Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-06-29
Things Seen in the Country.

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With the thermometer ranging
among the 90's Monday was not very
inviting day to rustic among the
people of that country. 1t found us,
however, looking at some of the fine
farms in Orleans, and noting the work
of its prosperous farmers. Henry J.
Webber ranks among tssuccessful ones
His farm is free from weeds, well
fenced and has variety of domestic
animals among them being fine
bunch of sheep and lambs.
Ira Richardson has the promise of
an abundant harvest, crops clean and
corn with heavy growth. His haying
is under way with reasonable crop.
N. B. Libbey's farm is in fine condi-
tion, with abundant crops; haying
commenced with fairly good crop.
E. o. Farnsworth has an excellent
field of corn of some sixty acres,
perfectly clean from grass and weeds,
likewise the Lemon farm adjoining.
A few years ago, perhaps 25, one of
the farms had row Of soft maple
trees planted along the highway, at a
distance of about 16 feet apart. Last
winter the owner cut them into cord
wood, which is put up where cut, each
tree fully averaging half a cord. illus
trating the rapidity of the growth of
timber on the western prairieS.
G. E. Teetshorn is getting to the
front in farm cultivation. We drove
across his farm, and found the crops
in excellent condition owing largely
to proper cultivation upon most
excellent soil, corn fields free from
weeds, flax large growth full of bloom,
oats finely headed out and best crop
of standing hay we have seen this
summer, which he has commenced to
harvest. A large new barn 50x6O, with
% foot posts, ample space for hay and
stable room in abundance is an orna-
ment of the farm.
Geo. Benson, another of the prosper
Gus farmers of Winneshiek whose
market town is Cresco, has just COM
pleted large barn on his fine farm.
Its dimensions are 52X60 feet with
posts 26 feet.
After brief call upon j. V. Ahern,
another of the Industrious, perse-
vering farmers of Orleans, we drove
to the farm of Chas. Hess one of the
energetic, money makers of the town
ship. He has a fine bunch of 2S head
of steers and heiferS to which he is
feeding all the corn they can eat, and
has made as nice a lot as any farmer
can show.
The Rumsey, the Brown and the
Norton farms are always up-to-date in
cultivation and production also the
Costigan and Marshall farms. When
farms become worth $50 to S75 an acre
they must be made productive to
maintain that price, though locat tion
may have something to do with the
price.
Mahlon III. Culbert has built large
barn on his farm south from Bonair,
Chas. Letfler being the builder which
means good piece of work.
Farmers generally have completed
or arc finishing up the corn work for
the season and are commencing to put
up their hay. We find them nearly all
complaining of short crop.
IAa,,l hrou with yp1,N,, .,,,, 1,oJ q >,
excellent dinner Monday has good
crop of clover and timothy which he
is securing in fine condition.
Going north from Bonair toward
the Iowa River the road passes down
a charming ravine among the bluffs,
with here and there patch of grain
of immense growth, and,as we come to
the river bottom is the farm of Jacob
Bronner with its large farm house and
barns, and the largest growth of grain
we have observed upon any farm in
our travels over the county. The
Board of Supervisors had an iron
bridge put in to span the Iowa just
north of Bronner's, and the road
approaching from the north has been
improved and placed above the wash
of the rayine down which it goes
toward the river. On the way we
observed several fine fields of wheat,
just now IN the milk.
An ice cream and strawberry Sociable
was held on the church grounds in
Florenceville, Tuesday evening, for
the benefit of the pastor, Rev. Brown,
at which we saw a host of the young
beside several of the older and familiar
faces, among them that of Rev. A. M.
HarkncSs, its former pastor. The
stores at Granger and Florenceyille
are doing fair business and are
meeting the demands of the public in
nearly all lines of trade admirably.
| G. e. Brink, the harness man, has as
usual good trade. John Martin, the
hotel man, as usual sets fine table
and has satisfied guests. a magnifi-
cent shower Tuesday night cooled the
sweltering atmosphere of the Iowa
| Valley and all the people are grateful.
| Mr.. John keune, living mile south
of Forenceville had lot of cattle
killed by lightning during the storm
Tuesday night.
Wednesday afternoon We scribe made
short call upon the school of Miss
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