Show j What Can Be Done On Twenty T w nty Acres tOPI of or moderate O moans should not farm too much land landA p A e In n tort on a Ocr nun l mil UZL may do him hn himin tJ iO in 1 enough G 1 an nn 3 O Oun un ur u LL Ho IV acrea n cumin 11 These tho Ihl tb words l at ot o Arnold ur tin thi th Nebraska exponent ot o lo tanning In the went vest today todo thu tho itaI Ia E IU Is tri exception ana tho thU in in tn ix it ru itty in Ju mv 11 boyhood i t learned farming tho th S along the tI la tu Hv HIt litI tin I t Wi raised on u n Ij furin ind inI 1 I Uty naturally have hao blen Rei I i r In lii Intensive farming rO fill III 1 I 17 i theoretical and Inti I I haw boon he n taught In III the SWU sehl ul II The Thu r In Switzerland W YaM WuN M 10 IOD 11 lo In ln 18 The ihu result L I l a that out nut of at noo mIlLeM fu In III country nn alt nl land Ju The fhe future of if r rIh Ih country IB Iii tae safe Those email farm farmers ers rs mountain who h hV dc lIe every ever foe fOil 1307 1807 have to 10 lio bo put l tlc bec u o earn cl h one owns owls t I part tt ot the 1111 country With training 10 to und and various for tOI year cd iS In tu eastern neur the th own ot o ho Iu found a n which could coul l lie h 1 purchased for tor or O nn on II n acre ere The place was ind thu over half of ot U I WitS s covered with mull timber and nud brush bru h The Thu er tr was pasture There wore no iio im m whatever lInd this particular piece lit lt t from Crom j 4 0 73 15 nn UI aiTo arI but bUI this tract ImeL on NOr Mur NOrlin lin down tho the balance to bo ho mud in threw ut 7 1 per pcr cent Inter ml eMI it Jl HI n c thus lort with to erect his improvements muke o a start ut lit arming AT T THi 1111 yOUNT YOUl a MAN N People III the tho vicinity laughed at ut the tho man imin his mull of 01 f PlU uro 1110 tin unit scrub timber They nick mined him but hut the tho man only smiled 1011 II tI arid and the Ihu winter months Went lo to work worle I dl did l no nu what the tho L Opo said cId 1 bout bot me ne he be hut hu fluted f I 1 had had hadS S with t IU i farm form In Iii the old uld nn hud hul not nol t Into rito tho Iho ut I L could e ee e In Ill tilts 20 o ers n ii fur tor a man who had u it arit not much motuy to lead In u a o ew yen 11 an 1111 PIo he life I knew knel that the small rainier diameter to where at L rut nil times cl his hi lain this young t 1 be h an his soil and 3 what wits Wilt bo J t adapted to ti It flu i ll lt b hl home homo market h lIh ith th ot at o what u ho hu could ralso that nil all of ot the tto j him and 1111 In lii tho thU t towns most and 1 would pay Illy till the 4 hl price rIce for tor lie IIo decided that iJ fruits flutts that chit wore Into Inti k his old Mold I nt at a fL t high lk could b 1 s fully fulI raised I on un one e bin hili farm He fit iilO IMO decided decide to rul and 1111 of ot the thu linos which he h foresaw ho he ci I lull lell to tn his hla for or seed much liv ln h advance of 01 tho thu market 1 rot or thu Ho Uc know knew that he rn It I theao thesa ot of better botter quality duality amid In lii larger tte per tIer acre ac pos hut but Il u tract and being In a II position to It 4 all 1111 possible care orion lon what ho holie holie hoLie lie did II produce A VA OP OF CHOPS bought hili his place years i IO o Today To lay he has ho live acres of ot or orchard chard ehard ot or DOO pear Ilear trees and antt andi antti i 1 number of oC ti Apple pi tun cherry lug ing his hlf yield until In III 1002 1 his crop croll of ot o 1 acre crt In Iii raspberries blackberries les and cur Five acres ho ban In potatoes largely the tho early carl Ohio anti and antii i iivo acres nCI In lii corn COln raising Holds yd yet i UW xv u dont anti and breeding It II carefully car from year COI to year This corn ho I nells i entirely to 10 his hl neighbors for or seed feed 10 t purposes lit nt fancy ahoy Three ncr of at t Ills his faun is II pasture land with tome mUle young timber upon It am and a 1100 L i sprint three u acres ot o oI I nay lurid land of ut which there thero Is 18 l ono OliO In III t tine one In clover ci 0 I und auth otto ono onnIn Pt In keeps keep one onu team two a n few hogs hO 1 anti and a tl few Cell fews s hens Ho lie also Iah no ably abl tomatoes and alit unions tor for 1 tiet rt Ho lie has n It homo ax aM neat fUll JIVe t n nit constant