Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
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Manson, Dec. Pit is reported that
Secretary Wilson finds more encour-
agemenr in his work along the line Of
scientific farming in the southern
states. than in the west. Certain it is
in the south corn culture and incident
ally hog raising is just now a study in
earnest. Raising cotton and nothing
else was the southern planters idea of
how TO make money. Now it has all
changed. and raising corn in the soutf,
one land valued at s25 an acre is be-
coming serious corr competition fol
the farmers in the western corn belt
land The Iowa farmers to meet this
competition have got to raise the aver
! age umbe of bushels to the acre. or
his land will be less in price. 1t re-
! quires no particular wisdom to an
nounce thai if the worlds supply OF
| corn is increased, and a proportionate
demand does not increase in the same
ratio, lower prices will prevail. No1
, only do we find the south tremendous
~ increasing its acreage and output,
but even the New England states are
waking up" The writer as a BOY
worked many a long day in a Con-
necticut corn field, and knows what II
! means to make an acre OF o pay
ANYTHING after the cost OF fertilizers is
taken into account but they, too, are
going into scientific" corn raising
THE Hartford Courant" the other
day printed a brief account OF the
Worcester corn contest i~naugurated by
the Bowker Fertilizing Company.
wherein a prize of $500 was awarded
for a 103-busheis acre against announcer
OF 1873 bushels, the decision being oaSeo
on the nutritive value of the
the crib-dry rating as determined o.
scientific tests. The chief prize was d
special, there being others OF lesser
sums. l.. 5. White of ColllnsNlile, cap
tured the second of the general prizes
getting So for his showing. secretary
Wilson has seen fit to commend t1ie
contest, as have others hlgh up III as
riculrural matters. What will interest,"
farmers chiefly is the difference De-
rween fully n,atured and ripened corn
as against that gathered Garner IN
growth and which must Of necessl'!
shrink greatly in the drying, there be
ing a large percentage of moisture IN
! the under-ripe product. The contest
will surely mark q new era in corr
! culture in the EAST if not in the west
, il W take need to the TACT mat II
is possible 10 harvest corn h a VIII
show as per cent water and COZ
whereas the standard for crlo-ors
should be about IL per cent. In time
.he weld per acre will be governed en-
,irely on this basis, rather than by the
amount of bushels of partially cureo
and ipened which are greatly inferior
, in food value
Nor a thousand miles from Albion l.
= hotel run as a sor, of farm mouse
.aa- feeds people they drop IN.
There is no bill OF fare, no table giFi
waters, no serving OF separate dlsnes
20 each guest. Everything Is placed
on a long extension table, the olshes
passed help yourself and pass it TO your
naishhor. Not very much style but
oh Lord think of trying to eat every
, thing that is passed 10 you. Just TO see
how il will look on a printed bill OF
fare. the menu of an ordinary meal
served a, this farm hotel-in fact It's
v-ha, We had for dinner n day last
week, Is given below:
FARM HOUSE HOTEL.
Dinner.
pelisbas Relishes
Cold slaw soup
Homemade chow chow.
Meats
Boiled fresh pork
Vegetables
Rolled Potatoes Boiled Turnips
Mashed potatoes Boiled Carrots
Esca1lonad notatoes Sweet Potatoes
Boiled onions
! CRANBERRY sauce Apple Sauce
Baked apples
Preserved ground cherries
Apple butter
Pastry
Appie pie Pumpkin pie Cake