The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-25

attentive: and | would advise that, II
you have a memorandum book with
you, you iot down such items as you
may desire. shall very likely make
known such things that | understand
relating to dry farming, by relating
different circumstances, so that you
can comprehend and understand what
/ have done.
commenced dry farming thirty
eight years ago on the other side Of the
valley, as many of you know. OF
course, some of my neighbors and
friends thought that had gone crazy.
and told me that they would not give
me their ten acres over on this side of
the valley for my whole quarter section.
So many told me that had gone crazy
that | did not know but that | had
got little cranky; but still thought
that | would let them know that had
a little back bone" commenced
of course, not knowing much about 1t
and broke up some land. | got
several of my neighbors to come and
join me, and they took up quarter
section each. This was at the time
the railroad land was made known to
us, and we took it up under the rail-
: road law. OF course we were anxious
to have our corner, so went and got
surveyor to come and survey the
land When he had finished | asked
him for his bill Eighty dollars, he
informed me, and we were to pay him
in the fall. We went to work then
and broke up some OF the land and
put it in to the best of our ability.
That season the graSshoppers came
and ate up our crop. Several of the
company got discouraged and backed
out. In the fail the surveyor came
along and wanted his pay. My neigh
bors told him he could have the land
before they would pay him anything.
He came up to me and said that, as |
was the man who employed him, was
the one to whom he looked for his
money. | went TO my neighbOrS and
told themt hat if they would pay over
their certificates to me | would pay
for the surveying of the land. They
did so. have been at work continu-
ously from that day to this. Many
= men made all kinds of fun OF me be-
cause | made so many Improvements
before | entered the land thinking
that it would influence the railroad
people to raise the land up to an enor-
nous figure. | thought that | could
make the land pay for itself while US
=, ing it, and | worked away until at last
the company came along and valued it
: at 800 per acre. My neighbors saw
| that | was raising good crops of grain
4 and, of course, felt rather dumpy.
5 had seven years TO pay for it with in,
l terest at seven per cent. / had six
COWS and intended to fatten and sell
:. all the calves of these cows to pay fol
, the land.
. continued to work away until
, had 500 acres broken up. The next
, season | had big, stout, hardy mar
[ working for me. When he was pillow
4 ing up the quarter section told him
' that | would pay for the blowing ,furn
y ish the seed, drills, put the seed in
q and give him onc-half Of all that he
4 raised on one forty, | also told my
boys that | would give them one-hal
Of all that they raised on their forty
| took the center forty. | CAV ,n&
man his choice and he chose the grtl
g forty. | engaged this man by.writte.
Il agreement TO pillow his land sever
y inches deep, He did so; did good job
e After the ground was plowed | tolC
u him that | wanted HIM to do Just as
= told him, that he could have one-hal
y of all the grain that was raised on 4
}. by paying for the cutting and thresh
ing, He said all right, instructed
him, with my two boys, to go to worl
: and harrow one.half of it lcngth-wsc
then take the leycer and level it of