Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-06-24
County Notes.

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Notwithstanding the high price OF
farms in the county, in our journey.
ings abouo the county we come to
farms which have changed ownership
and occupants twice since our last
years trip over the county, each sale
being an advance on the former price.
From S53 to SIS an acre is the common
range of prices, the man Offering at
S53 an acre usually finds purchaser
ready. The Caward farm bought at
s51 few months ago sold at $3.50
after the crops was in, and really was
worth more.
Fifty years ago the writer used to
look admiringly at the provision in
the way of barns for the care and COM
fort OF domestic animals by the men
termed the pennsylvania Dutch
men," Their barns were usually on
some hillside where the load of hay or
grain could be driven in at the very
highest part of the barn, and be rolled
Off the load down to the storage room
below. These barns were large with
ample stable room and admired for
their warmth and convenience by the
Yankee farmers of New York. The
modern barns built in Howard county
are an Improvement upon the Pennsyl-
vania barn and would fill the Dutch
farmers with envy. Instead of driv-
ing in at the ridge Of the barn the hay
is now elevated to the ridge with the
fork and carried to the part of the
barn wanted and dropped. In our re-
cent trip over a small part of the
county we counted twelve of these
modern structures in process of con-
struct ctlon. The one that struck us as
a model barn was that of D. S. Edmis-
ter. 1t is double boarded with sheeth-
ing paper between the boards, it is
4oxso feet on the ground, posts 20 feet
at the sides, has gmbrel roof, afford
storage capacity for nearly 200 tons of
hay. Through its center is wide
alley for feeding from and with suita-
BILE hay chntes. On one side are stalls
for 16 horses, on the other stanchions
for 20 COWS leaving a space about II
feet by 40 across one end for calves and
young animals allowed to run loose in
the stable. The cost of the barn will
be about 81, 400.
BY means of little hard driving
and cutting short the social feature
of our various calls. we reached that
royal entertainer, John Rielley in
time for dinner where both man and
beast were well cared for.
At Davis Corners the store and post
office by G. A. Stern, appears to be
doing prosperous business and is
well patronized,and appreciated by the
public, A choice stock of staple groc-
cries are upon its shelves and can be
bought as low as elsewhere in the
county and of as good quality as the
best.
Frank Flick is one of the new barn
builders of the county and is doing
the work himself on the structure.
A pleasant feature at the school
room in district No. 6, Saratoga twp,
was a rich display of potted house
plants at every window.
We regret finding Fl. e. Henning
indisposed somewhat.
At Saratoga the hotel has been thor
oughly overhauled, newly plastered,
papered and painted and modern
windows add to its general appear
ance. Kakac Bros. and Jas. w. Bates
attend to the public need for groceries
and general merchandise. A new i'm
plement house has been added and is
in charge of q. B. Pickett.
The farmers everywhere were busy
in theIcorn fields which are in good con-
dition and the acreage being large
and, al abundance for future use is
anticipated.
Several farmers have commenced
cutting their meadows, some from the
need of hay for immediate use, Others
for the future. The most bountiful
yield we saw was on the farm of John
X. Daily, adjoining Caesco.
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