Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-08
MOVING ON The Farm
Increased Facilities For Trans
portation Has Not Solved
All Difficulties
REQUIREMENTS ARE GREATER
REQUIREMENTS ARE GREATER
Some of the Experiences Of Farmers
Who Seek Change of Locality
Many of Them Like to Get Back to
the Old Neiehborhood and Associa-
tions-WiIson's Letter.
Special to Times Republican.

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Iowa Falls, Jan S-With their field
work tor the past season only jus,
completed, the attention of a COOS
many tenant farmers has already beer
called to another important question
that of moving. The gradual inn
provement in country roads, the fact
that railways are more easy of access
than formerly. together with other
changed conditions make a change OF
locality possible now where until re-
Gently it would not have been at all
practicable, yet owing to the ever in
outfit of the successful farmer of to-
day, moving remains a hardship and is
accomplished only at an ever increas-
ing expense. Shrinkage in weight and
occasional accidents, the inevitable
consequences of moving live stock,
damage to household furniture and
farming implements, or loss in the
process of disposing of these and buy
ing again the setback usually giveE
farm work are few of the features
that render three moves as bad as
fire" These changes of location how
ever, tho expensive are generally nee
essary and often advantageous.
The average renter who has attain
ed to middle age has dwelt i'm good
many different localities. Incidents
like the following. which took place the
other day on a passenger train in thu
western part of the state, could hard
w be possible. but for this fact: Two
men, entire strangers to each other. oc-
cupied a seat in crowded car. one or
them looking out of the window re-
marked, More than twenty years ago
I lived on a farm my father owned
only few miles from here. Il farm
ed place couple of years not great
distance away" said the other. The
first speaker then gave the exact To-
cation of the farm to which he referred
and it proved to be the very same that
the other had operated. These men
were born and raised in different states
and at present live more than hun
dred miles apart.
Two years ago farmer who had
lived the greater part of his life IN
one of the communities | visit. decided
10 try his luck in another part of the
No particular reason was Civ
en- for this decision, except that he had
to live awhile in different |
So he rented farm |
about twenty miles distant for term |
Of two years, and moved to the new |
home A few months later | called |
At his home. but Mr.. \ was absent
On short visit among his old neigh
1ors, but the wife was there. How did
hey like it here? ooh. not very we'll.
rhe boys We're not acquainted with
anyone around here and We're always
Wishing they could return to thei,
ormer home. The other day L was
gain working in the neighborhoo1
where he had lived at first and in
uirng about certain resident was
old that he intended leaving the place
n the spring. that a Mr.. X now living
ONE distance northwest and who had
resided in the neiShborhood,
aased the farm for the coming year.
the wishes of the little boys
ad some influence over his decision,
ut there is no doubt that other causes
perated to some extent in the same
ERECTION.
The possibilities in horse raising
hen attended by good luck and
God judgment, are we'll illustrated in
ne case of Mr. c. j. Pyle, Clarion
armer, who about eleven Years ago
urchased a registered Percheron mare
aging 1926 for the animal Since tina.
me he has sold one team of her colts
or $500. yearling colt for s170. and
as left three fine mares worth per-
APPS nearly $1,000, and for which he is
lmost daily receiving tempting offers.
here are frequent instances these I
avs of farmers who are keeping their