Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05

tight 1T to finish; he protested most
vigorously and said a lot Of warm things
about the American Book Company be-
fore he sat down. His speech evidently
impressed Supervisor Nystrom, for
when vote was taken to rescind ev-
erything that the board had done to-
ward making supplemental contracts
the Sioux City supervisor changed his
vote and stood with Frum, Bum and
Jauron for rescisslon
FARMING IN BRITAIN.
Observations Of an lowan in ireland,
England and the Continent.
Jefferson Souvenir.1
After landing at Londonderry, in the
north of Ireland. our wanderings took
us, after a visit to the Giants Cause
way. across the island southeastward.
toward Belfast thru County Antrim.
said to contain some of the good farm
ing lands of the north of Ireland. On
the way, / asked man who appeared
to be farmer what land wac worth
thru there. Two to five pounds an
acre" "A little further questioning
brought out the fact that he referred to
rents, and that very little land is sold
in Ireland-or anywhere in Great Bril-
tain, for that matter, since much of the
land is tied up with entails, and other
feudal and semi-feudal limitations, so
that the present owners could not sell
it if they wished to do so.
A man may hold farm in ireland as
long as he lives-if he pays the rent
When the dies, his children inherit the
right to occrpy the place-and pay
the rent. One of the heirs may buy out
the others, and this is often done. The
leases are therefore perpetual ESQ long
SO the tenant pays the rent) and de-
scend as real estate descends here II
q man wishes to sell out, that is, to sell
his lease, he may do co. and many who
come to America do this. As proof
that the north of Ireland tenants are
now doing fairly we'll the fact is cited
that when a tenant sells his lease on
fairly good land, he is able to obtain
from twenty to twenty-five pounds per
acre, equivalent to 500 to s125. When
1t is remembered that this transfers no
interest in the land, but is equivalent
to one Greene county tenant selling
his lease to another man (supposing the
lease to be of indefinite duration-so
long as the rent is paid) it certainly
does look to an outsider like there is
money to be made in farming there.
However, it is my impression that even
customed to go without many things
considered common necessities here.
expected, are much higher in Great
Britain than here, which gives the
home producer there better price for
what he raises. Porterhouse steak
costs in the butcher shops about 81
cents pound; eggs are worth the year
round about 30 cents per dozen; butter
I costs in the retail stores about 80 to 81
cents per pound; good COW brings
sl00 and fair draft horse in London
will command 5000 to 1925.
Suppose. thru the lapse of years and
a general fall of prices, a tenant should
feel that his rent is more than he ought
to pay, what remedy has he other than
in the kind-heartednesa of the land
lord?" asked your Wanderer of farm
er in Ireland. He used to have none at
| all, but thanks to the efforts of Mr..
Gladstone and his supporters we now
have very good law. When a man
thinks he is paying too much rent he
makes application to the land court.
consisting of three commissioners in
each county, one of whom must be a
lawyer, appointed by the government.
They hear the evidence and fix the rent,
which binds both parties, and the ques-
ton can not be brought up again for fif-
teen years. Under this law rents gener-
ally in Ireland have been repeatedly
/ Inquiry brought the knowledge of a
peculiar Compulsory sale" law there
not vet often used, for the idea of fee
simple ownership. as we'll as the ability
! to attain 1t. has not yet become common,
among the farmers. When a man wants
\ to buy piece of land he makes appli-
cation to the land court, and the price is
!, fixed by this court. The government now
steps in and pays Mr.. Landlord the
amount. 1t then sells the land to the
farmer (making some calculation for in
iterest, l suppose). the price to be paid
IN yearly payments during forty-nine OF,
seventy years, as he may choose.
All over Great Britain the cultivation
/ is chiefly by one and two-horse imple-
ments. and by hand. Farming there is
like gardening here-better than some
J gardens here. l do not now recall seeing
/ one weed in cultivated field in Great
Britain or France. Neither did I see on
q farm two-horse wagon. One-horse
carts do all that work and driver az
usually leads the horse. "A cart load of
hay going along the road. the horse and
1 cart being hidden by the trimmed hedge,
! looks like a moving haycock, and that
! is about the size of the load / think If
an English farmer could be transported
in one night and set down in a bayfield,
ON good-sized Greene county farm
during haying the processes there would
give him nervous prostration before
noon.
| Great Britain has been an organized
nation, cultivating the soil and making
permanent improvements (speaking
generality for over thousand years.
] Naturally by this time the native
strength of the soil is somewhat inn
paired. "Armour's Chicago Fertilizer
Sold Here" is a familiar sign in the VIII
lagos of the farming districts.