The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-09-23
ATarmer with $4,000 Acres ofLand.

What do you think of this, farmers Of
Michiganl BY the following it will be seen
that farming can be carried on ms exten-
siyely as any other business, and at rs
large profit. Mr.. Sulivan's Farm, Broad
land, on which he resides, contains $4,000
acres, is five miles wide and seven long,
with 5000 under cultivation, from that he
clears n profit OF $4,000. A correspond
ent Of the Chicago Journal says:
Michael L. Sullivan, Esq, for many
years one of the largest and most devoted
farmers of Ohio, whose broad acres stretch
ed along the rich valley of tho Sciota, in
sight Of the domo Of the capital, is now
the leading farmer Of The northwest
Some years ago he sold his valuable lands
in Franklinglon, re-inyested in the cheap,
rich, vast and unsettled prairies Of Illinois
Nine miles from Homer, on the great
Western railroad, and seventeen miles
from Tolena, on the ILL., Central, III Cham
paign CO., ten years ago the magnificent
farm Mr.. Sullivan now culli,ates, was a
dreary waste, and its vicinity a solution.
He entered in 1853, more than 10000
acres, expended 100000 in permanent
improvements, and now farms rising 900
acres. The remainder is under fence, and
will in time be farmed. Mr.. Sullivan has
10000 additional acres in the Co. adjoin-
ing Chamgaign, but uuimproved. A cor
respondent Of the Chicago Journal, who
has recently been taking notes of the sys-
tematic farming operations ofMr. Sullivan,
states that his books show n clear profit
last year of $4,000. The writer says:
Every expense of labor or improvement is
daily and carefully entered, and his books
are balanced and kept with an accuracy
equal to any bank in the Stale. For in
stance, every laborer, horse, mule or OK is
named, and time book is kept of each,
The farm is laid of in sections, and every
days work, together with production and
improvement is entered, and profit and
loss, debt and credit, are fairly exhibited.
This is an lnviolable rule One state
ment will startle the credulity ofmost men,
even farmers-that 300 acres Of corn
were cultivated last year by 1900 days
manual labor. His books show this fact.
and more. Every days work of tho
horse, oxen and mules on the farm and
parts of the farm, are carefully recorded.
His black smiths, gardeners, dairymon,
fruiters, butchers, DC, had seperate ac-
counts and he can tell you the cost to the
tenth of dime, of the raising of corn, of
the cost Of hay, clover, timothy seed DC.
He expected last year to cut 5000 tons
of hay, but this season was unpropitious,
and topping the timothy with machinery,
sent to market 5000 bushels of timothy
seed this winter and spring, selling most
oft at $3.50 per bushel. He cut 1000
tons of hay. This morning | received
news of the arrival of 5000 horses and
mules belonging to tho government for
feeding. This is one incident of Mr.. Sui
liyan's great plan, and in five years he will
have that number of cattle of his own TO
feed.
His purpose is raising and feeding
stock, and the raising last year of 100
bushels ofstrawberries and 900 of peach
es were bat incidents Of his great purpose.
Riding over the farm | found 1000 fat
cattle, and the Young stock were in every
direction"
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