Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-22

/ LoOKER.ON In IOWA
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Grundy Center, Sept. 22.--lt sounds
like a big story but the story teller
vouched for the truth of it. The CON
versation was concerning sheep. sheep
i'm Iowa, and the writer wondered that
every farmer Gid not have five or ten
on his place, the same us all good
farmers have of chickens. turkeys.
geese and ducks The feed Tor ten
sheep in a year on an Iowa farm
amounts to comparatively nothing, ana
for fresh meat on the farm or else
where. nothing. is better Again, when
IL comes to b,ltchering them IL is less
trouble than to kill and dress a goose.
This kind of talk brought ont the
statement from one present. that he
knew of an Iowa farmer that died the
other day. and among his Other posses
sions on the farm were 1000 sheep mat
brought his heirs ST. per head. or S24,-
600 in money. According to the MARIA
tor of the story this fnrmer started III
with only fifty head and the 2,ooo We're
the increase. The sheep were IN iuii
wool and of a breed that weighed heavy
and the original investment amounted
to only $500. as he bought them when
sheep were lew in price.
II the new pure food law only re-
suits in driving out the sale OF bulk
oysters in Iowa, it's worth all the cost
of enactment. Talking with dealer
in an Iowa town, he said: Why, quit
eating bulk oysters several years ago.
| don't know what happened to them
before | got them, but ! have sold
oysters that | kept a week before they
were all gone. We put in ice every
morning. but that didn't prevent
dozen men, more or less. every day
sticking their fingers into the pan TO
sample them. We kept the cover ON
the pail. but the boys would
sweep out the store some
times with the cover off, and a
film of dust always gathered over
night. Thea of late years l know they
were doped with formaldehyde or some
other preservative, for they would
keep" almost indefinitely, ice or no
ice. 1 don't remember of having any
sour or ferInemted oysters for the pas,
three years. Always kept good till all
were sold" Fasteners will not eat
make twenty four hours in cold wealth
err the limit from the time they are
"shucked." Out west here our only
chance is 10 have them canned and
then kept continually packed in ice.
And If consumers will insist on dealers
handling the pack of some renaple
house. with the name of the packer on
the can we once more can get sooa
oysters in Iowa.
At Greene one day last week horse
buyer came into the hotel with the
remark that he had just been out TO
BIS place and offered him Sl,2oV lor
four horses the farmer was ploWlhs
with. .Why. that man wouldn't sell
those four horses less than $1,000, and
ri het he will back out when l go out
there tomorrow and offer him $1,000
this time" Some of us In the hotel
office figured out it cost no more 70
raise those four horses, big, chunky
blocks than to raise four scrubs.
And having four big horses
hitched to plow was very suggestive
of the way that farmer took care OF
his horses. He wasn't pulling the NE
out of them" On the contrary, such
work with four horses on one pillow was
lust good exercise for them. Kept
them all of the time in condition that
tempts horse buyers to bid on them.
An an-i-Cummins republican was
chuckling that taking the circle off the
ballot in Iowa, something the progress
sives worked for and put into law,
hot q
of republicans this year would mark
their tickets for all republicans on II,
excepting Cummins and Garst, thus
easing their political conscience by not
voting Il democratic ticket. Said he.
"You fellows will get all you want of
that kind of marking a ballot in one
year, ard this year. too" 1t is prob-
ably true it will take some time to
count the ballots this year. There's
going to be "a heap of scratching
this year 1t won't be all on one side,
either Congressman Cousins will feel
the effect of the new way of marking
a ticker Right here in Grundy there
will be many tickets marked to lessen
his vote The same is true in Rein
beck, The democratic candidate for
congress in this district is making
still hunt. Hand shaking here and in
Reinbe.k yesterday. Again, our DEM
ocratic friends will feel the effect of
the new way of marking the ballot.
Many democrats will not accept the
rule of this present crowd. Some will
vote for Cummins. Some fail to mark
for Porter, and many not vote any
ticket. In the opinion of many the
writer meets the disgruntled voters of
each party will offset one another in
numbers, and thus elect Cummins and
Garst with about the usual republican
majority. A. +. TEilA 4t1R.
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