Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 20, 1911, LAND SHOW, Page 10, Image 10

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T7TE BEE: OMAHA. FRTDAY, OCTOBER 20. IMf.
RICH TELLS OHDAHO RICHES
Immigration Commiitioner Lhowi
Wonderfnl Orcwth of State.
HAS A MESSAGE FROM IDAHO
Stock Rklalnc anil ! (irnnlni of
Trait aad Farm Trailarta Ar
A44la nicaea mt
Ik M'ratrrn atatr.
Tha frsah. cool aimospher or an Oo
M.rr morning- ciumi) a rush to to th
Land hn today for Idaho day. Tha
aft.rnoon drought out an ImmrnH
crowd, th main feature bln( tha ob
servanc of Idaho day.
At I O'clock murlr wa furnlahml by
tha (lrrn concert band, (ollnwrd by slna
ln by th Hawaiian quintet. I W.
Buckley Introduced Mayor Dhhlman. who
extended to the Idaho vilt,.r the wU
come to tha city. Ire Id. nt It ni water
extended the welcome if Ihe I.nl dhow
manajr.nvtnt. Rpoiii:f: t. the we!
cornea Plate CommiFlonfr Tilcli of Idaho
said.
"Slnoa tha first bis land i-how iva:t uc
ceMfully brought to a conclusion and the
xr!)nt and bane cinl results act ruing
to tha txhltritora developed and becama
Vnown, tha popularity ar.d uscfulncw of
the land ihow as an ci'.iratli;t: I nnrt ad
vertlaln as.ncy have rreatly lnil.
Many of the larc clilen having i krK
rural population mtrroundinK them at
having land shows tha yiar, and other
are cna!derlnn tha fealb livy of auch an
; undertaklnf for tha r.ear future.
"Tha main reasons for the auees and
popularity of the land ihow are (Inipla
and direct. They may be entirely at
tributed to the fart that the people In
tha overcrowded sections of tha country,
In and oontlnuoua to Ihe large cltlaa have
become Imbued w.th the 'bark to the
land' Idea, and with the dealre to fnd
new and better opportunities Tha land
enow brings before the people in one
comprehensive glance, the atory of every
ectlon of the country, where auch op
portunities are exlatlng and prevalent.
On the other hand, the prosperity of the
developed aeetlon la dependent upon It
own growth. Every new aettler adda to
Ha wealth and production and, there
fore, the reaaona for placing Ita advan
tage and opportunltita for development
before the people of the other eectlona
are atrlklngly and obvloualy important
In thla regard the land ahowa fulfill an
other essential function.
tic of !labe.
"Th etata of Idaho has such a mes
sage to th people who attend tha land
how with the Intention of finding a
new location and a fresh opportunity
Its natural reaourc and poaalbllltlM for
development hold out Inviting hand to
the prospective aettler or Inveator and
the proof of their worth la to be placed
before his eyea.
"Idaho has been prominent aa a min
ing, stork raising, timber and agricul
tural state, successively. Tha first de
velopment of Idaho was In tha nature of
mining and nearly every known or value
has , been found in paying quantities
somewhere In the state. Some of the
great mining districts have become a
memory, but others kept their place, a
great producer and today Idaho la th
leading lead-producing atat In the coun
try and S per cent of th lead mined In
th United States cornea from Idaho.
Shoehone county la entirely devoted to
mining and though developed to a mag-
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER OF
THE STATS OF IDAHO.
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h. j. men.
nlflrent extent still Is far from the maxi
mum. "The great open rn(re In the southern
and central portion of th state have
furnished paature.ee th year round for
millions of aheep and cattle. The clear
ing of tha timber In th woodau aectlons
will and la now gradually taking the
place of thla kind of range aa the latter
becomes utilised for agricultural pur
pose These timber lands when cleared
will afford a range for graslng not enally
excelled In fertility and abundantly sup
plied with water for stock and Irrigation.
be en 'arm Increase1.
"Th number of sheep and cattl on
tha open ranga la steadily decreased and
Increasing aa ateadlly on tha farm. There
ar about I,000,ono aheep In th atat.
yielding cloae to JO.OIW.WIO pounds of wool.
valued at over 2,W),00D. Th number of
cattle In the state Is estimated to be
B6.000.
'The Irrigated farm offers an attrac
tive opportunity for good paaturage for
stock, which accounts to soma extant
for th large Increase of stock on th
farms of th state. AH of th best feeds
can be grown cheaply and abundantly
under Irrigation and stock can bo grown
and rattened to better advantage In this
way than on th rang,
Th range horse Is giving place to
pure-bred stock. Valuable breeding
horses hav been Imported Into th Stat
and a marked Improvement in the charac
ter of Idaho horse I apparent. Horses
produced In Idaho ar remarknbly free
from bone dleae and poaseaa great
stamina and vigor. Th production of
mule Is of soma Importance and th
mul I being ralaed for market and for
th farm.
"Tha dairy cow Is at home In Idaho,
especially on th Irrigated farm, where
alfalfa can b ralaed, with other Im
portant dairy feed, In abundance. There
ar not nearly enough dairy cow In the
state to produce sufficient butter for the
local markets and rar opportunities for
profit await the prospective dairyman.
No better chance anywhere to rata a
good product and no better market than
here In Idaho.
