The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-11-11

Mr.. Hoopingarner Is Arranging for
One 20 BE Held Soon.

1 NuOStion vi ianu CiedTlhS up now anu
viii spend considerable OF his time
this fan and winter in an endeavor TO
organize the farmers and land inter
ests In this section into organizations
for the clearing OF land OF stumps
In order 20 get the ball rolling in the
most efficient manner he Will seek 70
have some stump pulling demonstra-
tions held in the county right away
The Kirstin company of Escanaba has
offered TO put on a demonstration at
any time and Mr.. Hoopingarner has
written them to come along and show
us what they can do. a1tt
! The plan in these demonstrations
is TO put the machines at work on
certain measured areas OF land COM
tanning different kinds OF stumps or
with different conditions existing. The
demonstration will last a week or
two. giving as much time as Is neces-
sary 20 cover all OF the tests thor.
oughly. Careful record will be kept
OF every item and from them deduc-
tions will be drawn as to the costs OF
clearing the several kinds of land.
II possible, competitive, demonstra-
tions will be held In an effort to get
the best machines. No other company
than the Kirstin has volunteered to
put on any demonstration but Mr.,
Hoopingarner proposes to give all Of
them, an opportunity, a4pesr s,,s
| y Is Mr.. Hoopingarner's intention
to get. these demonstrations pulled off
during the fall and, with all of the
data at hand, he will devote his time
Ithis winter TO an effort 70, organize a
land clearing, association, or. falling
in that. he will try to organize the
farmers into associations IN the diff
lferent sections and purchase a ma
chine or two and keep II working all
or next year. II private organiza-
tion can be perfected the effort will
be 10 have that organization take con
tracts to clear land for the farmers.
II the farmers are organized in groups
the effort will be to rent out a ma
chine TO each farmer in order and ar
range for the neighbors 10 exchange
help in the work OF pulling stumps.
Mr.. Hoopingarncr informs us that
the farm board OF this county has
done considerable work In an effort
to arrange the financing OF farming
lands and farm work. Several loans
have been made on farm land but II
has been thought best to suspend
work of that nature until the pro-
gram of the national government can
be learned and then the county board
will work i'm harmony with the feder-
oil loans board.
Asked IL the county has had many
new farmers settle within its bounds
during the past year Mr.. Hoopingar-
ner says that there has been but few
new ones. On the west side OF the
county there have been some addi-
tiops, especially in Bates township
but the increase has not been what II
ought 10 be.
There has been great improve
ment, he says, on the old farms and
while but few new additions have been
made, he thinks that the advancement
IN conditions by the farmers that have
been living on their farms for a mum
Der of years offsets any loss in the
lack OF new additions
Mr. Hoopingarner further state
that. while the potato crop has been
/ big failure in other parts OF the
ieuinsu'a and OF the nation, the Iron
county crop has been affected less
than 10 per cent this year All OF the
farmers who stuck by p6tatoes have
heenb amply rewarded for while tho
crop is Is per cent less, the prices
IRE more than doubled rt
What Is true Of potatoes holds good
ih the main, as TO all ether crops this
year. The biggest drawback 10 Iron
county farmers the past season has
lleeu the Inability to get help and the
Iiig price that had 70 be paid for help
'ticu one WIS able to hire any
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