Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-26
Noticeable Improvement in the
Character of the Buildings
on Iowa Farms
GIVEN PROTECTION
Modern Farm Houses and other Farm
Buildings Have Kept Pace With the
Improvement In This Respect in the
Towns-Wilson's Observations and
Experiences.
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Special to Times Republican.
Clarion, Dec. 26.-Along with the
modern dwelling, business block and
factory building has come the modern
farm building Until within recent
time the erection of these palaces for
the brutes has been confined to-
wealthy men, those of the class some
times elenominated telephone farm
ers," who thus inves. money
which they made while en-
gagged in some occupation other than
farming. During the last year or two
the number of up-to-date farm build
ingw erected on the places of men OF
moderate means has increased very
noticeably In one neighborhood 1t Is
a new $500 hog house with floor of
fir and large enough to admit OF an
alley way thru which loaded wagon
may be driven, enabling the owner to
clean out and bed the house with the
same convenience that he does MS
horse and COW barn. On the next farm
1T may be corn crib with floor OF ce-
ment, elevator for unloading and over
head bin into which the grain can be
transferred as it is shelled and pro-
vided with chutes for rapid LOADING
when the day arrives for marketing It,
Across the road another man has built
a poultry house large enough to con-
tain hundreds of chickens, turkeys
and other feathered creatures which
have become an important source OF
income on the average farm these
days.
A very fine barn is being built by
Mr. W. H Tallman, farmer living on
a rural route from this town. 1t Is
4OxS6 feet, with 16 foot corners and
stands on cement wall eight feet
high. Nearly 100000 feet of lumber
was used in it's construction. The
greater part of it is yellow pine, which
was once used in the buildings of the
st. Louis exposition. The capacity >of
the barn is $50 tons of hay 1900 bush
els of grain, twenty-six horses, sixty
head Of cattle and provision is made
for carriage ROOM harness room and
other conveniences. A large water
tank is to be placed inside. The entire
lower floor is to be of cement. The
upper floors are double and the cracks
between the planks were filled with hot
tar when they were laid in order to
make them water tight manure
carrier is to he placed in the part al
lotted to the horses and In every part
of the building the arrangement Is
conducive to convenience for the man
and comfort for the animals
This is only one of many instances
i'm this part of the country where men
have occupied their places for years
getting along with very Indifferent inn
provements and the changed appear
ance which one of these imposing
structures brings to such farms is in
deed remarkable.
A recent fall of snow IN this locality
furnished one farmer an opportunity
that he was evidently looking for. He
expects to move a couple of miles IN
the spring and of course fully realizes
what it means to haul heavy loads in
that season of the year on the average
Iowa road He wished to take four
"individua1'' hog houses built on skids
weighing perhaps four or five hundred
pounds each to the new home, so ne
hitched one horse to each of them, tfed
each horse to the house. next ahead,
mounted the foremost animal and trail
ed down the road 1t somewhat resem-
bled the moving of band OF Indians,
but it accomplished the desired result
in very short time and without the
help of a hired man or neighbor.
Many amusing and ludicrous cases OF
"mistaken identity" occur in the ex-
periences of those travelling always
among strangers One day approach
ed a man telling him my name and
intending to state further the nature OF
nv errand. The old gentleman howev-
er. did not wait for the latter lnfor-
nation but grasping my hand cordially
said. "Ah. our new minister believe.
When the mistake was explained to
him he said, well, your name is the
same as that of our new preacher anu
he was to call this afternoon, so l sup
nosed YOU were the man." AT the very
next place l visited / was asked by
the lady who opened the door, rs this
the man who has come to look at the
horses?"
One morning a woman came down
the walk bareheaded and on the run
exclaiming "Where in the world did
Won come from p" When within a few
feet of me she stopped, said in a tone
very different from that used at first,
ooh, thought sure you were my broth
err" and returned to the house almost
as suddenly as she had come. In ans
wer to my mock at the door OF farm
house one evening came the invitation,
Come in, you old hayseed." An elder
ly hired man was keeping house while
the family was away on a visit and he
was expecting call from neighbor.
c. E. WILSON.
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