The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-23
Absolute Facts From Farmers

realize that this is the country In
which to make their home.
Absolute Facts From Farmers l.
The old saying, "What man has
done, men can do" was never more
fully exemplified than by those who
are coming to the veritable" garden
of eden from month to month.
- A few actual statements direct
from the honest conservative farmer
will, we believe, do more to convince
the doubtful ones than anything that
might be printed. Read these over
and write any or all of them for fur
Their facts and information. -
Elmer Alton: I'm 1913 l raised
600 bushels Of Carmen, Number 3,
potatoes on an acre OF my land.
moved onto my farm in 1914 and
there was notIa foot OF cleared land
on it. l now have rs acres under
plow and meadow. The potatoes
brought me 80 cents a bushel that
year and my proceeds amounted to
$40 an acre from what had planted
to potatoes. Last year ] did not do
so we'll, but the market was higher
and from the dollar and cents point
of view ! Jared fully as welp.',- Route
4, Bemidji, MINI. -. .,,~;
.Willien Rulien: His clover field
was measured to he 1913 acres. He
threshed exactly 1853 bushels4of seed
which he sold for $27 per bushel,
making his income from seed alone
$245.83.. But he still had hay, so
that was measured to >be, 80 tons,
which brought $22' per ton, : which
added $40 to his income, total per
acre of $294.S3. - H. -.:-.
His z, expenses were as follows:
seed, ,$54.40; cutting cost, $24; and
cost, $685.; a total cost of
the crop, s$366.40 y a., ~ - - "a
The total proceeds were $4,967 and
the total expenses $366.40, leaving
a net profit of ,$4,600.6O for the
1913 acres. This is q net profit per
acre of 3273.90. Address Mr.. Rulien
at Baudette, MINI.
& N.IG., Reynolds: Mr.. Reynolds
picked more than 2;100 quarts of fine
red raspberries from In acres OF
land, from which he received over
500. He also raised over 600 bushels
of, potatoes and sold them for. $2.I0
per hundred in the fall of 1919. He:
will have about acres In berries this
year. Besides the above crops he
grew some fine clover, asparagus and
other marketable crops. He has now
so acres Of which so are tillable. Ad-
dress him, Route 1, Bemidji.
Ole Furseth:: Mr.. Furseth receiy-
ed check for $6,565.21 for clover
seed raised on 80 acres of his land.
This is an average Of practically 5000
an acre for seed alone. He says that
the yield was no better than former
years, but the price: was better. Ad-
dress him, Bagley, MINI. ~
!. c.. w. Nelson: Mr.. Nelson had
nine acres to clover and raised 163
bushels Of seed from which he receiv-'
ed 1920 per bushel, q total of ST.
sos 100. 4 81 For, the clover hay, after:
threshing, he sold Is tons for $50 per
ton, $780,. The total amount from
the 60 acres, for seed and hay ie $2,-
$3.50. Address him, Bemidji, Mimi.
: George Miller: In 1916 he had %
acres Of potatoes, raised 5000 bush
els and sold them for. $4,000. In
1917 he had so acres, raised 5000
bushels and sold them. for $4,000. In
1918 he planted. IS acres and his
yield was 10000 bushels for which he
received $500. In 1919 he planted
so acres, raised 5000 bushels and
sold them for .$20,70O. In 1920 he
expects to plant 1876 acres,to potatoes.
Address him, Star Route, Bemidji. =. =,
H. NJ. Clark: In 1917, on ~
acres of land, raised potatoes which
netted him IS, $50 per acre. -
In 191S,% on 20 acres of land. he
raised ESQ bushel per acre, which he
sold for $1,000.
4 In 1919, on 81 acres of land, he
raised 80 bushels, and sold them at
SO per bushel, netting $3.50 per acre,
total of $685. 49,
He raised and sold $40 bushels of
carrots, from one acre of~land. He
has also shipped two carloads of hogs
and one carload Of sheep. All Of the
above were produced from IS acres of
land. ~, .-..