Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-07-30
ACCOUNTS OF
FARM SUCCESS
In Fertile District Where
Crops Show Result of Care
full Husbandry

The farm editor made trip north
east of Ladysmith Monday and found
the following farmers well located on
good, fertile land and busy as bees with
their various crops.
The first call was at the beautiful
home of a. y. Hadden on the south
sank of the Flambeau river. The ma
pie grove III their front yard is a cool,
inviting retreat for hot, sultry day.
They have big, modern house that
is supplied with water by hydraulic
ram and a spring. We inspected the
water works system that Mr. Hadden
ilad installed himself. after working
he system out. and will say that it has
to be seen to be appreciated.
The Haddens have lived here for
nine years and cut the timber from
their land to build their buildings and
have sold a lot besides. At one time
they sold 100000 feet of logs or stump
age for $500. The price of logs on the
river was then 500 per thousand
As their land was all green hardwood
timber they had to hew their farm out
of it. They lived six months on the
/ Thomas farm, and built their barn,
living there one summer while building
their house.
They now have 1913 acres of land and
have big clearing on which fine crops
of corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, sugar
l}eets. raSpberries potatoes and hay
are growing. They only have half
are of sugar beetS as Il first experiment,
and they find it Il big task to keep the
grass and weeds out of it. The thin
ming also takes lots of time that should
be devoted to their other crops.
Mr.. Hadden says he believes hay tO
be one of the most profitable and sur
est crops a man can raise here, and
fed to dairy COWS of good quality brings
the steady income SO necessary to keel
the family provided for, and the farm
going. Last year they grew an acre
Of peas that were so big and heavy that
they went down fiat on the ground. AS
the mower or scythe would not cut
II them Mrs Hadden and the children
pulled the whole acre while Nh Had
den hauled them to town. In this way
they realized $500 for the peas that
would have been total loss if they
had not pulled them by hand.
They have a good team. a dozen cows
and heiferS and a pure bred Guernsey
bull. Mrs. Hadden has tWenty-eight
pure bred Rose Comb Rhode Island
hens and is raising 100 fine pure bred
chickens. The children are picking
raSpberries and selling in this city
Their raspberrieS are the biggest We
have ever seen grown here and the
Youngsters have no trouble in selling
all they can pick. at prices that pay
them we'll for their labor
Mrs. Hadden insisted on the writer
taking dinner withs Them which we
did and we sat up to a table loaded
with the bounties Of prosperous Rusk
county farm, and prepared by cook
who knew just how to get it together
F0rty-Niner Farms in Rusk County
4 The writer met G.. n. McElrayy at
Hadden's and he stated that he had
worked in thirty-seven different states
as a mining prospector, and had tray
! eled in Mexico South America and
was in Alaska twenty years ago in the
big gold rush. He says that Rusk
county is the best country he ever saw
for grass and that hay is the best crop
here Last year he cut tWenty-Seven
tons Of hay from six acres, but this
year while it is good crop, it is not
so heavy.
Mr.. McElravy has been here three
years and keeps dairy cattle enough to
consume the hay and leave the fertil-
ity on the farm This is the longest
stop IN one place this old forty-niner
ever made, and hC says he is getting
a little restless for another trip.
Mr. McElravy milks seven cows, has
six calves. Il team of horses, and a
i young team of mules. which he sold to
i James Frost. His cream check for a
week was $1,000. Five acres of land
| was cleared on his forty when he
/ bought. and he has since cleared about
seven acres He has sold over $1,000
worth of wood which he cut and
hauled He does all his own work and
believes a man farming nowadays
should not try to farm any more land
than he can handle. as he cannot get
enough from crops raised to pay the
wages asked by laboring men.
Old Settler Buys Old Farm Back
/ We met James Frost at his farm
where he was cutting hay with an Arm
strong mower. He informed us that
he and his wife had purchased fifty
one acres Of the old Burns farm Mon
/ day and paid $3.50 per acre for it, be-
ing a $50 advance per acre for G. I'll.
| McElravy. who bought it last winter
Mr.. McElravy had cleared twelve acres
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