Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
SURE signs Of SPRING
The Annual Moving Time and
Some OF the Trials 1t
Brings.
Hay Racks Piled High With
Household Goods and Farm
Implements.
Annual Shift Of Tenants Usually
Accomplished in the Worst
OF Weather.

Geneva, F'GD. 2b.--PernapS the SuTeSt
sign of spring is the sights on the
country roads, the annual moving
which takes place about March LIST. In
an all days drive in he country a per-
son will meet with 20 or 80 teams
articles of farm articles, the farmer in
moving usually uses a hay rack on
which is piled everything from babies
to corn schroeder. 1t takes several
days some times to convey his belong
ings from one farm to the other. and
usually thru the worst weather of the
year.
The extreme high price of land has
caused more changes than common the
present season, many selling out at
$50 to 500 an acre and moving to
Minnesota and the Dakotas to buy
something cheaper.
Perhaps one of the queerest sights
to be seen in the moving was a farm
err who thought to take advantage Of
the good weather early in February
and move his threshing outfit, and
stopped all night at a friends house
on the way. During the night 1t began
to snow. so he waited day. but it
continued to snow; after staying Il
week and the snow kept getting deeper
and deeper he decided to go on If he
reached his destination by Nov. 1st
When the writer saw him 1T was snow
ing hard, he had four miles in front,
had the safety valve tied down ard
was bucking snow drifts, with various
SUCCESSIVE last seen of him he had
just got all four mules down in the
snow and nearly run over them with
his engine before 1T stopped. He may
have gone on since the thaw.
The snow melting off discloses to
the eye many poles lying along the
road side for use of rural telephone
lines which will be put in operation as
soon as the frost is out Of the ground.
The rural telephone is a great source
of enjoyment to the women; one
says II have got so now that 1 can do
my ironing while holding the receiver.
At first my irons would get cold dur
ing a long talk, but now l keep right
on working while listen"
The words party line come as near
being correct as possible, for when
you wish to talk to one person, 1T is
usually party, all the neighborsli listen
ing to the conversation-this was IL
Illustrated the other day. when Mrs.
Smith was going TO celebrate her we'd
ding anniversary; she asked Mrs. Jones
over the line If she had any turkeys;
receiving a negative reply she called
up Mrs Brown with like result; be-
fore hanging up the receiver she said
goodness what am l going to do
when two voices almost in unison
asked. rs it turkeys you want Mrs.
Smith, why could let you have one.
1t is needless to add that she got the
all right
The usual complaint about rural
routes keeping the farmer at home
will not be heard at Roland-as they
have one of the largest creameries in
Iowa with over goo patrons who bring
their milk every day in the summer
and every other day in the winter.
The creamery not only brings them to
town but provides them with some
thing to spend when they get there.
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tive and is owned by the farmers, 200
of them. 1t is of the most modern
having an ice manufacturing
plant which cost $4,000 alone. Dur
ing the year 1901 they took in 6.072,-
900 pounds of milk for which they
paid to the farmers s47.175.95. Their
output of butter was 262,O71 at an
average price of % cents a pound
which not only shows quantity but
quality, their recent shipment bring
ing them % cents a pound.
That many men make the creamery
a part of their farming is shown from
the fact that some keep as high as
35 cows. Chris Logan during the grass
season has nearly 40 and Mike Crick-
son nearly as many, their check for
milk running from 500 to 500 month.
A good income in itself, to say nothing
of the natural increase of stock.
The community around Roland who
go to make up the patrons of this
creamery are almost to man Nor
wegians, Norwegians by birth but
Americans by adoption, men who read
daily American newspapers and are
posted on what is going
on in the world, and men who own
their own farms. 1t may be a coin
cident or the natural following but
whenever there is successful cream
cry in operation the farmers own their
farms
1t might be well for some of the
howlers instead of standing around
the rural routes to spend
their time in promoting good cream
cry which is sure to bring the farmers
to town If that is what they want
GEORGE h. THAYER.
WOMAN GETS $4,000 A MONTH.
Fortune Comes to Mrs. Annie e. Snow