Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-04
WILL STACK NEXT YEAR
Wilson Finds Wright County
Farmers Tired OF Shock
Threshing
MARVELLOUS GROWTH OF CROPS
A Commercial Orchard 10 Shipping
Out Apples BY tho Car Load-Youns
Trees Mulohcd and Ground Seeded
School Teachors Having Fun Laying
Tile.
Special to Times Republican,

Special to Times Republican
Rowan, Sept. A return to coun-
try districts at the present season Of
the year after an absence Of sixty
days, affords a striking demonstration
Of what nature, aided by man with
farming implements, can accomplish In
so brief a period Of time. Only nine
weeks ago the ten foot ccrnstalks to be
seen now In every cornfield In countless
numbers, were scarcely knee-high.
Many fields which SO recently were
green with young growth of small
grain, are black now, awaiting only
another springtime. few hours Of
preparation with the disk and harrow
and the planting of another crop OF
corn. Grannries and hay barns SO
lately almost empty are now filled full.
We marvel at the energy displayed In
the development Of thriving city and
hardly give thought to the wonder
full growth Of vegetation, which effects
such striking changes in only two
months of time.
Five threshing outfits were last week
In operation along the line Of the one
rural mail route leading from this
town; two OF them were at one time
within a half mile Of each other.
Threshing here is only we'll begun and
as little stacking is done. Il few days OF
rainy weather would result In serious
loss to the owners of the grain.
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Some farmers assert that the I'M
stacked oats is in better shape this year
than that which has been stacked. 9th
ers who are opposed to shock threshiny
In theory. explain their practice by say
ing that when few men In neigh
borhood refuse to stack and begin
threshing "out Of the shock" would-be
stackers must stop their work and help
others thresh, or else depend on hiring
help for cash, when they get ready to
thresh, which Is an experiment that
few farmers care to try twice.
In many places eight or ten men
buy a machine and do their own
threshing. They say they can thresh
all the grain that small number Of
farmers raise almost as soon As each
could do his own stacking, thus com
bining the work without increasing the
risk OF loss by wet weather. One man
whose grain was somew''s- dfscolored'
when asked why no stacking was done
in his neighborhood sullenly answer
cd. Because we were damn fools,
next year we are going to STACK. II
Is noticeable that In the most pros
porous communities, In neighborhood
Of German farmers. for instance, stack
ing is the rule, and one accustomeu 10
travel thru the country
eo,ehow ACQUIRES the habit OF assoc
,,.t,np groups Of symmetrical grain
stacks with white houses ana blg rea
barns.
An enormous amount Of thing Is still
In progress in this part OF the sta.e.
They don't stop with draining the llat
parts Of the farm only, but are ex.
tending the lines UP the hillsiopes'
this work Is kept up at the present
rate for a few years longer the pros
moot Of a wet season will cease to be
source Of alarm to those operating
low farms.
rather novel method Of tlltng
= yorm Ia being employed by the own
ar of a quarter section near Goooei'.
His home is in distant Iowa Town
and he has several sons, all school-
teachers. The family is spending the
summer on the farm and father and
sons are digging bitches and laying
tile in a manner that has every APP
pearance Of being a first class outing
For all concerned 1t is perhaps UNI
necessary to add that the head OF the
family is able to converse IN IAN
puape that those conversant with
English only, fail to understand.
One of the few commercial orchards
Ia, he found in this part Of the state Is
located on the farm Of Mr.. j. F.. Rath-
pun near the town Of Goodell. Mr..
Rathbun broke up the ground on
which his orchard stands thirty years
,go. He has about 1000 trees in all,
800 Of which bear fruit at the present
lime. He ships several car loads OF
apples each year to Minneapolis. It Is
an unusual sight to see the force OF
about dozen people at work picking,
packing and hauling them from the
orchard. Contrary to the generally
accented theory Mr.. Rathbun does not
believe in cultivating young orchards.
He seeds the ground where the trees
ire TO be planted to clover, mulches
Zach tree to prevent sod formation, and
hen uses the mower instead Of the
,ultivator, and the 400 promising
,oung screenings" recently planted
ire evidence Of the success Of his
method and Of his confidence in the
Of extensive apple growing
n northern Iowa.
c. e. WILSON.
SILVER MEDAL CONTEST.