Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01

that "moved on' for pastures that seemed in
vtng in the distance and in few cases. who did not
stay long enough to become assmilated with the new
conditions and to be weaned away from old associates.
The remaining 2S5 stayed and although they were
former renters from the hghpriced farms of Illinois
and Iowa who had saved up thousand or two
thousand dollars and with large families growing
around them, decided making change and located
in this rich fertile section of the Minnesota Red River
Valley. Of the large number of farms visited in
automobile trip, have selected the following, which
tells the story of their and opuence related
by them their farmsteads:
George Copp, farm renter at Symerton
Illinois, who came here March 1st, 1911 buying 32O
mile west of Warren, which is his postoice
address, The Copp farm has a nine room modern
house, barn 36x56 feet with haymow capacity of sixty
five tons, 1000 bushe granary, chicken and hog
house and machine shed, which contains all the best
known laborsaving agricultural implements. The
crops growing upon this farm embraces 40 of
wheat SIS acres of oats, as of barley 80 acres
of corn acres of potatoes Of alfalfa and the
balance in timothy and clover meadow In stock there
are 20 head of blood Shorhorns 10 head of horses
and 80 head of Duroc-Jersey swine. There is eight
of grove containing ash, maple, tamarack, elm
and box elders that furnish ample shade and frewood
Mr.. Copp is typical Illinois farmer and the exper-
fence he earned renter in that state has contrib
uted largely his success, although he says it in
the soil, in the climate and better markets It is
needless to say that he independent and the high
way to the road that leads to fortune
August Prilwitz, located here from Gardner,
Illinois, being one of the tenants of the widely known
Lord Scully Prairie that became such stencil in the
nostrls of the Illinois lawmakers that they wrote into
the statutes of the state that alien should land
in Illinois. Mr.. Prillwitz pos-ofce address is War
en- and he owns 800 acres, three miles Southwest of
that city. He here March 1st., 1912 and to
quote his own words "It happy day" for him
and his family when he threw off the shackles of the
renter and became farm owner in this rich Valley.
In buildings, there is wellbuilt house,
barn 28x48 feet with hay-mow capacity Of Is tons.
two granares and chicken house. The crops growing
on this fertile farm comprise 80 of wheat, As
acres of OATS IS of barley 16 of corn
acre of alfalfa, and AZ of clover and timothy
In stock there IL head Of horses and colts, 16
Shorthorn cows and calves. Mr. Prillwitz, to his
own words says, "That Marshall county has the best
soil and climate in America" and that he had made
mistake in locating in Marshall county.
Andrew Stark post-ofice address, Angus Mimi.
came here from Galva, Illinois, March 1st, 1909,
where he was farm renter In that year he pur-
chased 900 acres two and onehaf miles from Angus,
and seven miles South of Warren In buildings there
is good twelve-room farm house, barn 28x60 feet,
hay-mOW capacity OF 80 IONS, Z4,UUO DuSneI gram
elevator hoghouse 18x32 feet machinery shed 36x40
feet chicken house 16x4O feet, we'll house and other
buildings, making it regular little town of buildings.
In growing crops there $50 acres of wheat, 1875
of oats, 100 of barley, 40 of
lis acres of timothy and clover which stands as
high the fence, so of fax,75 of winter
rye and S acres of potatoes In Stock the farm has
4S head of grade CATTLE % head of horses and colts
70 head Of hogs In farm implements the farm is
splenddly equipped, in addition to having complete
threshng outfit Mr.. Stark is lavish in the praises of
this section and refers with pardonabe pride to his
tweve-acre grove Of ash and box-eders, which gives
a fitting setting to this model farm.
N. A. Johnson, came here from Toluca, Illinois,
where he renter for twenty-three years In
1910 he purchased 800 acres, mile North Of War
rem which is his post office address, but did not locate
here until 1872 and how well he has succeeded be