Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-04
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stock and grain farm on sections s, is
and17 in the eastern township Of Bell
vne town, this county owned by ]. III.
Rhodes Of Little Falls. Itincludes all
Of section 8, and one-quartsr of each
of the othe sections named, making
$50 acres in ALL "A small amount was
under the plow when he bought. it six
years ago, and he did his first breaking
in 1881, and since then has each year
added to the amount under c11l tivation
until he now has $50 acres under the
pillow, and will break 800 acres more
this season, the work, having already
begun. Few if any contiguous tracts
of a large size in the county contains
as large a proportion Of tillable land, it
being estimated that not over 10 acres
in the whole piece are unfit Tor grain
raising, The land is of a:yerysuperior
quality, being fully as ricl, as any in
the county, one difficulty being that
its richness makes the work of subdu-
ing it to cultivation more difficult than
it is with lighter land. A portion of
the land is now growing its sixth sue
cessiye crop of wheat, and each crop
has been better than the preceding
one and the present one is the most
promising of any. There are no W grow
ing on the farm about 800 acres of
wheat, 70 acres Of, corn, and the re-
n1ainder in oats, timothy, etc. The
most important feature Of hodes3and
aud the greatest pride Of the proprie-
tor is the herd Of bfooded pattle, whicl,
is the finest an ywhere in this vicinity,
and Of as fine equality al can be found
anywhere in the United States. He
has 20 head of full blood Holsteln cat
tie, 20 Of which were .recently purchas-
ed from the man who imported them
from Holland, the home of the Hol-
stems. Mr.. Rhodes ALSO has head
of full blood short horns, and large
number Of grades in both breeds.
lie is firmly Of the opinion, and his
experience sustains him, that the Hol-
stems are the best for this climate, as
they better withstand the rigors of our
winters than any other, stock.
The rapid early growth of this stock is
phenomenal, and it's milk giving quail
ties wonderful. At the price this stock
is sold, which is really cheap, every
farmer in the county who makes any
effort to raise stock, would do we'll to
purchase Holstein, and thus make
stock raising more profitable bust
ness, as the returns would be much
larger, whether raising for beef or
dairy purposes. Many Of the farmers
already take this view of it, and the
results Of their experience are salts
factory. By the introduction of blood
ed stock in Morrison county, Rhodes
land has done a great amount of good
and should receive credit for it. On
the farm are also drove of over 100
Poland China hogs, very fine breed,
also number of fine Norman and
English draught horses. The farm is
we'll supplied with buildings for the
stock, there being three fine stock
stables of the following sizes: 26 x LOG
feet, So LOG, and,24 40. The hogs
are. guartened IN building IS X 6O,feet
in size, where arrangements are made
for the best of care for them.
An excellent creamery, II "a feet,
stands near the residence, and it is
we'll supplied. with conyeniences for
the extensive manufacture of butter,
of which l25 pounds are now made
weekly, and for which there is a ready
sale at the highest market prices. The
farm is in charge of Mr.. Elliot G. Gil
lett, who was hired in Illinois by Mr..
Rhodes to come out to Minnesota and
run this place.