Show THE LINGER- LINGER LONGER FARM FARMBy By Beckwith Mr and Mrs E E. H H. Detwiler and daughter Mrs Earl Held Kelt are such excellent entertainers that hereafter their farm shall be known as aa Linger Long Mr and Mrs Beckwith were wen guests gusts there a week ago Sunday and are certainly under deep obligations for a most meet charming viSit Detwiler Detwiler's s farm is an eighty watered by the Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation tion Co situated on the bank ol of the river within just a little more mon than one mile from the flour nour mill four miles from Hinckley three miles from Oasis Oasie two and one ont fourth miles from Delta so se nicely situated that within t a short drive any of the various towns can ean be quickly reached And above all situated so close to ro the deep cut river bank that thai perfect drainage will always be secured which added to ample fall in the other direction assures this farm for the next generation genera genera- tion Now Detwiler is Dutch and I 1 will tell you how I prove it No Nc Noone Noone one but a seeing far level headed headed head head- ed ed thrifty old Hollander would look forward and fix things up for the coming year yar as aa he does does does- His Hie is the first fi fias farm house houe I have as aa yet visited in the country where the owner cuts and puts put up ice he i is so close to the reservoir reser- reser voir vo that the haul is ie short cuts cut his ice ice a supply enough nough for the thi whole summer and packs it u ua in ina ina a thoroughly good ice tee house ant anton and andon on the shaded back porch is ia i a large refrigerator Refreshing in inthis this barren waste to s see a man living up to standards and evidencing evidencing evi- evi civilization There is a flowing well piped to the stock yard a garden and from the Rhode Island Red chickens chicken Mrs Detwiler has hassold haa sold this summer over worth of day old chicks and set settings There are 40 acres in in good Red Chaff wheat what 20 acres of last yew year yeara a a sowing to alfalfa one year fear old and good and aud a dandy stand tand of alfalfa planted in m May 1914 on hard land m in wheat stubble stubble stub stub- ble no nurse crop and drilled in ir with drill not being plowed Detwiler will try this again again so sc sowell sowell well did it work I 1 saw another thing there that clinches the matter of desce descent Detwiler has haa ditches that he is justly proud of he can handle 5 sec ec ft in the main dItch on a good food strong swift current in a ditch that is a ditch not a g go- go I devil devil- bust the farmer crease that has haa to be go go deviled deviled over again with each watering Detwiler Detwiler Det Det- wiler has hi his dykes 45 ft apart with a 40 rod run just exactly right So well does his land water and so much work his has he put into ditches and dykes that he lie watered 50 acres from Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- at 1 p p. p m m. to Saturday at 8 J o clock The house is a two story dwell dwell- ell r-ell rellar mg and all the other ar improvements improve improve- ments are in m keeping With this land as aa well prepared ed as aa it is i. so ditched so ao cultivated cultivated cultivated and aud above all aU centrally located to all aU the towns hereabout hereabout hereabout here here- about the river cut to keep kep it drained the reservoir and the mill handy for ice and sale of wheat and coming into a stand of alfalfa there is no reason at atall atall atall all why it should not be worth an acre Detwiler can look 8 in the eye ye every time he sees his farm I wish to thank tInk Mrs Detwiler and Mrs Helt Kelt for the delightful social entertainment they gave Mrs Beckwith and myself our hostesses had prepared a dinner to ro which we gave ample justice and with my weakness for cake and ice c cream am co condoned oed no wo wonder won won- der we wished to Linger Long |