The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-14
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mill last Saturday, when a UNION man
happened along. The corn looked as
good as any raised in the great corn
belt OF the Iowa or Illinois. Mr.. Lam
bert said that he raised it from some
Wright county seed that he brought
with him from that county, were he
used to farm. The corn was on break
ing at that time and showed that
land in this section can get there with
the high-priced lands of other sections.
Wheat averaged Is to 20 bushels to
the acre and oats about 4O,'' said Mr..
Lambert.
Dan Findell of Wyanett, one of the
enterprising farmers of that portion of
Isanti county, was in town SATURDAY.
and dropped into the UNION Office for
few minutes. Mr.. Findell says farm
ers are all in good shape for the winter
quarters this year, and in most cases in
better shape than they have ever been
before. The potato is the cause of the
present good condition of the man with
the hoe and potato fork. ''Potatoes
were fair crop this year," said Mr..
Findell, "and my yield was around 1907
bushels to the acre, not heavy but with
present prices good enough to men
tion. The corn crop in our section was
good and the yield of grain was fair,
though farmers do not raise very heavy
crops of small grain. think that the
farmer is rapidly improving his condi-
ton and is making agriculture more of
a study and business than he used to.
The farmer and the business man are
in commercial sense practically one
family and their interests are more or
less mutual. One must depend on the
other and what is the farmers success
is the business mans. We are much
interested in the rural telephone and I
have one in my house as do not think
I could very we'll afford to do without
it. It will prove a very serviceable
thing to farmers.
Olof H. Olson who lives four miles
southwest of town was on the market
Friday with potatoes. Mr.. Olson is a
new farmer in this section, having
come from Lyon county two years
ago. He took an 80 acre farm that
had not received much attention for
for some time and has made him
good farm home. He is one of class
of farmers who are worth much to any
section as he believes in mastering the
soil and not letting the soil master
him. This year he raised potatoes,
corn and oats. The cut worm bothered
him some and damaged his oats and
corn, the latter so badly that he had to
replant on the tenth of June, but then
got a fair crop, while many other
farmers would have got discouraged
and not replanted. Mr.. Olson says
Lyon county land is good enough, but
the winds are what he objects to in
that country, and they sometimes get
so bad that it is almost impossible to
stack grain. Farm lands in that
county, however, have enhanced in
value right along the last few years
and are now selling around $40 per
acre and as high as $50 in some cases.
These lands were selling two years ago
at SIS to 500. He thinks that farm
land in this section of the country at
present prices a good investment and
is we'll pleased with the country, and
its productive capacity.
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Ed feathers was on the potato mar
ket the other day with load of fine
big Early Rose potatoes which he
raised down on the bottom land be-
tween Princeton and the Brook. He
says the yield of potatoes this year was
good and he has dug as high as $50
bushels to the acre. From one and
half acres of Ohios he received $226.75
when potatoes were selling at high
water mark. He says that he had
good crop of corn, raising twelve acres.
the yield being about 10 baskets per
acre. Mr.. feathers in company with
his brother Frank has been farming at
his present place five years.
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Chas. Babb of Spencer Brook says he
raised only 1000 bushels of potatoes
this year. He puts the yield at $50
bushels per acre. More potatoes were
raised in his section this year than
last. Rye is raised more than any
other small grain in his section. Corn
was a good crop this year and with
stock the farmers are doing very nicely
along with the prosperity potato.
Rural Telephone a Success.
The Rural Telephone Co. is meeting
with much encouragement from the