Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
Old Settlers Awakening to the
Desirability Of Recording
the EARLY Struggles
THE EARLY AND LATE CORN
Some Farmers Beginning to Consider
the Question Of Quality of tho Grain
as Important as the Yield = Warm
Winter Weather Has Shown Defects
in This Years Crop.
Special to mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
GAINESVILLE. Jan. 23-In speaking Of
the development of one of the more
recently settled counties of the state,
prominent business man of a central
Iowa town used in substance, these
worlds: when hear and read of the
thriving towns and wealth producing
farms of that country where only
Il few short years ago | saw great
stretches of prairie, occupied in sum-
mer only by a few cattle herders ana
practically infabitated the rest OF the
year. it almost seems to me that l am
giving my attention to fairy stories
rather than to truthful statements OF
conditions as they exist
A little inquiry into the matter
among the descendants OF the early
settlers especially in the older settled
portions OF the state, discloses an
awakening; tendency on the part OF
these people to keep alive the mem
cries of early days and an ever In
creasing pride in the fact that their
ancestors bore prominent part In the
wonderful transformation that has
been wrought In so short a time. In
this community which was settled In
the early sos and where the children
and grandchildren of the first settlers
have in large part found comfortable
and pleasant homes for themselves,
there is o. noticeable satisfaction on
their part in the possession OF the story
of the three or four families that jour
ncyed westward across the Mississippi
bound for no particular point; how
they reached this locality and weary OF
travel decided to remain few days to
rest themselves and their jaded horses.
and how as they tarried, began to ask
each other the question, What better
place than this can we hope to find:'
and decided to go no farther. How
other homeseekers soon Joined the first
corners and a little town was founded
to which a few years later railroad
was built with the usual rapid subse-
quent development that has fo.owed
the advent of such avenues of commu-
ncation in every fertile region they
have entered.
The other day l noticed over the
doorway of a farm building an old
:
that here was the home of the Off
spring OFT some early settler. Yes"
said the farmer, that yoke was used by
my grandfath Their in breaking UP many
acres of this farm There is nothing
fancy about it but Pm going to take it
down some day, paint it and put 1t in
more appropriate place We think
great deal of the old ox-yoke." 1t
seems pity that more mementoes as
these of early days were not preserved
as might easily have been done and the
compilation by some granddaughter OF
one of the pioneers with an inclination
for such work, of the many interesting
tales of early days that are related
yet, but that will otherwise soon be
forgotten, would make volume or
very interesting reading at no distant
day for the residents Of the community
in which the stories were gathered.
The remarkable absence Of cold
weather thus far this winter has had
one effect that threatens serious con-
sequences to the man who is trying
to sell his corn. Grain buyers In diff
ferent places are refusing to receive
any more corn that will not grade and
in a good many localities this includes
a large part Of the entire crop. In
one neighborhood at least this state of
affairs has started a lively discussion
on the question Of which is the most
profitable kind of corn to raise. One
man, feeder, claims that as between
IS bushels of large variety, even tho
not fully ripe, and Is of sound dry
corn such as can nearly always be Sc
cured by planting earlier, smaller va
rieties, he would unhesitatingly choose
the former. Another declares that he
would much prefer the dry corn in
the above proportion. Says frozen
grain is not fit to feed stock and that
the four cents difference in price
which some dealers are now paying,
and the certainty of a sale for his sur
plus at amy time are considerations
that induce him to plant only early
varieties and be satisfied with ordin-
airy yields.
The observant wife of one farmer
contributes the information that her
chickens, when fed a mixture of sound
and unripe corn invariably select the
dry kernels first, and as proof that she
knows something about feeds and feed
ing she produced carefully kept book
which showed that with 225 hens to
begin the year just closed she has mar
keted at current prices 1868 worth of
eggs and $50 worth of chfckens-an
income of s1.20 per day. and has the
original number of fowls left.
C. E. WILSON.
Looks Like Disagreement.