Warren sheaf., 1909-10-07
THE FRUITS OF
The LAND.
THE PIONEER LOAN AND lANn
co. HAVE FINE DISPLAY OF
VEGETABLES, GRAINS AND
GRASSES, GROWN MOSTLY BY
FORMER ILLINOIS FARMERS.
THE VARIETY, ENORMOUS SIZE
AND EXCELLENCE OF THE PRO.
DUCTS A REVELATION EVEN TO
MANY OF THE OLD SETTLERS.

That the Red River Valley in Min
nesota, and Marshall county in parti-
cular, is we'll adapted to growing all
kinds of vegetables and root crops, no
one who has seen the splendid exhibit
in the windows of the Pioneer Loan
and Land Company can deny. Not
only do we raise all the vegetables
commonly grown in the north tenn
perate zone, but in our soil and eli
mate they also grow to greater perfec-
tion both as regards size and quality.
In passing the window the first
thing noticed is a mammoth pumpkin
weighing 781h lbs, by Ara B. Brown,
lately from near Joliet, ILL., Mr..
Brown also exhibits fine samples of
pea nuts, and garden lemons. Mangels
and beets of enormous size, big
caulifower, vegetable orange, onions,
are exhibited by Mrs. Ellen Dahl, who
came here recently from Plano, Ill.
&. Kammerer who halls from Finley
Park, ILL.,, furnishes musk melons and
cucumbers that will put in the shade
anything of the kind raised in Illinois.
N. A. Samuelson, of Viking, furnishes
fine samples of Earliest Catawba
Sweet Corn,a mammoth whale squash
weighing 63 lbs, early white bush
squash, dwarf giant tomatoes and
new Spicy Musk melon. Specimens
of fine yellow tomatoes, are shown by
Mrs. A. A. Ayers, recently from
Horscher, Illinois. A mammoth whale
squash, weighing 83A lbs, just think
of it! was grown by Mrs. Erickson, of
East Valley. A cabbage head weigh
ing 1917 lbs. was grown by c. o.
Fransson of Viking, two varieties of
Hubbard squash are from County
Superintendent L. M. Mithun's garden.
Mrs. c. S. Wees supplies red pepper,
and A. N. Eckstrom furnishes giant
tomatoes. Bliss Triumph tomatoes
are furnished by Alvah Hemphill,
41O" 1LlWOOu, ILL., L. IT, uIdy, 1OCSuL-
ly from Aurora, ILL.,, exhibits potatoes
and one can not wish to see more per-
feet we'll shaped tubers. The fact is
that this county is peculiarly well
adapted to raising potatoes. Farm
ers near Moorhead, in the southern
| part of the valley, are making them
selves rich raising the tubers. J.. A.
+, Green from near Joliet exhibits po-
tatoes and improved Hubbard squash.
A pumpkin weighing 661h lbs, rep pep
per, and rutabaga were grown on Mr..
Lamberson's Cloverdale farm. Mrs.
John Olson shows potatoes. A cow
beet weighing IS lbs. was grown by
Mrs. Sam Larson, from Rankin, III.
The fne samples of corn shown are a
surprise even to Illinois people. A. D.
VanSickle lately from Iowa shows a
fine srecimen of Minnesota No. 13. G.
A. Tullar shows long white corn 12
to IA inches long perfectly matured.
L. Lamberson shows Northwestern
| T.
Dent, ears 10 to 12 inches long, also
white and blue pop corn.
I Mrs Wm Culbertson exhibits gar
den huckleberries, ground and fig to-
matoes. John P. Mattson shows fine,
big apples raised right here in War
ren.
A sample of Swedish oats is ex,
hibited by A. D. Van Sickle, who cap
tured the first prize on oats at the
Omaha corn exposition last year.
The window is also decorated with
red slower, timothy, alfalfa, wheat and
other grains and grasses grown in
| the vicinity