"Plinllnr rimdltlfn prevail In regard to
poultry. Poultry thrive in Idaho, where
the climate Im lry and mild, und arc
particularly free from disease. The
production In larae. considering the num
ber of hens, but entirely inadequate t.t
supply the demand. Kgus snd rhlrken
bring a high price on the marV.et and
make poultry raising attractive and
profitable.
Lara Irrla"ed ertle).
Idaho has sn Irrigated area of over
jnoo.ori) acres, w'th slnut 11.0 miles of
Irrigation rannls.
Though Irrigation Is so extensive In
th state, the main- agricultural crop-
wheat Is grown almost entirely on non
Irrigated land. The seml-humld sections
of ths state are very well adapted to
the production of grains and grarsea.
with the exception of alfalfa, and yield
aa fine a product as the Irrigated land.
A btter profit can be made from the
hlcher-prlced Irrigated lands by growing
crops other than gralna.
The principal what-growlng aectlons
are In Nea Perce. Latah, Idaho. Oneida
and Washington counties, though wheat
Is grown extensively throughout the
state, there being only one county which
produce none, being entirely devoted to
mining. The everege yield, per acre, for
wheat It about bushels. Yields a high
as W) bushels have been frequently re
corded. The yield of wheat for 1010 was
about 1,flnonoo bushels. In the point of
commercial Importance alfalfa fallows
wheat, and Is almoat entirely an Irrigated
product. Alfalfa Is the finest feed known
for dairy rows to Incressn and maintain
high milk production. It Is a complete
feed, and finely finished stock have been
shipped out of the Mate, which had never
been fed on snythln else. Three cut-
tines ar usual, with an average yield of I
five tona per acre
All Klnoe of (train.
"Oets barley, rve. clover and timothy
are grown In nbundince. closelv fol
lowing wheat and alfnlfa In Importance,
and excellent yield are had In these
products. Oorn Is grown In different
parts of the state, yielding an average
of M bushels per acre.
"Sugar beets and potatoes are raised In
great quantities, the yields sre large and
offer a handsome profit to the grower,
rive sugar factories are In operation In
the state, which handle the entire crop.
7 be estahllrfled price paid for beets Is
S per ton. An avemge yield of 1 tons
nets the farmer 150 per acre above cot
of production.
"The Idaho potato Is king of them all,
and unequalled by the potato of any
other section In tha United fltatea, snd
probably In the world. The southeastern
part Is the principal potato growing sec
tion of the state, and hsa made the
Idaho 'spud' famous. Tho yields are
about "0 bushels per sere. '
"Every year the amount of acreage in
th state devoted to fruit growing la In
creasing rapidly. It Is estimated that
there ar now J.ort) acre planted to
fruit. Including apples, peaches, pears,
cherries, In fact every known fruit grown
In a temperate climate. Exceedingly
large yields are enjoyed and th profits
are large. Th apple Is mors widely
grown than any other fruit and tha Idaho
apple 1 unsurpassed. Together with the
prune, also extensively grown. It oc
cupies a prominent place in tha world's
best markets. In th Irrigated district,
th Jonathan and Rome Beauty are
grown more extensively than any other.
Arkansas Blacks, Wlnesap, Ben Davis,
Crimes Golden, Winter Banana, Delicious
and Oano and other well known varieties.
Idaho applea have won hiahest honors
at all the Important horticultural shows
over the product of other famous spple
producing sections of the west. The
yield for 1!M0 was about tW.VQ bushel,
of commercial grade. The.acresge planted
for 1911 la about double that of 1910.
"The Italian prune Is favored over
other varieties and predominates. It Is
grown commercially to a very large ex
tent and profltahly. The acreage 1 rap
Idly Increasing aa thla fruit has been
found well adapted to Idaho conditions.
"There ar all manner of lands In tha
state available to the aettler and pur
chaser. The government has many thou
sand acres available under the general
homestead law and many mor under
the enlarged homestead law. The lands
are situated in all parts of the state snd
Information concerning their exact loca
tion can be secured from the United
States land offices. It requires no capi
tal to secure these lands and the gov
ernment Is glad to give them to bona
fide settlers who are Interested enough
to look up the lands and conform to the
conditions of the land acts under which
they are taken up. The general homestead
law allows each settler to take up 160
acres of land and th enlarged homestead
law, 830 acres."
FOREMAN AT CAR BARNS
IN SERIOUS CONDITIO,
Little hope Is held out by th doctor
for th recovery of D. D. Mulcahey, night
foreman at ths Pierce street car barn,
who has been seriously 111 at his home
for th last six weeks. He is in aa un
conscious condition the greater part of
th tlm and It is thought that h cannot
live mor than a few day.
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you tht crowd amuse. I
Just itifans thar you should buy a! one
pair oi MfTjon xiou. JL?S I
Buy at once
The Stetson Shoe
if you would rid your mind of
those distressful visions conjured
up by ill-fitting footwear.
Stetson-shod, you will be in perfect trim
to strike a care-free gait through life
wherever inclination may lead.
The Pla ra last is a new
city model. Its lines are
aristocratic. It marks
the gentleman.
HAYDEN BROTHERS
16TH AND DODGE STS.
"Stet$on$ cat more by tht pair but lets by the year"
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They are crocheted in a stitch so easy
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of the stitches and colored reproductions
of Indian Blankets. This book is yours
for the coupon below. Send for it today
and begin a blanket at once . They make
the most effective decoration for den or
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of Fleisher's Germantown Zephyr, one
01 the thirteen
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country will have no others. They are even,
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2:30 o. m.-"Gpowing Cotton in California.'5
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