Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-20

uary 18th, "a above zero. We have the
benefit of the gulf breeze. which
tempers the summer heat SO that 1t s
not oppressive and the nights are cool.
We make garden, SOW oats and plant
potatoes in February. plant corn In
March, cotton in April and kaffir corn,
which is the principal feed crop, IS
planted from May l to july l. AZ
fine kaffir corn as l saw last fall was
planted July 18th. Much is planted on
land from which a crop Of wheat or
oats has been harvested. Cane is
sown for hay, producing from three TO
five tons per acre. Two crops per year
of Irish and sweet potatoes are rails
ed, the second crop being planted IN
August. l saw fine potatoes that We're
dug in December, the seed from which
they grew having been planted in
September. Garden truck can be had
about ten months Of the year.
Small fruit grows luxuriantly. We
think that as the country develops it
will be unsurpassed for apples, peaches
pears apricots, plums, grapes ana
cherries We had new potatoes May 2,
ripe Strawberries May 5, ripe cherries
May 10. Wheat harvest Will begin
about June 10. Cotton picking begins
Oct and lasts all winter. The farm
ers never have to hurry, as they can
work If they wish to. all the year
around, as 1t seldom freezes SO that one
cannot plow
Cotton is the principal crop. Much of
it yielded from $50 to s25 worth per
acre and some as high as $40 per acre
Ia ,cfh of
money going to the landlord when the
land is rented AS Is the case in all
new countries, there is yet but a small
amount of tame grass raised. Some al
falfa English blue grass and red clover
have been successfully raised. Blue
grass is beginning to work into the
pastures, and l think it will soon have
such a foothold that cattle can be kept
the year around on the pastures. All
that is necessary is to provide shelter
from the storms. We have plenty of
rain to insure good crops. but because
of the nature of the soil there is but
little mud. which is one of the enjoy
able features of the country. The
country schools are superior to those In
Iowa. and in many places two teachers
are employed. The school houses are
imposing structures. their large belfries
making them look like country
churches from a distance. There IS
nothing too good for the people OF
Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs Daniel Carey former
" of LeGrand have fine cotton
plantation which they could sell for
twice what 1T cost them one year ago,
While theirs is an exception. yet one
could not purchase the farms of
Messrs Beane, Durham, Oleson and
Gould, formerly of LeGrand. or Man.
love and Marshall, formerly of Bangor
without paying several hundred dol
lars in advance of what they paid one
year ago. Mr.. Owen Mendenhal. OF
Bangor, one of those stalwart Christ
ian gentlemen. of whom any COM
munity might be proud, is running Il
cotton plantation, and we expect him
to have a large bank account when
the seasons picking shall close.
We are all located in the ''ol belt
and Miss Abbie II. Kelley, who ore
year ago was teacher in Palmer Col-
lege at LeGrand, and Mrs. j. l.. Beane
have leased their plantations to oil
men and land now planted in cotton.
corn and oats may soon be covered
with derrcks. and where cotton is now
king, the festive "gusher'' will have the
right of way, and the Iowans will be
transformed from great southern
planters to oil magnates and by reas-
on of their wealth and influence be
able to lock arms with or give battle
to the mighty Rockefeller as shall
please their fancy or circumstances
may dictate. / would not forget to
mention Virgil Moore, a former Ban
gorite. He is a contractor and BUILD
er. and is happy az clam because Of
his bright prospects. The writer once
lived at LeGrand but has become an