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The Signal, 1910-10-27, Page 877 I! • 0 Tut lt'.11iv, C)..t•neeor 27, IAlll f THE SIGNAL: QODERIGH ONT AitIO "BACK TO THE FARM" How Sothe Men Have Succeeded on the Farm. By C. V. Gt /LGORY. 1 k,pyrlaht, MO, ►y American Pass Awn- dattoa. J TUICRnl era many mlllloaalro fanners, but most of them have made thele mlRlons elae- when, mad ere spendllL them on rural eslntea merely to gratify a fancy. There are a number of men, however, who hive made mtlltosa Ole tho'fen't. It to hot such au easy thing 'to boo. but the success of th mea etagw. saute of the poo• hies that :the feral hold, for the "man who de- alree to make latency 111 Inrge amount: i Probably the most notable of the met. -who-have made foriune>t ou he fano is Divid hankie. When Ila sit,u,kih was married he headed th 'pre*cline his Inst live' dollar bill with' 41e - remark tied now be codld stnrt square -with- Ito world. Ile bought land on time and borrowed.money to lone' cellle. '11u first purchases were Tie 'tenets. Later be removed to Mis- souri, nllracred by 'the cheap prairie Land Ihet needed only A little d_rninnge e.rt eit.lo- 11 yield abundantly. Today tinted 1 enti11 awes nearly 241.0110 neree • .,f I a shine Missouri lased. end. it r. ,T'0 011P TIMM, 11 stun -MAT Itktl•bI) TO PAY • POB A Pane. • would all Bell for $100 an acre. Add to Hots his cattle and tones and ma- rhinery and n few incidentals, such as Debi sto.•k apd the like, and he has n forltuu• npproximaling $1,000,000. 'hie hes all Leen tn:ide In farming. rik has been his specialty, and 'holies y's been marketed lu the form et Ile has always used the most . luar•hlucry and the L st equip- uwuey can hay. :Is been of the cern growrre almost to the vane Ili help. Ills fo 'hien irebilling point The young ferrite who • et results. 11 furuistte.•i had {tut hid' faith In dairy cows jio- a oke them .gled milk pails acid put money in the .11w 1•a 11 mnder meat (leo the dine men'w'hu'cnn them with an •mobiles to trona fnrni .10 rm't,ecause he has bank. after n few years' of mliking found that• it pays 1., Otte tb ne saved. , he bougl't elle flap he wan .working tie nllriletiles.tuts meccas to close per. and. paid !calf cnsh. The mortgage none) attention and the npi,licaUnn of cannot last long 1u the fnce'cf n pros- e business methods t0 terming..." pori,, dairy httsltless. Another man 'who bas Blade millions .. The averege farmer of the middle in fartuing is Colonel Jamie •fit. Smith west doesn't like to thick of tett-ming lartet nnythtng lees than a -quarter section. (own An elghte or .8 forty' he considers ty rather "sinnUel uslnene." Neeertheleee there ere mnuy adrentages In the Water Doerr' &sedation sad was In fioentlal In getting congress to mart tie Salt rtrer irrigation project. Gov. ernment Irrigation Ineurod permanent prosperity fur the Salt river valley, and today this pioneer farmer who ret out to make n fortune In "the great American desert" is worth mom • than $^_00.Of10- Success In the irrigated districts 1a not necessarily tneeenred In esterase farms and large bank accounts. A few years ego a locomotive engineer. sixty years old and broketw to health. moved from Mtlnneepolla to the state of Waabins op. Ile bought an sere of irrliented land, paying $1,400 for iL It eontnlned nn p bard in poor condition, n use and a few dilap- idated outbut Ingo. Tbe purchase of the lend too nearly all the old en• glneer's sat• es. He pruned tbe old apple trees and stet out thirty new ones. He sults off a few Iponnrel chickens .hint were' on the place and bought n pure bred rooster and three hens. After the