Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13
The Big Corn Crop Has Been a
Godsend to the People of
Hawkeye State
FURNISHES ITS OWN FEED
In Years of Poor Crops Hawkeyc State
Has Had to Buy Feod From Other
states-cattle Feeding on Less Ex-
tcnsive scale-Influcnco of the
Dairy.

Chicago, Jan. 13. - Live Stock
Worlds special from staff correspon-
dent in Iowa: En- route across Iowa
| Hawkeye state money will be kept at
home this year. thanks to the beneh-
cent agency Of King Corn. Just what
a full corn crib means to Iowa can be
understood only by those who went
| thru the experience of recent lean
years. In the winter of 19O1-02 Iowa
sents its money to Missouri for feed.
Last year this flow of coin went Neb
raskawards. Between money spent.
of necessity for corn and money ex-
pended. not always judiciously in out
side land speculation. Iowa expert
enced financial stringency. But the
tide has turned in the direction of
| prosperity. King Frost, the nightmare
of the Iowa corn grower, proved very
considerable last fall. keeping away
until the crop was made, and while
there was not more than enough, even
| with a bumper crop, no complaint is
| heard.
Iowa would have been in tight
hole but for that CROP" said Story
county man. 1T saved many bank
and many business man. We could
| MT have stood another lean year. AL
tho it was a bumper crop, cribs
aren't overtiowing by any means An
other big crop Will be needed to create
II surplus. Iowa will sell some corn
this year. but a large proportion of
| the crop will be carried over. In the
crib 1t is as good as money In the
bank. Experience of the past two sea-
sons has taught our people sense and
they will not put themselves In the
same position, while recollection Of 1t
| remains"
Cattle feeding, II report is half re-
liable, ia on smaller scale than usual
this winter Popularity Of winter feed
| ing is waning. AS veteran beer
maker put 1T. feeding in winter Is
not recreation" There are plenty OF
cattle in the country, 1t is true, but no
effort is being made to get them ready
for early markets The summer OF
1904 saw the production of an enor-
NOUS crop of roughage. 1t Is an ar
ticle not convertible into cash with
out the agency OF the steer and de-
termining not to waste It, farmers
bought thousands of young cattle
This means that reports on the feeder
movement are deceptive, as the stock
! has not gone into feed lots but IS being
merely roughed thru the winter.
Much of it will be fed on grass next
summer. that method OF getting cat
tie ready for market involving less
labor cost and shrink than winter reed
lot operations. AS the Texas IeeueI
ia taking to cake feeding on grass ana
cutting down his close feed lot opera
lions. so Is the northern beef maker
resorting to summer feeding. inns
conyeys a suggestion that the game
NAV be overdone but so far mas not
detracted from it's popularity.
| Iowa does not possess the same
wealth Of beef cattle that distinguished
It's feed lots and pastures two years
apo This fact Is regretfully admit
tod nv cattlemen. The tawny Jersey
and the spotted Hostein have stamped
their mark indelibly all over the state
and at the same time the creamery
bus,ness cannot be said to be IN a
thrivinr condition and this diffusion
Of dairy blood in the herds OF the STATE
has been as Improbable as IL mas
been disastrous from the ieeaer
standpoint. Hundreds OF thousands VI
dollars have been put into creamery
plants which are now lying ldie' ana
the victims of the promoters persna-
sivepess can resort only to earnest p"e
logical profanity as a panacea. RAJ ~,
| labor is as scarce and as high prlceu
In Iowa. as elsewhere ana equaiiy
averse TO milking cows. Revision 10
beef herds is noticeable, but soihe
time will be needed to get ria Oh ohe
dairy blood handicap.
"JJsed to be n man coula rae 'i's
country in his locality q day or so anu
nick M a few car loads of good 1eeo-
ars hit he can't do 1t now, shlu a
Gentleman. II believe this scarcity OIL
rood feeding cattle IS keeping many
ct ~ the business and inducing them
ia cell corn instead. They've tried ti.s
d,irv stun in the feed lot and 1T didn't
nav out. These big, coarse range
readers Amt much good, either. Ihey
.o+ like drove Of white elephahts
and when they're fit to go. don't prlng
INV nrice. Too coarse, buyers say.
Iowa has had to fiji it's feed lots with
/. ,ot Of dern trash lately and mats
ono reason why there amt many on
GOOD this year. Good ones were scarce