The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-01-23
CHATS \ ! \
Q o Q WITH FARMERS


this department of the paper one of it's
best features, and would like to see all
farmers in the territory tributary to
Princeton assist in making this de-
partment one of great interest to the
farming community. The farmers
welfare is the community's welfare.
An exchange of ideas, experiments and
results is beneficial to the farmers.
When in town we hope all will feel
free to come in and give the UNION
little farm news, or send us in brief
items of news, and tell us what you are
doing in the way of raising crops, live
stock, etc. 1t is a good time now to
talk over your plans for the coming
season. Let US all be sociable. By an
interchange of ideas farmers can be
greatly benefited.
W. II. Thompson, who is located on
the 200-acre farm known as the Wheeler
farm in Blue Hill, takes great inter-
est in the welfare of his section, and
likes to see Blue Hill strictly in it, as
it most always is. Mr.. Thompson
came from Minneapolis eight. years
ago to Blue Hill and bought 80 acres
of railroad land which he is opening
up and improving. He says that the
country down his way is fast filling up
with Industrious farmers and in short
time there will not be many good
"pickings" left. Like most all farm
ers in his section, he is keeping stock,
and has at present a good sized dairy
herd.
John Kaliher who has lived down in
Blue Hill since 1863, has one of the
best dairy farms in this section of the
country. ''Blue Hill is natural stock
country" says Mr.. Kaliher. ut al
ways was a stock country. The land
is in much better shape than it used to
be and farmers have made many i'm
provements in the last few years. I
keep twenty head of COWS which pay
me on the average from year to year
from $50 to $50 per month. Corn does
very we'll in our section and twenty
five bushels to the acre is fair crop.
[ feed most of my corn on the farm.
[ remember when I first started to
farm in Blue Hill that the corn was so
stunted and the stalks so short that it
was a back-breaking job to husk it.
But now the corn grows so high that
we have to look up to it," Mr.. Kaliher
sells about $3.50 worth of hogs every
year from his farm.
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John Newberg, who has a ''forty"
between Princeton and the Brook, is
one of the new corners to this section.
He came from Illinois about year ago
where farm land was worth $40 per
acre, and bought land at S12 per acre
which will make him a good farm.
Mr.. Newberg is pleased with the coun-
try and its many opportunities for the
farmer
EDITOR UNION: I see you invite
farmers to tell what they are figuring
on doing in the way of crops for the
coming season. I am interested in
your endeavor to make your ''Chats''
of practical benefit to farmers, and
while do not set myself up as a
teacher, am willing to do what can
to help the good work go on. It is
certainly something that will build up
the country and will do no harm, and
ii more of the farmers would give US a
little of their valuable knowledge it
would be of great interest to US all.
For my part intend the coming sea-
son to try new way of raising oats,
and if successful I will be indebted to
an Iowa farmer by the name of Fred
BROKER who was at my place last fall,
and who will be a neighbor near Law
renee the coming year. I have about
ten acres which I cleared last summer
and got a good burn on it last fall.
Mr.. BROKER when looking over my
land assured me that if would drag it
we'll [ could get a fine crop of oats from
it, and am going to do my best in
dragging it and seed it to oats, clover
and timothy. Some neighbors have
sowed rye on that kind of new land
and been very successful. But my land
was burned over too late in the fall.
and rye should be sowed in the fall
according to my experience. If the
UNION wishes [ will give statement
next fall of how much I sowed to the
acre and the yield, etc.
Nils B. BERG,
Isle, Mimi, Jan. 18th.
THE UNION is glad to see Mr.. Berg
take an interest in "Chats' and will
be pleased to have him inform UNION
readers of his experiments the coming
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