Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-01
Highest Farm in County Occn-
pied By Present Owner For
Fifty Years
INCIDENTS OF AN EARLY DAY
rrivina TO Market at Cedar Falls With
OK Teams Occupied Many Days -
Wheat at IS Cents Per 5ushel-Rut-
Ter Farm Lands Keeping Pace With
L Advance in Prices Elsewhere.
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Greene, Oct 1.-rhree or Jour
miles west Of this town on ground
.l,irher than the surrounding lana, Is
,,,e farm Of Mr. e. 8. Tracey. Stand
ing in his front yard he can see the
smoke from the engines of the NH
yankee railroad as they travel to ana
,,ro eighteen miles distant to the near
,,st point. East. west and south PC
san see almost as far away. Many
farm houses and a town OF ABOUT ~
nm inhabitants are in plain sight Oh
ma nlace. When Mr.. Tracey and ms
p,ffA bought the farm and settled
there they could see in the whole ioV
su,,are miles surrounding them only
savan houses. That was little more
thanS hall q century ago. Fifty years
Il, 4 long time for one man and woman
Is reside on and manage farm any
vyhere. but especially on one situated
HI a region so recently settled as nor
thern Iowa
Mr. Tracey can relate instances IL
Illustrating hardships and priyalons
that would appall the ordinary man Oh
today. A single one Of which Is mere
eiyen: Cedar Falls was at that time
the nearest grain market, FARMERS
coming for many miles with their
principal product, wheat, to that point
irving OK teams and travelling at a
pace that would seem slow indeed az
the present time. One day when the
narrator OF the incident was in town.
4 a comnlotion was noticed near a brldge
near the place. Two Norwegian farm
,ers with their OK teams had brought
jsach q load OF wheat from some point
III, Kossuth county and one OF them
had driven too near the edge OF one OF
the high grades leading to the bridge.
The wagon went over, scattering the
bags Of grain along the edge of the
river. The oxen were struggling to
retain their position on the grade. The
driver at last picked UP stone lying
near and with it broke the yoke and
liberated the animals. He had been
O. week driving from his farm. After
spending considerable more time gath
ering up his scattered grain and re-
pairing the damaged wagon he sold his
wheat at the prevailing market price,
IS cents per bushel, and with load
of supplies purchased with the money
thus obtained, began the long home
ward journey.
Farm lands here, as in other por-
tsons of the state, are selling at prices
near the hundred dollar mark, and as
lin all other communities instances are
3of frequent occurrence where men de-
eide that land is too high and they
,emigrate to places, where 1t is cheap
err Asking some questions regarding
the mater 1t was learned that of the
entire number who have thus endeav-
cred to better themselves within the
last two years, 80 per cent of all that
left the vicinity in question have re-
turned and are looking for locations
again in the very place they left SO
recently, thoroughly satisfied that
Iowa land even tho high priced is still
more profitable than the Cheap" lands
north, south or west.
w. n. Roschen, who lives near Mar
bile Rock, is building hog house that
On his farm north Of that town. 1t Is
'20x48 feet, s feet high on one side and
Is u on the other, has s pens on each
side with a foot feed way thru the
middle. The material, except the root,
lis cement blocks and floor of the
same material. The floors are little
lower near the middle of the building
than at the outer side and a gutter
runs along the lower edge, insuring a
dry floor at all times. A building 14x16
feet and 8 feet high with cement floor
is being erected near the hog house
and will be used for preparing feed for
the hogs. It will be equipped with
grinder, cooker and other essentials
ilecess airy to scientific swine raising.
Mr.. Roschen invested $500 in an outfit
for manufacturing cement blocks, and
doesn't care If the prices of lumber
does continue to rise. He estimates the
cost Of the buildings described at
shout $500.
c. E. WILSON.
WEEDS OLD SWEETHEART.