Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1911 — B. B. Miller and Son Invest In Big Farm in New Mexico. [ARTICLE]

B. B. Miller and Son Invest In Big Farm in New Mexico.

Ben S. Miller, of Mt. Ayr, the well known horse owner, stopped off in Rensselaer this morning on his return from a prospecting trip to New Mexico, where he and his son, Rudy B. Miller, purchased 800 acres of land. The tract lies within two miles of Wagon Mound, New Mexico, and alongside of the Sante Fe railroad. The land has never been cultivated although other land in the vicinity has been. It is suitable for dryland farming but better suited for cultivation by irrigation and Mr. Miller and son expect 'to irrigate It. The method ot irrigation there is to phmp the water from the foothills of the mountains. Ben states that it is expected to locate a large number of Amish farmers there and he considers the outlook very promising. Practically everything can be grown there successfully. Rudy miller and family will locate there soon, but Ben expects to maintain his home in Newton county.