Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-10
RUSK COUNTY FARM ITEMS

RUSK COUNTY FARM ITEMS
News That Will Interest Our City
Readers as Well as the Tillers
of the Soil
Frank Matson of Alpha, Mimi, who,
last spring, bought an improved 4O-acre
farm ~ miles southeast of Ladysmith
was here recently. and added an S0-acre,
partially improved, tract to his first
purchase This makes Mr. Matson a
good farm of 100 acres.
G. K Gillett, who farms two miles
southwest of Weyerhaeuser, has a small
herd of ShOrthorn cattle. III. III. Will
son, who lives near Glen Flora, drove
over with his truck recently, and hauled
home young bull that he bought Of
Mr.. Gillett.
The Kansas State Live Stock Associa-
ton of EmpOria, Kansas, is very much
concerned over what they think is pool
to raise the price of cotton seed meal to
feeders They claim the price is now
500 too high, and they are trying to get
a reduction of at least $50 per ton.
Mrs Fred Carmain accompanied Mrs.
Geo. Hartman to Cabery, Ill, where the
Hartmans will make their future home
The ladies left week ago Friday even
ing. Mrs. Carmain will visit her sister
at Streeter. ILL.,, before she returns. Mr..
Hartman loaded his car of goods Mon
day of last week.
r. w. Lane reports the recent sale of
two fine Victrolas. Mrs. Helen Hoover,
who lives 49, miles southwest of Weyer-
haeuser, and Mrs. Isaac zimmerman, of
the Crane neighbOrhOOd, were the pur-
chasers.
Mr.. Loock, of Canton, Wis, had IA
acres i'm cucumberS this year. He
picked them often, and delivered the
cucumbers in fine condition. His re-
ceipts were 500 per week and he kept
the patch working for five weeks, max
ing $4,000 gross profit from the small
field. There is good quick money in GU
cumbers if handled right, but they must
be picked often to make the most out of
them.
Chas. Heacock, of Minneapolis, who
formerly lived at Weyerhaeuser, and
who lived i'll North Dakota for some
time, has decided to locate again in
Rusk county He bought back his old
home so near Weyerhaeuser, and will
make it his future home. We welcome
him back to the land of clover.
A wagon-lOad of Grimm's alfalfa
seed, weighing $500 pounds brought
So, 300 to the grower, HI. n. Williams, a
South Dakota farmer Alfalfa and
clover of all kinds make good seed
crops here, and these crops should be
saved for seed whenever the patch is
large enough to make it profitable to
hull.
Stelzman & Hand have fine bunch
Of big horses that they are selling. See
their adv. in the classified columns.
Frank Denissen's sale Wednesday,
drew a good crowd and everything sold
we'll Some extra fine siX-Weeks-Old
pigs sold for 5000 each. F. d. Curtt-
right cried the sale, while w. A Black
burn clerked.
The Paul Feist sale held Wednesday
was we'll patronized, and the offering
sold well. Some cows brought in by
outside parties, went rather cheap, as
is always the case l.. G.. Streater
clerked, and Myron Hoffman was the
auctioneer.
r S. Crowl, of Madison, sales man
ager of the Wisconsin Colonization
Company, who are operating in Sawyer
county, was in this city Thursday. On
seeing a copy of the NewsBudget and
noting the EXeland page, and our farm
department, he subscribed for the pa
per, stating that the one issue was
worth the years subscription to him,
and he appreciated the fact that he
would be kept in touch with the farm
activities Of Rusk county and EXeland
for a year.
John Sannes, son of Pete Sannes, has
bought wild 40-acre tract cornering
with his fathers farm 21a miles south
east of the city. The consideration was
81, $50. The Junior Mr.. Sannes has
spent ten years in California. He is a
boiler inspector, drawing salary of
$40 per month.
Isaac Perry, who owns fine S0-acre
farm 1 III miles northeast of this CITY