Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-08
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A correspondent In the New York Sun.
writing from Los Angeles. says that
less than a year ago the entire stata
was Belgian hare mad. Fanciers were
Importing animals from abroad and
paying exorbitant prices for them;
every man with a back yard soon had q
sign stretched in front OF his house
with .Rabbitry' upon It /: newspapers
devoted special issues to the Industry.
and from every standpoint II promised
70 rival the mineral wealth of CalifOr-
MIA as builder up OF magnificent for-
tunes Now the bubble has broken and
the agricultural and horticultural In
tefestg OF southern California are
threatened with Belgian hare pest.
The effort to create q demand for food
purposes was not successful and the
present market prices are considerably
less than is required Tor feed alone, and
the industry Is profitless and dlscour-
aging. It 1t for this reason that many
breeders who have become Disguised at
the almost utter lack OF market for
their hares are secretly, and in some,
Instances openly, turning them loose to
forage on the country in order to avoid
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The fecundity Of the hare in this cli-
mate is beoynd all expectations ,oS the
pioneers in the industry. One rabbit in
this city in fourteen months raised l20
young. and there are from $4,000 to TO-
900 animals in this county alone. Not
only do they multiply at a wonderful
rate, but they are hardy and will do
we'll In the open. The coyotes and Wild
cats, which are natural enemies to the
rabbit family, have been nearly exter-
minated. In years gone the jack rabbit
and cottontail have been a great men
ace to planters. and 1t is only few
years since that annual rabbit drives
were held at which Thousands Of the
Dummies were rounded up and slaugh-
tered y
Way down east, in Connecticut, they
are watching our Iowa affairs. Free
Iquently they get matters terribly
mixed, as they did, for instance. at the
time Of Coxey's army march across
Iowa, but here is a clipping from the
editorial page Of the Hartford Courant
that is very much to the point:
1T is the openest Of secrets in Iowa
senate and great many Iowans want
TO see him there. His present term in
the governorship runs out few months
from now. Next year the Iowa legisla-
|ture will elect senator. Mr.. Dolliver
and Governor Shaw live in the same
congressional district, and the locality
argument carries more weight than 1t
Ought to in Iowa politics. Yet, having
to appoint somebody to fill out the I'M
expired term OF the lamented Senator
Gear. Governor Shaw put all selfish
considerations behind him and did. the
right thing by appointing Mr.. Dolliver.
The New York Sun thinksit was rath-
Ter fine Of him, and so do we.
With probably the biggest corn crop
in history in sight in Iowa. anything re-
liable concerning the profit to the Iowa
farmer is interesting. An investigation
conducted by the American Agricultur.
list as to the cost of raising corn shows
that on an average yield just under for.
lty bushels to the acre the expenditure
lis 1919 cents bushel. and the farmer
makes per cent IL he gets 21.5 cents q
Ibushels for his product. Labor expended
OA LIE S1Opy "a q lG0ul
the depreciation OF team and machinery
and every other cost except the. depfe-
citation Of farm buildings and fences
1.-THE insurance and superintendent, are
Tall considered i'll the reckoning. Al
many farmers this year will get a YIELD
OF seventy-five bushels to the acre. tlli.
of course will add to the profit and les
| sen the cost. 1t would be interesting
lalso to know whether this cost of 49,!
cents bushel is figured on SIS an
lacre farm In Iowa or an a $40 an acre
farm In Dakota. Here are some figure.
ION corn raising in Iowa that are relia,
tble Of their kind: On an Iowa farm
worth $40 an acre boy IA years Of agt
Eplowea the ground, planted the corn
cultivated it three times, forty acres O.
corn, and the owner put in the crib g.
900 bushels, worth at that time 90 cent.
bushel: value, $3.50. The boy worked
for his board and clothes and school
ing for a year. Query: How much DID
the owner get for the use Of his lant
Iand farm machinery?
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There has been little said in the pa,
lpers of the great Improvement in tn.
l,past few years in Iowa cheese anc
fprices for the same. Not many year.
ago the cheese makers had an idea tha
butter could be made from the cream
land the SKINNED milk with the add
ton Of lard andS other ingredients coult
|sftll in" and consumers not know Of TIL,
difference. "A big export trade in New
York factory cheese twenty years ag,
was completely killed by thus .filling'
cheese. Now foreign trade has agail
been established and full cream .chees
lis not only exported but sold here a
home. It gives an idea OF the hom
trade to mention that one retail store ii
Grinnell bought at one time OF on,
cheese factory $50 new cheese, and pu
1.-THE same in cold storage to ripen 70
their retail trade. Already fame!
lcheeses such as Brie. Swiss. Rockport
hamburger and other we'll known brand
are made in this country and sold TO
Imported cheese. Several brands o
iAmerican club house cheese are on tn
market and bring satisfactory prices.
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4 The killing OF the colored man Will
Jams In Afarshalltown by tramp O
tramps brings out all OF the old argu
ments in favor Of suppressing this evil
land the necessary methods to brinl
about the desired result: It is strang
public sentiment does not coalesoe int
"a state law. And state law need
lonly the feature OF stopping TIL
tramp" to rid Iowa Of the curse. IL Of
land after Jan. i, 1901, 1t was known tina