first year's expenses were paid' or bad enough money left to put om mnuy improvements_ The next year he put money In the bank. and the yenr -after. So well did the acre prndeee that at the Lewis and Clnrk expoaitk,n at Portland in 11J06 it was awarded tbe prize for the sec- ond most "productive and beet mao- aged farm In the were. It le Instances Tike this that really show -the possibilities of the farts for be arernge man. Few mets can be - me great cattle kings. and not many c 1. repeat the success of David Ilan - 1.1n or Colonel Smith: lint the success of t oold engineer on his one acre of irrign ed form land ought not to be so herd t dilplicnte. ' , There ere men who say land 1s eo there is little chance for the small capital to get a start d'•nr this more young men farms every year. A So ago n young German working by the day In ecided to -get married. try AM chief posses• hlgb the man with Noterithttn are buying dozen ,Sons o • who hail peen northern Iowa After the cerem 'sions, in :Witten \to a capable wife. were n hone ars'bnee-y nal $WO to , cnsb. 1(e-rentiv n grade l'ercheron be r(e elved for till firet\fe* colts open• ed les cy.e4 to t ie•profi of the horse busines.,. tie bought \some • more nnarra,Aee-lor-ed4-We t Ito made money from the start- and \has nearly enough money lied by to buy anis pay for t1°' farm he has been working. Another young farmer in northefn Iowa went into the dairy basInces six or seven years ago. Dairying tenor rntbcr a new thing in his part of the country then. Most farmers preferred to raise corn, where they ,could do Incest of the %reek hy machinery. 'Much of the lend nt that time wne badly in need of drtinnge nnd was better suited to pasture than to corn gi•nwtng. A few wet e,4 nsone reduced the Profits a arm ant"T t00ght re. The prices • of C eorgln. Colonel Smith rel.atie,corn and cotton en n rut quarl"cr section In Oglethorpe cot noon lifter the wear. The first year I 1 The iamb et tpd she»•1 market wax meet. lost $100. Leat year fits net profits smaller farms. The hired help probe 1y,leas41 ertr from t tbbulk lof wile n e. roues Lambe t were $100,0110. in (fie meantime his em Is soie'ed, for the owner can do ,,.,care.' ,,t awes and wethers at 16.! !firm has incressed to 23,006 acres.' all 'the work himself. It Is much 1'• I0•'lra;.�h'+•r. twee. sold at $4. � to sG:u; 1 f 11 • first ne tonal r for n mars with lindted capital '"rn .slid , ti,' r1 too N .per c. 111Pr-- TME MARKETS. 111011rlperel and Chicago Wheat Ft/turN triose Lower -Live Stock - Latest Quotations. Monday );veuiug. Oct. 1M. Uvttacoi wheat futures closed to -day teed tb l% 4 lower than on Saturday. cora future. rid lower At r't„ -ago• December wheat .'Io.ed air l,•war than or, 9eturday, 1)1.'earber core ),. higher, and't.erenit.r rats tee higher. Winnipeg Options. _1t Windpeg. r.ctober wheat elated tee .ower. OI(t.il.•r oats uncbang•d. Wiwet-th•tober !Matic, l,er.'...tuber 191bc, May Msec, Owts--VclO(.er stir, Deroarntser anse. mV Tee Toronto Grain, Market. Wheat, bu.het ..,.. 10 IS to tb • W heat, goose, bush 0 r 1tWkaheet: bushed 0 S 011 11y4, Luahcl 0 70 • Barley. bushel 0 a 0 0 1.4.0.4, bushel' le its, bushel o1 .. Totem° Dairy Market. 't:utter, separates, dairy, Ib.. 0 s !tatter,. store bola 0 A I:utter,' creameh•,.Ib. rolls0 M tlutttr, creamery, solids 011 !' rg•+, new -laid 0 31 I,rxs, c0'd storage 096 0 le Chore+., Ib 0 17 n 1214 1loilo%combs, dozep .,1 0o 3 el .New 'York Dairy Market NFW SORK, 'ewe 2t-Rutter-eteade; receipts. 6: A:. creamery. held, neon., U specie: ur ekes swte deer7, refer es t} finest. :'1e to fit" promote, commoe to-apectals,• r to '-Sc. imitOGe.t, oera+nrr7, first, a. to re, factory, Jure' make. Se to :4f da. current make, .i1c teeing. Cbeette-Steady; receipts,. 