The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-03-09
Letter from Wyoming.

Paola, Wyoming, Feb. 10, 1916.
Editor RepOrter---As l am sending
the money to pay up The Reporter,
will write a few lines. We are hav
ing fine weather here now. 1t is like
spring weather. We have had quite
bit of snow here this winter. We
have ninety acres Of fall wheat in and
it looks fine. We are expecting to
put out about 200 acres of spring.
crop. We raised good crop last
year, and are all we'll pleased with
the country. we have 1888 acres
of land. We think we are in the best
part OF Wyoming. We are enjoying
the very best of health. All | regret
is that we didn't come to Wyoming
several years before we did. AS l
can't write to all of my friends maybe
some of them will see this and see
that we are not starved yet, and it
this doesn't find the waste basket l
will write some more later on. ! am
sending you slip of paper that was
printed about our crops last year in
the Cheyenne Leader and l would
like to have you print it in The Re-
porter. the paper we have taken for
over thirty years We live eighteen
|
our Iowa friends ever come out to
Wyoming come and see us. We would
be glad to see you all.
Mrs. Amanda Stanley.
accompanying the above letter
was the following clipping taken
from the Cheyenne Leader.)
Editor Leader-During the past
few days l have had the pleasure of
visiting so-called dry farms in the
vicinity of Cheyenne, in the Highland
colony, Paola and other districts
and while am aware than fine crops
have been raised in these sections,
must confess am amazed at what
have seen on these trips To the mer-
chant and professional man who
may feel that owing to the fact that
Fort Russell is deserted and bust
ness is a little dull there is no hope
for the future, would say, go out
and visit these dry farms ana see
what is being done right here under
our noses, so to speak, and all dis
couragement and pessimism will
vanish. OF course, crops look bet
ter, and are better, and offer bigger
returns in some sections than in
others, but all look mighty good
right now, and unless hail visits the
farms, the largest crops in the his
tory of the county will be harvested.
Yesterday l had the pleasure OF
visiting the farms of r. M Stanley
and son, on section 2, township 16,
range g., in the Paola district, IS
miles north of Cheyenne. The sight
of large fields of rye, wheat, oats,
flax and potatoes was certainly a
pleasant one, and filled the mind
with thoughts of what the future
holds in store for the prairie lands
about Cheyenne. There can be no
doubt as to the success of dry farm
ing in that region. Indeed, it is al
ready success, and to any one who
doubts this,Or the great benefit that
is bound to accrue to Cheyenne from
dry farm agriculture, let him visit
the Stanley farm, or any others for
that matter.
Sheman Stanley has IS acres of
the finest rye ever grown anywhere
without irrigation. 1t will go "a
bushels to the acre. Twenty acres
of splendid winter wheat that will
go 20 bushels to the acres, and oats,
fax and potatoes that prove the
productivity of the soil beyond
question.
Last year the Stanley's cut over
100 tons of hay on the open prairie
near their home. This year they are
duplicating this wonderful feat. Last
year they sold wagon load after
wagon load to ranchmen at So per
ton, and this year they will do as
well, besides having plenty left for
hat y
live stock.
Go out to the dry farms, business
men and see for yourselves. You will
return with more confidence than
ever in the future for Cheyenne and
Laramie county. Geo. S. Walker.