Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-14
TONY FARMERS
ARE PROGRESSIVE
Their Slogan of Cows and
Clover" Is Making Them
Independent On Their
Rusk County
Farms

Tha farmers around Tony are as
good as the best in the county and the
| items we have about some of them
| this week are only illustrative Of what
| many others in that neighbOrhoOd are
doing on their fine farm homes
| While Mike Arts has sold his Tony
| farm we have Il very interesting item
| from him on his method of operations
! before he sold out. We give ii fist
and the others follow.
Glover VS.. Corn For Silage
| Mike Arts is 50 well known in this
community as a successful RuSk cOnn-
! ty farmer that he needs no introduction
here.
Mr. Arts has been through the mill
| from Il brush settler to IL successful
dairy farmer. His method is very
similar to other successful farmers
| who long ago learned the value of cows
and clover. and adopted them. which
accounts for their success.
Mr.. Arts has tried farming here in
many ways, having raised Averages Of
all kinds of crops and he says that he
cut the cash crops out and the last
years on his farm he raised not over
"A half acre of potatoes per year. He
plOwS up his meadows every two years
and SOws oats and seeds the land
down again. He plowG just deep
enough to turn a good clean furrOW.
| In *, f.ti1 w Ill
i'm hay all the time. He says clover IS
cheaper TO raise. better ON land, and
pays better than any other crop. 1t
is the best thing to fill Il silo with that
can he grown here 1t is easier to
handle than corn and fewer acres are
should be ripe and ready when cut
for silage as it makes better feed then
than if cut too green.
The second crop is extra and makes
fine fall pasture. IL second crop of hay.
or can be cut for seed as best fits the
farmers needs.
Glover also contains more protein
than corn. and COWS fed on clover sill
age keep in good flesh and yield we'll
at the pail. They also provide the
fertilizer that Mr.. Arts applied to his
land which was Il big factor in keep
ing his yield on the increase.
Results of Fifteen Years of Work and
Thrift
Martin Arts has lived on his S0-acro
farm. three miles south of Tony. for
II years. He has seventy acres
brushed and forty acres under the
pillow He farms about twelve to fiji
teen acres and keeps the balance in
hay He has house, 1890 two
stories. with full basement and sum
mer kitchen. He also has Il milk
house and wash room. 12X30. and Il
garage. 12x2O These buildings are
now painted white His hog aud
chicken house is 1GX30. and the gran
airy is 1Gx20 His slo. 12X30. is filled
with clover which Mr.. Arts prefers
TO anything else for silage. Mr.. Arts
has fine bunch of livestock ON his
farm.
A Useful Man For His NeighbOrhOOd
Theodore Kaul has new SilO. 12X30.
that he built this fall on his farm, 80
miles southeast of Tony Mr.. Kaul
has about thirty head of cattle and Il
half dozen horses. He started thir-
| teen years ago and now has over 100
acres of land About 100 acres are
| brushed and seeded with close to half
of it having been plowed. Il large part
| of which is kept in meadow. The
house on this farm is 3OXa':'. two stOr-
| les with full basement and furnace.
and il is wired for electric lights His
barn is 34x100 and has "A full base
ment and hip roof.
Mr.. Raul owns and operates 4
threshing rig, and portable Sawmill,
and does threshing each fall, and Gus
tom saving each spring. for his
neighbOrs and himself. Mr.. Raul IS
Il very useful man i'm his ncighbOrhOOd.
Tony Farmer Has Fine Farm Home
Christ Arts has lived on his 1OS-acrc
farm a mile west of Tony for fhe last
ten years He now has a good farm
with around 60 acres under the pillow.
He raises about - acres of oats. and
five acres of corn per year and keeps
around forty acres Of land seeded /
down for meadow He pastures the |
balance of his land
Mr.. Arts has q square house. 2SX}2. !
two stories high and with Kitchen |
1GX2O. and milk house. 12x16. His |
barn is 32X115 and has 16-foot posts |
The machine shed is 24Xfi0. hog house
16x24. and chicken houes. 12X16 This
fall he has built Il new silO. 12X24.
and has an old one 12x30 The old
SilO is filled with clover and the now
one is filled with corn. About forty
head of cattle and five horses. besides
a few hogs and a bunch of chickens
are kept ON this farm.