Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-07-09

Jack Wright has stumped and plOWed |
three acres Of pasture land and has
about half of it planted to corn, which |
is doing well and was knee-high by |
the 4th Of July. There are some pOta-
toes planted on part of these three acres
and the balance will be put into other |
crops.
George Churchill has a goOd-sized
acreage into crops this year. lie has
seven acres of oats. five acres OF peas, |
two acres of spuds, two and half
acres of corn and 13 acres OF hay. HIS
50 is nearly half cleared and Mr..
Churchill expects to do more clearing
before fall.
!. a. Burns, who owns a fine S0-acre
farm south Of Ladysmith, has been laid
up with heart trouble since last fall.
Mr.. Burns is now in Indiana for a visit
and rest among his old friends and rela-
tivoS The farm work is being carried
on by Mrs. Burns and the children.
Their land is nearly half cleared and
the crops are good. They are milking
six cows. The house is being improved
and painted.
p. G.. Hanson has owned his S0-acre
farm. south of Ladysmith, since 1904.
There was a small log house and barn
on it when he bought, but no clearing.
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the work of Mr. Hanson and his family.
They have six acres of peas, four acres
of corn, two acres of potatoes, two of
oats and one acre of sugar beets, the
balance being in hay. They have a
good set of buildings and a fine bunch
Of livestock.
+. SimOns and family. with his SON
in-law. VIM. Schreff, landed on their
4S0-acre tract Of land, two and half
niles southwest of Hawkins, this
spring. March LIST. They have done
some clearing and improving. Two
boys are working at home at present,
while Mr.. Simons and Mr.. SchOeff are
helping Mr. Woodland build his barn.
They came from South Dakota and
brought q big tractor along to help
them clear and farm their land
f. a. Woodland. of Hawkins, owns
tract Of wild land and a partially i'm
proved farm on the pike west Of Haw
kins He has an old set of buildings
on the west end of his land and keeps
pure-bred Jersey cattle and pure-bred
DurOc Jersey hogs. Mr. Woodland is
building a new set of buildings on the
has been completed and barn 34X60
is going up at rapid clip. This will
be a big improvement to this section of
the country when completed.
Geo. Wakefield lives on his farm.
three and half miles southeast of
Ladysmith Mr. Wakefield is in the
clearing contest and has made a good
showing, having stumped, plOwed and
put good sized patch Of land into oats
This spring. These oats are doing fine
He also has brushed some land and his
crops are all doing fine. \ new frame
barn is being built and the frame is al
ready up. Mr.. Wakefield is hustler
and will soon have his farm in fine
shape.
Andrew Kubicz, who lives five miles
north of Hawkins, on his 40-acre farm,
has stumped and plOwed three acres
of land and has done a good job. His
land is the finest quality of KEENAN,
silt loan. His garden is as far along
as the best of them and everything
looks fine around his farm. Mr. Kubicz
has home made stump-puller that
does fine work. 1T is on the drum and
sweep plan and has been big help to
him in clearing his land He has lived
on his farm seven years and has eight |
acres plowed and Is acres brushed.
f. f. Decker. who lives one and half |
miles east of Walrath. sold one of his
l0-acre tracts of land south of the road |
to one of the Borntrager boys recently
Mr.. Decker still owns nice bunch of |
and there and is starting to clear Oh
the south side of his land along the
road He has big ginseng garden at
his old place where Emanuel BOrntrag
er lives. He took up the plants from a
portion of it and converted it into a
vegetable garden for the Borntrager's
use. About 5000 was received from the !
sale of the ginseng and golden seal from
this patch Mr.. Decker is an old
timer in these parts, having settled
here 16 years ago. u