cure care and lull and lovo love tot for tile tho beau and Hi tilt can mako molo a t In furl fart the tho It hiti I n tak taken n bodily out of or 1 1111 LIt III or 01 ori i or r and Hot Ket ct doun dounn n the thu th brood broad of ut kl During th s 3 n years jours of or hits his corn coni anil fruit i boon bocu his hili Ms hlo bi Ho iii iiii i airs lI i porn every year 1 III ln Jut Jur I 52 2 Z to 10 tho the aero acre lI rc In III 5 76 to It the tho th acre nere und I l h tr tn H lit 11 has on I I Ta Tt bu h lM I to Iho thu th no acre nere re lid Ito Is hi isI I lu to to raise e curl corn hu be beI I tm the tho th potato rown the tho 11 at or r liVery ery rich Inch I of ground groni nil l bo bu bet t iliff illI the buls of if his lila t thin this torn corn the Iho i potato VOWS Is III cut off olf and auth used u 1 for tor Fodder n nit act Is alao with willi thu tho corn italka of his main fluid nehl titter after Ihl Iii corn cornIs t t Is 15 i pIcket picked Tho ground I lit III then Ihen mm null 4 mcd and full Cull plowed Cultivation U I ii all iii 11 I during the LII Ih e 1 Ma II long ow 1111 tho the corn lu Is earn J With VILh his hili potato coops foil fol I p the tho scone methods of or Intensive ind fi and 1 won ertil that letIn 1 almost In III 1591 from froni I three acre hu Iw of or Iw und end Mild nM them al M CO GO O c ut a w A portion lollon of ot these Ibell were wre ot of the tho Karly Ohio o variety lY him hut ii 1 1 Il n bushel hu hi lois lift loot loin the tb ditto acres Ins oer Or U LOG 0 The Thu Hume babe year corn enni With I l between bel ell tho the rows Tho rho nut next f pon bu hu hol were I rahl 1 on five acres aers which Sold the following winter for rot front from 80 S 8 cents l to tn i Jl U 1 a n H In 1900 9 M ID tel acres of po pa potatoes 1260 buhel which 40 I r l ct nl tI i ft 1 bushel blithe III In 1901 with hIlt but Hire H 1 1 It Ir Inches Inh lI of rah ml ta fa hut hIs by hy cul IK II 1 lIu holM an nil Here acre on each of Or his hl three Ih 1 or ot flU no bushel In n nil whirl sold 01 1 at lit from from 1 to tot tt t n II buhil I tram the n l 1 ruts ThU I to i lh the Swiss Awl till thit value of cot n u form farm farmed tImet i In lit a 11 Ory 11 year NII AN HIU I In IS 1002 he hl II tOIl live acres Seres In pota taos toos ami vid l 00 this the th tharl early arl varieties sli for till 16 1 u a hush bush rl II nh 1 the th balance for tor u cents a bushel Ills HIli potatoes him hUn that thal year considerably river over an nil profit In n 1903 he ho I IM C GO CiO 0 bushels of Pota pola Potatoes toes which sold RaId for from Crom ran 75 7 cents cent to Jl 11 1 a n bushel Together with crates of ot nil all raised on con holt acre oCIe of Martin realized r an l SM from his hla three and mul n a half holt acres of po and fruit Crull or about profit Ill nt por p r acre and lm 1 this on all land hand that jOt cen years blot before cost him an acre there seven yearn this anti scientific young oun farmer has nna real realized r realized al albel bel front from lilt his potatoes alone grown on from ron thre to too h 11 acres neres of If loud over Or IGO while hl luis hili com fruit vegetables 1 other oilier products have hae realized nl nI most roost n a tI much mire I During nil ni of ot these thrill seven f years Mar lur Martin Martin tin ha has hOl been improving his bis farm hut hIlt still a 11 I sticking to his 20 21 O acres aerl Ills His house e U I 1 well built comfortable ond tastily painted rind furnished Ho lie lino hi 1111 s 1 erected a good Knod goo l barn hurn has ha purchased new nOw Implements und iti f no d liH hii hi I place ploce planted hundreds of ot new hew fruit trUIt I trees hoe many of If rare and valuable va a furnished his hl homo with com corn comforts forts and conveniences Moreover he lie hiatt found tune time to 10 travel and to 10 en enJoy enjo enjay Joy jay jo himself elf Ito IIo nan liftS mild made three trips trIp to tn tho Iho Rocky nock one on to the tho Worlds fair nt rot St I whore iris bis products took to awards of gold go III medals In iii th agricultural entries and hn has hOH nt nl attended tended the fairs of ot of Nebraska NI Nebraskan n mind d other oilier states state attractive mill anti winning of Ot his hi products and loris bent elected t to po pa positions In th hot state agricultural nod and II