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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
4
A Perry Iowa banquet marks the Van Camp Milk Condensary and outlines economic gains. Experts model milk contracts, cow costs, and manure value while stressing farmer education and farm cleanliness as benefits of the dairy enterprise.
A collection of brief market notes and anecdotes from different papers, mentioning colt weights on W W Farley and Fred Baxter, a cross of Lambert and Ring cherry selling in Portland, fishing tales from Jack Davis, and a Death Valley water procurement tale. Reports cover cantaloupe and cherry markets, western fruit crops, and farming optimism with price estimates and harvest notes from Nampa Payette and Emmett. References include Vale Oriano, Humpboldt Star, Payette Enterprise, Emmett Index, Payette Independent, and Payette Pioneer with diverse local agricultural chatter.
An experiment in controlling dandelions uses two pounds of iron sulfate dissolved in two gallons water and sprayed on plots. Heavily sprayed patches die while lawn grass and clover stay healthy, with roots killed and sprouts unlikely to return. The method is described as inexpensive and effective for root destruction. The note is signed by George N Ifft, formerly editor of the Pocatello Tribune and consul at Annesberg, Germany.
Cited items outline delegate apportionment by state and local bodies for the National Irrigation Congress. Delegates are assigned by governors mayoral offices city populations county boards state and professional associations plus chambers of commerce irrigation and forestry clubs colleges and engineering societies. C P McCarthy, candidate for Ada County attorney, was in Caldwell Thursday.
Silas Wilson of Nampa, a leading pomologist, visited Caldwell on private business. He judged Iowa fruit at the St. Louis Exposition where he won a world sweepstakes prize and inspired his move to Idaho. He urges a valley display at the Council Bluffs and Omaha fairs, citing today’s strong conditions and need for skilled orchardists. Wilson will judge Canyon County fair fruit. Elmer Clark, Caldwell bank cashier, is vacationing in Bellingham, Washington.
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