Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-26
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the entsrprising tsrmers OF this section
and ascertaining their intentions for the
season OF 1885. From his inquiries he
extracts further valuable information.
A. L. Van Osdel, aHonest Abe" |
of Calamity farm, is pre-
pairing to ralso IS acres Of corn, 10 of
wheat, 25 of oats 5 OF potatoes and
other vegetables. He has
80 acres fenced and sowed
to timothy and last fall threshed seven
ty.five bushels of timothy seed from his
crop. He has 1000 bushels of old corn
and 800 bushels of old oats on hand. He
employs two teams and two men on his
farm. Has forty head of blooded cattle. |
MIR. Van Osdel is engaged in fruit cul-
ture and has a half acre of raspberry !
bushes ready to bear. The last two
seasons he has sold $3.50 worth OF apples
from his orchard.
Charles Van Fps, ex-sherif of
Yankton county, on Jim river
bottom, will plant 200 acres
of corn, 30 Of oats, 20 of wheat, o. of fax,
20 OF potatoes, 5 of timothy and clover.
Mr.. Van Fps is also entering largely in
to fruit culture and has on his farm 200
apple trees 300 raspberry and 100
%eurrant bushes. Also 200 mulberry trees
and will transplant this season 5000
cottonwood trees. Fifty dollars Las
been invested this spring in new and
choice v~arities Of fruit trees. He will
fence forty acres of pasture this season.
Has purchased forty breeding hogs and
forty head Of grade cattle. He lost
200 hogs by cholera. MI. Van Fps en-
ploys three teams on his farm.
d. e. Jones, two and one-half miles
vest of Yankton, will plant 40 acres of
corn, 55 of oats, 30of fax, 2 OF potatoes.
He has Is head of grade cattle, 35 hogs
and 100 of poultry. Mr.. Jones will set
out 1000 box elder trees and 1000 rasp-
berry bushes this spring.
r. FL. Root, residing elk miles north
west of Yankton, will have 40 acres of
corn, Is of fax, 20 Of oats, 4 OF potatoes
and other vegetables. He has 40 hogs,
Is head of cattle and IL horses.
Hiram Durham, three miles north Of
Yankton, plants IL acres of corn, So of
oats, IL of wheat, ID of fax. He will
break Is acres of new land. He hes 30
head of cattle and 4 horses. He built
last year a house and barn costing ST.
400.
Felix digger, six miles north of Yank-
ton: Flax, Is acres, wheat is, oats 81.
, Timothy 20, potatoes 6. MIR. Dilger has
two acres of growing walnut trees. He
has 80 head of cattle, % horses and q
hogs.
William Gemmill, Walshtown, ex
marshal of Yankton: Corn sc acres, oatl
, IA acres, flax 80, wheat 5, potatoes ane
t other vegetables 3. Will break so acrel
this season.
James Gemmill, Walshtown: Flax II
acres, oats IA, wheat a, potatoes l. Viii
break from 16 to Is acres this season
Personal.
A, 81. Barton, returned to Canton thi
morning.
T. a. Ziehach, is solourning for q few
days IN Mitchell.
f. w. James, left for Huron this morn
= ing via the Milwaukee.
Gen.. j. B. Dennis and son Louis lef
l this morning for Omaha.
y Miss Clara Miner is visiting friend
y in the city for q few day.
W. S. Bowen, returned by yesterday
Il ttrain over the Northwestern.
P. j. Nyberg, departed this morning
" for a business trip to Chicago.
= Miss Maud Trip, accompanied Judg
Tripp to Sioux Falls this Morning.
10 H. @. B,cknell and daughter, ard u
L. Chubbuck, of Tyndall, are guests q
: the Merchants.
" VIM. Grady, an old Ysnktoa boy bu
ie now q resident of Sioux City, spent Sur
:. day in Yankton.
Chief Justice Trip, came home fro1
.AiSioux Falls on Saturday night, and n
= turned this morning.
Miss Alice Poulson, returned on Sa'
!" urday evening from q visit with friend
y in Washington, d. @.
ss Fred +, Sslzer. son Of the owner of tt
Seller bravery, in Sioux City, was
J. guest at the Merchants over Sunday.
Jshiel Devol, who has been emplo,
ed in the Press and Dakotaian binder
for a number of years, leaves in II
OF morning for st. Paul.
Z. w, Turner, of Ashton, ID. T., wi
has been q student in short hand at Il
Yankton school of stenography, q
completed the course and leaves to-mo
row morning for home.
Will f. Howe, Of Scotland, nephew
III. Elk Postmaster General Howe, car
down Saturday evening and Will visit
Yaukton q few days. MI. Howe Is ru
ming the tow mill in Scotland.
At the Morrison: Oh. Hunt, Poor
Ills: Mrs. Fl. Bakin, Calliope, Ior
Wv Geo. w. Mcconnell, J. T. Gering, O
espo: G. II. Taylor, Iowa; b. W. Hu
She Wakefield, Neb.; w. D. Reid, Milw'
kee; E. Purvis, e. Adams, Manchess
Iowa.
At the Merchants: b. W. Hin
Wakefield, Nebraska; 2. Q. Kenne
Parker; Il. Sinclair, Fairmont, Ia;
IN. Howe, Scotland; Geo. Logan, {
nm cago; f. j. Silver, Sioux City; d.
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