Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-18
NEW CORN CRIBS MUST BE BUILT
What to do With Their Corn 10 Both
srinu Farmers.

| Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City. Nov 16.---"What will the
TURNER'S do with their corn?"
This Is IL more serious question
than what the Ice man will do with
his money.
The farmers have Corn to burn" In
Woodbury. county. and tho 1t is not
| likely that much Of 1t will be burned
they have twice as much as they had
during 1894 when many family kept
| warm by the side of b fire in which
only corn was burned.
Then corn was selling for II cents
per bushel, and 1t WIS hard to dispose
OF it at that. Cribs OF 1t stood along
the railroad tracks In Iowa and Ne
braska, where speculative capital had
placed 1t. knowing that 1t would be
sold for 20 or 40 cents per bushel With
in year. They took large quantities
of the corn from the farmers, which
| this year the farmer must hold on ac-
count Of the stir price. Corn today is
selling for AZ to As cents, but there
will be little demand for new corn dur
ing the winter.
Big Temporary Cribs Built.
Mammoth corn cribs are being built
all over this section. The circular oak
lati1 crib Is again In demand. and
thousands Of bushels will be kept In
temporary cribs this winter. Farmers
coming into Sioux City report that
they have 1000. 1000. 5000 and 5000
bushels. and many OF them have more
than that. Elevator men and millers
turn them away because OF lack OF
space and discourage them in dispos-
ing of the crop. Tho the price remains
somewhat stiff 1t is predicted that the
bumper yield will force the price OF
new corn down so low that farmers
will hold.
Fewer cattle are being fed this WIN
ter than for several years. Hogs are
also less in evidence. Consequently
not 80 much corn will be fed to stock.
II is not likely that railroad com
panies and grain men will rebuild the
miles OF cribs which they had ten
years ago, to buy for speculative pur-
poses The price will not DO forced low
enough for that. Reports are that corn
in this vicinity will go from 30 to rs
and 80 bushels to the acre. 1t 10 oil OF
splendid quality. A sample from the
farm Of John Mcdonald at Leeds. was
brought into Sioux City recently
twelve ears selected at random weigh
ed II pounds.
Perfect Husl<ing Weather.
The weather for husking Is perfect,
but those who are working would RAJ
Their have q severe frost which would
make the big ears snap easier The
grain has matured rapidly. Within n
week or ten days, the market will be
forced down as new corn will be ar
irving rapidly. Grain dealers predict
that May corn will be selling for 40
cents within week, and they say this
will crowd oats down In sympathy.
The bumper corn crop may not
mean q supply of ready money for the
farmer after all. If he holds his corn
for higher prices. he won't have the
.ash. But his other crops will be out
of his hands in few weeks, and they
have been profitable.
REPORTS OF the Western Grain Com
pany from travelling men in Iowa,
South Dakota and the territory tribu-
tnry to Sioux City, say that from Ha-
warden to Sioux City 8 5per cent of
the wheat Is out Of the farmers hands
while many stations In South Dakota
and northwestern Iowa report that 80
per cent OF the wheat crop has been
marketed. Barley, oats, hay. and other
crops have also passed from the pro-
ducer to the middleman. At LEAST So to
30 per cent Of the new com will re-
main for some time In the hands OF the
man who harvests 1t, according to
thege reports