Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-12

| we got the information we desired. lie
and John change off work considerable
and in this way facilitate the work con-
siderable. Marco also has one hundred
and sixty acres. He has not been on his
quite as long as the others, consequently
his showing is not quite as largo.
He has fifteen acres cleared. -Four
acres are in potatoes, two acres to oats,
one to buckwheat and the same to cab
bage and beets, besides his garden truck
The crops are very thrifty looking. He
expects off his two acres al oats as many
hundred bushels. He has q comfortable
house and barn, and seven acres OF pas
ture with eighty acres nicely fenced.
We next got John Green's. He has the
largest number OF acres cleared and under
cultivation, which is forty acres. Here
everything promises big crop. He has
in ten acres Of potatoes and expects cor
siderable over two thousand bushels;
he also. has ten acres OF as fine oats as
ever grew; not forgetting tomention the
three acres Of cabbage, turnips; carrots
and etc. He also has seven acres OF pas
tura land. All the above is fenced and
improved in every way.
Just to give an illustration whether
farming pays in this locality we give the
following: Last year, which was a very
poor year for crops III this locality, on
the above ground was raised SEQ bushels
Of potatoes, 10 ton OF hay, 100 bushels
of beggies, 800 bushels Of oats and so
bushels OF carrots. Last year potatoes
found ready market here for so cents
per bushel; which would net Mr.. Green
$4,000; the hay would net $4,000; the
oats $4,000 and the beggies and carrots
about $500; making anincome of from
forty acres OF land, Of $935,00, with
very poor yield But back to where we
left off.
Billy Knox we next visited His
homestead lies about one and a half
miles from the village on Yellow Birch
lake He settled on this in 1890 and has
35 acres under cultivation. He has in
ten acres Of potatoes, IA acres Of oats
end about four acres OF rye, the balance
in to garden turck. He is also quite a
fancier Of hens and tukeys, having p Of
the latter He has a very coy frame
house over looking the lake, and his
homestead is fenced,
Aug Dishaw was the next victim to our
questioning. lie recommended in FEBRUARY
1893 and now has one hundred acres,
OF which twenty acres is under cultiva-
ton; ten acres to corn, four acres to
potatoes, three acres to garden truck,
and about one acre Of onions. He has a
nice two story farm house and the whole
is fenced.
! Joseph Dishaw has sixty acres in ALL
He has fifteen acres under cultivation;
four acres to potatoes, the same OF ruta
beggies, two acres OF peas and two acres
OF cabbage, turnips, carrots, beans etc.
and twenty acres fenced.
H. StLouis is another prosperous
farmer, he has eighty acres in all and
| lust commenced farming last year. He
has twenty-five acres cut ready for clear
ing, and has ten acres cleared; four acres
Of which is planted with ruta beggies,
threeacres OF potatoes, two acres Of oats
and an acre Of cabbage. lie has COM
Portable house and barn and his land is
all fenced.
Dick and Geo Punches homesteaded
their land last year and it shows great
Improvement for only one seasons work.
The former has one hundred and sixty
acres while the latter has seventy five.
Geo. mas five acres OF potatoes besides
about ii acre Of garden truck. Dick has
about three acres Of potatoes besides his
garden vegetables. The potatoes are
are looking fine and both expect large
yield.
Geo. StI4ouis has one hundred and
sixty acres. Six acres are in to potatoes
while he has about an acre OF garden
truck.
Anton Tillman has forty acres and this
is his first year crop going on the land
thisspring. Heis carving outoftheW Ter
ness a fine farm and has three acres Of
potatoes and about an acre OF garden
stuff. 1t viii not be long before he will
have as nice a farm as any.
Al Bradford has five acres under cui-
tiyation which he has in to oats and
potatoes.
NJ Murphy has two acres Of as nice
/ potatoes as YOU wonld wish to behold,
besides he gardens it quite extensively
VIM Tellison has eighty acres OF land
and has about seven acres cleared. He
commenced farming i'll 1898. He has IN
about three acres Of oats, two acres OF
potatoes besides his garden
A. A. Denton has about twelve acres
1 nm der cultivation. Ellie has spread out