Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1914, Page 6

The Schroeder Alfulin Dairy Farm Near Bemidii [ the Schroeder Farm. W. G. Schroder, known midji’'s merchant-farmer,” as “Be- has ob- tained splendid results from up-to-; date methods of farming. In Apri), 1910, he purchased a 240-acre tract exactly 3 1-2 miles west of the Be- midji city hall, 20 acres of which was under cultivation at that time, Since April, 1910, the cleared acreage has been increased to 150 acres, now | under cultivation. In 1911, from 2 acres of potatoes, Sheep R Mr. Schroeder gathered 450 bushels, ’llelp in erecting buildings and mak- and for a month previous potatoes|ing other improvements about the had been table use. dug from this pateh for; Twenty-five acres of University No. |credited to the farm produce. 13 corn, grown for fodder, drilled way, yielded 280 tons of fodder, tons of which were put in a silo. Twenty acres of oats, sowed on land, yielded 1,000 bushels. ‘Mr. Schroeder has a dairy herd of | forty grade cows, Holstein sire. one 220 There is a dairy barn which has been pronounced Dby ex-| Notary Public, Beltrami Co., Minn. perts from the Minnesota Agn(ul-"’Vly commission expires Jan. 5, 1916. !SI,HOO worth of grain and feed, and iversified Farmmg aad Dgn‘y]ng o | tural school as being one of the besl‘ lighted, best ventilated and most mod- 1 ern barns in tne state, Mr. Schroeder says that the total sales, from Dec. 1, 1912, to Dec. 1, 1913, of milk, cream, butter and but- termilk, produced by the dairy herd, amounted to $6,214.46. Other pro- ducts of the farm that were sold, beef, veal, pork, hides and a small amount of cordwood, amounted to $976.87; and there is still on the farm not sold $500 worth of pork. Mr. Schroeder says that the help to care for the stock averaged four men. Three other men were éxtra & Profitable in Beltrami County i igoing account of products raised on low his farm, is correct in every respect. with a full-blood this 11th day of December, 1913. | | farm. This help was fed from the products of the farm (milk and but- ter, vegetables, etc.), which was not 1'emidji, Dec. 11, 1913. W. G. Schroeder, being first duly | isworn, deposes and says that the fore- (Signed) W. G. Schroeder. Subscribed and sworn to before me (Notary Seal) John L. Brown. | Lak i (Signed) FACT S=— Good Farming Pays in Beltrami GCounty, Minnesota Good Crops on Government Farm at Red Lake. There is one of the finest farms in the state at the Red Indian agency, and tirirty-five miles north of Bemidji. W. H_ Bishop, agent at Red Lake, says: “Red Lake, D: 2.—A. G, Rutledge, Bemidji, Minn.— Sir:—Relatlve to the crops ralsed the past season on the Red Lake Indlan School farm, under my supervision, 1 have to state that our corn crop averaged 58 bushels to the acre; that the corn from one acre was carefully meas- ured, yielding 132 baskets, or 66 bushels, of good corn. This corn will be weighed when it has had time to ma- ture. From a measured acre of potatoes, the yield was 365 bushels. The other root crops were not measured, but the returns were fair. Very respectfully, ‘Wm. H. Bishop, Supt. and Spl. Disb. Agent.” Wm_ H. Bishop, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that the information given herewith in connection with crop ylelds obtained by him during the season of 1911, is true in every particular. (Signed) Wm, H, Bishop. Subscribed and sworn to Defore me, this 2nd day of December, 1911. J. G. Morrison, Jr. (Notary Seal) Notary Public. My com- mission expires May 1, 1917. Joseph Munphy, 4 south of Bemidji. miles Raised a fine field of potatoes, 29 of which filled a bushel basket “plum full.” Frank CGagnon, on farm seven miles north of Be- midji. Raised 1224 bushels of Maggie Murphy and Bur- bank potatoes on 2 acres, av- erage of 612 bushels per acre, Yields of grain in the Town of Frohn, adjoining the City of Bemidji on the east, are reported as heavy this fall. Eickstad Bros., who own threshing rigs, have finished threshing at the Ole Anderson place, ‘where they threshed out 2,- 121 bushels of wheat and oats. The Eickstads thresh- ed out 20,000 bushels of grain, and the average' of wheat was 20 bushels to the acre, some fields going as high as 35. A. E_ Rako, a member of the board of county commis- sioners, who owns'a farm three miles south of Be- midji, threshed an average of 88 2-3 bushels of oats from a field on his farm. A five-acre field yielded 443 1-3 bushels of fine oats. Mr. Rako also got a phenominal yield of potatoes from a field of “spuds.” He says: “From 7 square rods acress a 2-acre tract, slightly less than one- twentieth of an acre, I have gathered 27 bushels of per- fect Maggie, Murphy pota- toes. This 'yield is at the rate of 624 bushels to the | probably the acre, and .is record tor Beltrami county.’ Concentration of efforts /on small acreage brought rl'l"lelld(d success to N. G. Reynolds, who owns a tract of land in Section 8, Town of Northern, about 6 miles north of the city of Bemidji. Mr. Reynolds has been very successful with raising fruits. raspberries were gathered from 2-3 of an acre, the ber- ries being sold to Bemidji Deople at 20c and 25¢ per quart, netting from $250 to $300. Mr. Reynolds sold $82.40 worth of asparagus from 7-16 of an acre. 275 bushels of red globe onions were raised on a 75-rod patch. 1,000 quarts of l'mcl Field of Oats on Goodspeed Big Returns, Raising Onions. Al. H. Jester, known among the farmers as the “Onion King,” has ob- tained big returns from raising on- ions. Mr. Jester owns a fine farm and summer resort, known as the “Jester Farm,” on the north bank of Lake Plantagnet, five miles south of Bemidji. Mr. Jester was for many years a special traveling man; and he Dbe- lieves in specializing on his farm. He raised crops of onions that were phen- ominal. For one acre, during four years, he oblained the following re- sults: In 1906—591 bushels onions which netted $811.10. In 1907— 672 bu, newing $922.41. In 1908— Farm West of Bemidji, Minn. b e Gond Price Reahzed on Pntntoes In | The Independent School District 6t Bemidji owns a demonstration farm of 10 acres, which is located within the city limits of Bemidji. Profes- sor Otto Bergh was the agricultural director of the Bemidji High School, and was in charge of this demonstra- tion farm. The farm was not owned by the school district until 1911, jand the planting of crops was late. Under Professor ia potato yield and price derived for {same, August 15, was something of a record. From one-fifth of an acre, 35 bush- wels of an early variety of potatoes were dug, These potatoes were sold | i { i 820/bu., netting $1,150 15. In 1909 —624 bu., netting $792.70. An av- erage of $919.09 for an acre of on- ions for each of four successive years. “In seven years which I have farmed, I have never had to seed clover a second time to get a fine stand,” says Mr. Jester. “I have trayeled and sold goods in every state west of the Mississippi river, and I never enjoyed a more climate or witnessed a greater op- portunity for the homeseeker with nesota.” AL H. says that the foregoing statement relative to yields of onions secured | by Itim is true in every particular. (Signed) Al. H. Jester. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of December, 1911, delighttul ' small capital than in northern Mia-| A Field of Glover on Jack Pine Soil Near Bemjidii. Minn. [to the Markham hotel, Bemidji, for | 75¢ per bushel, amounting to $26.25. At 35 bushels from one-fiftth of an acre, there would be a total of 175 bushels per acré, or $131.25 per acre gross. Professor Bergh says that the potatoes were easily raised for $30 per acre, netting $101.25 per acre ‘tor the potatoes. Bemidji, Dec. 11, 1911. Otto I. Bergh, being first duly sworn, says that he is the agricul- jtural director of the Bemidji High School, that as such agricultural di- rector, he knows of his own knowl- jas to a yield of potatoes on the Be- midji School Demonstration Farm, |and the price for which said potatoes | were sold, is true in every respect. | (Signed) Otto 1. Bergh, { Subscribed and sworn to before me Getting Ready for n Day’s Work on Modern Farm Near Bemi ©One of the Beautiful River Scenes in Beltrami County PLUMS. That the soil of this section first-class for raising fruit has been demonstrated by L. P. Anderson, who owns a farm in the northwestern limits of the city of Bemidji, which farm has been chosen by the experts of the Minnesota Agricultural college as a state demonstration farm. Mr. Anderson }ms a plum orchard em- bracing 2 1-2 acres. There are 1030 plum trees in this orchard. plums were taken. The plums were sold for bushel, $3,600. Thirteen varieties of plums are being raised on the Anderson farm, as follows: Cheney, forest, gar- den, ocheda, weaver, stoddard,| spear, atkins, desota, surprise, wyant, wolf, $4 per compass cherry (cross between cherry| J. P. Duncalf, 3 1-2 miles south of i Bemidji, raised 4,890 bushels of po- tatoes from 16 acres, average of 311 and plum ) Mr. Anderson also raised and marketed 5,000 quarts of cur- rants, at 21 1-2¢ per quant, netting Carl Opsata, residing in the Town of Bemidji, three and one-half miles southeast of Bemidji, has made a great success of raising bees and producing honey. His honey won three first and one second prizes at the Minnesota State Fair in Septem- ber, and the honey was pronounced the very best shown at the - fair. Starting with a few swarms of “busy” insects, Mr. Opsata now . has . 