The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-18
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with Iowa, the great corn state. G.
N. Sonnesyn has a twenty-five acre
field of corn on his farm near town
that is hard to beat. Some of the ears
are IL inches long and 10 inches
around, containing from 26 to 30 rows
of kernels. 1t pays to raise such corn
and that it can be done here has been
successfully demonstrated this year
for there are many fields equally as
good as the one referred to,
| Rock County Herald: Tom Slough
ton left at this Office Friday sample
of peaches picked by him from trees
on. the farm of Henry Fenstermaker in
Martin township. The success attained
in growing apples and other fruits in
this county is we'll known, but the an
nouncement that peaches are grown
here will doubtless occasion some sur
prise. Later in the week Mr. Fenster-
maker called at this Office and left sew
eral fine samples of his peaches They
were rather below the average size
but were of excellent flavor. Mr..
Fenstermaker states that he has six
teen trees which were grown from seed
of variety brought from Illinois.
Several of the trees bore fruit this
year and the combined yield was about
bushel and half.
Goodhue Enterprise Peaches can be
grown in minnesota. j. L. Gull has
a peach tree about four years old from
which he has this fall picked more
than a grape basked full of as nice
free-stone peaches as you will ever
want to see. This tree sprang up from
the root of another which was planted
a few years before.
Albert Lea Standard: James Ed
wards, one of the upright pioneers of
the county, recently found the base
and several feet of deer's antler near
a small lake not far from his place in
Freeman, and judging the full size of
the antlers from the specimen, it must
have been very large, and it shows
what splendid animals roved at large
in the early days of the county. The
antler measures 10 inches in circum-
ference at the base, and the rest of it
is of proportionate size. Mr.. Edwards
says there were many deer in the
county when ne settled here He came
here in January, 1867, and located at
st. Nicholas, where Jacob LIE Brun
had store, Henry Lacy has a saw
mill, and there was postoffice in the
ambitious hamlet. Mr.. Edwards after
wards located on land in Freeman, and
that has since been his home. He has
seen the county progress from pri-
meval state to the present advanced
ana civilized condition, and takes
pride in its history, much of which
mas been within his personal ex-
Iperience.
Redwood Gazette: Three years ago
a tract of land within two miles of
Redwood Falls was sold for $50 an
acre. Last week the purchaser was
offered $45 per acre for the tract, and
the offer was refused. The farm has
been improved to the extent of new
house being erected, but that is ALL
Sherburn Advance: Hog cholera
has again made its appearance in this
vicinity and so far as we have been
able to learn Sam Loomer is the first
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of hogs, valued at about 5000, which
he intended to sell this fall, but if the
ravages of the disease continue as it
has during the past week he will not
have 60c worth when the disease re-
leases its grip.
Blue Earth Register: G. H. Gar
lick of Verona has erected large silo
which is eighteen feet in diameter and
thirty feet high. 1t is filled with
ensilage He has also purchased a
horse power gasoline engine, the total
costing $500. Mr.. Garlick has an ar
tesian we'll on his building lots which
throws good stream of water. 1t
comes up through his milk house and
keeps the milk nice and cool. A
water wheel stands close at hand and
when he is ready to separate his cream
he applies the water and the separator
does the rest. 1t is quite curiosity
and Mr.. g. told us that great many
called to see the unique continuance
Mr.. Garlick has some very fine flooded
stock, among the number being a thor
oughbred Shorthorn bull.
The st. Peter Herald says that Fred.
Fehrnbeck, the man who was injured
last week at CORTLAND, has been taken
to his home in New Ulm The arm,
which was caught in a belt was
broken in four places, and his face
was badly lacerated. He is under
treatment, and DR.. Schoch of New
Ulm hopes to save the arm.
Madison Lake New Era: Miss
Katie Farmer while making haste be-
tween her home and the During place
on the night of the fire, was suddenly
stopped in her progress by coming in
contact with a clothes line, which
caught her just underneath the chin,
the rebound throwing her back on the
ground so forcibly that one of her
ribs was fractured. Besides this, her
neck is black and blue and is other
wise hr11 iaed