1171; statt' whole milk. .pe.c•u.:. iS`sc t0. Mar; da. e%era.;r, fancy..coal:, white, 1437ic 'do.. .wualt, ,Oi..rerl 15.- do.• large. white. 14%r: d0.. large. colored. 15.; do. Oct.. colored, lora. and small, •be,.t. 144,c. do.. Oct. who• large and final:, beet. 14l4e state. w1... i 1:. , l.0ice. 140 to NS.c. • do.. good t'. 1.r7q,e, l:P§° to 11%e; J...r nmttnton10 fair. :Q'•..., 7.'111,'.. skkns, tui: tv-rpertals. . c 10 32 `.". . Fags --.'?.adv: receipts'. f14 elate. Pena• syl8ania_-_and nearby. ' erltrery, white. fanct..42e ,to Q,c , +10 . gathered. whit" :qt 'de.. lestioery, brown. Taney'. 0c to ..,c.-, ea, .gathered. hroWt 21r to re. Prate gathered, extra first, _2'' to AU,. 4141., first. 36c to - • do.. sec.'nde, :Ac t. se: fresh gathered.' ld• ;rue•, candled. No. 1.'21c Oil N _. 19e to Ili retr'iae ter. • t h, Marcy. S,'-. • v 36e re cess& _'a:..' to 24e. efa 0� . 0 37 CATTLE MARKETS. o. Liver of Market Slew and Ear/we e u fa o g •r or t til 11 1 t t.. • t _i..-Jplu. Rogers . • laver). ilia..<alM til (las flat the.de- Iand In Ri k..rehead ws very slow: wad, alttao poo . • Reid firm tht tom was weak, and 11 would not ler uoe•xp. ted, i1 price. 4.-1ca-rr 14.01: t,nr'r • ,� ,. L_r_ fObbows. Slstef. ,'t. r from T::Vc' i0 4c -'-'anarliana. t, ani 14 ,' to t:'a,r. and ranchers, trent „'.' t'• 1.°_ per pound. Toronto Live Stock. Teilt(1NT'r. act. 24-lieceipts' .d live sleek at 11• inion Steck Yard", SFr 1 8rle'a•I•. eon --rt n 01 'ke10 rattle Ie. le nee 13•••'1' and lanih� •with 1': ',ih•'- . - Exporters. Gro. It. C.,oils••' taugt.: frr Morris i r'o .• rsrnr: .trees fnr Manrhe•ter. IIM lbs. ear t„ at 1:•,74, Is steers 1117• L,verpool. 1�,0 1t.-. ea: h, a• 15 'r! _S savers for lave- doe. ava doe. :::C. It.. .:, ' . $1; •[. Butcher's. railing male Dandruff Arafat.* Visor promo* &romps Oe prow Ards Hai Vara feat ea crumMh dseatrr• ds 3010., rtes .. them tmeg cams tarns Ihsath Th. haraaristres at aloe. trace Ma arrasof da'drrn hamar 1 ssU sad keep11 s Katy rimy art. pow. roe rsa * ciaaa and is . healthy condition. Does not Color the Hair We wish you to positively and distinctly understand that Ayer's Hair Vigor does not affect the color of the hair, even to the slightest iegrec. Persons with the whitest or the lightest and moat delicate blood hair may uac it freely without having the hair made a shade darker. Ingredients: sdohar. (.1vt.riw. Qeriw- Soditan (Ilion&. (aooear. Sage. Akohal. Water. Perrone, Stow lois formula to your doctor. Ask him what tit thinks of k. .1 (' 4000 (' 50001. L. .11. M. LOCAL TP.E:i T L`E! FOR WOMEN'S DISORDE S; 1 1 he 17I'a"11, es 'enjoy d. pends eery largely c.;..'t ' ••e t',. papJ' i .'utut•e 11,00.0 b..lirw. ill. 0t her 501,1,• ver have,Itrte.t .Imolatlmhwe um hu'a,perfeet h.•el, 'there 11 a constant wearing out of the ti -.suer 0,,.s I•7•7:1 4 of the lowly. -rhe LKMMi Ileuhas thtouge 7, t. • &.emir. on this waste er deltd matter. while 1.. from 111.' ,wart i hrougl. teas arise. - 1;+ Ili.• 1r cFh nen' 0% ing tissue, the raso'n, r nl 1' ...I ao luavr-.:cue ted, to r.ntar.' wOat has lawn • . .•It, This ...natant we:., ',(gout stat ety'etittyt . .•..d matter and the repkaring of..11 with .1. ..'., 0 1,y aloe,. Kos* on day. and night, l 1 t : e. area t to hong(• rias ra 5i-iTffitil- . • .' uuu, 177.: a.1 ,u.: ,a era,frel'.dllrrrrpt • '•n }arts ..•', •t ,t (rota •whet,(.r or shehad t,r.:. .ata.... happens. however, frog(, a "a, .•til .•1 .11 the 1.,es,d' IR Wuu•e. ryhl;0s eel /u ... • the body.' this hn•:,.t+ flc,t Oke blood ; • •c. pal le Ler0nle weakde ed;:-* l,l 110 , t., „• • i:.sl. 0.11.8 . f the. Jr.dv is.