Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-17
sUocrssruL rARmERs.
@xampieA of what Industry Can Do Two
Mpn who Came 20 kanaaA with But
Little Money and Became
Wonlthv.

Frequently we see statements In tho
papers showing the SUCCESS OF farmers
IN accumulating wealth in Kansas in a
given period Of time, Ave, ten or fifteen
years, but these statements too often
are exaggerations Of the truth and arc
classed as boom literature. In such
cases the object aimed AT is lost
Now in order TO remove al suspicion
OF that sort and TO establish beyond a
doubt the truthfulness Of statements |
shall make, have selected two parties
In my own neiqhborhood in Osborne
county, with whom have been per-
sonally acquainted previous TO their re-
mova to Kansas. and have obtained
from them the facts as to the amount OF
money they brought TO Kansas, their
total Indebtedness at the present time
and the amount and value OF property
owned BY them.
First-IwO brothers with sister
and their aged parents removed 70 Os-
borne county, Kansas, In 1873 and lo-
Gated on farm adjoining mine. Their
parents have since died, their sister
married and they themselves some
years ago entered upon the sometimes
''squallyn seas OF matrimonial life.
During the thirteen years OF theis
residence in Kansas they have contin-
ued to work together as one family and
own all the property since accumulated
jointly
Their statement is as follows. The
amount OF money brought to Kansas
was 81, 400, with this they bought one
quarter section of land one team Of
horses and two cows.
The total amount OF .heir indebted
ness now, including the cost OF growing
the crop of 1891 is S3, 100. The prop
erty which they have accumulated by
thirteen years OF farming In Kansas and
which they now own, with the value of
same is as follows:
Land, GAO acres at $40 per acre $i2, 500
Horses, 26 head at S75 per head 1850
Steers, 36 head, two-year old at
S23 per head d,.,............ S97
Steers, 80 head one-year-old at
Sl5 per head d.........,. $40
Cattle 40 head, mixed lot at
Sl4 per head. d.......... $50
Hogs, 40 head at So per head 2l0
Pigs, 60 head, at 81 per head go
Farm implements, machinery, 700
sl7, GAG
To this we add the value of crops
grown the present year.
Wheat A. 734 bushels at IS cents
per bushel. hel............... $3, $50. so
Rye, l,065 bushels at 20 cents
per bushel ,...........~. 1850
Corn, 2,060 bushels at 80 cents
per bushel l.................. 79S.00
Total ................. ......S5, 094. 90
Taking 40 account Of the hay made,
sorghum, millet and potatoes, etc,
grown
We have value Of property. SIT, 747O0
Value OF crops grown this
year. ..........,. ........,.. o,U94OO
Total amount Of property and
grain. -.....,..,. .t........ -, ,o4lOO
Deduct total indebtedness. 49,. 100000
We have value OF all proper
ty above all indebtedness. .Sl9, 74l. 90
Deducting the amount brought 10000
Total amount accumulated In
thirteen years. .SlS, 34l. 90
II anyone says $50 an acre is too high
an estimate for the land, | say it is not
From personal knowledge know that
lands in that neighborhood with only
two-thlrds OF the area under cultivation
have yieldad in rent net revenue for
term OF years on an average OF per
cent per annum on valuation of S25 per
acre for the entire farm, the rent being
one-third OF the crop grown.
al. IL
farms In the Solomon valley, even as far
west as Osborne county and beyond. is |
worth $40 per acre, and in a few years
will sell for that or more. These two
brothers have made it rule TO raise on
an average four colts year, and there |
fore have had four fully matured
horses to turn into cash each year. Be !
sides, they milked cows and kept poul- |
try sufficient to pay current expenses OF
family.
Second--A young man came from
Pennsylvania TO Kansas in 1879 with |
enough money to buy a good team 40
more-iabout $3.50. He farmed rented |
lands for three years and at the end OF
that time by industry, economy and
skillful manlpulations, he succeeded in
securing an excellent wife, and just as
good quarter section of land. This |
land with the exception OF forty acres |
under cultivation, was unimproved.
During the nine years they lived on
that farm llSS2 to 1891 they have built |
a house which cost 5000, barn and stable !
costing about S40O, fenced into conven-
lent fields and otherwise improved the |
farm, and tn addition have bought and |
paid for another quarter section OF good |
land adjoining theirs.
The last dollar OF indebtedness on
this land was paid off last year from
proceeds OF corr crop of 1889 carried |
over.
The expenses Of growing the past
seasons crop are paid and they are
wholly free from all kinds OF indebted |
ness. Now they have, therefore, the |
entire proceeds of the present years |
crops on hands now, which is as fol- |
lows:
Wheat, 200 bushels; corn, 1900
bushels; oats, 200 bushels; rye. 100 bush
els, besides hay and other crops of rough |
feed OF which no account is taken.
An inventory OF the property now
owned and paid for by this prosperous
farmer makes the following showing:
Land. 800 acres at $40 per acre So. 400 |
Cattle, Is head at Sl4 per head pa
Horses, l3 head at S75 per head 9775
Hogs, q head at So per head. l26 I
Implements and machinery. 275
Total value exclusive OF
this years crops. ... $1,000 |
Amount and value OF drops the pres |
ent year:
Wheat, 400 bushels at 70
cents. ................. S2,025
Corn, 1900 bushels at 30 cents 45O |
Oats, 200 bushels at . cents. so
Rye, 100 bushels at 20 cents. 20
Total. ....... -...............2,5 595
Value Of property and this
years. crops. s.......... Sl0,59
Deduct $3.50 brought. ........ $50
Balance. e................ Ssl0,S45
This farmer makes it a point 10 raise
two col Is a year and has. therefore,, two
fully matured horses to sell each year
Cows also are milk and nonlfrv ca,.ad I