The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-05
JESTER ONION KING
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Town Of FROM Farmer, n \, z. willet,
Has Successfully Raised Product
Here During Last Fifteen Years.
HAS NEVER HAD q FAILURE
Says Crops Now Are in Barter condi-
ton Than Ever Before Gams With
Nothing But Ambison
HAS NEVER Had A1 FAILURE

It was just seventeen years ago
that N. H. Willet settled On y home
stead in what IS now known as the
town of FROM, six mile from Be
midi, having nothing more in his
possession than a small amount of
cash and a deep desire to grow up
and mike good with this section.
"a A visit to the farm Of W1llet will
convince amy person thatshe has IN
every way accomph sheds Ihid desire
Of many years ago, for not only does
he own his homestead property, but
has bought and paid for an addition
81 eighty acres, has forty acres under
cultivation and is regarded as one
OF Beltrami county's most progressive
and successful tillers of the soil. -
z IL Tons Of Hay.
Mr.. Willet crops his farm entirely
alone and now has; more than four
acres in corn, fourteen insoats, twelve
in wheat, a little more than two in
potatoes, a quarter-acre:in cabbage,
a Bemidji Business Mems trial plot
of alfalfa which he has Just clipped
and which is doing wonderfully well,
and has cut IL tons of hay this year.
The alfalfa is being cared for 1ln-
der direction of B. NJ. Gle, Bemidji
agriculturist. Il
Title in Question.
In addition to, these crops Mr. VIII
let takes great pride I'M This onions,
and in this connection he must be.
considered as rival OF A1 H. lester.
president of the Bemidji Onion
Growers association, known over the
Northwest as the "onien King,
For fifteen years he hasRgrown on.
ions, undoubtedly being The first to
raise IheHlah crop
has been failure and l1fs poorest
year brought him a profit of sos.
This year he has in a crop Of half
an acre and expects to secure at
least three hundred bushels, and in
addition about five ,bushel Of sets. He
has also had much success lin the
growing of Strawberries. s W.. Z II
Better Than Before.
This years onion crop is better
than any previous one and for this
Mr.. Willet gives all credit to the Be
midi Onion Growers association,
from which he secured his seed He
has large family garden which is
doing well.
~ Mr.. Willet intends. to dispose of
most of his onion crop through the
Bemidji Onion Growers association
this year, while previously he has
sold to the small retail dealers. For
many years Mr.. Willet supplied Cass
Lake with much garden produce.
!: Follows Business Methods.
Z Business methods are followed by
Mr.. Wil1et entirely. Hesoan tell any
one just how much everything on his
farm has cost and how much profit
he has secured. A complete set of
books is kept by him.
Favors Holstein Cattle.
Holstein cattles are favored by Mr..
Willet and it is his intention to soon
build large barn, for which he al
ready has the stone and large
amount Of lumber, and to engage in
the dairy business on . large scale.
Until now he has paid but little at
tention to stock raising and
has only six cows, and "a small num-
Der Of pigs.
It is farmers Of the type of Mr..
Willet who are giving much valuable
assistance In the rapid development
Of northern Minnesota and Beltrami
county.
Mrs. M. Malone returned this noon
from CroOkston, where she has been