Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1909 — Bud Hammond Is Prospering In the West. [ARTICLE]

Bud Hammond Is Prospering In the West.

Lisbon, N. D., July 10th. Dear Editor: If you will give me space in your paper I will write a few lines. and tell of my experience in farming in North Dakota, which may interest some of myxoid Jasper county friends. Three years ago this last spring I landed in Lisbon, with six head of scrub horses, a small outfit of farming machinery, and but very little ready cash. I have harvested three crops and have another good one in sight. This year I have in about 1,900 acres of wheat, barley, oats and flax and I expect to thresh close to 50,000 bushels of grain. Last year I had over 30,000 bushels of grain. I have 60 head of horses, a complete threshing outfit, and do not need to pay out much for expenses. We have bad a fine growing season and about all the grain is headed out. Some of it is shoulder high to a man and promises to yield from 25 to 35 bushels of wheat and 60 to 80 bushels of oats and barley. Land values are advancing very fast and at present range from $35 to $55 per acre for the best improved farms. My experience is only that of many others who have settled in Ronsom county the past five years, and any man who is willing to work, can soon accumulate a small fortune, and I $m sure can make a great deal more money here than on the high priced land in the east. I will be glad to answer any inquiries about the opportunities in this country, and will give any one the benefit of my experience. With best regards to all my Indiana friends, I beg to remain, Yours truly,

BUD HAMMOND.