The Republican journal., 1884-07-24
Letter from Iowa.

Letter from Iowa.
TRIP INTO THE FARMING REGION. THE
SOIL AND CROPS. HARDWORkED FARMERS.
THE WOODS FULL OF BLAINE AND LOGAN
MEN.
Correspondence of the Journal
WATERLOO, Ia, July IA, 1884. Since | wrote
you l have spent week in the country. l
went about twenty miles out, northeast. The
farmers were all very busy, plowing among
their corn and having. The crops all look well
and indicate beautiful harvest. The hay crop
will be very heavy and of good quality saw
large droves of cattle and hogs. The cattle are
mostly white, while the hogs are nearly all
black and in very poor condition owing to the
scarcity of corn. The hogs are turned out to
pasture and different men told me their hogs
had had nothing but grass for the last two
months. The soil on the east side of Cedar
river for about mile back is a sandy loam.
After that it is mostly of low black soil and
intersected by good many creeks, which
leaves quite an amount that is unfit for tilage.
This is either pastured or not cultivated at all.
-Apou' '"o''e ihlioS out mum W "tN' i'' " SUI
called Crane creek passes from ihe northeast
to the southeast. 1t is about eighty-tiye miles
long and the most of the land along this creek
Is used Tor pasture as II Is very important 10
have plenty of water Almost ever! house
has windmill for pumping water Us the wells
are from fifty to two hundred feet deep. Most
of the wells are bored, and it is quite Il curio>-
ity to see them bore down into the solid ledge
They tell me they most always get living water.
but It is all llmey. The land after passing
Crane creek Is very low, wet cOld soli, anu thr
crops are not AS good as iarther west although
they have had a very favorable season. lhlS
KIND 81 land extends Tor ABOUT hlleth mites 10
'iie east 10 "haV Is ca'eu 'he "aPN'"' a"" 'ieN
You come TO quite large timher ana the eouh-
Try Is rough ana hl'iy very mueh ilhr 'he east
erl' states nc Farmers mere are very Hl"'I'
n'i'e WI lN'"s N''SN '''" !" i'ii'1' u '
i"'liief heIe "oINe" no more u"!s '"'i' Tue
farmers III Name 'neE touI" NOT S'' h''hS
ov larmihs' lou may IhIHh 'H'N crazy l"ta'
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one STORY iheS sd! II - "oiN IA an '"' ''''O '"'
year rouno' anu some ol luc oeN' i'' l'l'LS ""N'
n"u ~ iu" III 'o'' N''"'n 'N' p'>' '"' "'-'
owing 10 Ine l"l'uTe ol Ihe cor" 'lop' iN'4
hao '"'''e ana liosS pul no corn u l'o" ''i''il
ana eoaia not put them mo 'he market "N
therc was no SAFE lor poor ho9S ""u 'ai'Ie'
Everybody had enough OF lhal k'hd' an" All
'hey eonIu 40 was 10 keep thenl uh'l' 'nt4 Sol
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lhouSanu puSnes VI o''S last i'" an" '"'!
should use them all not SelI pushei l hl''
the Idea OF burning manure Is PRAYING OUT Ior
"heIe IL 'pP''eu " 'l' S'o"''" '''' 'i'PN
sho" 1t ABOUT as Hlu'h a. III Al''ne "u" 'n'''
nm" II Is worth putting on 'he Sloulu'
arrived III the CIT! 0"tul'"f ''i0 l-'h' 'A''l
speholhS one "eeh Ill 'Ht coun'lH '''t Was
just III llme 10 see the parade OF the l'euloe''"S
as lhey We're TO nave gran" ra'IS Win h'I"S
OF cannon and speecheS III lhe evening III hohoF
oi the hoiii'hal'oh Vi NtNtI"hu "u" heD''''N N>'
must say was mueh pleaSeo' lhc o'iu
consisted OF twenty pieces was W'i' drl'Ieu
anu looked very nice III ihelr UNIFORM ih14
played some very me pieces As ihtH P'f"uru
the streets just two men and about dozen
boys accompanied the band; ana Wheh iN'
band would stop in the different squares to
play, the citizens were very cordially invited 10
Ia'l INTO lhe procession ana lh'rti l" 'he S4u"Ie
III front Oh 'he logan houSe ""e'' 'I' Hl'''"''
were TO De uelNereu' ou' hopo"H I'" '"'
the bahd Win lis procession OF TWO men aild Il
fe" boys went on. After Wnl'e crowd OF
about one hundred and htty goi toSe'hef any
listened to the speeches. aII hy homc tMGNt'
The speakers expressed themselves yer! mo'n
pleased with the nomination and had n" douo'
but what the candidates would be elected and
they were very much IN earnest and they want
ed to impress It upon the minds OF the people
Oh 'he o'a'e OF iowa lha' 'hls government '''''
no "4f9' ot' Il 'ile pelllocF"'S e''lle 'hlo Po"'
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