Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-30

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grapher, had the pleasure of visiting
la few of the most important hay farms
ln the county, located near Rumlnels.
As we went up Oh the forenoon train
and were obliged to return atlfive
/ O'clock we could only visit "a few OF the
farmers in that locality. We first
visited
JOHN GREEN
] who is without doubt the largest and
probably the most prosperous farmer
in Villas county. Mr.. Green was
am0ng the first to realize that fatm-
| ing GOULD be made a prot table invest
ment i'll Villas county. He purchased
eight hundred and forty acres of tile
stateabout three Years ago, paying
81 % per acre. Two Years ago he
! cleared up about two hundred acres
and seeded it down to timothy. Last
! year lle cut his first crop from this
and got something over three hun
dred tons of first class timothy hay
from it which netted him twelve dol
| lars pet ton there Besides this he
raised several thousand bushels of pO-
tatoes. During the past year Mi.
| Green has had quite a crew OF men at
work foi him clearing up the land and
intends TO clear up the whole eight
hundred acres as soon as possible.
When we arrived there Mr.. Green was
busy with his haying. He had Il crew
OF ten men at work. lie keeps man
and team running the mower all of
the time. Another man is kept busy
with Il Horse rake raking up the fra
grant hay into long Niarows while
two teams are kept at work hauling it
to the stacks Shortly after we ar
rived the call to dinner sounded and
we were invited to draw up and par
take, an invitation which we accepted
with alacrity. Charlie johnson is act
ing as cheffe and ii the dinner of which
we partook is to be taken as a criter-
ion, the crew is to be congratulated.
The crop OF timothy hay is the finest
that we eyer saw, both on Mr.. Green's
place and those adjoining. In the
course of our perambulations we
walked for straight mile through
waving timothy up to our shoulders
and so. thick that it was with difficulty
that we could make our WAY through
it, and as We looked away IN different
dir: ctions and saw the farmers busy
With their moving machines, hay
,<fakes and stacking, we could hardly
believe that we were yet in Villas
county where, until within the past
twd years. Il moving machine had
I hardly ever been seen and even a
scythe was rarely. At the present
time Mi Green has in stack about
one hundred ton and has but little
mora than made Il beginning. So far
lie has been very Fortunate, not drop
OF water having fallen ON amy OF it..
Thisspring Mr.. Green made II small
start towards stock raising and has q
half dozen he:sel on his place. They
show the effects of the excellent pas
turage. They are all in fine condi-
ton and world make prime beef ii it
was so desired Besides triS he has
gone quite extensively into poultry
raising and has {; fine flock Of both
white and black Plymouth Rocks and
tied the farm of
GEORGE A. Balm
He has one hundred and sixty acres.
which he took as u homestead and
moved on TO with his family in 81,
with practically nothing. 4e has
about ninety acres cleared and into
timothy hay. He has q good comfort
able log houso with out buildings such
aslstables. root house, hen house etc.
i and is putting up a new barn, 2ox6o
file has found his house tribe 100
ysman and intends putting up new
one this fall He has also gathered
around him, besides his horses, Wag-
ons and ordinary tools. Il mower,
! horse rake and hay press all OF which
! are new, besides ~ COW, chickens and
turkeys, not Il bad showing for a
farmer in three years. Right here we
j was struck with one advantage offered
!, to the farmer of Villas county which
his less fortunate neighbor IN the
j southern part OF the state rarely has,
and that is ;ln ice house filled with
good ice. The lakes Of clear fresh wat
Ell are SO plentiful here that any per-
son can supply himself with ice in the
winter for his next summers use with
comparatively 20 expense. Mr.. Balm
/ had a crew of four men at work hay
/ ing and expects to put up about one
hundred ton of timothy hay and hall
as much more red top and blue joint,
mixed, which grows wild to nearly
/ the heighth of d mans head on part
OF his place. Daniel Balm, q brother
Of the gentleman last mentioned, owns
forty acres adjoining, WHICH he has
all cleared and into timothy. He has