Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1917 — Local Farmers Purchased Michigan Farms Friday. [ARTICLE]

Local Farmers Purchased Michigan Farms Friday.

A. S. Laßue and George Casey returned from Buchanan, Mich., Friday, where they had been closing up a deal whereby two Jasper county farmers become the owners of Berrien county farms. The purchasers of these farms were Omer Kenton, who recently sold his .farm near Surrey, and James Reed. Mr. Kenton bought 265 acres and Mr. Reed bought eighty acres adjoining that of Mr. Kenton. Both of these gentlemen will go into the’ business of raising Durham cattle. This is the fourth farm in Berrien county that has 'been sold to residents of this county and they all adjoin one another. The farms are but one mile and a half from Buchanan. The present owners of the farms will retain possession of them until next November, when Mr. Reed and Mt. Kenton will go there to locate. It is the plan of local real estate men to establish a Hoosier colony in this section of Michigan.