Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-06-22
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Storm Center of Drilling
CROPS DO NOT LOOK
FAVORABLE AT PRESEN
Season Has Not Been Good for the
Growing of Field Products
Cotton Out of the Question

There is little differeA1ce between
gas and oil country, and any other
poor country so far as the surface
the land is concerned. Where ge,)lo-
gists tell us the oil is deposited, the
hills are just as high the soil is just
as poor, the chigger are just as thick
and saucy. and the farmers as dis
couraged as if there were nothing in
the ground to redeem the whole mess.
Lots of Peaches
This is In reality not farming sec
ton, although the land is nearly all
occupied for farms, Ii is a fruit coun-
try, with Elberta peaches as the lead
er. only the average farmer would
rather make failure of cotton and
corn than to be a successful fruit
grower. OF course there are lots of
peaches in this section, but no large
orchards that have seen in my linn
tied driving about the muddy country
roads. But cotton is about done for,
as the continued rains have put it out
of commission for this year. Corn will
not be more than half crop because
VI NOlu WGttnCi anu rains.
Blackberries Large and Shiny
Right now blackberries are at their
best, and the crop is fine large and
shiny. This is not a cultivated fruit,
growing wild in fields and woods. The
berry is large aid round, not long as
in the north. Dew berries are a lit
tie past due, and -l.e yield was . D
lific. Peaches are beinning to turn,
and will be ripe in couple of weeks.
Cabbages are large enough to use, pO-
tatoes are at an interesting size, Oat
harvest is in full swing, or would
be if there was such a thing as an
oat crop. have not seen a field OF
oats that will yield 10 bushels to the
acre.
Have Locaters Now
We have a party of six here at the
hotel in this village. One of the COM
pany is a scientific '1ocater," a man
with a machine that tells where the
oil is best for a well-where il is
nearest to the surface and in heavy
deposit Biologists have been over
these lands and have chosen '1oca-
tions for wells, but in these times
of the high cost of drilling it is deem
ed best to take no chances, so a man
who is credited with ability to look
into things is employed TO check up
the locations recommended by geolo-
gists.
Scene Of Locating
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new in tie industry, for until quite
recently geologists have maintained
that there was no affinity" for crude
OIL Now there is a strong following
for those who believe that the aft
unity of crude oil is known to several
scientists, and that by the use of in
struments made TO carry this afin-
ity, an absolutely sure location may
be made. Be that as II may, my
people have an operator of such an
instrument in the field near here,
checking up certain location for new
wells. And it may seem strange, but
these instruments are generally agree
! ing with recommendations of known
ge0logists. The new instrument is
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and is very sensitive to the presence
OF oil in the ground. And it seems
to make little difference whether the
oil is 500 feet, or 5000 feet, so long
as it is there IN volume This "afini-
ty' is attracted by the oil in the
ground. very much as a nail is at
tracted by magnet. And it is claim
ed 10 be on this principle that the
discovery Of many fields Of oil have
been made. The men who are working
out our holdings here have been in
many other fields. They have found
OIL in paying deposits. where dry
holes had been drilled, or near dry
holes. So Il seems that the science OF
geology has sometimes been mistaken,
although i Is quite generally believ-
ed in down here in the oil fields.
Before the end Of this week we
shall know where the next well is to
be drilled. II probably viii be near
this village. for this is a favorable To-
cation from which to work. This lit
tie town in on the main line of the
International & Great Northern. a
Texas line that gets through to Chi
cago by way of Iron Mountain. 1t runs
heavy trains and plenty of them. More
abou. oil in the next
V. S. PEASE
/ 0varfon TayaS