Inglenook, The (1907) . hall crumble to ruin. And moulder in dust away. —Henry W. Longfellow. THE INGLENOOK. Fifty acres ot the best corn land InIowa or Illinois. An absolutely certain yield from Itevery year of 60 bushels per acre (sup-posing some yet undiscovered fertilizerwere applied which would make thisyield certain.) A price guaranteed by governmentof 40c a bushel, paid right on thefarm. , This would make an income ot acre, or $1200 on the 50 acres. Suppose the price to be $100 peracre, which would be cheap enough forsuch land, or l.^iOOO for oO acres. Anycorn man would jump a
Inglenook, The (1907) . hall crumble to ruin. And moulder in dust away. —Henry W. Longfellow. THE INGLENOOK. Fifty acres ot the best corn land InIowa or Illinois. An absolutely certain yield from Itevery year of 60 bushels per acre (sup-posing some yet undiscovered fertilizerwere applied which would make thisyield certain.) A price guaranteed by governmentof 40c a bushel, paid right on thefarm. , This would make an income ot acre, or $1200 on the 50 acres. Suppose the price to be $100 peracre, which would be cheap enough forsuch land, or l.^iOOO for oO acres. Anycorn man would jump at such a chance. This income of $1200 Is the veryhighest that could possibly be ex-pected. It Is several shades above theaverage, especially when consideringoccasional poor crops, freight And yet. even considering thesethings, this corn land is among thebest land in the world and millions ofdollars are made on it every year. Ifa man has a good corn farm in Iowaor Illinois he thinks he is pretty Which is Better? The lowest income on Hazelwood land equals thehighest income on the corn land. If farmers getrich on the corn land, what can they do at Hazelwood?graphed map, showing where this land is and all about it 20 acres of Hazelwood irrigated land. An absolutely certain yield (with ir-rigation) of from 6 to 8 tons ot al-falfa per acre in 3 cuttings. (One cut-ting of 2 1-2 tons has already beenraised without irrigation.) A price of from $10 to $12 per ton inthe stack, owing to its being only at*o hours wagon haul to Spokane (Ithas never been less and often Is retailing now in Spokane for$15 to $17 per ton.) Taking fi tons per acre (the lowestyield) at 5 10 per ton (the lowest price),the income on 20 acres would be $1200. Price $250 per acre, or 20 acres for$5000. This income of $1200 on alfalfa isbedrock, the very lowest that can beexpected, if the land is properly han-dled. That makes it an absolutely safeinvestment. It is as certain as 2
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