The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
.SALARIED PEOPLE
BECOMING FARMERS
CITY MEN FIND cuLTlvATlNG
SMALL TRACTS LUCRATIVE
WoRK--MAKEs INCOMES
BIGGER.

BIGGER.
Omaha, Neb.. Sept. I7.--People OF the
cities Of the west. as well as those Of
the rural sections. are rapidly becom
ing lmbued with the idea that there rs
more money to be made In carrying
on farming OF small tracts than by try
Ing to make money in business ven
lures. As a result. owning acre prop
erty outside the corporate limits OF the
cities and towns. thus avoiding the
high taxes for internal improvements
Is becoming quite the thing.
For miles around Omaha and aiona
the motor lines that have stretched
out into the country during the past
three years city people have bought
property from two to ten acres, and
while they are still conducting their
business as In former days, or working
on salaries, they are planting their
lands In fruit, or bringing them under
high state Of cultivation, showing
what can be done II the soil liz prop-
crly titled.
Instances where men and women
have made money. besides a living on
small tracts of land are numerous. all
of which is believed to indicate that
the day of the large farm poorly cul-
tivated is past and that I'm the future
there Is to be more OF desire to get
away from the hurry and hustle Of
city life, it's cares and business per
plexities.
Land Costs Him Nothing.
| Four years ago George West. city
passenger agent of one Of the Omaha
Chicago lines. purchased twenty acres
Of land six miles from the city. One
year later he sold half Of the tract for
more than he paid for the whole The
year Of the purchase he bought 500
worth OF fertilizer and scattered IL over
the twenty acres. That year he hired
the land cultivated and IN the far
picked and sold i,400 bushes If corn
which he sold for SS40 leaving him
a profit OF $3.50. The next spring he
planted the ten acres. one-haIf in
Strawberries, and the balance was set
out n cherry trees. or course that
lyear he did not raise anything. but
the following year from his strawber-
ries he sold 81, 500 worth. This year his
strawberry crop netted him $1,000 and
his cherries $500.
Five years ago w. A. Anderson, q
struggling young lawyer without any
Ipractlce to speak Of, found himself
in the same rut with many others and
decided TO get out. He had saved up
81 900, and with this he made a pay
J ment on twenty-five acres of land, one
mile from the end OF car line. The
first year he planted grain and made
enough to pay for the erection of a
small house. The next year he planted
the greater portion of the land to ber-
ries and small fruit. The second year
following his net income was $500,
and every year since IL has ranged
from $1,000 to $4,000.
Makes 5000 q Year.
, George Gray, a street railway con-
ductor, three years ago bought ten
acres Of old and worn-out orchard.
, That year he gave his trees a severe
! Ipruning. spraying them and killing the
. insects. That year the crop aggregated
six bushels Last year he pursued
the same methods with reference 10
care and raised 100 bushels of fine
fruit This year his trees arc loaded
: so heavily that they have to be prop-
: ped up, and the contracted sales are
$4,000. II is estimated that the crop
? will be 1900 bushels.
cultivation and he carries. on DIVERSE
8 fed farming and fruit raising One
e acre is in cherries and raspberries and
the other acre in corn. His berry and
cherry crop this year netted him 5000.
and from the acre Of sweet corn he
has already sold 5000 worth His en-
tire expenses have been less than 800.
In addition, he has had sufficient fruit
I flor his own use and supply Of vege-
tables sufficient to carry him through
y the winter.
George Hadlock had a patch Of
STRAWBERRIES 50x1OO feet the equivalent
r of a city lot. on this patch he picked
200 cases OF strawberries. which he
o sold at $40 per case.
Grapes Bring 5000 a Year.
Fred Walker has turned his atten.
: ton to grapes and fifteen years ugo
set out ten acres OF vines Since they
came into bearing three years later
they have never failed to produce full
n crop. Some years they have netted
him as high as $50 per acre and no
year have they run less than $500. the
, expense In caring for and harvesting
Of being about $50 per acre.
y Mrs George A. CockreIl. left a Wild
IS ty acres of barren bluff land. found
: existence hard struggle for thres
= Years. She had always lived In the
e. city, but upon the death Of her hus.
band moved to her small farm and
running in debt for a team, com.
menced operations. She lived In
:, granary and for two years contendet
!. with poverty. raising barely enough Il
: pay the expenses of the farm and live
In the meantime she was planting he
land to berries and small fruit Las
year was the first time that she go
returns for her labors. That year sh,
70 picked and sold $500 worth OF .berrie
s and this year had s1,700 after PAYING
~ all expenses.
g. Realizes $500 Year From 9 Acres
Sc H. e. Enwold owns three acres en-
A. mile from the car line One acre q
he lplanted this year to egg plant. From
a. Int he has sold 5000 worth. Anothe
IL acre Is planted to tomatoes and fror
this he has marketed fruit that hR
sold for 1887 The third acre IL 1
grain raised for his chickens. Of whic
ed he has something over 1900 Thi
err year his chickens and eggs have net
u. tied him $3.50 and before the end Z
the year he viii market fully $50
more.
A ri. IL Zilch cuItivates Ave acres,
4 part OF which is into small fruit an
~ the balance garden and alfalfa. Las
IS year his net income was $1,000. en-
al this year IL viii be little over s1.20
Il s IN 4 a.