Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-14
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JosLIN, Aug. 13.-Lyman n.
Dailey's new barn is completed, and
is already insured in the Coe and
Yuma Mutual.
Tuesday last James Donnahoo was
in Mysteries for a while. He missed
$50 from his pocket. and did a good
deal of searching and made up his
mind it was lost. He finally found
it upstairs in his own residence.
W. II. Whiteside has commenced
the erection OF a new store, the
dimensions Of which will be 36x7O,
and IL feet high. Robert Savage has
already laid the brick foundation.
AIR. Savage likewise builds the new
brick block for Mr.. Burchell, of Erie.
There was a joint Sunday school
picnic in the grove at Yuma church
Saturday last. The children gave
recitstions, and some pieces were
sung. There was a candy stand and
the children enjoyed themselves very
much. Revs. Thompson and Gohn
were present during the day.
Rev. Thompson. of the Methodist
church, who resides in Port Byron,
was driving to yuma Sunday morn
ing last, when, arriving at the bridge
near to John Wainwright's. his horse
jumped off the bridge and plunged
down n distance Of about ten feet.
smashing the buggy and breaking
the minister's left arm.
Four horses and an express wagon,
with two sets of harness, were stolen
in Morriston, Henry county. A
printed notice was received at Joslin
postoflice Offering $50 reward for the
capture Of the thieves. They forded
Rock river little below Angeles
ferry, and were seen going through
Yuma in northerly direction Tues
day morning last at break OF day.
William Adams, son OF David
Adams. who went to Friend, Neb a
few months ago for the benefit of his
health. has retRrned very much i'm
proved. Hs-.say "there are 10
counties in that part of Nebraska in
which the corn has been totally
destroyed by drouth, and that the
fodder is so dried up that the wind is
blowing it away. Some of the farm
ers are leaving. and others would if
they had the means"
There stands upon the platform of
F. w. Whitesidc's implement house
a corn harvester. manufactured by
ID. NJ. Osborne Il Co., of Auburn.
New York. 1t is not only corn
harvester. but it harvests and takes
care Of the fodder as we'll. The ma
chine cuts one row Of corn, and
binds it into bundles, which can
either be hauled into the barn yard
and stacked, or it can be cut green
and placed in a silO for winter feed.
Mr.. Whiteside will try the machine
the coming week. The price Is 1925.
There is too much bray and blow
and exaggerated gush in this coun-
try over prospective crops, whic b
frequently do not materialize. 1t is
only few years ago that it was
given out that the great trouble in
Iowa was going to be that there
would not be sufficient number of
hands to gather the crops, and that
same year there was scarcely a coun-
ty in the state that did not have to
purchase corn. And now comes
some one in the government Offices
at Washington who has solved it
mathema ically that there will be g.
500, 100000 bushels of corn to be put
in the farmers cribs this fall; 30O.-
100000 bushels more than was ever
raised in one year before, aud this
gushing report is affecting the price
of farm products already. There is
plenty OF time vet for the crop to be
cut short. and it is not considered
very wise to count the chickens be-
fore they are Matched. One of our
farmers, a renter, who had % acres
of oats on bottom land, raised l,7OJ
bushels, IS bushels per acre. but
they are somewhat colored, and he
has sold them to MIR. Butter for Is
cents per bushel. Thus you see
farmers don't realize any more from
bountiful crop than they would il
they only raised one-half the quanti-
ty. Who gets the benefit of good
crop?
swain S0hC W
do our threshing Friday last seemed
to move like living thing. What
a change has taken place since the
farmers used TO thrcsh with a fail.
Walters L. Osborne have now at
tached to their separator a novel
device which is called feeder,
which dispenses with the services OF
two men. a feeder and band cutter.
A short elevator is attached to the
front of the cylinder. upon which
two men pitch bundles. which are
fed to the machine and the bands
cut automatically as fast as the men
care to pitch them, and it don't seem
to matter which end of the bundle
goes in first. What next?
MULTUM IN PARvO.