Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23
Marked Improvement in farm build


ings are conspicuous in all parts of
the country. John Halweg in the
south corner of Howard Center town
ship is opening up an entirely new
farm of a quarter section or more of
land, with new buildings throughout.
He is having built two story house
OF the following dimensions; the main
part 16x2S with two wings, one the
same height 1Gx1G, the other 1Gx1G,
nine feet high. He has already com
pleted barn 40X54, posts 90 feet. a
corn crib 24x32; milk house 12x16, and
a poultry house 1920. Andrew Sting
err has done the carpenter work of
these, and thoroughly equips John
Halweg for the farm industry.
Mr.. Singer is now engaged upon n
barn for VIM. Halweg, half a mile
south of Davis Corners, which is 4Ox
"a, with posts 90 feet in height, which
he will have ready this week to re-
ceive crop of clover already cut OH
the Halweg farm. When this is coui-
pleted and the work on the John
Halweg house finished, he will build a
house for VIM. Halweg near the site
of the creamery which was burned at
Davis Corners. The Halwegs, father
and sons, are large land owners and
very successful farmers.
Mr.. R. A. T. Meyer is farming 800
acres of land adjoining, on which he
has in cultivation 24O acres, the resi-
d,ie devoted to meadow and pasture.
With this family your reporter was
most royalty entertained.
Chas. Mast owns a quarter section
adjoining on the east in good state
of cultivation.
Thomas Shimek, two miles north
east from Maple Leaf has opened q
new farm of 100 acres this spring,
built thereon new and comfortable
house, a barn and granary, and he
and his young wife start out in the
pursuit of wealth through the chan
nels of industry and frugality,
and with health will surely over take
it.
N. w. Graf has just completed a
large barn on the farm owned by him
and his mother, short distance from
Maple Leaf.
Carl Gerhard, new conner from
Bremen county has built a fine two
story house on farm of 100 acres.
bought on the beautiful and fertile
prairies between Elma and Maple
Leaf.
John Kerkman, who came from
Bremen county and opened up a new
farm three years ago, one mile and a
half west of Maple Leaf, is building a
large and elegant two story house
which nearly ready for the plasterers.
1t is frame building, two full stories,
and will contain five large rooms up.
on each floor with sufficient cellar
room for a large farm. If we remem-
Der he has farm of $40 acres, which
he has in good state of cultivation.
One of his sons in removing the scat.
folding from the roof after shingiing
had the misfortune to fall to the
ground distance of over 10 feet with
the result, fortunately,of only badly
sprained ankle.
E. F. Bartels, another of the Brem-
er county farmers who came to oul
county. has farm on the rich prai
RE of $50 acres, with large barns anc
one of the finest farm residences il
the county. This farm he has all il
cultivation 20 small crops, hay ant
pasture. He was for many years
Justice of the Peace in Bremen coun
ty and is warmly urged for nomina
ton as county supervisor by hi
friends and neighbors.
About three years since Mr.. Pete
} Nelson located on farm of will
land, half a mile east of Saratoga
upon which he erected a large an,
substantial farm house with sucl
/ other buildings as the needs of til
farm required, and as his mean
would permit. He is now hayin
a large barn built on the premises
: : 4Sx56 feet with posts 20 feet in height
The central part of this structure wi
: be receptacle for feed for the horse
, and COWS which will find a home an
shelter upon three sides of the built
! ing. the entire structure resting upol
a substantial granite wall from til,
I rock gathered from his farm. Chas
= Sigler has charge of the work an
e has made good substantial fran
!. for the barn.
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