Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-03
The Marshall County Institute
Opens With Address by Des
Moines Farmer Editor
FARMING
SCIENTIFIC
Henry Wallace Tells Marshall County
Farmers How 500 Land May
Be Made to Pay-smal Crowd At
tends First Meeting--other Farm
Topics Of Interest Are Discussed.

i County Farmers institute held w ed
nesday afternoon in the east court
room, Henry Wallace. OF Des MONIES,
editor of the Wallace Farmer talked
| for a half hour on How to Make sl00
Land Pay" and spent as mucn more
his auditors. Mr.. Wallace holds that to
make high priced land profitable it
must be farmed scientifically, which is
burt another term for good farming.
Brains must be put into the business
and 1t mus. be mace a study with the
object OF utilizing all possible resources.
He said in part:
The Iowa farmer never made so
much money as he mas in the past two
or three years. 1t came TO him while
he slept 1t came like Jonas gourd
and like Jonas gourd it Will go away
unless it Is taken care Of. 1t came with
out toll on account of the development
Of the resources of the country. How
are we gine to hold TO ii? No one line
of reform will keep pace with land that
has reached value of sl00 per acre.
We must first begin TO study the physi-
cal condition OF our soil and must un-
derstand the conditions under which
plants grow best and the largest crops
are produced. We must know how to
maintain the proper physical condition
with the object of conserving the supply
of water.
I'VE must SO plan these 500 acres
as to utilize labor to the greatest pos
sible extent. We must rotate our crops
SO that our labor may be distributed
turnout the year. and the crops must
vary with the different farms on which
they are being produced. TO better
utilize this labor improved and late
machinery must be used. Up-to-d date
machinery must be purchased so that
economy In labor will be the result.
| Hire more capable farm hands and pay
| them larger wages. For in the end 1t
will often prove that the more expen-
| sive are thu. cheaper.
| Our grain must be handled better
| We must raise all that is possible from
our acres Good varieties of corn only
| should be planted. 1t is Just as easy
| to produce sixty bushels to the acre as
| it is thirtyfve, If we will quit grow
! ing scrub corn raised In por stands.
We need a kind of oats that Will stand
up against rust and improved varieties
of spring ard winter rshaat. II this $500
acre land iis 10 pay. The corn must be
fed diligently into steer, horse or sheep,
| IL all the profits possible would be real
! lied from it.
| I'VE must not move to town and rent
our land, for that land needs our per-
sonal attention. We rent to most men
who get all there is to be had from the
| land without attempting to put any
| thing back into 1t. To successfully raise
herds steers must be bought from the
western ranch owner, who raised them
on cheap land, or from those who bred
better stuff than, does the average
| farmer.
I'VE must not raise grain continual
ly; we must not radse cows for their
calves alone or mares for their colts
alone. Our methods OF feeding steers
must be revised. The old methods are
land is higher, and there is not now the
margin for the feeder that formerly ex-
listed Feeding, TO be successful, must
be done with definite object of pro-
duclng the maximum of beef with the
minimum of feed. The time has come
when farming. to be profitable, must be
done on scientific principles
Favor Funds For Anes.
Before the arrival of Mr.. Wallace Mr..
e. NJ. Wentworth, of State Center, oc-
cupied the floor and talked along lines
of general interest to farmers, and en-
phasized especially the extensive and
good work that is being carried on at
The Iowa State College, Ames. He out
lined some of the benefits farmers were
receiving from that institution and the
experiments in all the branches of the
inductry which are conctantly in pro-
gress. AS result of Mr. Wentworths
plea for additional funds resolution
was passed, and later wired Senator
Ecleles and Representative Cummings,
to urge the passage of the bill. which
comes up in the committee today, for
the purpose of levying a special tax of
three -tentils of a mill each year for the
maintenance of the experimental sta
tion.
Women on the "Home Beautiful"
Mrs w. II. C. Woodward, of Mariet-
ia, read paper on Beautlfylng Farm
Homes" Mrs. Fl. S. Stowell, of Taylor
township, who was also to have spok-
en- on the same subject, was unable to
be- present on account of illness. Ow-
ing to lack of time the subject of
Farm Buildings" which was to have
been brought up for discussion. was
postponed until the session this morn
ing.
The Morning Session.
The session this morning was of an
informal nature, and was given over
to general discussion of matters of
interest to those on the farm. On
the subject of Farm Buildings" post
poned from Wednesday afternoon,
Messrs. w. II. Arney. w. r. Moninger,
Eli Packer and II. c. Hubbard gave
short talks. The attendance was
about the same as that of the previous
day.
BOGUS BEGGING CARRIED ON.
Organized Charities Association Warns
Public Against Professional Beg
CARS.
The officers of the Organized Char