The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-24
ALONG RURAL ROUTES
Herald Representative Tells of What
He Sees and Hears.


who lives three miles west of the city,
has about eighty head of real Angoras,
the wool of which Is used to make mo-
hair dresses. The goats were not
brought here for the purpose of rails
ing them for their wool, but to clean
the Brush from the farm. Inc place
was covered with brush and the goat
will eat all the leaves off of it and
cause the brush to die when it is easier
to get rid of. The goat is hard on
trees and can skin tree fifteen feet
from the ground. The goat corn
mences at the bottom and after the
remove the bark from the tree as far
as they can reach, they place their
heads against the tree so that their
horns will pass under the bark, when
they run up the side of the tree. The
trick was not witnessed by the writer,
but was explained by one who has
seen 1t done. Two of the animals
were shot by trespassers and Mr.. Aid
rich has offered good reward for
the fellow who did the deed. Signs
have been placed on the farm and
hunters win be prosecuted If caught.
Howard Wharton is to be commend
ed on the piece of road which he used
the road drag on. The level, stretch
OF quarter of mile east of his
house is undoubtedly the best piece OF
road in the county. The farmer VINO
uses the road drag should get some
lessons from him.
The representative OF the Herald
took dinner with Mrs Wilbur john
son last Wednesday noon and there
were so many good things to eat that
he stuffed until he was almost asham-
ed of himself. Rose land dwight are
school friends of the Herald man, 80
he enjoyed himself while there. Miss
Rose was member of the graduating
class of o. H. S. this year. Dwight
Johnson completed earlier and has
accepted a position as principal of a
township" high school in the southern
part of the state.
&c. Van de Haar is busy shingling
his house. So
Evan Fleener, who lives on Ed
Taylor's farm west of the city, had a
COW killed by the cars last week. The
cow was thoroughbred and was val
ued very highly. When Mr.. Fleener
arose Tuesday morning he glanced
out of the window and saw that his
COWS were on the track and the train
was coming. He hurried out, but was
too late to get all of them off and one
was struck and carried past two tel
ephone poles before the engine could
be stopped. The railroad company
will be apt to pay the damage.
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John Van Haften, who lives on a
farm, which is rather hilly, has found
number of springs on his place as
the result of the recent rains
This week has been somewhat OF
change from those just passed and
the country has become natural. The
fields are full of farmers who are
blowing their corn for the FIRST time.
A number of fields are so weedy that
the corn can hardly be seen and
some are so bad that the ground will
have to be prepared for the catch
CROP, A number are planning on
planting millet and barley.
John Harlow has moved from near
Tracy to the Perry place three miles
west of Oskaloosa. John has some
good fields of corn on the place.
r. H. Dusenberry and family, OF
Oskaloosa, are spending their summer
on part of Mr.. Dusenberry's farm.
They have just small piece of
ground to raise garden truck on. The
town of Bolton is on part of the old
Dusenberry farm.
A number of hedge fences are scat
tered here and there over the county
and they make very beautiful fence.
IIswoud be good idea for some of
the farmers to take day off and
trim their fences. Some have grown
fifteen feet high and it is impossible
to see the farm from the road.
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John Van Weelden came over from
Holland this spring to make his home
in this country and has settled on a
farm three miles from Oskaloosa on
the Pslla road He says that it ID
much easier to make living in this
country. as there are not as many
people here as in his country. His
Eoys have been here for some time
and that is what brought him here.
Mr.. Van Weelden mas started in right
and has signed for the Herald in or
der to learn how to read English.
j. ID. Coomes is now planting pota-
toss that he raised from the seed. 1t
has taken him three years to raise
twenty -geycn bushels. The first year
he got thirty potatoes, averaging in
size from that of pea to a bantum
egg. The next year he had crop OF
three pecks, and last year he dug
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