Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 1, 1881, Page 2

e PR 4 % (3 JONN RAYWOND'S LUCK. Fifty Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Wheat Froma Ffty-five Thousand Dollar Farm. A Visit to n Model Farme-The Harvesters at Dinner and in the Field ] f The Inter Ocean, Fanco, D, T., Aug. 15 —What is known as the Raymond farm is de- clared to be perfection in ctop, eqeip ment and management, 1t lics twelve miles northwest of Fargo, and:con tains about 6,000 acres, 1t is managed by John B. Raywmond, United States Marshal, ‘“one of the me d made, ' as they say wp here, andis owned by him and Mr. Greene, a banker of Jackson, Miss. Mr. Raymond is an Tllinoisan, and went to the war as & member of Gen- eral Logan's old regiment, the Thirty- first Lllinors, enlisting at Pekin, He was one of the “bay veterans,” enter- ing the war at ths age of 16, and serving with honor until the dissolu- tion of the armies, when ho settled i Mississippi. Captmin Raywiond is we known as_the lnst man who spoke to General McPherson bofore the latter's death. He was only a few feet from the General when he fell, and taken prisonor by the squad that killed him, he political revolution in Mississippi and the overthrow of the Republican party there by the impeachment and resignation of Governor Ames, de- stroyed his business, and he cencluded 10 go where THE DESPISED CARPE R was welcome. He sought the office of United States Marshal for Dakota, in order to secure a foothold, and after socuring the appointment, and look- ing the territory over, concluded to settle in Fargo and become a land owner. In company with Mr. Greene and old Minninifiq»i friend, hejbought in August, 1879, eleven sections of land, coml:n'cing 8,000 acres, “For four sections,” said Mr, Rays mond, whom 1 asked for a history of his farm, ‘‘which had been cultivated one year, we paid 88,560 an acre; for the new land we paid 86 an acre to the railroad company. We sold three sections of the new land to Marshal Field, of Chicago, and now have about 6,000 acres in our farm,” “When did you get crop!””’ “This year. Last fall we broke three sections, 2,000 acres, for sced- ing, and put up our buildings.” ““What is your ctop going to he!” “We will have an average of twen- ty-five bushels to the acre, or abuut 50,000 bushels of wheat. “What was your entire ment?" THE ENTIRE INVESTMENT, “‘Before we receive a return from our crop we will have invested $5b,- 000. 'Lhat includes the purchase our lan@l, the erection of five barns, adwelling house, an clevator capa: ble of holding 100,000 bushels of wheat and oats, all the stock and ma- chinery necessary to run the farm, and all the cost ot breaking the land, planting and reaping the crop, and delivering it at the market.” ““That is, you will have expended .$065,000 on your way from the North- ern Pacific railroad land office to the market with your first crop.” “That is just the size of it; but you must remember that we have owned our farmtwo years, and that the first year it was idle, so that we lost the interest on our money by not cultivating it.” “And now what are you going to make on your first crop?”’ ““We have 2,000 acres in wheat, and enough in oaws to keep our stock. We will get about twenty-five bushels to the acre, which will be 50,000 bushels from the entire place. We will save out our seed wheat for next year, and can then sell the crop for about §50,000.” ““That is your dividend upon a §50,- 000 investment?” A DIVIQEN OF 90 PER CENT, (es, a two years' dividend; about 90 per cent. for two years, or 45 per cent. for one. If we had worked the farm last year we should have made as large a crop, and perhaps larger, for that was ngmtter year,” “If you had put your entire 6,000 acres in wheat, you would have re- ceived just three times the crop you will accually harvest?” ““Very likely. The land is all alike, and there is no reason why it should not yield alike.” * “How much more wouldit havecost you to have cultivated the whole in- stead of a third?” “‘About §7.60 or £8.00 for every ex- tra acre, or a total, ealling it the max- imum figure, of £32,000,” “‘And you would have harvested 160,000 bushels of wheat, instead of 50,000, and got £150,000 as your profits on an investment of $87,000, instead of 850,000 as a profit upon an investinent of $60,0007" ‘“Yes; assuming, of course, that we had the same crop, The bigger the farm, the bigger the profits. This year we will break up 2,000 acres more, and expect to double our profits without further investment in the way of buildings or machinery,” “Have you figured up what your first crop has cost you outside of what way be considered permanent im- provements!” COST OF THE FIRST CROP, “Yes, 1 can tell very nearly. It cost us just about an even ten J‘:‘lhu-» an acre to make our first crop. It will cost less to make the second, be- cause there isone less plowing, It takes from 87 to 8 an acre to get off a crop, with pradent management,” “lruw many hands and horses do you work?’ ““Fifty mules and horses, and about forty-five men."” ““What do you do with them in the winter?’ “‘Send them all to the pineries, the lumber regions of Minnesota, under wy foreman, who goes along to see that they are well treated. We get $12.50 a month for each mule for six months in the year, that is $75, and his keeping —about one-half the cost of the animal —during that time, and the rest of the year we work him our- selves.” “Do you consider it an advantage to own your own stock, and do your own work!" ““There are as many ways of farm- ing as there are of going to heaven, Specinl Cor your first invest- “ and you will fir,d that every farmer likes his own method best. T eonsider it per cent | cheaper to own my ma chinery and. gtock, and helieve it more ecov omical to borrow money buy stoe) . and machinery than to hire the wor's done,’ NOT LAND OFFICE STORIES Thef » are no “land office stories,” but. the actual experience of a wan who is known to many readers of The Inter Ocean, told in a straightfor ward, business-like way. Everybody who knows John B. Raymond vouch for him, and he could have no oxaggeratin The first question T ask of a man up here, is: “Have you any land to sell?” 1f he says ¢ take ont my note-b it v don’t, And, right here, T want to say that, while these stories sound like | marvels, while it scems incredible | | that a man who never worked a wheat field in his life can go into Dakota a d make a profit of from 50 to 100 per cent every year, the incredulons reader is at liberty to address by mail any of the gentlemen whose names 1 have mentioned, or may in the future mention and inquire whether they have been correctly quoted. Then, if the incredulous are not convineed, they can apply to the postmaster or the county clerk, or the county judge, to know the reputation for truth and veracity of the person named, In making this investigation, T am seeking information from people 1 personally know, and in every instance will repeat their experience in their own words, A MODEL FARM, M. Greene, of Jackson, Miss., a native southerner, but one of the liberal kind, came up here the other day to see the farm, of which he is part owner, for the first time, Mr. aymond made up a party of ladies and gentlemen, some residents and some guests, and we drove twelve miles neross the prairie, golden with yellow grain, to the Raymond farm- house. There were no ferices on the way; nothing to divide farm from farm ex- cept a strip of unplowed turf that marks a section line, and which, un- der the law, must be reserved for a highway; but the miles after miles of waving grain stretched before us, restless with a soft and undulating motion as the gentle breeze swept over it. A green lawn is charming in June, but there is nothing in nature so quietly beautiful as a ripened harvest field. “How far does your land go?” some one asked of Mr. Raymond, when we reached his boundary line, ‘It runs six miles that way, he re- plied, with a motion, “‘and four miles the othor. There are some jogs in it, and right in tha center, only a stone s throw from our house, an old soldier has a pre-emption claim which le is working. ~ We tried to buy him ont, but he thinks too much of a good thing, " THE FARM HOUSE was reached just as forty-five sun- burned, hard-handed men were com- ing out from thew dinner. They had been at work since 6 o'clock in the morning, and had laid low thirteen strips of grain, each four miles long. Most of them were Swedes. Many were ‘‘homesteaders,” who had 160- acre farms somewhere in the neigh- borhood, and were trying to earn enough to build a hpuse and a barn, or buy a team, 80 as to set up on their own hook next year. They went to the barns—long, low-roofed, but sub- stantial buildings, and brought out the horses and mules, which drawn up before the house in mili- tary line for inspection, and then sent to the field where the thirteen har- vesters had been left, two miles away, Just before the machines were started a photographer took a negative of the scene, with the pleasure party in the foreground, Returning to the house, a substan- tial dinner was cooked and eaten, and then the barns and elevator were in- spected. Mr, Raymond is build- ing an elevator of his own, with a capacity of 100,000 bushels, so a8 to be able to store his grain to get the advantage of advancing prices, and will build a private track through his farm to the main line of the Northern Pacific, six miles away, so that the cars can be brought to the elevator whenever the grain is sold, and the wheat transferred without sacking er cartage. Curris, SIGHTS IN IRELAND. Pitohforks and Hot Water That Kept Armed Men at Bay. A Dublin correspondent of The Now York Times writes: The latest sensational drama in real life was pre sented this week in a picturesque dis- trict called Shanbough, near New Ross, in the county of Wexford, At enrly noon a strong force of cavalry, infantry, and police moved along the high-road, evidently on serious busi- ness bent, In the rear of the little army these followed a number of bailifls and *‘general-utility men,” car- rying crow-bars, pickaxes, sledge- hammers, ladders, and other **proper- ties.” They were en route to the residence of a widow woman named Holden, who was a tenant on the property of Mr, Boyd, whose son was shot dead one Sunday afternoon some time ago, while driving along the road with his father, who at the time escaped with his life as if by a mir- acle. The Widow Holden was under eviction, She, through her family held possession of the farm-house, and the large civil and military force was proceeding to aid the sheriff in | the execution of the law's decree by force of arms, if necessary, When the widow’s house was hed, it was seen that “No surrender” was the | order of the day, and that there was tough work to be done. | he scene is well “set” on a stage | acres in extent; infantry soldiers and | police in & semi-circle in front of the widow’s cottage; a fringe of cavalry iu their rear, and a background of excited peasantry—wmen, women and children. 