The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-10

throughout the state managers Of
their fathers 1000 acre farm are the
subjects Of a lengthy feature article
in the Sunday st. Paul Pioneer Press.
| With the article apears cuts of 10Th
young ladies' and a picture OF Miss
Sadies Matthews on n OF her favor
lite riding horses. ]. a.. Wye is tho
author OF the interesting story and
because both the Misses Matthews
have scores of friends in this city and
are always prominent as exhibitors at
| all fairs and poultry shows, it Is re-
peated u follows:
Resourceful North Dakota can boast
Of a IN with a degree from the
classical course in her state untNer-
sity, who was q successful teacher OF
Latin and language at the Minot high
school for n year and who refused
500 a month to continue her work.
that she might return home as man
ager Of her fathers 2.ooo-acre farm
Miss Sadie p. Matthews Of I.ari-
more is a young woman Of more than
average ability. She was born at
! Newburgh. y. V. where her father
was engaged in the wholesale meat
business. In 1873 he came west to
buy Dakota land. A few years later
he retired from the meat business
and moved his family to his home
stead and tree claim. situated two
miles southeast of Larimore on the
fertile prairie. Mr.. Matthews filed on
time afterwards purchased from the
railroad and private parties enough
more land t. make his present home.
Land Cost 65 Cents an Acre.
With the aid Of Northern Pacific
stock. which was good at par In the
purchase Of railroad land. and was
purchased at 16h cents, he bought
land at approximately IS cents an
acre. He has retained this land ever
since, without interruption. 1t Is we'll
stocked and equipped with good build
fact that he has for years been en-
gagged in the banking and real estate
business. he finds little time to devote
to the farm. His only son was acci-
dentally killed by a horse man years
= ago. so that 1t was to Miss Sadie. who
had ever evinced a fondness for out
door life. that he naturally hoped and
looked for an able assistant.
An Expert HOrscwamon.
ing girl. She is far from being an
Amazon. She is home girl and pos
sesses that peculiar and enviable fac
ulty of making her w pleasures and
entertainment wherever she may be.
And this Is why the city, with all its
allurements. has had very little at
traction for her. She has found her
playmates. aside from her school
friends. in the animals. the dogs,
horses and cattle on the farm. At the
age of 8 she was the proud possessor
trained them to pull a cart and fire.
quently drove to town, where she at
tended school.
Her preliminary education was &C
CURED in the grades at Larirnorc.
From here she entered the high
school and was one Of the best stu
dents at school, She completed a
course in college in four years. Her
average standing was very high. This
then was the general equipment Miss
Matthews possessed when she resign
ed her position as assistant principal
Of the Minot high school. and came
home to the management.
with all Its cares and worries, of a big
North Dakota farm.
Employs Many Farmhands.
The Matthews farm Is all tillable.
but $50 acres Of 1t is now in clover,
timothy. alfalfa and wild hay. Ordin-
arily. the balance Of the crops con-
sists Of oats. barley, fax. rye. 100
dCEcS OF corn anu ABOUT ninety acres
of potatoes. -Four men are kept on
the farm all the time. but during the
busy planting and harvesting eason
1t takes more than twenty men to do
the work. They keep from sixty t.
eighty head Of horses and mules and
twenty-five head Of mitch cows. They
rear their OWN colts and calves. so
that taking into consideration the ex-
tent OF this farm, and it's various di-
rersifcations. it requires managerial
talents Of no mean proportions to
guide it successfully.
Systen,atizes Her Work.
Miss Matthews is not only manager
in name. but in fact. While she has IL
farm foreman to take orders from her
she engages the help. passes on their
qualifications. and gives that constant
attention to every detail that is 80
essential to successful farm manage
ment. She studies her farm just as
any business man would study his
factory or store. She plans ahead,
and adjusts her crops to the ability
Of the fields. her farm equipment, and
service. Everything Is planned be-
forehand, so that when planting time
comes there Is a preparedness on her
farm that would be the envy Of any
Of u bonanza farmers.
Naturally. Miss Matthews is n stu