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(JOHN O. BAYNE) V 1
We have driven over Box Butte
county now for almost three months
nl we have told the readers of The
Herald what the farmer have done
and said and how they have prospered,
-ut have had little to nay ourselves.
Today a we hnve nothing else to do
Wi thought we would tell the people
pome of the things that we have Keen.
We have Keen wheat that was as (rood
9A we have seen any place wheat that
would make from thirty to forty
4ushels per acre, and on the other
-side of the fence perhaps the wheat
would not make ten bushels. Now,
what is the cause of this difference?
Sometimes it has happened that the
rood wheat waa on new ground or
back netting, hut we have noticed that
oft the same kind of land there is th
fame difference.
What is the cause? It is the way the
Voil was prepared or the time it was
edcd. What is true of wheat is also
true with all other crops that are
raisfd here. This is more noticeable
in the potato fields than anv other
fcind of crops. Some of the fields of
ppuds are a good as they can possibly
grow and Borne are very poor. The
rood and poor may he in adjoining
fields. Now, why the difference? We
"think that we can tell what is the
trouble and most any good farmer if
he had driven over this county as we
Jvave, and kept his eyes open und
talked with the farmers as we have,
could tell just about what the trouble
I.
fifty, and others who get only from
mty to eighty on the same land in
the same season. Now, that is too
much difference.
There are just a lot of mighty good
farmers in this county and all one has
to do to find them is to drive out some
of these fine days and you will not
have to be told where they live, for
you can find them without being told.
We have never asked if Mr. So-and-so
4s a good farmer. We could tell when
we looked over his place, und if he is
Hot a good farmer there is the evidence
to convict him without anyone telling
on him.
Some will tell us that potatoes are
too expensive to raise. Others have
made a fortune out of them. From
what we can learn, this is as good a
place for spuds as any place in the
United States where there is dry land
farming, and it is fast coming to the
front us a seed potato country. The
south is finding that the seed from this
part of the state produces better and
is more free from disease than any
that they can get elsewhere. Box
Butte county has a great future before
it, if the farmers will get together and
work to that end to raise the best
and form a potato growers' association
and sell nothing but the best to the
southern buyers. Then there will soon
be built up a business that will take all
the potatoes that can he produced in
this county at a price that will make
good money any year nnd some years
there will be prices that will repay
doubly for the trouble in selection and
grading.
What is needed (in our opinion) is
more good farmers in this county,
smaller farms, more summer tilling
and intensive farming, and you will
see more progress in this county than
any other place in the country, for the
soil is here, the seasons are here, the
air and water are of the best there is
any place and the nights never get so
hot but one can sleep under cover and
get rest. The people of Box Butte
county are the finest we ever met.
says, too, that winter wheat is
mighty good crop here, and that
dairy cows pay about as well here as
any place he knows of.
Henry Kohrman has lived here all
his life and owns nine hundred and
sixty acres. He has thirteen acres of
wheat, twenty-five of oats, fifteen of
rye and ten of corn, thirty-two cattle,
fifteen horses and twenty-six hogs.
Bruce says that spuds are very good,
but thinks hogs and corn, along with
dairy cows, is the line to follow here
as well as ony other place.
Carl Myers came here from Howard
county three yars ago and is operat
ing with Frank Marshall eight hund
red acres. They have one hundred and
twenty acres of wheat, fifty acres of
oats, thirty-five of corn, fifty of spuds,
twenty of alfalfa and twenty to cane
and millet They have twenty-three
cattle and twenty horses. Frank says
lie is not going back to Howard county,
us he can do so much better here, and
that he has the best crop of wheat and
oats this year he ever raised any place.
Frank Marshall has lived here all
his life and is operating with Carl
Myers fight hundred acres of land,
Frank thinks that corn and hogs are
the best things to produce here, as
they can be raised with the least
amount of labor and expense.' He says
that spuds are a very good crop and
never fail.
Willian Annon is a product of this
country and is operating three hun
dred and ten acres one hnndro,! nrroc
of wheat, fifteen of oats, fifteen to
corn, twnty-nve to alfalfa, eight to
millet and forty-eight to ppuds. Will
says that spuds are the best single
crop but thinks ope should do mixed
farming and that hogs, corn and al
falfa are always winners.
We don't want to create the impres
sion that Box Butte county is any dif
ferent from any other county or that
the farmers are different from other
farmers. They are not; but we will
say this, that in our opinion there is
Ho place in the state where good farm
ing: will pay any better than it will
right here in this county. There has
been the notion among a lot of farm
era here that they could plant and sow
almost any time and get a crop. Per
haps they may get something! but if
they would pls.nt end sow in season,
Itnunot try to farm so much that they
could not farm it as it should be
farmed, this county would build its
average up to the equal of uny in the
Nitate, and the farmers would make
more money than they do at the pres
ent time.
