Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1904-01-07

this year. 1t is estimated at {, 100000
sacks, worth $14,OOO,OOO.
young man Of eighteen can earn $3.50
a day picking corn this is not a bad
country for that sort. 80. :, =
The final estimate of the 1903 crop
of wheat is 260,OO0,O00 bushels of
spring wheat and 444, 100000 bushels
of winter wheat. Foreign countries
need every bushel we have to. spare
We notice that in one county in the
cotton belt where public sentiment
forced all the colored people to leave
there was reported in October 1.0OO,-
600 worth of cotton spelling in the
fields for want Of hands to pick It., !
Irrigation develops alkali in much of
the arid lands of the west, in some
cases to such an extent that the land
becomes utterly unproductive. Rather
curiously it has been found that
thorough undertaking of such land
will remove the difficulty.
A ne1ghbor who sowed small field
to alfalfa last spring upon which he
had q herd of hogs running in the sum-
mer tells US that even If the alfalfa
should all die out this winter it still
was a very profitable investment for
him. Nothing which was fed the hogs
suited them as we'll as the alfalfa.
In the fall and spring migration of
hawks, eagles and their kind we note
that they never pursue direct line of
flight, but travel by a regular course of
gyrations, each sweep of the circle of
their flight carrying them in the direc-
ton which they desire to 60. The sand
hill crane quite frequently adopts the
same style of migration.
The growers of sweet corn for the
canneries in the west have had very
profitable year. AS much as $50 per
acre has been realized in some cases
for the product Of an acre OF sweet
corn, and lot Of valuable forage was
left for the dairy cows. Then the crop
so disposed Of makes very light draft
on the fertility of the soil and leaves it
in fine condition for succeeding crop.
The government for years has appro-
priated SIS 100000 annually and over
for snag pulling and bar dredging of
the rivers, many Of the streams work
ed on being Of little or no value for
purposes of transportation. While do
ing this there has never been a dollar
spent for the improvement of the pub
lie highways. The government can
highway construction.
About the first record we have of
share rents for farm land is that con-
nected with the overrunning of Europe
In the middle ages by the Huns, Goths
and Vandals, where the victorious
tribes exacted from the conquered peo-
pie one-third of all their farm produce
as tribute. "A later illustration is that
of the Mormons, who have always ex-
acted one-tenth Of the crops of the
saints to maintain the church.. T3 ..-
1t is always in order to take clover
for a text, the clover which if grown
will always maintain the farm fertili-
ty. The curse of the one year system
of renting farms is that it always
knocks the clover business out. 1t is
fact beyond dispute that on any of the
naturally good soils Of the Mississippi
valley the proper rotation Of clover
with other crops will forever prevent
the soil from wearing fout-in fact.
where it is grown as it should be the
land will become more fertile and pro-
ductive each year. -. -..i ...s.-a: ~
It has been settlement time for the
spectators of late, and they have been
having rocky time of it, and not only
the spectators, but the banks and
moneyed institutions which have been
backing them in their wildcat enter
frises The men who have made haste
to get rich are learning the same old
lesson over 7agAin. The man on the
farm looks on serenely at the smashup
vi ,pdpcIys lOEtuuc6 uulc065 suc, IOVsj QdS
been foolish enough to bite, at the bait
Of the promoter. If he has he is doing
all the moralizing necessary on the
subject 4b} ~ 4@H<J& II sI4Hs{ TT Z. = Il
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We note with pleasure the numerous
cases where men are buying two or
three heads Of thoroughbred cattle,
usually cows or }heifers. for the pur-
pose Of starting q herd Of good stock.
It is not their intention to enter the
lists Of professional breeders. but sim
ply1to secure such grade Of stock for
ordinary farm uses as will give the
largest and best returns. il It IL safe to
say; that a herd Of twenty or thirty
such cattle. very soon obtained from
Z start made In the manner above re-
ferred to, will one year with another
bring a man In twice the profit he
could get from the same number Of
common or scrub stock.