IDAHO 1151 
Table Showing Idaho’s Irrigated Lands 
COMPILED BY HERBERT HALE, 
Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, Labor and Statistics, State of Idaho. 
No. Acres No. Acres 
County— Under Canal Actually Length of Cost of 
Systems Irrigated. Canal. Construction. 
AGQ ce caer cece cere nc cccencece 196,667 94,000 213 $ 1,207 000 
BannoecK 2... ccc cen rer ercaceae 129,360 70,964 417 875.500 
Bear Lake .......00c ce cee cues 41,744 31,624 194 76,100 
Bingham ... cece ec cnscacecces 708,940 458,32 1,938 3,012,532 
BlaiMe coc ce cece ee ene eee ee uee 335,764 210,650 850 4.431.430 
Boise . 2. cece cece reer e ces cuace 41,349 22,161 268 166.650 
Bonner cece ere e cen en ccc ances 1,00 710 10 2,50 
CANYON cee eee eee eee 128,905 92,090 1,241 3,003 930 
Cassia cee wccce ree cenesvecons 25,183 18.700 138 52 82 
Custer rrr 6,580 3,690 112 13.250 
EIMOve cece een cee ee eet eens 110,837 34,706 90 536,725 
Wremont ...cccececcccccvcees 523,864 236,985 1,435 1,432,240 
Tdaho cee wcc acer cceceeneveas »61 3,900 75 41.550 
Krotenai . oc. eee ee ee ee 8,060 6,620 29 226.000 
ata ee ee ee | eae Se a a ey 
Lemhi ccc cs cece ee ec cee ees 31,025 21,169 120 71,0638 
Lincoln co.cc cee ee cee eee eens 33,041 12,595 270 136,668 
Nez Perce ..... cece cece ee ees 7,180 5,940 41 316.500 
Oneida ete ne eee we eee eens 156,176 98,285 634. 1,000.712 
OWYHCO cece eee caer eee e cece 126,000 6,514 102 168.000 
Shoshone «sn ccc ence ee cee eens weet ween vee eenee week ne es 
Twin Falls 2... cee ee eee ee nee 242,130 201,150 681 4.0038,231 
Washington «6c ccc ee ene eee 43,388 30,070 170 218,770 
Total . ccc eee nc ccceseccees 2,954,608 1,656,593 9,021 $20.491,771 
HORTICULTURE IN IDAHO 
Commercial Orcharding 
Fruit growing on a commercial scale 
in Southern Idaho is confined chiefly to 
the Boise, Payette and Weiser valleys. 
The Snake river canon offers particular 
advantages for the culture of peaches 
and grapes. Council valley is one of the 
newer fruit districts that promises well. 
Other sections will no doubt grow fruits 
commercially. 
The majority of our new lands may 
be planted to orchards without any previ- 
ous cropping. Some soils, however, 
should be thoroughly subdued by the 
culture of alfalfa before planting. The 
successful starting of an orchard requires 
special attention to the essential things, 
which are thorough preparation of the 
land, the selection of good trees full of 
vigor, careful planting, the use of water 
in setting and proper topping of the 
trees. Too much care cannot be exer- 
cised in these operations. 
Frequent cultivation of the orchard the 
first year and later years, and the 
application of water in such amounts 
and at such times as the soil conditions 
will demand are necessary for satisfac- 
tory growth of the trees. 
Irrigation should cease in time for the 
maturing of the trees before the first 
frosts occur in the fall. 
When the orchard reaches the bearing 
age it is necessary to seed to red clover 
for the purpose of adding nitrogen and 
humus, and improving the physical con- 
dition of the soil. The clover is allowed 
to remain two years, when it is plowed 
up, and two years of clean cultivation 
follow, after which the orchard is again 
seeded to clover. The training and prun- 
ing of the trees aims to produce trees 
sufficiently strong in their main scaffold- 
ing to support the loads of fruit, and as 
low-headed as practicable to reduce the 
cost of spraying, pruning and picking. In 
pruning, due attention should be given 
to the different requirements of different 
fruits and even of different varieties, in 
order that a regular fruiting habit be 
induced and maintained. 
Careful handling of the fruit, proper 
grading and honest packing with attrac- 
tive packages all make for a ready sale 
and satisfactory prices. In the market- 
ing there is a great advantage in co- 
operation, and local fruit growers’ asso- 
ciations are a necessity. 
Apples 
The apple is the leading fruit, with the 
prune second. The planting and care of 
