The Mankato free press., 1923-07-06

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of Mapleton.
The journey mapped out for Liz
zie and / Today, Is Route 3 out o.
Mapleton and this route goes in q
southwesterly direction from Maple
ton past the east and north Of Lura
Lake, from there, south to Fari-
bault county line, then east about
three miles, then north and again
east four miles, then north west
back to Mapleton. the starting point
We found Leo J. Keller out cul-
tivating corn, hailed him and he was
pleased when he found it was the
Free Press representative, as he
wanted to renew his subscription.
We were pleased also. Mr.. Keller
has quite a large farm. two hundred
and eighty acres in all. he farms
this with the assistance Of his broth
er Will. The hail did some damage
to his corn, having stripped 1t some.
The reports around this neighbor
hood is that the hail stones we're as
large as hen eggs, and the rain a
regular cloud burst, for a while.
Mr.. Keller has about one hundred
acres in corn, the balance, oats and
succotash, which he says are doing
fine. His chester white pigs to the
number of seventy one are doing
well. He also has about four /hund :
red small chickens, Rhode Island
Reds and white Plymouth Rocks.
He is now milking eighteen cows,
but will have twenty four soon.
They have a beautiful house, with
we'll kept lawn about one mile south
of Mapleton, which is ruled over by
their mother.
]. H. Rabenhost, the next man I
talked to has decided to become q
Free Press reader, says nearly all
has looked 1t over several times,
and likes it-another addition to
our large family. He is farming one
hundred and twenty acres, which
he and his father work. Mrs. Roben-
horst says the five hundred chickens
she has to look after, besides the
house hold work and care Of two
children, just about keeps her busy.
They have eighty spring pigs Of the
Doroc strain and eight milking
cows. Their two childrens names are
Edgar, a bright young boy of twelve
years and Eleanor the youngest,
FIVE years old, who Is the boss, they
all take orders from him.
When we called at the house of
Charles Jaegar, who Is farming q
quarter section. he. was out, but his
wife gave me the renewal subscrip-
ton to the Free Press, which / was
after. The noteworthy feature OF this
place, was the well taken care Of ap-
pearance of everything, shows what
can be done by some effort. They
have the average amount of chick
dandy flock of about fifty young
twelve cows will bring in, will help
pay for the new barn that is hous
ing them. The barn has room for
twenty cows and eight horses and
can store one hundred tons Of hay
in the loft.
Drove from Mr.. Jaegers to John
Bowers farm, about mile and a
half south west. Mr.. Bowers is
working one hundred and twenty
acres, has a neighbor boy helping
him at present, says the hail hurt
his crop a little, but only in matter
Of putting harvest back little. He
has a nice little, we'll kept up place.
thirty six spring Duroc pigs running
around the yard and about two hun
dred Rhole Island Red chickens.
His fourteen cows of mixed breed
keep him busy at milking time.
Stopped in to see N. r. Annis an
old Free Press reader, he reports
things doing fine. His son Elden
helps him.
ney, just in time for dinner and was
invited to assist them In eating up
the fine cooked meal. Will say we
did our share. Amony the many
other things on the table, was a
bowl of most wonderful potato soup
I ever ate. It was sure great. Mrs.
art to a "T". It was a delightful
report. Then after the meal and to
make me feel extra good Mr.. Whit
ney presented me with a check for
his renewal to The Free Press,
which he has taken for many years.
Mr.. Whitney is a very successful
farmer, we'll known in Blue Earth
county and fine man. They have
been fortunate in raising ten chill
dren, three of whom are married,
They have several grand children,
but you would never think 1t to
look at Mrs. Whitney. They have q
large farm on the West branch Of
the Neeple River. His sons Marvin,
Richard and George assist their dad
in working the farm. Mr.. Whitney
seems to be elated at the prospect
of a good crop, but he is one Of the
kind that would not complain any
way. When we got out doors, found
it raining, a thing not needed here
now. This will mean more bad
roads il it keeps up.
I stopped for a few minutes to see
Ira Whitney. He is quite a kidd
er" and as the writer is inclined that
way. we got along fine. He has Just
had his barn painted and it looks
swell. He says that he has no
cause to complain on crops, so we
leave and drive to the farm Of I. s.
Kari. ... f.. .
He is working 21s acres, with the
help Of his nephew. Says the hail
Saturday damaged his oats, barley
and wheat to some extent. He has
a nice bunch Of eighty five Doroc
pigs. is milking ten cows, and has
large flock of five hundred silver
laced Wyandotte chickens. II is
now raining hard, the roads are get
ting awful soft.
o. e. Osmundson and his son in
law, Bert May, are working two
hundred and forty acres and claim
1t Is all they can do to keep 1t up.
They have a very beautiful location
on the south edge of Lura Lake.
Mr.. .Osmundson win have to dis.
continue his work for to-day, as II
H. Id.