Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-13
How Whisky Men Contribute
to Mail Where Prohibitions
lists Bar Liquor Ads.
CIRCULARS IN MAIL BOXES
While the Prohibitionist Refuses Daily
Containing Whisky Advertising, He
Receives the Liquor Mans Adver-
Using From Other sourees-vaIue
of the siIo.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republlcan.
New Providence. Nov. LIT was at
this town that the United States gov
eminent first tried in Iowa the rural
route system of delivering mall 10
farmers. How they happened to Sc
lect this town is unknown to the wri-
ter and why the system was extended
to cover the whole country seems re-
markable from the fact that but a few
take daily papers, which go largely 70
make up the great number of pieces OF
mail handled by rural carriers. ms
community. is largely composed of pro-
hibitionists, who not only vote the
.icket but talk 1t ON all occasions and
practice prohibition to such an extent
that they will not patroniZe newspa-
pers publishing whisky or beer adyer-
tisements. This bars practically ali
daily papers, but the whisky houses
know there must be some business
even in locality like this. whether
they know the feeling against newspa-
pers or not, they have secured list OF
nearly all the farmers here and 1t is
common occurrence to see staunch'
dyed i'm the-wool prohihitionist open
ing a circular from some whisky nrm
telling him the glories OF their product
Some of them would like to find out
who furnishes the names. So what Is
lost in the volume of business by
dailies not being taken Is made up IN
part by whisky circulars.
have read often in agricultural pa
pers about silos. but have never seen
any in actual use until this fan mere.
They are on large number of farms
and I got the following facts and ns-
ures from Mr.. George f. Wood, VINO
has lust erected one on his farm. They
are all circular in form. but l presume
other forms would do equally we'll. This
particular one is twenty-seven feet
high. sixteen feet in diameter and has
a capacIty of ninety tons of cut fod-
der. The system is to cut the corn
while it is yet green, just before most,
and put 1t thru cutter. 1t Is then run
into the silo by blow stacker. the
ton is left open SO the fall rains can
get Mt It and is not covered up until
the weather gets real cold and begins
to freeze Usually they are set about
ten feet in the ground and the fodder
is taken from the bottom. This always
keeps the fodder In condition for hand
ling. and when 1t comes out IT Is Juss
as nice and fresh as when put In, max
ing fine feed for winter. The total
cost exclusive of his own labor. was
$50. This for ninety tons makes
small cost and it seems to me that
MANY farmers would build them. use
their fodder and sell their hay. Amos.
any one of them could sell enough nay
in one year to build silo.
There is considerable hog cholera IN
this neighborhood and many are ship
ping out all the hogs on hand, while
others are trying various schemes TO
save their herds. At ]. r. Beach's farm
I saw an idea that was new to me,
while 1t may be an old one. They had
fenced off portion of the hog lot in a
triangular form and at one end was an
incline. which was built about three
feet high at the top. Up this the pigs
were driven and down the other side.
which was covered with zinc and as
smooth as glass. Mr.. Pig was given a
slide into a tank set in the ground. In
this tank was a preparation which was
designed to cure them of any disease,
such as cholera. They were a little
slow on the up grade. but made up for
IL as they started toward the tank II
was amusing to see a 25o-pound pork
err go down and out of sight. When he
reappeared ne would strike out for the
other end and up a cleated runway,
where he would drip, then on again 70
the same yard that he came from. MT.
Beach has tried this and found IT a
good thing. Some-yes. good many
think that keeping goats in with
the hogs will prevent disease. l was
amused the other day at goat which
looked to me to have his horns so
mixed up in a bunch of barb wire that
he would never get loose. offered to
help him out, but Dir. Farmer said: Y
put 1t up there for his benefit He can
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