Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-19
Many Tenants Change Locations
in Same Neighborhood For
Many Reasons
NOT MANY LEAVING THE STATE
Majority Of Those Make Change. in
Location Remain in Same Neighbour
hooel-Buyers at Public Sales Pay
c.sI, for Purchases-iood Stock and
Good crops-WiIson's Rural Notes.
Special to Times-Republican,

S5HellIGIu, EcU. -1IdSh SS'eA
about the middle of February to the
first Of March there occur many
changes on the rural mail routes Of
northern Iowa. Farms sold during the
year pass into the possession of the
new owner at this time, rented farms
are vacated by their tenants and in
turn are occupied by strangers, some
neighborhoods undergoing what in
few years sometimes results in an al
most different class of people from
those found there at the beginning. ON
the three routes running from this
place the changes here this year are
perhaps fairly representative Of those
occurring over large part of the state
and brief summary of what is going
on in this line is of interest as it in
dicates conditions in this respect in
general.
Only five or six farms have been sold
in the territory alluded to during the
last twelve months. which fact would
seem to indicate that very little land
is changing hands. Three men who
have been renting In past years have
bought farms in the vicinity and are
preparing to occupy them. A half
dozen other tenant farmers are emf
grating to other parts of the country,
some to Canada, one to Washington
and one to Minnesota, while one man
returns from the latter named state
to try his luck once more on an Iowa
farm One farmer has recently held
public sale and moved into town TO
engage in business. About fifteen 9TH
ers are moving to new homes In or near
the same neighborhoods in which they
lived last year. 1t is a rather curious
fact that in all this changing around
nearly every one believes he Is better
ing his condition, tho the place he
yacates may be the one taken by his
predecessor in the new home. There
is generally a good reason for the
change, some wishing to follow par
ticular line-dairying for instance-to
which his present place is not as we'll
adapted as some neighboring farm now
occupied by man who prefers to avoid
the milking proposition. So they
change places to the advantage of both.
Whatever the Improvement effected,
the fact remains that each move neces-
states two or three weeks of hard
work generally in bad weather.-and over
rough or muddy roads, and not un-
frequently with considerable damage
to household furniture. farming Inn
Elements and livestock.
One Of the gratifying evidences OF
good times on the farms in this part
of the country is in the manner of set
Ting for property bought at the public
sales. Very few notes are given as
compared with preceding years. At one
recently held near Rockwell the only
paper given was the checks OF the
purchasers, and at another held in that
vicinity only one note was given.
One of the best stocked farms in this
part Of the country is that OF w. IL.
Emo, a young farmer who owns a $40
acre farm near this place. About
eighty head of full blood Shorthorn
cattle are kept on the farm. some Of
which were purchased by their present
owner at very high figure and are
without doubt worth the price paid for
them. "A pair of registered "bronchos"
weighing 5000 pounds, span of three
year-old mules that tip the scale beam
at 2,4OO, three-year-old colt that he
has Just sold for 5000. are a few of
the livestock features that are shown
visitors who appreciate good stock. Mr..
Emo demonstrated his ability to grow
corn last year by taking 4,S00 bushels
from a sixty acre field devoted to that
cereal. A visit to the place is a lesson
to any man who would produce some
thing better in the way of livestock and
grain crops than are found on the aver
age Iowa farm.
Solomon Holmes one Of the prom
inent farmers of this locality was a
few months ago one of theparties to
remarkable family reunion held in the
Ohio village where he passed his youth.
He is one of family of six brothers
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