130 swarms, and there are 135 hives of them on the Opsata farm. -Last-year, the beesg at.the.Opsata .farm pro- duced eight tons of ‘the finest honey. Honey in comb sells at 20c per pound, strained honey, 50c a quart The nutritive and abundant verduré ° and grassess and the various plants which contain the saccharine so es- - sential to the protection of homey abound on every hand in Beltrami From those 1030 trees 900 bushels of fine' A branch nine-| netting Mr. Anderson_about | $625. groves of mountain ash, Red, white and black rasp- is | berries were raised and yielded well. | On the Anderson farm there are fine | soft maple, box, elder, apple, dwarf cherry trees, and almost every variety of plant that will grow in the Central states. The undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that the state- ments published in the article as to county. Game And Fish Despite its great agricul- tural, industnial and com- mercial development, Minne- {sota remains one of the {most favored states in the |Union for the pursuits of the hunter and angler. It inceds but that its resources yields of crops obtained by me, is cor-|in game and fish should be rect in every detail. (Signed) !cember, 1913, (Notary Seal) My commission expires 1916, 1-2 bushels per acre. L. P. Anderson. Subscribed and sworn to before me, teen inches long one tree was weighed | notary public in and for Beltrami down with 106 large luscious plums, | County, Minn., this 8th day of De- John L. Brown, Notary Publie, Beltrami Co., Minn. ;more widely known, to at- tract sportsmen in multi- tudes such as those which annually spend millions of dollars in the woods and 1along the streams and coasts of Maine. * Moose and deer jare more abundant here than in Maine, and populate 5,/a wider area. Ten thou- sand lakes, clear and cold, and a net-work of sparkling |streams, are filled with fish of choice varieties, and are the haunts of myriads of wa- [ter-fcwl. Jan. One of Thousands of Minnesota’s Beautiful Lake Scenss Water, | The water in Northern Minnesota is pure and soft. Good drinking wa- [ter in open wells can usually be ob- {tained at a depth of from 14 to 30 feet. There are dlso thousands of s rings, the water from which shows lin analysis to be practically perfect ifrom the standpoint of purity and medicinal value. Spring water in several sections has distinet thera- peutic value. There is no difficulty | whatever in getting the very best rand purest of well water, soft and ifree from undesirable flavor or al- ikali. There is always abundant rain- fall during the summer and fall |months. Statistics show the average !rainfall to be about 31 inches. Ir- |rigation and dry farming methods are unheard of. The' precipitation is |quite evenly distributed throughout (the growing season; there usually be- ing timely rains both after the seed- {ing season and during the summer |months. On account of the regular rainfall summer drouths are unknown in this section, and crop failures have been unknown up ‘to this time. In the winter months! there is usually an abundance of snow. This snow is usually distributed through the win- ter months, and there are never se- vere storms such as blizzards noted in the prairie sections. Dairy Cattle Th e in Northern Minneso, T. C. Bailey. Notary Public, Beltrami Co., Minn. (Notary Seal) My Commission expires Feb. 14, The Hayner Land Co. are handling almost exclusively lands| which they own. These lands have been selected with a great amount of care and their aim has been to buy nothing but the best. Nearly all their lands lay along good graded roads and in close! proximity to schools and market. I Competent men are on hand at all times with automobiles! ready to show these lands. If you are interested in this wonderfully productive country it] will pay you to call at their office on Beltrami Ave., first door soutbl of Grand Theatre. C. HAYNER, Pres. roll in Beltrami county For informatio this 11th day of December, 1911. John L. Brown. * (Notary Seal) ¥ My commission 1916, expires Jan. |1918. | | | I and to' Actual Settlers offers marked inducements. is the fifth largest in the state. n relative to lands in the vi where clover grows like a weed---write to the Hayner Land Co. Bemidji, Minn, Beltrami County’s soil and sunshine, backed by (GGood Farmers, have and will pro- duce, $1440 in plums, $1150 in onions, $450 in potatoes, $100 in tame grass and seeds, 46 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of barley, 90 bushels of corn, 80 bushels of oats, per acre: Our annual industrial labor pay inity of Bemidji, Minnesota,” Good Reliable Agents Wanted | ] | [ Bergh's direction Jester, being duly sworn, edge, that the foregoing statement -