Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-07
FARMING UP TO DATE.
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Persons with mid bucoiic aspirations
Mr- AFTER y. ANDREWS account m ,he
pendence, Mr.. Russeil oMhs eisi's.
acres IN central state ana runs 1o
DAIRY proauc's and fruit. he gives soVp
a year ana mouse to hifea man ana
wife -Four miles on ny electro car
passing the farm ls good market tow
Win creamery ana canning factory
FIVE a. m Automatic eieetflc alarm
goes off in hired mans house Hiref
man gets up, goes 10 the barn, feeds and
grcoms the CONS cleans out. i5oss
comes. He and hired man wash thei,
hands and don clean white suits usei
only when they milk" Sicily and Area
dia We're less delicate. Milk goes TO the
trifusal cream separator run by power
lever and the motor doesth rest. Pres
there - Your warm skim milk for calf
carrier which sends them by force of
dreamers of milky herds. did you eyer
think of getting gravity to move your
cans'
Now a trolley ear chaperoning a
freight car comes. The cara spin away
10 the creamery. Their fare is small,
and they come back empty, d II. The
fortunate Mr.. Russell is credited by
the creamery with - much cream, and
ON settlement, day he receives check in
payment" On- thinks of less scientific
farmers who used hardly to see any
money from years end to years end.
No,iee the happier condition of the
scientific farmers wife. Before she is
up. the cream is in the creamery No
everlasting tefioue slavery 10 pans and
ehurns No peddling or bartering Of
butter Notice too. the amt.lioration of
he cows Destiny She lives in COM
Portable home The cement hoor is
flushed twice day With the hose. The
walls are bright with whitewash and as
clean az Brock windmill. tubular
We'll and tank furnish pure water for
the whoie OUTFIT An automatic wateref
allows each COW 70 have fresh water all
the time The COW - diet is scientific and
regular various grains and ensilage IN
quantities to suit. The si!o holds 90
TONS OF JUICY corn fodder. Machine
painted machine ferti!zed corn. Mr..
Edwin Markham is positively not adj
United No hoes on the place.
And so with all the other farm work.
Horses and machinery. The plower and
narrower walks or rides as he choos-
IS He Is not bowed by the burden Of
his toll The trees are 'systematcally
sprayed by system OF cofnpressed air
operated by power obtained from a
Wagons moving wheels. One man drives
the team. and two other men hold the
nozzles and send the fine spray exactly
where needed" Insects and fungus dis
eases are thus dealt with swiftly and
easily. And now the fruit is ready TO
market. 1t goes 20 the packing house.
whore 1t is sorted bS machine grader
into three or four grades II is packed
and each grade stencilled Late In the
afternoon the days collection goes by
trolley TO the canning factory the dock
or the commission man. Checks come
back by mail Thrice happy MIR Rus
sell, thrice happy agricoe, ii he knows
a good thing when he has it-and he
does.
Telephone in barn and both houses.
Mr.. Russell has an office, takes daily
newspa pers studies the market reports.
telephones to his commission agent, his
customers or the canneiy, arranges
shipments and sales. Perfect scientific
business He keeps a set of books and
knows at the end of each year just how
he stands. He works hard, but not in
the way his father worked He directs
the machinery, whereas his father was
me iiiachlhtfy ltseil' ne larihs win
sadd,a hor1,s -. h,s - go
80. ,,a, ~ - 80.
,rhe farm ha,sa 30. 800, a.. sra,,aoa.
ana hatlwa.ar f,rnaaa -, -
ra ros refr;sar,,ar s.1ao,,ia IT,.
NO r,,,ar hs,t roo,, ea,,,eaas 30 ~.