The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-07-23
Some Farms and Farmers.

Rowe brothers. They have con-
siderable land under cultivation,
good buildings and numerous herd
of cattle. The land in this part of
the county is a loamy soil underlayed
by heavy clay subsoil, and slopes
gently to the bay two or three miles
to the east,
One objection frequently made to
land in this county is the difficulty
of getting out the stumps. Mr.. Jacob
Strecker came onto his farm in April
of this year and has shown what may
be done by energy and perseverance.
He has also solved the stump ques-
ton. Mr.. Strecker has about sixty
acres cleared of all brush and logs
seeded do wn but has left the
stumps to be taken out at his leisure.
He estimates that he can winter
from forty to sixty head of cattle
on the hay from that amount of land
and says that fair average cow can
be made to pay profit of twenty
five cents day. tt an easy matter
to figure the profit from herd of
forty good COWS. Mr.. Strecker sold
his farm in Iowa for $65 per acre and
bought 800 acres of land about six
miles west of Washburn at ten dollars
per acre. In speaking Of the com
parative values of the two he said,
This land cleared is worth five
dollars per acre more than land there
even if we raise the same crops be-
cause of the market. There is never
any trouble to sell anything that can
be raised and at good price. In
Nebraska [ have known farmers to
sell their corn crop for not enough
to pay the rent of the land" He has
forty hens and is getting thirty te
thirty-five eggs day for which he
finds ready sale at twenty five cents
per dozen at this time of year and
in the winter eggs command from
thirty-fve to forty cents and are
scarce at that price. The farmer
with a few hens and cows is sure OF
a good living while clearing his land.
Another man who is not removing
the stumps is Mr.. c. c. Butterfeld.
Mr.. Butterfeld has about twenty
five head of stock and sells the milk
in town. He is realizing excellent
returns from his farm in that way.
About nine miles from Washburn
on what is known as the Pine barrens
is the farm Of Fred Beecher. This
land was not considered of much
value by people who have lived here
for good many years. The soil is
a sandy loan rather light but fine
grained and underlaid Dy a subsoil
of heavy clay. Mr.. Beecher went
onto the place year ago last April
and has convinced himself that the
soil is fertile and with the proper
handling can be made to produce
abundantly. He now has forty acras
under cultivation, good buildings and
his crops are all in good condition.
He is doing something in the way of
experimental farming. and is finding
that there are possibilities in the sol
little dreamed of. Last year he SOW
ed some alfalfa and while through
lack of.knowing how to handle it the
crop is light it shows that this great
forage plant can be prohtably grown
on the land Another crop Mr..
Beacher is trying and which if it car
be grown here will add materially to
the farmers income, is peanuts.
They mature in about the same time
as potatoes and there is no reason
to believe that they will not prove a
success. A visit was made to Mr..
Beecher's farm June 18th and he had
garden peas in blossom, potatoes
eight to ten inches high, and had
been using lettuce and radishes from
his garden for week, A field Of
oats on this farm showed that the
land has lasting qualities. They
were sowed partly on last years
breaking and partly on new breaking
and the older soil showed much
better growth than the new.