The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-06-17

row their nelShD0rS. AL the present.
rate the pesky gopher will soon be
extinguished. Go aI.er them, boys,
and you will soon have half inter-
est in your fathers farm.
Filling will pay for itself in few
years ii 1t never rains, says j, So
pher, who lives on farm that is we'll
tiled, four and half miles southeast
OF Oskaloosa. He said that the tile
allows the air to circulate through
the ground and this tends to keep III
moist In dry weather. In wet weather
they allow the water to escape, Lar
ger and better crops are the result OF
tiled ground. MIR. oopher is not alone
in his decision, but everyone who has
tried it report likewise. If your farm
is not tiled, it will pay you to begin
this fall
f. B. Hoover, east OF Oskaloosa, is
one. OF the losers by the recent wind
storms. The first loss was that OF
chimney and later his coal shed.
Mr. Hoover is using the surface corn
cultivator and he reports excellent
results with It, He says that the wet
ground does not have a chance to
bake when cultivated with this KIND
of pillow. 1t also cuts the weeds bet
| ter because the surfacers are sta
tionary.
| j. o. Snyder mas moved to the W.
| Fl. Crozier farm on Route No. 4. Mr.
Snyder formerly lived near Delta.
| About the middle of May strong
wind storm swept across that tiat
stretch of and about five miles east
of Oskaloosa and as a result Albert
| Stantons barn was blown to the
ground and between that place and
| Cedar, distance of six miles, six
teen wind mills we're treated like
wise. The freakish part of the storm
was illustrated when Stanton's barn
| was blown to the ground. There were
over 100 head of cattle, hogs and
\ horses and all the implements and
buggies of the farm in it, and only
one hog was killed and the binder
i was scratched little: Mr.. stanton
| figures that he got OUT very lucky
| The barn was insured. Mr.. Stanton
will build a new structure, 34X48 feet
to replace the old one. He will place
i it to the east of the house as he thinks
i that will be a better place for IT
On the same night their wind mil
was blown down and one of the large
iron rods went through shed which
was full of hogs, and not, one was
killed or injured. The mill was
broken to pieces and has been re
placed by new one. Ii r. Stanton has
his place tiled and his wife mas ovel
three hundred small chicks, so they
q will make back the loss this year
They say there was some little excite
ment around there for awhile, a!
they thought the house was goint
to go. 49,. ......
II H. ]. Landau, who resides on {
farm about a quarter of a mile cas-
/ of Stark, but who was reared in th'
/ state of Illinois, is not as great |
II lover of Iowa as he might be. HI
i
long ways when It comes to raising
) corn. If farmer In Illinois is tend
/ ing eighty acres he has from five Il
/ seven cribs to put his harvest in ant
! you don't see 1t that way IN Iowa. Mr.
/ Landau has tiled his farm and still
is not satisfied with it. Remenbe
!, the song, There's no Place Lik'
Home"
Il Mrs. Joe Ball, who has lived abou
j, three and q half miles east of Os
:, kaloosa for the last forty years, wa
! asked what she thought the creates
improvement had been made In
She said that the roads have beel
improved a great deal and that the,
to be. She said they didn't use Il
have any roads. improvements hav'
been made In every line, farm values
roads, modes of farming and every
thing else for the better. Things OF {
more permanent nature are bein
built. The creeks used to be crossed
by a culvert and every time 1t rain
ed 1t would wash away. Mr.. Bali ha
= read the Herald for forty years ant
he thinks 1t is too late to stop now
Il The farmer is the only person tina
} is making money nowadays" is
: statement that is made by many pee
: Pile, but John Head thinks that the,
: make no more cash than anyone els
when a person stops to figure n
4 the investment and the risk the farm
t err must take. We were in the barn
! yard and a small pig was runnini
about and Mr. Head said, pointing Il
the pig, There is something farme
must take great risk in. was
complete loser last year. as nearI,
, every one of my logs died with tn,
cholera" Come to think about
, the farmer does risk a whole lot, blu
!, there has never been complete crol
failure in Iowa yet, so the iowa farm
, err has been enjoying one blessing
Il e. r. OMYW.
An Old-Time Servant.