The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-05
ALONG RURAL ROUTES
Herald Representative Tells of What
He Sees and Hears.


the writer last week In his travels. In
three adjoining fields laborers were
working. In one field a farmer was
blowing corn, in another hay was
being harvested and in the third oats
| were being cut. Another notable
thing about the picture, the man plow-
ing corn was using the improved rid
| ing pillow, in the nay held the crop
was being loaded with hay loader,
doing away with great deal of labor,
and the small grain was being cut
with the self binder, which has revo-
lutionized the harvesting of cereals.
And still the farmer has hard time OF
1t. Machinery is doing great things
for him, and had it no. been for the
implements of the farm many piece
of ground would be idle. This year
there is a demand for labor on the
farm, with all the improved machin-
| cry. The farmers are paying $500
and s2.25 per day and at those wages
men cannot be hired to do the work.
In the hay harvest this year many
of the farmers are providing them
selves with the hay loader. Those
who did not have such a machine
have purchased them this year, as they
could not get the labor to handle the
crop otherwise. Only here and there
can be seen farmers putting up their
hay crop by the old method of raking
and shocking.
Ernie Lyons, the storekeeper at Ce-
dar, has purchased new automobile
w. s. Currier accompanied him to
Davenport to help him decide on the
machine wanted. They drove across
country to Cedar.
| ]. L. Knott, of Cedar, started out
the forepart of this week with his
threshing outfit. He has enough work
t. keep him going six or eight weeks.
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| The house on the w. l.. Garrett
place, occupied by VIM. Steele, has a
new roof.
w. L. Gwinn, Two miles south OF
Cedar, has remodeled his house. The
interior and exterior have been paint,
ed, new furnace put in, which makes
hot and cold water possible and new
cement porch has been built.
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w. A. Wilkins has built a new
double corn crib on his place and
put in one thousand tile. He will put
in new fence and paint the buildings
on the place this fall.
Sig Allison moved onto he Lew Al
lison place this spring. He formerly
lived on the Lew Morrow farm.
Joe Brown, carrier of Route No.
out of Cedar, is taking his fifteen
day vacation. He is using his time
in putting up his crop of hay. The
sub-carrier is taking the mail.
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Harve Burlington put in tile last
spring and has a carload of tile to
put in this fall.
o. w. Baker bought the j. Edgreen
farm last spring and is farming on the
place this year. Mr.. B. intends to dc
some thing on the farm this fall.
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| L. F. Moore, three miles west OF
Kirkville, has a number of fine look
ing colts on his farm. Mr. Moore be-
lieves that there Is more money in
}aising good horses than there is In
raising steers for the market. He
has just sold two OF his colts, to be
delivered when time permits. He
does not house his colts in the barn
but turns them loose In the pasture
md lets them rear themselves. He
says they make better and stronger
horses and can stand work after they
ire trained. He has a number OF
hree-year-olds on the place that have
| lot been in the barn a half dozen
lines. Mr.. Moore raises only work
| lorses.
| George Ward had the thing machine
busy three days on his place last
| 'pring.
| w. J. Millisack, of Oskaloosa, has
| Just returned from trip out west. His
wife will stay in Idaho and visit with
her sister. Mr.. Millisack is helping
With the work on his farm west OF
kirkville.
Varney Welsch, two miles north OF
Kirkville. has improved his farm with
| a new combined corn crib and i-nple-
ment house. The barn also received
new roof. ]. w. Thomas did the
work. ....... .s.... .....
Carl Fairchild moved onto the AL
bert Fairchild place last fall and is
busy farming.
M. H. Pickett has built new barn
!0x32 feet, on his farm occupied by
II. c. Wright.
One student of Eureka school, north
of Kirkyi'le. graduated on last friday.
rhad Picken, son of M. H. Picken, was
he lucky one. Theo. shaw was the