Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-06-30
UP RIVER FARM
Frs SHOW GAINS
Farmers Along Flambeau River
Northeast of Ladysmith Are
Constantly Improving Their
Farms.-Picnic Held
Sunday

day at the M. Il. LeCOunt home three
miles northeast of Ladysmith in the
big grove at the north end OF the
farm Neighbors along the Big Falls
road from Ladysmith to the eight-mile
corner were there with well-flled bas-
kets and bounteous spread was
served to the hungry gathering at one
o'clock. The afternoon was spent in
games and visiting.
L. lei. DeWalt
| IT, HI. DeWalt lives in a log cabin on
| the banks of the Flambeau, three
| miles northeast of Ladysmith. He
| owns 81 acres of land and keeps q
swarms of bees. He has a good-sized
| clearing of about ten acres and raises
big garden. Last year he sold $3.50
worth of watermelons. He has a
small barn, a team and couple of
cows.
I, A. G.. COnWeu
| A. G. Conweu has lived on the Pep
per quarter section farm two and one
half miles northeast of Ladysmith for
| y
and barn on this place and 60 acres
are cleared to farm. Mr.. Conwell has
a half dozen horses, eight cows and
some young stock.
C. e. GOOde
c. e. Goode has owned the Ted
Spiegelberg farm, four miles northeast
of Ladysmith, for the past couple OF
years. There is a good, big barn, a
silo, machine house, pump house. and
two-story dwelling house on this
farm. Five acres were added to the
cleared land of this farm last fall and
| four acres were ploWed and soWed to
oats and clover for pasture.
There are fifteen cows milking at
present and the herd contains twenty
seven head of Holsteins. Some of
these are giving over 60 pounds of milk
per day and the average test of the
herd is 81 to 3.S. Four good, big
horses are kept on this farm.
Ed Scliukar
Ed Schukar is one of the Oldest set
tiers in the neighborhood three and
One-half miles northeast of Ladysmith
on the north bank of the Flambeau
river, having moved there IL years
ago.
At the time he came there he could
not drive COW over his land. Now
lot of it is beautiful meadows and
fields as he has thirty acres under the
pillow. He recently added three acres
to his clearing which he planted to pp
| tatoes and buckwheat.
One of the best gardens in the coun
try is found on the Schukar farm.
The house recently built is large and
well proportional. One room in the
basement is filled with hundreds OF
quarts of canned fruit, vegetables
meat, and other things to eat, and
smoked hams to do for several months
are to be found there. One thing sure
this family with all these provisions
the big garden, cows, pigs, and chick
ems, that are on the farm will not &C
hungry.
The barns are good and they have
a silO. One of the good, small teams
of the country is owned by Mr.. Schu
kar.
M. T.. LeCOunt
NJ T. LeCount owns 70 acres OF
land three miles northeast of Lady
smith. The land on this farm is al
brushed off and seeded and about hall
cleared. Mr.. LeCount is trying a1fa1
ia in peas and has one and one-halt
acres of it up about three inches
There is a fine grove on this farm
and it is often used for picnics.
i The house is two stories high and
there is a good barn and machine
shed on this farm. A team, six cows
and some young stock is kept.
Peter Strop
/ Peter Strop, who lives three miles
northeast of Ladysmith on the south
side of the Flambeau river, is build
ing a big, new barn which is now en-
| closed. Mr.. Strop owns &c acres of
land and has big clearing on it.
Joe Boss
/ Joe Boss has lived on his 40-acre
| farm two and one-half miles north
east of Ladysmith for the past two
years. His forty is about three
| fourths cleared. He has been stump
ing some land this spring. His house
is good one, two stories high with
stucco finish outside. He has team
but no cattle as yet.
| VIM. VOigt
| VIM. Voigt has been doing lot of
stumping this year on land he cut off
and seeded for pasture several years
ago on his farm three and one-half
miles northeast of Ladysmith
Mr. Voiot now has one of the hig-