The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-07-29

Missouri, and in some of the other
states of the east, says that he has
found no such county as Mahaska and
he believes that IL is one of the best
sections In the United States. Can
such county as Mahaska afford to
be without a fair? Ask yourself this
question and then act. New Sharon
and Pella have small fairs and sue
coed in drawing the crowds and exhib-
itors. Cannot Oskaloosa?
Mrs. Van der Vert, who lives north
Of Lacey, is an enthusiastic chicken
raiser and she has great many of
the full blooded Barred Plymouth
Rocks. Her intention is to breed the
chickens so that they will have the
narrow and distinct bars. She has
been very successful so far, but she
is not satisfied as yet. She took first
and second prize on pullets and a
first on cockerels at the New Sharon
Fair last year.
Lew Mitchell, northwest of Lacey,
is another of the Mahaska county
farmers who has been convinced that
| it pays to tile place. He had low
piece of ground that it was almost
impossible to get crop on at all, and
he thought he would try thing the
ground AS result this year he has
one of the best pieces of corn on that
ground that can be found any place
around there. Every farmer makes
comments on the crop. Mr.. Mitchell
put up a new wind mill on the place
occupied by e. E. Bunting.
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Mr.. and Mrs! Grin Wickersham, of
Oskaloosa, were recent callers at the
Lew Mitchell home NORTHEAST of La
cey.
Grace and Dorothy Boyd daughters
Of w. J. Boyd, are taking music les
sons in Chicago this summer. They
expect to return home in the fall.
Grace is taking instrumental and
Dorothy is studying voice.
A. l.. Lockard has improved his
farm with new wind mill and a
twenty barrel water tank.
AS the price of land advances some
thing must be done to convert the
waste land into tillable ground and
it has taken the Hollanders to hit up
on scheme by which they will make
Mahaska county more noted than
ever. Along. South Skunk river on
the north side about two miles above
the water works there lie hundreds
of acres, of bottom land which raises
the best of crops when the river does
not drown them out. The land has
recently come into the possession of
Hollanders and it is natural that they
should use the same principles that
have been used in their native land
to insure the raising of a crop every
year. If the present plans are work.
ed out, bikes will be built along the
river banks. Already about three
miles of dixie about three feet high
has been put in by the owners of the
land, Try Van der Linden, Pete Gaas
and John Dykstra, and they intend to
make the dixie higher and stronger as
soon as they can get to the work. Dur
ing the slow months of the winter
they will put in their time fencing in
the river. What little work they have
done made satisfactory showing
this year when the river came out of
its banks. The dixie is being built of
rock and SOIL II the men are sucr
cessful they will have some of the
best farm land to be found and will
be assured of a good crop. The men
are all from Holland, where such
work is done, and it is likely that they
will be successful. May they set ex-
amples which will be followed by
other owners of bottom land.
Garrett Hasselman, east of Lacey,
had sixty head of hogs on the Oska-
loosa market last week. They aver
aged IT'S pounds each. ....' - .
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VIM. Whalen has shingled his barn
and put in eight rods of woven wire
fencing. .'.s..
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w. j. Stout has built a new four
room house on his farm. He intends
to paint it In the fall.
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