, 1907-07-03
BOSTON LAWYER AND CAPITAL
IST SURPRISES FARMER
BELL WITH SOME I'M
MENSE CROP STORIES.
Raised Two Thousand Bushels of On
ions on Three Acres of Land, at a
Profit of Several Hundred Dollars
an Acre-Boston Party Reaches
City and Shown the Sights of Lar,
annie Plains Metropolis.

Hon. M. F.. Dickinson of Boston, one
of the Van Horn party arriving by spe.
cial car this morning, was a visitor to
the university and experiment station
this morning, in company with Presi,
dent Gramm of the board of trustees.
Mr.. Dickinson says his late wife used
to say that she believed a first rate
farmer was spoiled in the making Of a
not very first-rate lawyer, and judging
from the enthusiasm shown by MI.
Dickinson in discussing agricultural
matters, his listeners were inclined to
believe that portion of the remark
about a good farmer.
Mr.. Dickinson told Colonel E. j..
Bell and Auditor Emmons of the Lara.
ME Plains line this morning that he is
engaged in raising onions OF a little
farm he WINS in New Hampshire.
Raises Northern Bananas.
There are three acres in the tract
he said, land n year shared with
a Polander. | furnished the land and
half the seed and he did the work. At
the time for gathering the crop l hand.
ed him $500 for his share, n a better
pleased Pole you saw. He was
delighted, and not long afterwards
sailed for his own country, where he
,n,,nol tn onion ,aiSinU fnl1nWinp tho
methods we had employed on my little
tract, and met with success from the
first, writing back that he found the
business as profitable in the old coun-
try as the new.
Success In Small Tracts.
ut is by intensive farming that we
succeed there. On this same three
acre field last year | raised 1898 bush
els OF onions, getting about 81 cents a
bushel for the product, and practically
all of the work was done by II man.
Northern bananas grow well there
and bring a good price, say about $500
an acre, or nearly so. | have other
land there and one Of my neighbors
has three thousand acres, a tremen-
dously large holding for one man We
farm in a small way, and our land Is
expected to return good crops from the
very careful manner of cultivation
Had Nice Trip Out.
Mr.. Dickinson said he had made
several trips across the continent, to
the Pacific coast, but neverhad a pleas
anter one tina that which ended this
morning. "Out of Boston rain had fal-
len and there was no dust even to h
cago. From that city to this we spent
two delightful nights. l had a section
all to myself, and long before morning,
particularly after we began to climb
the side of the Rocky mountains, l was
glad to pull a heavy blanket up oven
me Sleep? Why, it was delicious"
Mr.. Dickinson is a hearty, jovial fel-
low, smooth faced and full of fun, and
is enjoying his western outing % the
fullest. lie says lHc "holS pay 49,
having a delightful time.
Life Member of Elks.
Among the members of the party are
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Carlton of Boston
Mr. Carlton is a life member of the
Boston lodge of Elks, and was surprls'
ed and delighted when told that a
annie has a population of about 5000
people and an Elks' lodge of zoo men,
bers, including several life members.
He was right at home" with the local
| bunch of the antlered herd.
Captain Davis, another member OF
the party, had never been west OF Al
bany, N. Y, until the present trip was
undertaken. He had his daughter with
him, and both are enjoying the fresh
ness and newnes of life in the inter
! mountain region.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Horn have their