The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-01

was first broken. The land should be-
seeded down. Mr.. Russell came to
Iowa from Illinois and he is a strong
believer that Iowa soil is just as good
as Illinois land and will raise just as
good and large a crop. He says Iowa
farmers do not tend their places like
they do in his native state. A crop
OF corn is raised one year and then
the next two 1t is seeded down to
clover and small grain, reversing the
crop. While in Iowa the land has corn
year after year upon it. The land
needs rest. II you are an Iowa fart
mer try the Illinois plan. Another
advantage the Illinois farmer has is
heir farms are large. The small farm
Is thing of the past and cannot be
sold easily unless to the adjoining land
owner. Just the reverse in Iowa;
the man with the small farm can al
ways sell 1t. Real estate agents almost
always refuse to list a large place.
The renter has more obligations to
meet in Illinois-$9.O0 to $1,000 an
acre for land and in the contract he
must agree to keep all weeds cut
around the place. If he fails to do
that he has to pay forfeit of 800.
or whatever the contract reads. ~
Mr.. A. S. Tanner, four miles north
east of Rose Hill, is making one OF
| the greatest improvements in his part
OF the country. The improvement is
an unusual one as it is fireproof
house, built of concrete and cement
blocks. The house Is to be thirty two
| feet square and will have eight rooms
with four in the basement The con.
crete foundation is being put in now.
The house was planned by Mr.. Tan
ner and he has been busy since last
fall making the cement blocks which
enter the construction The house
will be two stories and modern in
every way. Mr.. Tanner has also put
in quarter of a miles OF sixteen-inch
tile, which are Of his own make. u.
North Skunk river is now in its
banks, but the current is very swift
If there are no more rains the streams
will return to their normal size before,
long. a." ''7" -s.-.a-,~
The farmers all over the country
seem to have a great deal of trouble
In getting farm hands. They say that
it is hard thing to get man to come.
out and work on farm at any price.
The farmers are paying from twenty
five to forty dollars a month for their
hired help and this includes their
washing and board. If men don't
come from some place before long
the farmer is going to nave so much
to do along about harvest time that
he won't know what to do. You had
better. engage your men now.
The roads around Rose Hill and
indianapolis are in excenent condi-
ton in comparison with other roads
of the county. They are in much be-
ter shape than the roads entering os-
kaloosa. The roads are not past crit
icism as the Rose hnl-Indianapolis
roads have a number of bad places
which should be filed up.
Joseph Nye has improved his place
by new kitchen 14xI6 feet. He has
also replaced some old fence by new
woven wire fences. Two thousand
tile has been put in by him.
W. G. Rhinehart, who lives three
miles northeast of Rose Hill, has been
at the same place for forty-eight years.
Mr. Rhinehart is an old resident of
Oskaloosa and was one of the first
councilmen the town ever had. He
was for two years chairman of Side.
walk committee and helped to lay
the first walks the town enjoyed. 1t
was a very small village then. Isaac
Kalbach was town marshal when Mr.,
Rhinehart lived in Oskaloosa. When
Isaac had occasion to arrest young
man one day and as he started
to take him the fellow refused to go
until warrant had been served, not
knowing that Mr.. kalbach was the
policeman. The fellow was arrested
forthwith according to Mr.. Rhine,
harris story.
According to the opinion of an old
fruit grower the reason the trees re-
fuse to raise good crop when the
spring has been cold, is because the
bees and other insects cannot work
on the flowers. The bees and other
insects don't come out when 1t is the
least bit cold, but remain in their
hives and the fruit, which depends
on this kind of pollination, will not
produce fruit to a great amount. OF
course some of the pollin is carried
by the wind from one flower to an
other, but a greater amount is carried
by the insects.
p. H. Leonard has bettered his
place by new 50x12 foot hog house
and a new windmill. Mr.. Leonard
put board floor In the hog house be-
cause he thinks that 1t is much warm
ger and better for brood sows.
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