Writer and engraver's picture of Graham County's progress since it s organization . and downs. had his downs in 1903 and 04. Crops failed and he lost practi-cally all he possessed. But with 1895 came prosperity which has continued to the presenttime. Each succeeding year better than the last. Mr. Brandt has done general farming but has been especially suc-cessful in the raising of corn, not having had a failure for eleven years. (65) Today, as an evidence of his industry and good management, he owns480 acres of good farm land valued at $25 an acre; a roomy comfortabledwelling house a
Writer and engraver's picture of Graham County's progress since it s organization . and downs. had his downs in 1903 and 04. Crops failed and he lost practi-cally all he possessed. But with 1895 came prosperity which has continued to the presenttime. Each succeeding year better than the last. Mr. Brandt has done general farming but has been especially suc-cessful in the raising of corn, not having had a failure for eleven years. (65) Today, as an evidence of his industry and good management, he owns480 acres of good farm land valued at $25 an acre; a roomy comfortabledwelling house and other buildings amounting to $2500. His farm iswell stocked with 40 head of cattle, 20 hogs and 7 horses. One of the most desirable features of Mr. Brandts place is an eightacre choice grove of forest trees planted in 1890. In addition to this hehas 100 bearing apple trees and 30 cherry. This fine farm with its manyimprovements has been made in eleven years and his remarkable successand prosperity Mr. Brandt owes to his own conscientious work and goodjudgment. William One of the most prosperous farmers of Graham county who owns1960 acres of the countys best land is William Wells, who lives ten milesnortheast of Hill City. Mr. Wells came to Graham county from Atchison six years ago witha capital of some $10,000 and invested it in raw prairie land, when it wasselling for much less than now. The same land today is on the marketfor $30 an acre. The ranch consists of 900 acres under plow, 50 acres in alfalfa andthe remainder in wild prairie grass, used for pasture and meadow; 400acres of it is fine bottom land especially adapted to growing of alfalfa, andproduces four crops a season, each crop averaging one and on-half tonsto the acre. Last season there was a yield from this farm of 8000 bushelsof wheat, 400 tons of hay and kafiir corn, and some oats and barley. The place is peculiarly adapted to stock raising, having one and three-fourth miles of spring fed creek which n
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