► the al:,glte. h .7 t The e..nawtucnce in 1ita1 t ,e .Iea.1 `let- . 1 t,.irt of 1 .r 1 t )' j ,'Ila -pill tt.tII) .'arried 1 the new. tihal .mat Let' -la t .11U1 attune. 11+1 i e 11 MW':: -.•'n Invariably •exits in all cit+, of fe- ..�;1 - Tta• dead' num ttr retained ,n t'0• •'1.- • 1.,'., n : sle.uld. t..'e M'e'n• w.l"r11•'d, .rr..e 1r• In11.uunuallon .,file- dell ,.te oho, .• • 11• .+•1e*, til:.• nerve eentr -"Tee i l n.l �',.o 1• u , the grlevv.q+ pl "a' : l:•a ;,, 'nip:,nies fr ' (foul' I- Jii. re Lr + evident .•...t7 t 7.7 • L.•.!' ;.i to ..f the dead a len •IE held .Jr' the circulation. 1( Okla ....i pniaetung wel•-reault-.alnl 7:.. L' •7" 111UF'r.. eft, m by ORANGE LiLY i. . •. le1 and la :af.( lia.l-dlt.tt h. : .. :.. • 1 -• 11.•.' ,:,. the couand t. t r.. 1.. t'.• din Iwru••d. a t 11. g �.,, • l pan1.0 it, and• the tee....-... , ' r - . .1 • 'e.g of the dead nut ' . ' l . .•leg It Is an Ina,.k ! a- t., "I. .. . . , 040 elrrptk'nal: IL. t'urran, your Canadian •• I • ' .••rful remedy. 1-iaa,-.• -un• • . ; • 11 1 bad a do,'tor %, t1.7..! 1 . t 'I •ire if 1 went tin Daub .. , vat tel hbnagain andto•+ , .It't tor, a ho Ie , f . n..l . t . d I ini nr 4 iu' ti, l' 1 .t h•' . ',•..1. ' . I. nre. a e771 I� beg:&, to I r• 1 til;.. • • .:,1.:.f 1i,Jr.a?•.th 1..i a u h QI r' e ..Y , 1e write m her for a (r...tn ,'1.1 r 7.0.1 t 1. t•' Quid ' shy o.75. 1 1 1 1.1 1.'71 ,' ;- • .'t h0911r 20 . 1414' 1 w i•.• w • '7.m ORANGE LILS!: a - th 1),.r L I -wait t4I0I 7 tumor. . J n. v'1 1 .l.. •J , if at had- not been for QPA e,.,E 1 t r mu',h •t• neerr.' 1' w.lukl ... . ti.-a+-t.-lnatwullaf__1.41a ..1 '1-nt.etlle In) . ' • I..•wis' 1'erntsshm. Al'. . 1 , ut b•r;.sinn:.,ia atm., t ' " 1. .I. - a ng to make the na 'Ater ,know .' : •. 0 ,.i.tertl.- \ r . we,1 to t• •, a glee 7, • 7001 I .7 . Choi.. pis J.0:entre sold at S.1 u' 14 loadse f gut*, f. Vt to i if , mednen. 11..1 1fr4e; : err.trofl. 34 57. l u t; .. I' i::.. • r. 54.71' Stockers and Feeders. At..veer Ln t ret It's 1•at•h, 0)811 al from .•1 t 1'i, y feeder we to :o' Itrs.. .ash, .7. r 1. C : feeder- ten' to I!01 �. ... i 7rr, S.;a up :n 10.4.. Milkers and Springers. :' ,. k,.. :utd spring- e-% pring- e .'• .:.i It: free. $.•r• th la. eaol, Veal Calves. .rely n w h '.e`' were on aalo.'at teller r irm(l -� fn'm Llfk To 5.3', .1041 One` 0: ton . n .l .' fes and w,71 fee 'set. Sheep and Lambs. • Qrtlon, 1 1101 1 1 7l els 0118 0 87 t n McOa. to timid coftonsee+l 011 111111: and [nuke to loofa . a small Veen. and the cost of atoelkin Q. h. 1 the corn h w profit. frons what formerly bad been M Witte pr•educl. ills.farm wart twee. ty-fie (nilpl from the nearest railroad, Dol he wired the problem by building a railroad of his own. Ile hp'1 always „been n personal friend 0f nil blot men, while nod Meek alike. ire has pro- vided well equipped schools fur• both the B ./ a eg(nd the white children of his employees. Halite David Rankin, who never had even a common school edu- cation, Colonel Smith is n college grad- nnle. Ile ienrned to handle men In the twiny, and be &pulled the swine or- ganisation to hie farm work with great results. (1n-ToneT Stab's success bole demon- 'flretcd whet can be done on the farm land of the south. One of his "-40' acre farms' a year ago yield --4,-f400 • bosh" of wheat and 200 es of cot ton 'I'hn.wheat ece10_tOti1 $1 a hushes end (he cotton for $50 a bale, oinking n (Wel income from the farm of $11,' woolr taking out the expenses ti three env p not profit of $51 n acre. k Might well make even s' M4 sipp hey fanner envious. 'lite w :