Farmers' Week in Agricultural College. 



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from a wilderness into a profitable home, his knowledge will increase 

 from practical work and the world will beat a path to liis door, and 

 he will be well rewarded for the effort put forth. 



Three years after I settled down on this tract of land, planting 

 out fruit trees, small fruits and vegetables, the loads of products I 

 marketed in 1901, the driest year we had, opened peoples' eyes and 

 showed wliat could be done. Some farmers made the remark, "You 

 make more off this blame place than we do on our large farms. ' ' Every 

 load of potatoes brought from $40 to $52 cash. Seven hundred and 

 twenty bushels of potatoes were harvested from 5 acres, and they sold 

 at $1.00 and up. The yield was 142 bushels per acre. They made me 



Partial view of Agricultural Exhibit made by Mr. Martin. 



$110 net profit. I was asked to make my first display at the county 

 fair — the fast horse and the products from the 20-acre farm took all 

 the money in sight. During the same year I was. called upon to serve 

 on the home program of our farmers' institute and tell about the possi- 

 bilities of the small farm. I had everything on paper. When I was ready 

 to give my paper I laid it on the table and did not use it because I had it 

 written in German and I talked to the people as I would talk to my neigh- 

 bors when they asked me how I raised potatoes. A few days afterwards I 

 was called upon hy Professor Burnett, Superintendent of Farmers' 

 Institute, to spend some time that winter in farmers ' institute work. It 

 took me two hours to answer the letter in the English language. I had 



