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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1914
Page
6
Aldrich of Smithland abandoned livestock and a rented farm to scale bees. By 1912 his 300 colonies yielded about fourteen tons of honey and higher profits, rising to eighteen tons in 1913. He argues bees beat general farming and proves local success counters the lure of distant promising regions.
Mills County farmers report strong profits from alfalfa with multiple acres yielding hay and seed. Harley Slater and others show crops delivering about 10 dollars per ton for hay and seed yields ranging from 30 to 50 bushels per acre, with total earnings per acre well over one hundred dollars.
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