Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-13
CROP FAILURES UNKNOWN IN
WESTERN WRIGHT AND HUM.
1oLpr COUNTIES.
FARMERS FINDING WHEAT
is PROFITABLE CROP
Large Number of Farms in That Sec
ton Changing Hands at Advancing
Prces-An Experiment in Cooper
ative Threshins c. e. Wilson's
Rural Observations.


Goldfeld, Sept. 13.-What is general
ly conceded to be one of the best all
around crops ever raised in this part
of the country has been grown on the
eastern Humboldt counties this year.
The clay" of the land and quality of
the soil here makes failure of crops
thru drouth about the last thing to be
feared by the farmer and the present
season was a favorable one so far as
moisture was concerned. Oats yields
ranged from forty to eighty bushels per
acre with an average of fifty or better.
Not much wheat is grown here but
a fe wmen tried small fields and Sc
cured yields as high as thirty bushels.
The acreage next season will likely be
much greater and many are preparing
to sow winter wheat this year. Corn
is without doubt better here than
farther east in the state. The stand is
good and the stalk growth unuausl, with
! ears of corresponding size. Even the
hay crop was a fair one and in fact
there is not a word heard anywhere
indicative Of dissatisfa ction on the part
Of the farmer with the results Of his
labor up to the present time.
A large number of farms are chang
ing hands in this locality and incoming
as we'll as local land buyers are numer-
Gus. Places are selling at from $T5
to $3.50 per acre, and there is a feel
ing that all land will soon be very
much higher Many residents here are
making trips to the Daketas and to
Minnesota and no small number of
these are buying homes to which they
will move next spring, SO that SO far
as this community is concerned there
is as yet no end to the shifting Of
farm population, so noticeable in all
this part of the country for several
years past.
An experiment in cooperative
threshing has been tried In this To-
cality and with entire success. Seven
years ago nine farmers bought an out
At with which they have since threshed
their own grain and that of eight or ten
others who live in the circle occupied
ter OF "turns," they start out in one
one the next and keep going until all
are thru. Each member pays a GER
tain price per bushel for threshing and
at the end Of the season a dividend is
declared. One member stated that his
thresllinE for the last seven years has
really cost him nothing and that the
outfit has cost practically nothing for
repairs and appears to be good for ten
years more of use.
Mrs. III. B. Bjornson, wife Of a we'll
known farmer living on one of the local
mail routes enjoys the distinction Of
being the first white child born in this
(Wr1ght) county Her father, H. W.
Montgomery, came here from Ohio in
1854 and bought a 600-acre tract Of
land, paying $1.25 per acre for it. 1t
is, of course. hundred dollar land to-
day. In 1855 little Amanda was born
and on that farm she grew to mature
age The Bjornson home is on a part
Of the original Montgomery farm, SO
that her entire life has been spent on
the same farm.
"A few miles from this place lives
another couple with an unusual record.
About thirty years ago a young fellow
named Fred Madison, a resident Of
Denmark. managed to borrow enough
money from a friend in America to buy
transportation to this country. He
went to work as soon as the journey
was completed, married a Wright coun-
ty girl in due time and now owns a
splendid 5Oo-acre farm. one of the
very best in this part of the country
The other day one Of the boys, (there
>fI,4 ole dor oh in
the Madison family became the own
er Of an automobile and with the faith
er and mother took a. five-day spin thru
northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.
1t was the first time the latter was ever
outside this county and judging from
accounts given Of the tour the little
PARTY secured about as much enjoy
ment as is usually experienced In ST
teen or twenty ordinary trips.
Instances Of remarkable records were
more than ordinarily evident this week
and here is one more. On the line OF
the rural route from Gait is q fine farm
home owned by Emil Serex, who came
to this country from Switzerland TWEEN
ty-f1ve years ago and who was at that
time rs years of age. The first three
years were spent working for
Frerchm an who had no knowledge OF
the English language. After that ne
worked for a time for an American
who was so deaf that conversation was
almost out Of the question. Yet the
subject Of this paragraph managed to
acquire a speaking, reading and writ
ing knowledge of the English language
very much superior to that gained by
many who had twenty-five years the
start of him and no handicaps in the
way >of French speaking and deaf en-
ployers, the inevitable ridicule OF
A SAFE MEDICINE