The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-30
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ST.. James Gazette: Farmers of this;
vicinity estimate that thei2 crops of
oats this year will pay them about
So Per cent more than their crops of
wheat, figuring on the present prices
of the two cereals.
Redwood Gazette: Fred Lanksrd
came up from KingfsIer, Oklahoma
territory, on Tuesday of5last week, and
will remain in this city for some time.
Fred Is infatuated with that section of
the country, and proposes to make it
his permanent home. He stated that
threshing, was all done throughout 5he
entire territory and tha5 farmers were
now engaged in blowing and getting
ready for sowing the winter crop.
which seeding is carried on in Sep
TENDER and October. Fred reports
that of the 400 acres sown to wheat en-
his fathers tract it averaged about 10
bushels per acre, $500 bushels being
the total yield. George King, he
says, threshe5 out over $4,000 bushels
on 800 acres. ALI wheaSyin that Sec
ton went No. 2 this year, and just be-
fore Fred left the elevators were pay
ing SO cents Fer bushel for that grade:
New Ulm Review: Interest in the
Great Western railroad project has
been revived by a communication
from Morgan to the effect that sur
veyors were establishing lines and
grades for that line running from this
place TO Golden Gate and thence via
Morgan to Marshall. The same COR
respondent declares that the road viii
positively be built.
Hutchinson Independent :: Young
man, if you are short of money and
out Of a job, just fix up something
that will answer for tent AID strike
out for the lake region. Bullfrogs
are thick as mosquitoes and the city
markets are clamoring for them. A
few dozen frogs legs will bring you a
good days wages. And besides you
can catch bullheads and market them
at the, canneries where they are passed
off on the public as cheap grade o.
salmon. Here is the chance for you t.
have an outing and whole lot of full
and get good hard gold for your time
Sc. Peter Herald: Gus Widell Of
Mankato bought the James Osborn,
farm in Lake Prairie last Monday
The farm comprises $40 acres and tn
purchase price was 1880
new Ulm journal: August Samuel
son, a Bernadotbe farmer, was in tn
city Monday. He has made an expert
ment with sown corn that ought to b.
of supreme interest to the farmers il
this part of the state. He sowed COR
broadcast, and the yield was eigh
tons to the acre. The product he fe
to his cattle with the result that tn
milk supply during the recent drout
did not diminish in the least. MI
Samuelson's wheat yielded 20 bushel
to the acre. The broadcast sown cor
has been advocated by some of tn
leading men of this part of the stat
who have seen the grand results al
tanned in the east, and Mr.. Samuel
sons experiment will result in grea
deal of that kind of fodder bein
grown in this part of Minnesota mex
year.
Anoka Herald: Chickens and qua
are reported as being exceedingly pier
tiful this season and the game warder
are kept busy on the lookout for i
! legal hunters who are too anxious
, get at the game. Game has bee
practically undisturbed 80 far this SCI
son and the influx of hunters with til
d opening of the season will be lit
noticeable.