Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-30
NO CHEAP lands HERE
SEEKER AFTER Low-PRlcEp
FARMS NEED NOT SEEK IN
PowEsHlEk COUNTY.
MANY SALES BEING MADE
AT PRICES CONSIDERED FANCY
Farms Near Town Listed as High as
$3.50 Per Acre-Nothins obtainab'e
Under s1oo-crops South Better
Than North, But Yield Less-c. E.
Wilson's Observations.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell, Nov. 80. - On bulletin
board placed in front Of a local real
estate office last week were listed
few specials" One of them was a
160-acre farm three miles from town.
a snap at $150. Another the same dis
lance from town, a 120, marked down to
s170, for quick sale Some others,
farther away and somewhat rolling,
were cheaper, but there was nothing
CHEAPER than 500 per acre. A courte-
Gus member Of the firm inside, put away
his pen long enough to impart some
additional information in regard to real
estate matters in this section. There
is a fortyacre tract outside the lot
plating limits of Grinnell that is listed
at $3.50 per acre. Another that sold
three years ago for 5000, for sale now
at $3.50. The firm has within the past
year sold to local men nearly 1000
acres of northern Iowa land in farms
generally of 100 acres or less. A few
years ago one farmer bought a place
near here for about $40 and sold it re-
Gently for S167.50 to man who intend
ed to keep it for a home. Within a few
days 1t was sold again at an advance
OF $3.50 per acre. One farmer two
miles west of here, Mr.. j. N. Hartzell,
was offered $500 an acre the other day
for his eighty acre home, fine little
farm to be sure, but with only ordinary
comfortable improvements. AS last
example of land prices here, a fairly
well improved forty near town sold not
long ago for s210. These figures seem
high at this time but there are those
with a reputation for good judgment in
matters in general who without hesi-
tat1on express the opinion that within
few years they will be referred to as
bargains. The man seeking a low
priced farm at the present time would
J. do we'll to visit some place other than
Poweshiek county. 1t is not here.
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| Who is buying the land that is sold
In this locality? Renters who have
saved enough in past years to buy a
farm and who do not want to leave
the neighborhood where they have
spent a large portion of their lives
Often they buy on contract and sell
again before they get deed. Those
who own adjoining land and want more
for sons and daughters. Local specu-
lators who see an opportunity to turr
the property again at an early date
Local men, tho, in. almost every case
No. the real estate man couldn't see
that the farms are growing either
smaller or larger, for none are beins
divided, and when man buys land ad-
jacent to his. farm a new family takes
charge Of it and so far as size is con.
cerned there is no change.
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\ II this section is representative o.
the southern half of the state in the
| condition Of the corn crop it may be
stated that the northern Iowa farmer
raised larger crop the past season
than did his southern brother, but one
rather inferior in quality. There i:
some sound corn here and a great dea
that will have to be fed before sprins
to keep it from spelling A little far
Their to the south in the vicinity O,
Searsboro there is an average yield 81
twenty-five to thirty bushels of very
good corn. 1t is to be observed every.
where that the corn is badly down. Il
1T was not leveled by wind early il
the season a later gale visiting differ.
ent localities at different times put ar
end to the possibility of husking corr
in other than STOPPING posture ant
there is no such thing as Judging {
mans age this fall by his appearance
while picking corn at a distance, sa,
Of hundred yards. Everybody con
cerned will be unusually thankful this
year when the last row is husked an,
! in the crib.
Whatever the explanation, the fac
remains that there exists a wide diff
ference in the characteristics of thos
living in a timbered region as com
pared with the jewellers of the opel
prairie districts. In locality recent,
visited where a natural timber is ev
erywhere more or less in evidence tn
visitor accustomed to the prairies o
northern Iowa was constantly remind
ed' of unusual surroundings. Here tn
. forty acre farm is common. The farm
buildings generally less pretentious. 1
more noticeable appearance of comfor
than in the more open country, wher
everybody seems hurrying with tn
work in preparation for coming win
ter The pioneer stories of early day
and long continued residence on tn
same farm in the country farther mort
are discounted by those here wher
! men now we'll along in years hav