Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-07-30
and Mrs. Frost ninety-one acres of

RuSK county ) cllOlceSl IdHU.
Mr.. Frost once owned the old Burns
farm and sold ninety acres of it to r.
III. Burns for $4,000 with the buildings.
He cleared the east forty he owns yet
and $4,000 over what he paid for it. He
bought the 100 acres thirteen years
ago, and sold the ninety 6 years ago, at
which time he started clearing and
building on his east forty Now he
paid $3.50 for the 81 acres, being $3.50
more than he received for the 90 acres
six years ago This shows how land
here is advancing. From price on 100
acres Of $500, t11is 100 is now valued
at around $4,000 by the two present
owners.
Mr. Frost is an old settler, as he came
to Rusk county in 1896. after spending
his bOyhOod days in Iowa. He states
that he believes land here to be cheap
er and better than any other place he
knows Of
Water Works System Big Saving
Joe Haasl, Jr, has Il good S0-acre
farm about three miles northeast of La
|
brushed and 20 acres plowed. His crops
this year are looking fine. Mr.. Haasl
has a homemade, overhead water
works system to his house and stock
tank His twO-horSe engine runs
force pump which fills a tank III the
attic of his kitchen and furnishes
plenty of water for the house and farm
stock. The outfit cost around $50 and
is a big saving all around and is one
Ease where a farm wife is saved thou
sands of steps year in getting her wa
ter supply.
The log and frame barn is 20X34
with hay shed 20X24 and a SilO 10X20
Apple and plum trees are set out in the
front yard and are bearing heavily.
The finest tomatoes we have seen this
year are im Mrs. Haasfs garden and
| they are nearly full grown
| Mrs Haasl has an African gander
| and Toulouse goose. This goose
laid 33 eggs this spring and they have
| Is young geese from them. The seven
early ones are as big now as ordinary
| full grown geese.
| Two acres of peas Melted Mr.. HaaSl
$64 clear, and he says he won't raise
! any more peas for less than six cents
per pound Mr.. Haasl has good team
Of farm chunks and a fine yearling
colt He asked us what we would CON
slider this colt worth to SELL and we
said we would not consider selling a
colt like that but would raise it to
make Il three-hOrSe team with the old
pair, or to- take their place in case of
death. or lameness. We were to name
the farm but got SO interested in the
stock and crop that we forgot all about
it.
Making improvements on Farm
| Matt Haasl is building new hay
shed on his farm three miles northeast
of LadySmith. There is a good shed
barn and silO and a good farm house
on the place. There are two big boys
at home who help with the farm work.
They milk nine COWS and have one high
grade Guernsey that Mr.. Haasl says
is worth three ordinary cows. He uses
| Hadden's pure bred Guernsey sire and
! is improving his herd.
| Matt takes the Journal and Joe
takes the News-B Budget They change
| them every week and thus get all of
| the local news and hit a blow at the
present high cost of living, or as some
call it. the high cost of lOafing, which
| is very appropriate.
Wouldn't Sell Farm
Jake Jacobs, who owns the O'ConnOr
| farm mile northeast of the paper mill,
paid $4,000 for the eighty last fall
and would not sell for $4,000 or 5000
per acre today. Their place is well
| improved and worth the money. A
good house and one of the best barns
and Silos III the county are on this
| farm.
| They have five acres of good corn and
! eight acres of heavy hay, besides a good
| big acreage Of other crops which are
| looking fine \ tenn of White Arab
ian horses are the motive power used
on the farm and on the road.
To Specialize on Cows and Glover
| lkt 1tIlH Is tiSllt CONS LulS
| summer and keeps a pure bred Jersey
bull. He has five heifers coming on.
On his big clearing he showed us the
line in his corn that had peas on last
year. The corn was smaller on that
land than on the balance of the field
and Mr.. Perry lays it to the pea crop
that preceded the corn. However he
is raising eleven acres of peas this year
and has harvested four acres that
brought only $37 per acre net. Five
acres of corn will be put into his silO
and twenty-five acres of hay will fur
nish plenty Of feed for his stock. He
has four acres Of fine oats and three
good COWS and clover is the combina
ton he is going to specialize on from
now on as hay is the best and srrest
crop and COWS keep the land in shape
to grow big hay The Perry farm is
well located close to the east edge Of
Ladysmith, lays high and dry and has
the best of soil
BRUSH AND SEED