The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-14
ELMA, IOWA.

The town of Elma is located in Howard county. in the northern part of Iowa, lsI n,le' buque, and is the nrst division On the main line of the Chicago. st. Paul kansas City tion of To0. with a number of ane brick build
 ings, wlde sidewalks and large and oommodt ous store rooms. which contain as all seAsons goods Ia fact, everything about it points to fIs becoming the leading town Of northern Iowa At no very distant day. while it has more than any town la the state. TAe surrou nding country beautiful rolling prairie, rising here and there in sentl: slopes. while ,n. S tim tin the whole being well watered by three ptctur
 esque streams. namely, the Wapsie, Crane .AId brooks tnat ripple through many an acre o( soil unequalled anywhere. As far Ae the eye can reach h any direcIIon. Ls seen land prevent those of even limited means ft om ob- iaining . home and c livelihood which many Q one lass fortunate would be envioas of. You who wish you could own c farm but cannot . afford . fabulous price. seek and nnd what thls part of HowArd county offers yoa almost
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 ter neld for labor, with . just reward. No
 where Is there a more fertile region in winch of you are wishing to-day that you could. No matter where you turn. here you sec signs of prosperity in the many homes Of AosoAndIy, V | herds Of cattle, browsing in the green hslds sAere and there. add to the picture of peace .na e:n.Y on teller; ap sss eos s and dusty ,y naught. seek oat this land flowing with the AbundAnce of Providence-seek. and don't oppressed. while the nones, farmer. who every year finds it hard and still harder to make both ends meet. needs never worry here De cause of unproductive fields. No soil on the face of the whole earth produces nner timo
 thy; no part of the country can boast of liner grass. wsiie tae yield Of COTE & ss eeyond the perfection itself. being large. round and alled out to . kernel; poor shuck is scarcely ever oas. ,s an o ,snsr staple s sro~n % to great Sssns by fArmers about Elma. and . ride around the neighboring country few days ago, would ton, but of fact Fields on fields. and acres upon acres, Of this lnvalua ole grain waved in
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 labor. Ask any honest farmer who follows hls Avocation in these fields of cultivated prairie soil under the sun to beat such soil as this. All butter premiums that have been awarded by the national expeditions within the past few ears have been awarded 70 this sectbon of the country. Stewart, who took the prize at the Centennial. was from here In faot. no Xea @ F,1is s % I tSonrS S % rcoosuSsed Ss sn: Ssss Co grasp . single prize from this part of Iowa. siSHsr s sy .SoSs bout @ sour % csnss tan sny~sers % ~ else why is this all s0i The answer is . plan one. lt is tho soil that wins the prixe. Mosg all the farmers about here, recogniKing 6 this fact. keep from twenty to twenty Ave head of cattle for dairy purposes- Winter feeding of cattle for market purposes, although some what indulged m. does nos pay as we'll as it did . few years ago. while sum mer feeding might De made . success if one could afford it. Moss of the cattle shipped from this point are yeArlings. which are seat out further west or south to herd. Sometimes as many e two or three hundred month are shipped for this purpose- Horse -raising ts getting to be quite an ttem here among the farmers, and pays better than the rAtstng of cattle, except for dairy purposes, but for what better purpose can cattle be raised in oonn- try like this. where the fertile soil yields @ co generally considered by tho well-postsd farmer the most esseatial product of mother branch of the Boston and Decorah Creamery company located m Eima two years .agos and being supplied witA all the convsnienees ol modern invention, turns out now about i.ooe pounds of butter per day. It employs seven