P 1 I N road the public utilities commission was informed by interstate commerce commission examiners who held hearings last ain ft inter in boise POCATELLO dates for the eastern idaho district fair were set for october 25 2 5 at blackfoot by the fair board at a meeting recently it was announced by E J fjeldsted secretary mr fjeldsted also announced that all outstanding war wai rants issued by the board would be payable soon IDAHO FALLS the potato market showed but slight improvement last week according to the weekly review issued here by wendell calhoun market news representative of the department part ment of agriculture BOISE two hundred acres of or shard chard will be cut down during the coming few weeks in the campaign against various scale diseases according to al L dean director of plant industry of the state department of agriculture most of the destruction will be centered in those orchards not under the constante attention of the owner and where the increase of the tha scale becomes a menace to neighboring ing orchards TWIN FALLS two hundred ard fifty people visited the hatchery of the southern idaho fish and game came assoni here to witness the completion of the second set of rearing ponds upon which local sportsmen spoils men have b been een working the last four sundays the ali t set et was completed last sunday and gibout men turned out in rust rush effort to get the three sets of ponda finished in time to care for the in fish recently hatred bat olied the a the result ot of cyp ayn er b bained gained from th thi irate bai he e v at figY spur |