The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-12-26
CHATS ! !
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John Fink, who has a farm on the
shores of Green lake, was in town
Monday doing little trading, and he
did not forget to pay the UNION Office
a VISIT Mr.. Fink, like all the\ other
farmers, is feeling a little bit prosper
Gus this year over potatoes. He could
not help comparing present prices with
the 5.cents-a-bushel season he struck
the first year he commenced farming
at Green lake. He owns good farm,
and is improving it right along. This
year he completed fine new barn.
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VIM. Geppert, who has forty over
in Wyanett, was in town the other day
and stopped long enough to see that
the UNION kept coming to him. Mr..
Geppert is a new settler in Wyanett,
and came here only few years ago
from Minnetrista township in Henne-
pin county, having also resided in
Carver county some time. He says,
however, that Wyanett beats both
places in farming opportunities. He
raised from seven acres of new break
ing last fall 1,22S bushels of potatoes.
From one and three-quarters acres he
raised 296 bushels of late Rose pota-
toes. II would not trade my forty for
Nf
Carver counties,' said Mr.. Geppert.
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That Princeton is located in the
midst Of one of the best sections for
gardening and he raising of all kinds of
vegetables, cannot be denied. for there
is the record to prove it. There are
farmers almost within stones throw
OF Princeton who are raising onions,
cabbages, strawberries, etc. with great
success from year to year. NJ. Cutler,
who has eighty acres one mile north
OF town, is one of the farmers in this
vicinity who has paid considera BILE at
tention to the cultivation of onions and
rawberries. Out of his eighty acres
he has thirtyfve under cultivation to
potatoes, oats, corn and fruit and veg
etables. The past year like some
others he has been very successful
with onions. He raised three acres
and off of two acres that he had ma
nured well he raised 800 bushels, and
from the other acre $50 bushels. With
onions worth at the present time 81
and Sl.25 it is very easy to figure out
Mr. Cutters profit on his three acres
of onions. He raises the minnesota
Red Globe" an early maturing variety
that was propagated by Northrup,
King Il Co. of Minneapolis, and has
proved good maturing onion and a
very prolific yielder. The "White
Globe'' is said to be a better keeper
but does not mature as early and does
not give the satisfaction that the red
variety does. The RED Globe'' is very
popular with all Minnesota market
gardeners. Mr.. Cutler usually raises
about an acre of straw berries every
year and from an acre he gets from
three to four thousand quarts of good
berries. His oats last year went At
bushels to the acre aud he always gets
good crop Of corn, besides raising
lot of potatoes, rutabagas, etc. North
OF Mr.. Cutters farm a short distance
is the farm Of VIM. Sellhorn, who also
raises onions and from one-half an acre
he raised 200 bushels, and the other
day sold 1913 bushels at an even dollar a
bushel. 'Onions require absolutely
clean land" says Mr.. Cutler, "and the
land should be prepared in the fall and
the seed sowed the first of May. The
land in this section with its fine mix
ture Of sand and clay makes a fine soil
for OniOns.''
Alfred Johnson, who lives up in the
New Germany section, last year raised
fifteen tons of cabbages which he sold
at SO per ton. He also sold 300 bushels
of onions.
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