Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14
FARM PRICES
DOWN IN TEXAS
Land Ranges From $40 to $50
Per Acre, Forced Sales Bring
ing Down the Price
WHAT FARMERS GET FOR
THEIR BALES OF COTTON
Peanuts In the Lone Star State
Bring But $1.35 Per BusheI,
Too Valuable for Stock

A few wweks i,gO I wrote some.
thing about cotton farming and the
financial returns Il brought from
sorry Land but not quite enough
about the farms. As to the farmer.
except few the least said the bet
ter, although the worst of them
make what is called a liying-they get
enough TO eat, such as it is; enough
TO wear such as 1t is Farm prices
range from $40 per acre to $50. That
is wide range, but the factor OF alb.
ility 70 pay the SO bills at the end
OF the year makes a difference. A
forced sale Of farming lands makes
the $40 sort
What Cotton Brings
A few days ago / had talk with
a young man who made IL bales OF
cotton on IS acres His farm would
bring about $l5 per acre. At forced
sale il might not bring that sum.
These IL bales OF cotton which the
farmer had to sell on the first mar
ket brought him 500 per bale. If he
had been in shape to hold his crop
2 month longer ne would have
realized at least $25 per bale more
money. But hc did we'll 81, 100 out Of
iS acres and ne did practically all
the work himself all the work ex-
oept picking was not a bad venture
For three years he got almost moth
ing out OF cotton; this section had
three crop failures running, and was
ia bad shape until this years crop
paid of debts. In addition to his
labor tlHs young man invested $36
~ fertilizers.
Sweet Potatoes and Syrup
Besides cotton. re Will sell crop
ri sweet potatoes, some cane syrup
and peanuts Peanuts are bringing
bout Sl.35 per bushel OF % pounds.
20 the farmer cannot afford 10 use
them Tor stock feed. Ribbon cane
syrup is quite a crop here Il is
practically the same as sugar cane.
only il is made in sorghum mills in
20 a syrup and that Is really fine.
II is used much IN cooking, and no
dinner table is set until the syrup is
placed. With hot biscuits. and those
hot biscuits are a'Ways ready, three
times day, one may have a fine din.
ner or supper. This cane crop is
planted by burying the cane stalks
OF this year next spring in rows and
they sprout ateyery Joint or knuckle.
SO quantity of this years stalks
are buried below the frost line. and
next year they are planted for next
years crop. 1t yields well. when
planted on rich. damp land. and each
farmer tries 10 have an acre or less
for his own use An acre OF good
cane produces about 200 gallons OF
syrup. This is much better in flavor
than any New Orleans molasses, and
infinitely superior to sorghum. Here
it sells for 75 cents a gallon.
Pull Peanuts BY Tops
Peanuts are pulled while the tops
are still green carefully stacked.
rs We put up beans in tn north nd
if the market is low they 4- led 10
pigs and milch COWS. The vines a-
excellent fodder and Of course taa'
nuts contain large quantity Ct IL.
! am wondering what will Dr. me pr
III "goobers" in the nortl ,his var
If they bring SI.35 per bushel down
here 50 near production
oil Wells Drilling
There are a number OF oil wells
drilling in this &C untry and if am
one OF them hits the precious sand
that carries the crude petroleum.
there will be something doing right
away. A gusher is not necessary for
excitement. You read much about big
gushers. and they are wonderful
things, bat the depth at which oil is
found cuts more ice. A well Of 200
barrels a day found at less than ..
500 feet looks good down here. And
the quality is more important than
anything else. Ii it is OF high grav-
ity' it brings up TO 81 SO per barrel
while the most of the gushers bring
only 80 cents per barrel. often only
90 cents More about oil soon
V. s. PEASE