Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1916 — LETTERS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

Had Some Told Weather in South Dakota, In renewing bis subscription Hayes writes The Democrat from Newell, S I)., under date of March land says: | Wo have had a pretty good winter; had no cold weather to speak of or snow until January I, when it got cold and stayed that way until February 14. It was 4 1 degrees tielow zero one'■morning and got front Hi to 2k below several nights, hut since the 14th of" February it has [been very nice; have had hut one cold snap of three days and the frost is going out of flie ground and some are farming. We are disking our fall plowing arid getting ready to put in spring wheat. We are still j farming under the ditch law, hut wam in get stock and get hack on jour homestead next year if we can, as t hat is where our interests lie. "I got another quarter of land under the dry land act of last year, iand we now have 1 'in acres when 1 get that proved up. Will take two years yet to get till*- to it. We have to farm part of the land but don't ha ve t o live o nit ti n 1 ess w e ish to, Most of the vacant land has been j taken under that act, and nearly all the land under the ditch law has been taken that they opened last ■ year. They only open a portion at la time which they are ready to deliver I ; water on. There were l l'.S farm units * opened in June last year and not j more than 20 are left, but they will soon have another tract ready, j “Wheat is worth r 'fto cents per bushel; oats $1 per 100 lbs.; potatoes $ 1.50 tier ino lbs.; alfalfa $8 1 per ton on track, haled, but sells at ?.'» and s<; per ton in stack. “Best regards so old neighbors and friends."