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State Rural _Ro tyed at the Post Office at Caldwell as •econd class mail matter. Pebilebed every Tkereéay by tbe Cmm Stale Korol PafeRshing Co., Ltd. , ,4 fver éerote d to Hortlcaltnre, Live Stock, 1 *5"» Irrigation, Poultry md Bee Culture, and BBW/to * d ^* nc e the Agricultural Interests of the State of Idaho. A. *. OIPSON...,. J. H. GIPSON. .*.. Editor. . Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE In Adrancf.. fl.Qp per year When not paid In Advance.fl.SO per year Sample Copias Furnished Free Upon Application.' ADVERTISING RATES rvumeuxD on appucation, _ th « growth in the circulation, ne ceaattating the closing of forms early in the week, inLrff 7 î ord, *P ,a y advertisements intended for insertion in the Gem State Rural, must be in the hands of the Advertising Manager at the op ening of business on Monday morning of the sameweek. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . acc . ordanc « with the established custom of leading class papers the Gem State Rural will be sent, and coBected for, until notice is iriven for discontinuance. One such notice will be sufficient. Communications to should be addressed Caldwell, Idaho. receive prompt attention to the Gem State Rural, Local fairs counties of the State, things to encourage. m prospect in several They are good are We are enlarging our market reports intend to ture. and pay close attention to this fea rates to farmer's clubs Write Rice flour is one of the latest additions to the American claimed for it and why not? Great things cuisine. are We make liberal or associations, rates. us for these special It does us pood to hear people inquiring about this or that advertisement in the Gem State Rural, opportunities. Sweet clover is one of the best plants for correcting excessive alkali, the land quicker than crop. It "sweetens" almost any other It shows they are looking up winter paper to help The Gera State Rnral is planning _ ly campaign for the coming fall and wi We want every friend of the in this campaign. a live us Correspondence is desired from farming community i every our State and would be glad to hear from those in a position to represent in we who are We want to keep io^X us. The Gem State Rural would like the name of every creamery and commercial dairy in tbe state, as well as of the etor thereof. touch with the dairy interests and will greatJy appreciate any items, or matters of public interest, connected with them. Drop us a line about your farming exper iences this year, or ask any question you may want to have answered. The Gem State Rural is open to you. Take ad van tage of it. It isn't necessary to jjrint a big bulky pa per in order to have a good one, or to give full value to subscribers. What is said and how it is said, rather than how much, is what counts. A trial 3-months subscription to the Gem State Rural, strictly for introductory pur poses, for only 15 cents. Here is a chance to find out what Idaho's Farm and Fruit a pressure with tbe absence of important members of our office force, compels us to go to press with a less paper is like. Let us send it to you. These are vacation days, and of work, number of pages than usual in order to get out on time. The last issue of our highly valued con temporary, the Oregon Agriculturist and Rural Northwest, has some pleasant words for the Gem State Rural and its editor, which, we beg to assure Brother William son, are duly appreciated. There is in reading a live, snappy paper, whether one always agrees with it or not. Such a paper is the Chi ago Live Stock World. It's a good illus tration or the point that a publication de voted largely to livestock and farm need not necessarily be dull and matters, a prosy. Idaho, or some other state in the arid zone, should have had object lessons or emonstrahons in irrigation at the Lewis and Clark fair. Such an exhibition with practical man in charge interesting feature, S°°d service to the would have made and have rendered cause of irrigation. an The Press Bureau of lb r • Clark Fair, is doinggo'od service T/* ^ only sends out reliable and ' . 18 not formation about the Exnnfi'! 0 * 6 ^ 8110 ^ * U " tends other courtesies to themes* appreciated. Visiting ma™ Üat are will find the Press B ur "au a PaPer Pe °P le Edition ^ headquarters «tile on th! The Deserei Farmer has mn a < an to Sal, Lake. ?, ^ grounds. that publication, who were m( Jv 6 Staff ° f faculty of the Utah Agricukur Tn°! the seem to have had a clashing *u ° 1Ieg ' e ' authority at that instituti " th0Se iö out, but they keep right on makincr^^ ^ little paper just the same, and onf USeful armers of Utah ought to liberally 3t * he rally sustain, Several local horse have been breede r tj u organized in the ol Idaho, m addition the Gem State the fa portion Rural. Tho-o d armers of Stiles, Ner p! are „ amo "r and Grange vili#. t!"' Kus sell, Ä f^ ^ ^ « additional „id"" Ai tionof '!a :ake hi ^ h <-ank • Idaho ! tion of good horses. r s ass ociations northern t0 those Lowe this is destined i is m the Produc In passing Meacham, a station alon Oregon Short Line, up among the ^ clad hills of Oregon, the other day ^ ticed the "hot weather headqu ar t er "„ the Irrigon Irrigator, our wideawakeV strictly a tent US to be Now, whether we no. re. gon contemporary. It was proposition and occurred to sensible vacation lay out. look for breezy editorials, "smell of the pines a most we may they or not. The Oregon Short Line is doing lfMj thing in parking a portion of its * at the different railroad stations only a pleasant relief to the and ornamentals, and clipped, but it's to advertise the grounds ' It is not e Je to see trees green grass, carefully an object lesson that helps country. There some things for which the railway pe 0 p ie merit criticism, but this parking system is certainly not one of them. --__ may be Those who are starting in to farm by ir rigation, will do well to remember that important thing to have the land it's an . proper ly graded in advance of planting. The first expense is sometimes considerable, but it pays in the long run; in fact, land improp erly prepared is always an annoyance and infrequently not an expensive, one. For that reason beginners will make no mistake by putting their land in fore seeding. The proper shape be Mr. mouth, in this issue, suggestions. contains some good He has had extensive experi ence in the work and knows what he is talking about. -Twin Falls people celebrated, on Monday of this week, to that flourishing point, markable showing, quick work and big achievements. They were not only able to show a well built, wideawake city, laid upon foundations that will be enduring, but an astonishing agri ctutural development, considering the time in which it has been made. All in all, it the advent of the railroad T t was a re in this age oi even Was & m ° St aus Pi c i°«s demonstration and J"* -7 merits the P raise tbat has ^ estowed by the press and public generally Hong live Twin Falls and its farmer demon . The ? hav e an object lesson wof of lmitat ion, as well as of admiration Horses Eat Old Potatoes and Die. A Colorad farmer recently lost three valuable horses by turning them intoapo tato ce ^ ar . where last ^ He "-ought the animals would o crop had been year s " escape the hot son and the pesky flies" a " d had n ° idea tfa ey wouId eat the old P°* tatoes or if they did that thetubers would hann them - T he horses helped themsel ves liberally the vete nnary says that the mouldy growth akXUmu lated on the tubers caused the fatal results. But in this he was mistaken. This should be to people who a warning any kind of moludy vegetables to am raals. They are not only unwholesome W! daD e er °us. teed Th e Gem State Rural is still ready ^ anxious to give free, first class, round trip ^ansportation to and from the Lewis afld ark Exposition, in exchange for subscrip* 10ns ' There is plenty of time, and if I 00 are ln Crested write at once for particulars easy chance to see the great fair* es an