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either soil or snow, with a high peak showing occa- 

 sional patches, or even great stretches of glistening 

 snow all these have been in view. Wild flowers be- 

 deck the roadway as well as the lower terraces of the 

 foothills. Nature is in her happiest mood and you 

 are happy with her." 



To any of our readers who are looking for a good 

 opportunity to make a home in a really delightful 

 country we would suggest they write to the secretary 

 of the Commercial club, Hailey, Idaho, for more de- 

 tailed information. We are presenting in this issue 

 illustrations of points of interest in this section of 

 the state, and also show a very good picture of the town 

 of Hailev, nestled, as she is, between the everlasting 

 hills. 



Lower Red Fish Lake and Sawtooth Mountains, near Hailey, Idaho. 



ORCHARD COVER-CROPS. 



The Nebraska Experiment Station has just issued 

 Bulletin No. 92, entitled "Cover-Crops for Young 

 Orchards." It gives the results of tests conducted at 

 the experiment station during the past seven years, 

 showing the effects of cover-crops on the hardiness of 

 young trees and comparing the value of various crops 

 grown for the protection of orchards against winter 

 injury. Eesidents of Nebraska may obtain the bulletin 

 without cost by writing to the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Lincoln, Neb. 



Red Fish Lake and Reflection, Idaho. 



MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN BOISE, THE 

 BEAUTIFUL. 



Boise, the beautiful Capital of Idaho, is a city with 

 a great future, and one of the safest places for real 

 estate investments in the world. 



The population has increased from 9,000 to 20,000 

 in the past three years. With the great Boise-Payette 

 irrigation scheme trebling the irrigated land at its 

 doors, and the many other irrigation systems building 

 in southern Idaho, it can not fail to double again in 



the next five years. This means a tremendous increase 

 in the price of Boise real estate. 



We are offering lots in our Londoner, South Boise 

 and Denver additions at prices ranging from $125 four 

 blocks from car line to $300 on car line. These lots 

 are being purchased and built on freely by our home 

 people; have increased in value from 25 to 50 per cent 

 in the past year, and we believe they will double in less 

 than five years, probably in three. 



The terms on the lots valued at $175 or less are 

 $2.50 per month ; on those of a higher valuation, $5.00 

 per month; 8 per cent interest on deferred payments. 

 You can pay out as fast as you like, and interest ceases 

 on payments as they are made. Why not buy four of 

 these cheaper lots or two of the higher priced ones. It 

 is the greatest savings bank proposition you ever saw. 



You will save up $10.00 a month you would other- 

 wise spend, and when your lots are paid for you will 

 find you have a nice little stake. 



If you will write to the Capital State Bank or the 

 Idaho Trust and Savings Bank, we think they will tell 

 you you can trust us to make as good a selection for you 

 as you could make for yourself. 



Should be glad to write you further. 



W. T." BOOTH, 

 211 N. Eighth street, Boise, Idaho. 



Trout Fishing Is Good in Wood River, Idaho. 



The New Mexico College of Agriculture, Mesilla 

 Park, N. M., has issued a press bulletin devoted to 

 grasshoppers. Eeferring to a new machine being tried 

 at the Experimental station, the bulletin says : "The 

 Hopperdozer, when used freely and continuously, tends 

 to reduce the number of grasshoppers in a field. The 

 hopperdozer is a long, shallow pan of sheet iron, set 

 on two runners and having behind an apron or sail of 

 canvas stretched on an upright frame. When the ma- 

 chine is ready for use place some water in the bottom 

 of the pan, add enough coal oil to form a film over the 

 water, and hitch a horse to one of the outside runners, 

 bring a long rope from the other runner and hitch it 

 to the name staple of the harness. As the grasshoppers 

 fly, many of them strike the apron behind and fall back 

 into the pan containing kerosene, which is fatal to the 

 insects. As fast as the pan fills up with grasshoppers 

 remove and fill again with water and oil. These hop- 

 perdozers are better adapted for use in alfalfa fields, 

 and still better results can be had if they are used be- 

 fore the grasshoppers have formed wings. Very satis- 

 factory results are reported from Colorado of the use of 

 hopperdozer in alfalfa fields." 