This is an easy place to farm, we
know, but there are too many men
"who farm enough for about three men
and the result is that it is poorly done.
One of the reasons for this is that
The land is owned in large holdings
nd th"te ar not farmers enough to
ull ih .3 land us it should be done.
What is needed here is about four
times as many farmers in this county
and the farms cut up in smaller tracts,
for this is a splendid farming country
nnd one that will bring larger returns
for the labor expended than most , ny
Iplace that we have ever seen. There
lire men who are making their spuds
produce from one hundred and fifty
bushels to as high as two hundred anil
Paul Burri was horn in this county.
He now owns eight hundred acres and
is operating fifteen, hundred two miles
northwest of Hemingford. He has one
hundred and fifty acres of wheat,
twentv-five of oats, fifteen of corn,
sixty of spvids and eight of millet. In
our talk with Paul, he told us that he
had farmed the place for seventeen
years and nevr had failed to raise a
crop. He believes potatoes are the
surest crop but thinks hogs and corn,
with alfalfa, is the easiest money ami
a combination that is hard to bent, as
hogs will do all the husking and board
themselves. He also said he thought
summer fallowing is the thing for this
country, as one can get two crops with
the expense of one. Last year Paul
harvested spuds that went two hun
dred bushels per acre and sold for
eighty-five cents per bushel. We call
that some return for one crop,
i
J. A. Spangler came to this county
five years ago from Iowa. He owns
one hundred and sixty acres of good
soil three and one-half miles north
west of Hemingford. and is operating
three hundred and twenty acres. He
has -one hundred and thirty acres of
wheat, twenty-five of oats, twelve of
rye, eight of corn, four of alfalfa nnd
forty-five of spuds. John says that
spuds are the best crop to raise here
for they never fail und that hail does
not ruin them as it does other crops.
He tells us that this year is u good
average for the time he has farmed
here.
Frank Moeller was born In the house
that he now occupies and owns. He
is operating sixteen hundrd and forty
acres of good soil six miles north of
Hemingford. He has fifty-five acres
of wheat, twenty-five of oats, ten of
rye, twenty-five of corn, eighteen of
spuds, ten of alfalfa, ten of millet,
ninety cattle, fourteen horses nnd
twenty-five hogs. Frank says that
snuds are the best crop, but thinks one
should milk Dlentv of cows. n thev
pay well as anything for the Ia!or.
He thinks the crop this year is a little
above the average in fact, the best
for some time.
' John Morris came here from Saline
j county twenty-nine years ago and
owns three hundred and twenty acres
j of very fine soil. He has sixty acres
J of wheat, twenty of oats, twenty of
, corn and forty-two of spuds. John
says that potatoes are the best single
!crop, but thinks one should raise corn,
hogs and alfalfa along with them. He
Joseph Carter came here from Iowa
four years ago and is operating three
hundred and twenty acres of land.
He has one hundred acres of wheat,
twenty-five of oats and seventy of
spuds. Joe says that spuds are the
best crop here nnd thinks the crop
this year is a little above the average.
Born-To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Car
ter, Frirlay July 22 a fine nine-Dound
boy. Both mother and son are doing
,well, the father reocvering. Mrs. .W.
! H. Cowman of Council Bluffs, la., is
nere taKing care ot her daughter.
' James McKinstry came here from
low.'t three years nirn nnrl nu-no ilirad
hundred and twenty acres of good
! soil, three miles north of Hemineford.
i He has forty acres of wheat, twentv-
two of outs eight of spelts and fifty of
(spuds, Jim tolls us that he. came to
that she has eomnlptelv rprnvme.l nn.l
fea fine. In talking crops with him,
np in (I 11C Al mc cmwl flft Trr thA
- -' ' . ,- AVI 1 I ll
three years he has farmed here. The
, first year he planted twenty-five acres
and harvested thirty-five hundred
bushels, which sold for f.Oc per bushel,
the second year he planted thirty-two
acres, harvesting twenty-two hundred
Dusneis, wnicn soul for 51.75 per
bushel, and the third vear hp nhintp.l
thirty-eight acres, harvested five thou-
ti.it -
sana Dusneis, ana sola them for sOc
This land has lipon fnrmpil fn tVu'vtv-
five years and he has grown fine
smooth spuds each year. This is a
very good showing, it seems to us.
