Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-28
COMING Crops.
The Seed Time Gives Promise OF a
Harvest of Abundance--The Tolls OF
the Husbrndman.

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The Seed Time Gives Promise OF a
Harvest of Abundance--The Tolls OF
the Husbrndman.
Continued investigation into the de-
signs of the farmers of this section
brings continued result. The inter
vie=ss. deposes and says:
B. NJ. Semple, q resident painter of
Yankton anda James river farmer, will
this year, through his tenant, raise so
acres of corn, 20 Of oats, 10 OF red top and
clover, 5 of potatoes, 2 acres of sweet
potatoes, 5 of vegetables. Ten acres of
his farm are covered by bearing apple,
plum and cherry trees. Mr.. Semple has
&c head of grade cattle, 20 head of breed
ing swine, 3 horses, 8 brood mares and
zoo fowls. His farm is kno wn as cotton
wood farm" which carries with it evil
dence of an abundance of timber.
Levi Fishbeck resides neal Utica.
He will produce this year % acres OF
cen, 80 Of fax, II Of oats, 6 of wheat, 2
of timothy and clover. He has 40 head
Of cattle, seven horses, IL hogs and his
farm shows s acres of vigorous trees.
Nj. Fishbeck will build this summer a
24x26 story and a hail house.
George Wagner, OF Yanktos, is also a
isrmer Of some ~fpretensions. On his
Yanktoa county farm be will raise this
year 65 acres of wheat, oats, fax and
corn; on his Hutchinson county farm
80 acres Of the same products; on his
Turner county farm 40 acres-a total
Of i95 acres which will be growing while
he gives Lis personal attention to his
Sun business in Yankt j.
!, alJohn Noonan, member of the city
} council from the fourth ward and dealer
in groceries and provisions, finds time
, to cultivate and pasture, with the ac-
size assistance of his son, $50
acres OF his own land near WaishtoWn.
hs IS preparing to harvest "a acres of
corn and oats, 20 of fax, 10 of wheat, I
Of potatoes. He has Is acres of cotton.
wood, maple and ash trees growing and
: will this spring plant two acres Of
naples. Mr.. Noonan has thirty head of
cattle, 10 hogs, 2 work teams, 4 cults and
ponies.
fl Lee Delano, who enjoys the distinct
bon OF being the father.in-law of an
editor-J. T. Sargent, of the Herald, has
q farm two miles east of the lower Jim
Ever bridge, besides other real estate
v He will raise this yea,
lis acres of corn, 40 of oats, Is o.
dex, 5 of potato les. There are 5 acres oil
growing cottonwood and box elder treel
!, ION his farm. Mr.. Delano, makes {
Speciality Of poultry and has q large co..
lection of blooded domestic fouls OF
his place.
William Noonan, a farmer near Walsh
town, is improving q tree claim, which
r n time Will be turned over to him by
the government. He will this year SOW
TO aa1 and oats IS acres of this tract.
Robert O'Neill, whose rural abode j
: on the east bank of Jim river four mile
( above the lower bridge, is entering ex.
tensiyely into farming operations thi
~seeson. His acreags will be: Whea
n 20 (already four inches out Of ground,
oats 80, barley 10, fax 40, corn 70, pota
= toes and vegetables 2. Last year MI
,tIO'NeilI planted 26 apple trees, some Q
which are now in bloom, and this yea
d Is more apple trees were set out. Fl
~ hoo Is also o Nnn apffrr-nol krnno fa,,
years old. His stock department is reI
II resented by IS grade cattle, 5 broo
mares, l Morgan and French stallion, l
work horses, 1S breeding hogs and Is
n chickens. He has 1000 bushels of cor
and 500 bushels OF oats of last year
q crop. His wheat last year went 2
bushels to the acre OF number enc hare
though the acreage was small, the sntir
yield being 500 bushels. Mr.. O'Nieil hs
It 40 acres Of pasture fenced, a barn Il
a stock, hay and grain, 30x44 with a ston
basement. and q handsome ard oomme
ia aious farm residence. He has ON QUIT
"a. of boats by which travellers can CROSS I'll
a Jim and during the Rood of 81 IL
III O'Niell crossing was extensively patrol
ar lied. !
ne Commodore S. B. Coulson, 8 residel
of Yankton, while not q practical dely
in into the soil or a granger with hi
NO seed. in his hair, is the owner of a larl
of farm liz the Clay creek country, whi'
to shows 300 acres under the pillow. 1t VI
re- all be utilized this season 1rthe pr
in duction of fax, corn and OATS
as Felix Dilger, six miles north of Yam
ass ton, will produce 40 acres of corn, Is
lux fax. Is OF wheat, 81 of oats, 20 of tim
thy, 6 of potatoes. Mr.. Dilger has 2 &C,
D.. OF growing walnu. trees and is plal
. j.. ing seven acres nore. He has half an al
ty; of grapes and last year gathered fir.
sy, from seventy vines. There are on
Des farm seventy bearing apple and cher
lis ; trees and q large assortment of SIN
A. fruit bushes and trees. He has
leo. head of cattle, % horses and 90 hogs.
REMOVED.
49,. II. w. Pike, has removed his stock
D second hand merchandise to the
Farmer stand on the corner of III
street and Broadway.
at Having reduced my rent by a rec
removal of my stcsh OF second b.