Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-25
Conditions Better in All Re
spects in Vicinity of Parkers-
burg and New Hartford
FARMERS ADD TO REVENUES
Monthly Receipts From Milk Checks
Exceed Salaries of Many Men -
Diversity of Opinion as to the Value
of the silo = C. e. Wilson,. Rural
Observations.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
New Hartford, Aug 25.-The crop
outlook this year in the territory COW
cred by the rural mail routes running
from this town and those from the
adjoining town of Parkersburg, a strip
equalling in extent about four town.
ships of land, presents an agreeable
contrast to that which existed here a
year ago. AT that time nearly every
farmer knew that his small grain crop
had been very light and had reason to
fear that his corn would be no bet
ter, a fear that was afterward fully
realized. This year the small grain
while not bumper yield, has been
very good, the general average being
not far from thirty bushels per acre
and the quality first class. A good
average yield of corn is assured in case
no killing frost occurs before the us
ual time for this event and everybody
appears contented and satisfied with
is the year of presidential campaign
and the hard times cry is heard in
some parts of the land.
Nearly every farmer in this part OF
the country, aside from his regular oc-
cupation of raising hogs. horses. cat
tie and grain for the market. is In eff
feet also salaried man; that Is, he
is carrying on dairy business, as
side line, and the monthly milk checks
received by some would make the sal
aries OF many commercial men appear
small by comparison. There are at
least twenty-seven silos in the COM
munity either already built or con-
tracted for, and those who own them
are enthusiastic in their praise. One
man, Mr. w. A. Brown, will have four
silos filled this fall; the buildings hav-
ing combined capacity of 500 tons.
According to his figures, seven acres
of good corn will fill a 100-ton silo.
Allowing forty pounds of silage per
day for each mature animal and add
ing a small daily feed Of oil meal or
bran to balance the ration, this Will
be sufficient to feed twenty-five cows
200 days. This is certainly cheap
method of wintering stock. On the
other hand, one observant man was
found in the neighborhood who would
not have silo on his place. He de-
clares that their cost, the uncertainty
of getting them properly filled, the
necessity of working all fall to pay
back your help" and what he con-
siders the slight superiority of silage
Il,
or no value to the owner. All admit
however that this is not a good year
for the silo manufactures, because of
the abundance Of hay and all kinds OF
rough feed.
IN commenting on the recent de-
struction of a creamery in this coun-
ty by fire and the failure OF the pro-
prietor to settle in full with his pat
rons for the milk they sold him, one
prominent farmer suggested the need
of some method whereby these losses,
small in individual cases, but enorm-
Gus in the aggregate, might be avoided.
ANY irresponsible man can go into the
creamery business, he said, and those
who supply him with milk are en-
tirely at his mercy or dependent on
his business success. He thinks ina.
some plan ought to be devised that
would subject the creamery patron to
less danger of losing part or all OF the
proceeds of a months product by re-
curing a substantial guarantee that
so long as milk is received at factory
remuneration will he forthcoming re-
CARELESS Of what happens to 1T after IL
leaves the producers hands.
So far as farm buildings are con-
cerned this is one Of the best improved
portions of north central Iowa, yet the
work of Improvement is still going on
An illustration of what is now being
done in this line is afforded by drive
over a six-mile stretch of a New
Hartford route There is III. j. Wood.
who is Just finishing a big double corn
crib and granary, the kind that costs
more than the ordinary dwelling of
twenty wears ago. A short distance
farther on huge pile of lumber mas
been stacked on the Converse farm,
and everything being made. ready tor
the erection of a big barn there thls
fall. Within two miles OF this place
Fred Brown is charging, remodehng
and undermining an already large
house. making it one of the commod-
ious farm dwellings of the VICINITY
and less than one mile from him
George Schreurs has laid the founda-
ton for barn 50x56 feet, with l2-foot
corners. Mr. Schreurs' farm consists
of eighty acres and the barn that will
soon stand on his place will bear evil
dence that the day is at hand in Iowa
when big barns indicate not only big
farms but also good farming.
C. IL. WILSON.