LIFE MOKE COMPLEX.
An Ohio physician declares that the
I length of a woman's second toe indi-
; cates her disposition, and he warn u?
against, women with long ones. What
the dickens! Must the fellow who
goes courting carry along an X-ra
machine ? Boston Transcript.
640 ACRES
Out in
God's Country
If it is your intention to ever make use of your home
stead right, NOW is certainly the time to do so, for the de
sirable vacant government lands, open to settlement, are
going rapidly .
If you have not already used your right and are eligible
to homestead, you can take up to 610 acres out in Wyoming,
in sight of the snow-capped mountains. The men who do
our locating know the country like a book and our proposi
tion in assisting you to find the land and to make your filing
will save you both- in time and money.
Ex-service men should take advantage of the time al
lowed them by the government for their service in the army.
It shortens the time required on the homestead.
Call, write or wire for particulars.
Lloyd C. Thomas
Reddish Block
Alliance, Nebraska
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COMEDY
WEDNESDAY, 27th
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IN
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"HIS JONAH DAY"
Nebraska Has Fewer
Women Farmers Than
Any State in the Union
There are fpwor n-nmon !
Nebraska than in any other state of
the union, statistics of the United
States census for 1920 reveal. The
percentage of farmerettes ami fa
esses in Nebraska is 1.9. Rhode Island
nas the largest proportion of the fair
sex enpatrpH in no-nVnitiira 7
cent. Next come Mississippi with 7
icr cem; Connecticut with 6.9; Ala
bama with C.4; and Massachusetts
In the entire rountrv. tVit- ar
201,553 women operating farms, com
pared With fi.tSfi 813 tttAVl A 1 nov
cent of the former and 95.o per cent of
me saner.
The foregoing figures were corn
led hv the strife
w . - v u a mat
from advance sheets sent out by the
Washington census bureau. These ad
ditional facts are gleaned from the
same source:
Of the 6,186,813 male farmers, 3,
'37.326 were owners. fi7.75fi mora tv
managers and 2..?H1.72n &'p tenant
The 261,553 female farmer operators
were uistriDuteu as follows: 187,769
owners. 763 manac-era nH 15 091 tn-
ants. In 1920, 60.4 per cent of all the
maie iarmers were owners, 1.1 per
cent managers, and 38.5 per cent Mere
tenants, while 71.8 per cent of all the
female farmers were nu-non n .1 not
cent were managers and 27.9 per cent
werp tenants.
The total land men in forma nn
January 1, 1920 was 955,676,545 acres.
Male farmers operated 929,787,143
acres or 97.3 per cent of the total
arm acreage, while female farmers
inoro f or i-no JAA o n
Cent- The states lpnHincr in the mimher
of acres in farms operated by women
were lexas witn z.mju.zsi; (ieorgia
with 945,166; Mississippi with 931,030;
Alabama with 919,382; Montana with
908,761; Missouri with 880,610; and
iventucKy wnn 871,407.- The average
size of thp farms with fmal nnnra.
tors was 98.6 acres, and the average
tor tne tarms 01 male operators was
105.3 acres.
rOINT OF ROCK CHEEK
Hamilton and Underwood insurance
agents were in this neighborhood es
timating grain loss Tuesday.
Floyd Trine moved his thrashing
outfit at McCorkle camp and began
thrashing Tuesday.
McCoikle and Uarger visited at the
McCorkle camp Wednesday.
Howard Ixre, Arthur Dpnton and
the Misses Marguerite and Annabel
Lore motored to Alliance Saturday
evening.
James Eaton and Mrs. Elsie Elsie
was callers at Ireo Monday, Mrs.
Elsie going to Wyoming.
Harne West and James Eaton came
out from Alliance Tuesday afternoon.
Harve is going W work for Eaton in
the hay camp. Harve says he has to
go to work as he has no chewing to-
Dacco. we own t minx mat wouiu 1
even stir him up.
Guy Speaker went to t)enver last
week and purchased nn auto.
A. G. Isaacson left Thursday morn
ing for Chicago and New York on a
buying trip. He expects to be gone 1
about three weeks.
GIVES WIFE
GLYCERINE MIXTURE
A retired merchant whose wife suf
fered for years from catarrh of the
stomach finally gave her simple gyl
cerine, buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed
in Adler-i-ka. ONE bottle produced
great results. Because Adler-i-ka acts
on BOTH upper and lower bowel it
removes all foul matter which poison
ed stomach. Relieves ANY CASE sour
stomach or gas on the stomach. Often
CUKES constipation . Prevents appen
dicitis. Harry Thiele, druggist.
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