Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-31
EARS FOUND IN TWO STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT, DUE TO
TIMELY SHOWER.
ENDS FAILED TO FILL
FOR LACK OF MOISTURE
Splendid Corn Crop Promised in vicin-
ity Of Dousherty-Many Fields Will
Yield Forty to Fifty Bushels Per
Acre-Failures in Country and City
Wilson's Observations.

Special to Times Republican.
Dougherty, Aug. 31.-Two or three
good local rains that fell in this par
ticular part of the country at just
about the time they were needed, pre-
vented any damage to growing crops
by drouth and it is universally agreed
that with three weeks more time with
out frost this locality will produce the
best corn crop in many years. Elimin-
ating that portion of the acreage which
was drowned out in the spring, not a
whole, but enough 10 materially cut
down the average yield per acre, and
| it may be safely predicted that many
fields in this section will produce from
forty to fifty bushels an acre this fall
and while many farms need thing. nat
ural outlets for such work are present
J. on nearly every farm and when the
| Improvement is made. as it certainly
soon will be. there will be no better
agricultural region in this part Of the
state than at this point.
A curious thing in corn development
was discovered on the J. C. Breen farm
near here, a few days ago. The same
thing has doubtless been going on in
fields all over this section. One day
Mr.. Breen in inspecting his corn found
that many ears were filing out to
within about three inches of the tip end
Of the cob in the usual manner but
that nothing but 'blisters" covered that
portion. A little while later he again
visited the field and in the meantime
shower had fallen He was surprised
to find that the undeveloped parts of
the ear We're now filling out as tho
nothing unusual had happened and at
this time there are two distinct stages
of corn growth taking place on a
countless number of ears in that field
with every indication that the tardy
tips" will eventually mature the same
as tho they had kept UP with the other
portions turnout the growing season
Not many miles from here there lives
a man who has reached the age OF 81
years. He began farming at the age of
II years and has been farming ever
since. When he attained the voting age
his father fitted him out with team
and harness and the rest he has ac-
cumulated without any outside aid
Three years ago he made the last pay
ment on a quarter section that is worth
800 per acre in the market. He has
been a hard worker of course. Has
bought and sold farms two or three
times since he began; Buys a horse
occasionally and then finds a man who
thinks it is worth more than it cost the
owner. but he has made what he has
on the farrn-s16,ooo in sixteen years
and a living thrown in. There's money
10 be made in the business of farming.
About ten years ago a man came to
this part of the state from city and
paid some $4,000 down on another
quarter section farm. He worked hard
TOO. but with a different result from
that in the case just noted. He died not
long ago and in settling up his estate
creditors are appearing in unexpected
numbers. It is thought that possibly
so cents on the dollar will be paid on
the indebtedness eventually. Money is