1In front of the troops ave the “‘property men” and the officers in command of the expedition. There are heard the rattling of wuskets, as the soldiers bring their arms to the rest; the clanking of sabres, the| champing of the bridle-bits, the light | laughter of the troops and the angry talk of the peasantry in their native ngue. Euter now the sherift with ?n: original writ of ejectment in his is { whip, and, will | it isn’t deserted, and this is the trouble with him. At a sign from | him the “property men’ advance and set to knocking in the door with sledge hammers and crowbars T'he posssible object in misrepresenting or | “Yes,” 1| and the windows are barred from watiin, The sheriff knocks at the Adoor with the handle of his riding- in & somewhat uncertain tone of voice, demands possession by virtue of the queen’s writ to him di rected. There is no respe derisive shaut from the erowc \ save a yuped around the line of mlitary; all is as | silent within the cottage as if it were deserted. But the sheriff knows that first blow of a sledge is the signal for action from within. From window cothes a deluge of boiling water on the men beneath, who drop their imple nts and run swearing from the ding shower. A wild shout of triumph comes from the crowd there is a short consultation among the chiefs of the expedition, and the “property men”’ again udvance to the door, not at all with alacrity; again the boiling water leaps out at the windows on their heads, and comes hissing into the'r faces through every space in the gaping door. One pow- erful fellow, who has been badly scalded on the shoulders and takes up a great stone, and with a giant effort, hurls it against the door, which shakes on its straining hinges, but doesn’t give way. A long and heavy ladder is now used asa ‘‘bat- tering-ram,” and before some of its impetuous blows the enfeebled door groans, gapes still wider, and ultimate- ly falls i But this is not much of a gain for storming party, who #ind them- face to face with a well built barricade of stones and wood in the hall. The house is now surrounded by the military and police, who have orders to capture the garrison. The bailiffs set to work to tear down the barricade, and the boiling water does cruel execution upon their heads and faces. It secms as if they had been boiling water for a week in the cot- tage in anticipation of the siege; the supply appears to be unlimited. The barricade in the hall is at length torn down, when new trouble and danger present themselves in the form of the widow’s stalwart sons and retainers holding the pass armed with pitch- forks. The sherifi’s men, regarding this obstruction as more serious than the boiling water, refuse to advance. The bayonets are ordered up. A party of police, led by an office confront the men with the pitchtorks, upon whom the officer calls to surrender or take the consequences. They won't surrender, they say, and they don’t care for consequences, and ing this they take up a strong posi- tion on the stair-landing, “Prepare to charge,” says the officer to his men, and the bayoneted rifles drop to the regulation angle for charging pur- poses. ‘‘Charge,” shouts the oflicer, and away go the bayonets up *he staircase. There is a struggle, short sharp, and when it is over the men on the landing ave in custody and dis- an upper e 81 armed, They are hand-cufled and led out prisoners of war. The process of clearing out every article of furniture is now begun, and when it is com- pleted the woman of the house and daughter alone remain. They refusa to cross the threshold, which the law requires to be done, otherwise the en- tire proceeding would be abortiv The end of it is that the widow and her daughter are carried outside the threshold, and then the legal process is completed. There are loud lamen- tations from the women of the crowd; the men are excited, and, probably, but for the presence of what they call “the army” in such overwheiming force, they would plunge into the scene. The house 1s now garrisoned in the interest of the landlord, and the tromps reform and march off the ground with their prisoners. All this, I think, leads to the conclusion that if dramatists who now write ‘‘powe! ful Trish plays” would give up at- tempting to invent sensation scenes | and stick to the facts as we have them | now they would produce plays in-| tensely sensational and at the same time rigidly true to real life.” Frightful) Misery, Mr, W, Pomeroy, Bangor, Me.,w T have for a long time suffered fr ual constivation, making my li ausing headache and Thomas (who | ti - htful | been | [ eramps, lately visiting in Buffalo), induced e to try the S cured me,” cents. BLONSOM, l»)m\#-e.m-u,\- 50 cents, trial Dottles 10 endlw Tally Another for North Nebraska, Ponca Courier. 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