The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-24
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farmers as we'll, of Wyanett, was in
with potatoes the other day, and made
call on the UNION. Mr.. Erickson
has resided in Wyanett for twenty
years and has seen that prosperous
section develop and grow into a rich
farming community. He resides on
section II and has well cultivated
and cared for farm. Speaking of crops
MIR. Erickson said that the potato crop
was much better this season than last
and that in his section the yield was
running about l25 bushels to the acre.
Farmers in our section,'' said Mr..
Erickson, do not raise any great
amount of grain, and in most cases
only enough for their own use. There
is one promising thing that notice
and that is the interest farmers are
now taking. in the raising of live stock,
and this is what will prove in the long
run the farmers salvation, as he can
not expect to go on from year to year
taking everything away from the soil
and giving back nothing in return. I
am keeping twenty-five head of stock
and consider them of great value to
my farm, besides proving a profitable
investment in dollars and cents. We
have no creamery in our section but
some OF the farmers have purchased
the old Athens creamery and have
moved it onto the Ole Wicklund farm
| near Waldo: where it will be run in a
short time. Sugar beets? No, there
were not many raised out our way.
Gus Radeke planted few acres but
understand he claimed they did not
prove very renumerative as field
crop. do not know of any others who
raised them"
Another one of the old Wyanett
farmers who has found Princeton a
good market is A. G.. Miller who re-
sides on section four, and Mr.. Miller
has farmed it in Wyanett for twenty
four years. He has just built him
new house this year. Mr.. Miller says
that his wheat went twenty bushels to
the acre and his oats forty-three. He
did not raise as many potatoes as last
year. my oldest boy having left the
farm am thinking of renting it, said
Mr.. Miller.
Theo. Tollefson of Blue Hill was in
town the other day with potatoes and
he stopped long enough to chat a min
ute. Mr.. Tollefson is a son of Geo. T.
Tollefson who settled in Blue Hill 81
years ago and is one of the pioneers of
that section. II was born in Blue
Hin,' remarked Mr.. Tollefson, :sand
naturally enough am pretty we'll &C.
quainted with that part of the country.
Yes, we have a better crop of potatoes
than last year and are about through
digging out our way. The yield will
be around two TO three hundred BUSH
els per acre.
One Of the pioneer farmers of Blue
Hill is Adolph Anderson who for
thirty-three years has farmed in that
section. Mr.. Anderson has $50 acres
and is an all round and up-to-date
farmer. He says farming conditions
in his section are good this year and that
the potato crop is much better shan
last year, the yield running $50 to 200
bushels per acre. Wheat went % and
oats 81 bushels to the acre. Mr.. An
derson's grandfather bought home
stead land when he settled in Blue
Hill in the early days. I'm those days
St. Cloud was the farmers Market
said Mr.. Anderson, land farmers did
not have the market advantages they
have in these days.
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Sam Oslim is one Of the young farm
ers OF Glendorado and he finds farming
in this section very profitable. Mr..
Osllm has one forty and rents two
others. ''Grain raising is not carried
on to any great extent in our section"
says Mr.. Oslim, ''but potatoes and corn
are the crops. More potatoes were
raised in our section than last year,
and the yield is about $50 bushels to
the acre. We find stock good property
and the COW is very profitable animal
with us. have 20 head on the land I
farm and most of the farmers keep
quite number. We have a good
creamery and the country is naturally
a stock country. With US it is corn
and potatoes and Stock The UNION
man thought it was a good combina-
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