New Ulm review., 1921-05-25
/ ,697 F AR MS
BROWN l I COUNTY /
TOTAL AREA, 317,Oso ACRES,
OF WHICH 17s, ,127 ARE
BEING EARNED.
61,O6s HEAD OF LIVESTOCK.
EGGS BROUGHT s1s2,sss,
PoULTRY $s5,7s,s.

4, 53S '-.'>S''-> = 49, = 1A s$ASHSV0Os
POULTRY $s5,7ss. 3,
According to the results Of the farm
census, recently completed by the
State Department Of Agriculture,
Brown county can feel Justly. proud Of
Its achievement along agricultural
lines, for it dwarfs the business Of most
commercial corporations and shows
that our farmers are ardent { and
efficient tillers of the soil. They en-
ploy, on an average, 463 men in adj
dition to their own families, during the
year. s
One Of the interesting facts brought
to light by the farm census is the an
nual turnover in "a single branch Of
4 Brown county farming, which ag-
gregated in excess of. $l,7OO,OOO during
the year ending April /, 1920.
Urges Farmers Union.
1 In statement commenting on the
wonderful showing made by Brown
county tillers Of the soil, the Minnesota
Farm Bureau Federation says: Getty
corporal ations, doing far less business
than the farmers Of Brown county,
unite into chambers Of commerce to
! protect their interests. Realizing that
4 farming is an industry involving mil
lions Of dollars and needing protection
just as much as labor and trade need
it, the producers Of the state launched
the Farm Bureau movement. The
farm census, showing the tremendous
| business represented by Minnesota
agriculture, proves more conclusively
than ever the need of such an organiza-
tion to unite the farming interests
I 1922 Acres Farmed.
/ Brown county comprises an area Of
BIT ,080 acres, Of which l78 ,127 are de-
voted to agriculture, according to the
census report. During the period be-
4 tween the years 1915 and 1919 total
OF is, 5,009 acres have been made tillable
lby means of tiling. The county's
agricultural lands are divided into
4 1887 individual farms, and 1,12O of
/ them, or over one-half of the total
number, are operated by their. owners,
while 577 are occupied by tenants.
Large Crop Acreage.
For the 1920 crop, total Of 37,488
acres Of land were sowed to spring
wheat, 800 acres to winter wheat,
1881 acres to oats, 16,476 acres to
fall rye, 937 acres to spring rye, 4 ,O16
acres to barley and 954 acres to flax,
while 68,393 acres were devoted to
corn and 2,848 acres to corn silage.
From the 2,552 acres Of timothy,
1,225 acres Of clover and 262 acres Of
alfalfa, hay crop aggregating 16,31O
tons was harvested in 1919.
Dairy Products, $465, ,O56.
During the year ending April i,
1920, total Of 8O,O66 pounds Of
butter were produced either on the
farms or from milk and cream sold to
the creameries by the farmers Of Brown
county. The value of this butter was
| $44O,812. In addition thereto, milk
and cream delivered to the city trade
brought $24,244, making a grand
total of $465,056 for all dairy products
sold.
Much Valuable Livestock.
The livestock on Brown county
farms alone represents an investment
lof hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
The farm census report contains the:
following figures to prove this state
Ement. The number Of cattle was;
[24,642; OF horses, 1O,338; Of sheep,
"a ,541, and of hogs, "a, ,542, making q
grand total Of 6f;O63. OF the cattle
I'enum Grated in the census, 236 are are,
Ipure-bred bulls and 257 pure-bred
heifers and calves, while the grade
livestock includes 1886 cows. 807
bulls, and 9,768 heifers and calves.
| livestock marketed for meat brought
$992,861. .i. 20. g
Biddie. Were Busy,
That Brown county ranks high as j
poultry raising community, IS eyii- !.
denced by the fact that the eggs pro-
duced byher biddies sold for $192 ,655.
while poultry brought to market
netted the owners s55, ,79S, making i
total sof $248 s 453 nearly q y quarter
million dollars sin .spin money 4l
d BONUSES FOR lALIENs.
Under ruling by Assistant ATTORNEY
General A. =. Pratt, 500 Minnesota
aliens, whose soldier bonus claims we're
originally denied, will receive bonuses
This ruling is based upon an amend d
ment to the state bonus law, adopted
by the last Legislature M Pa t:ttiI