New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-30
Farmers Become
More Optimistic
HAVE DROPPED THEIR PEssI.
MISM AND WEAR ROSE COLOR
ED GLASSES.
CORN CROP YIELDS AS HIGH
AS SEVENTY BUSHELS
TO THE ACRE.

TO THE ACRE.
The farmer no longer belongs to the
ranks Of the calamity howlers". Times
have changed nightly for him and he
has grown to an optimistic turn of mind.
Before wheat went up to the dollar mark
several years ago and the farmer took to
investing in automobiles instead of
talking about how bad the crops are, he
can almost invariably be heard telling
how good they are. We noticed this at
the time we wrote of farm crop con-
ditions shortly before harvest. We
talked with several farmers in all sections
of the county, and even those in Milford
and West Newton and Sigel, the sections
hardest hit by the hail and the rust,
some of them with their wheat crop
entirely cleaned out, would reply to our
questions, ooh, no, There will be no
wheat here, but the corn crop! Mine is
the best in years!' Among the farmers
good times is the rule rather than the
exception nowadays and their whole
attitude has changed.
Martin Penning illustrated this fact
the other day when he brought in to the
Review Office four ears of corn celected
from his crop. by golly," said Mr..
Penning. "the, farmer has to get rich
these days. Look at those ears. Each
one weighs a pound, the kernels are
exceptionally deep and hard and uniform
and the ears filed clear to the tip. Such
corn never saw as we have this year.
The first frost that was perceptible this
fall fell on the 23rd Of the month, giving
angle time for the corn to mature and to
provide excellent seed corn for the next.
Mr. enning depends for good share ofhis
profits on his fruit farm and he scarcely
got enuf fruit from the farm this year to
supply himself and his good wife. And
yet, he thinks the farmer must get rich.
This spirit of optimism is bound to make
things come right for the man who has
it is not going to sit down and cry over
spilled milk. He is going to look for
| another source of income and do it with
such enthusiasm that the loss of the first
scarcely affects his finances at all.
The Review interviewed number of
the prominent farmers in surrounding
towns after talking with Mr.. Penning
and found this spirit of optimism pre-
vailing even among those who live in the
sections that were hailed out. Colt.
Kassueike who lives in Cottonwood,
somewhere near the center of the ten
mile strip that lies between the Big and
Little Cottonwood Rivers, and which
suffered the greatest damage when the
hail struck it, says that the wheat is so
poor that even the chickens don't care
much for it. 1t runs only about or 8
bushels to the acre at that and threshing
is pretty well done in his vicinity. But
in spite of such bad reports, his voice
was cheerful enuf and he thought his
corn would yield between 80 and so
bushels per acre. Thus an acre of
his corn, taking the lowest estimate of
the yield, 80 bushels at 81 cents per
bushel, would give him $500 per acre
better income than wheat going Is
bushels per acre at the current price of
$1.01 for No. 1. He could better afford
to lose his wheat than his corn this year
at that rate.
Frank Altman who is located at
Klossner station says another week will
finish threshing out that way. The
hail did not touch that vicinity and their
wheat runs II to IL bushels per acre,
generally No. 2 and in quality. Oats
yield 35 bushels and he estimates corn at
SO to SIS bushels per acre and rye 20 bus.
These yields with the prices obtaining
will take care Of the farmer at Klossner
this winter in good shape.
Hy. G. Tauer Of Sigel says threshing
IS Two thirds done. his wheat Is gong
ten bushels to the acre in spite Of some
hail and rust, corn 40 bushels, potatoes
fair and rye better than wheat.
On inquiring at the CORTLAND Elevator
Herman Poehler told US that the present
nice weather is responsible for lively
days for him. Farmers are bringing
him much grain but are storing it in the
hope OF better prices. With the price
already above dollar it shows they are
fairly prosperous to be able to hold the
grain for rise. Mr.. Poehler reports
that there is still half Of the threshingI
to be done in his neighborhood. The
wheat yield amounts to 10 d II bushels
pr acre, mostly No. 2 and 8. Corn, he .