II el h societies lie linn has like likewise wise wl c found lime I to attend nian tori r In tn Nebraska kl und and Kansas Jon where he hI IM Is I wont to It t exploit explain the tho ran ren eon Mn en of at bis hl S n lit d plead the tho value cit the small email farm us as a 11 Sn Sto widespread wd tins has the tho fame of ot his hla tarn farm become became that t Ho lie during the last la t tto two to years II been 1 called to In various places In the United Ui Slates to superintend 1 tho thu laying out Olt of ot model farms tho lines of at hi his hll own cown In III eastern Nebraska CH H IN INSI SI Sentiment bus uL S changed much lit III his own community In to the tho 20 0 nero noro turin faun of or this young Siss hero seven years ago his neighbor d dI I nt at Ms his tarn farm and auth tiled him il i h Potato lortin farmers now route come to him himin from in rn lon ien distances for 01 Instruction anti and And nit ad they buy III his hili wed seed corn und antI his bits seoul seed potatoes nt at bin hla own tines price I 1 two years hw hu ClUed near l hut his neighbors n began to tolIa say lIa Is making as RS touch much money on his bin SO W acreS anti with much less leM work unit and worry as a we wo are on our out quarter ter section Soon they the besan began to say Sl that bo lie was wn making more moro money mOlley than they the were and they camo ennui to him for tor forthe forthe the tho They rhey discovered that his bis products were iere winning all IllI tha prizes sit iLL the tho neighboring county Then Th hen n they saw that at the state far fa b he was winning substantial money premium Forty ours ears ot or his torn corn exhibited at nt the tho first Nebraska corn earl show In lii 1002 1102 brought him bun a II premium of ot UZ 42 4 A simi similar liar lar exhibit of tit corn eom won for tor or him him a Bold medal nt at the St AI Louis exposition and ann anda annII a II ghil medal at the tho Portland exposition expo ii III Is fruit won at rot tin state stale 81 fair for I severn several e seasons fel OIlS and sold gold go 1 1 and anti sliver ner medals nt at the tire exposition just mentioned Each award Increased the demand for his bis hI products for tor sen s purposes which has huts mown until his entire yield is lit practically sold long be tie h forts It has hns matured at lit practically any arty price ho hut to 10 put upon It U ItCAN itCAN CAN U id AHN oit ANS Tho Americans will yet C learn the aloe alue of or intensive farming Euro Kuro IK lb I Martins declara declaration tint linn The Tire Americans roust must commence noon to faun no Its Iho Ih Europeans farm tum as asIf asIf If It the thc farm were ere lo to bo be In the family tar for or geni to come and ol not nol us UH It If It were for solo half tomorrow Thoy must plant trees I tl build better houses anti and harris barns save site and anti for save tine tho straw Mm dam tiani up tile Uio draws drawson on their places and the Ih writer water seed Heed the thc hillsides study to 10 lion tho 1 of ot tho soil ami nii not 1101 waste nasto It In Ina a ft stogie generation clI educate the tho boy to 10 live on tile the sumo I lIm IC turin form and make It a Il heLter farm The fhe old farm tarot I cultivated which Is I handed down from train father to 10 son iota n brings better hetter farming belts citizens citi greater and anti renter greater of ot tho oldest old Ht und timid 1111 noblest science of ot mankind Such Is 18 the tire spirit this sturdy Swiss wiss In eastern Nebraska who a 1 few tow yeatH yIK ago In II the rabbit midst of at the th states mates fO prairies bough hough n a farm tarn tor for an run for tor which he II has recently been Ileen offered JIM Ir an arm 11 acre Four years ego O I be inn h cull not lint write a ii I letter leler In the tho II language but with wih his bis usual be lie went at the thc English grammar and today tofY not ilot only speaks tto I language but hIl writes wrieR with pur our purity pury try ity y und md force Hu Il Is in II demand 1 at tit agricultural n and amid alI farmers In U Is I eagerly sought whon ad aol ads 11 s vicc UP iI on oil QI methods n of oC practical farming Is needed colic unI has hiatt rapidly become n ii I force forro In iii II tile th agricultural circles circle ot oC his hits own rind ond states H U n In Twentieth century Farmer l |