Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-20
VIEW" SCHOOL HOUSE
NEAR ELLSWORTH NOW FAR
FROM LAKE SIDE.
BODY OF WATER GONE
THRU NATURES CHANGES
No Farms Listed in Former "Wet"
Counties At Less Than $3.50 Per Acre
-Fine Farm Homo in Hamilton
Growing Milo Maize and kafflr Corn
From Texa. Seed.
Special to Times-Republican.

of a schoolhouse which stands on a
little hill few miles east Of the town
of Stanhope, is the inscription, Lake
View School. 1897" A careful survey
of the surroundings fails to disclose
the presence Of lake, pond, or even
marsh. Cornfelds. stubble fields, pas
lures and meadows are there but no
water A mile farther on a farmer
explained the matter. twenty-five
years ago the man who owned the farm
overlooked by the school building was
taking an occasional catch Of fish from
a small body Of water in the present
day pasture. The natural effects of
continued cultivation, some thing, the
gradual leveling of land by washing,
have combined to pro-
duce the change that makes Lake
lions are concerned something of a
1t requires a case similar
to this, once in a while, to remind US
of every part Of the country brought
has but little part.
Land prices in this part of the coun-
try are keeping up with those in other
parts of the state where the figures are
very high. 1t is said that in one of
the neighboring towns real estate
man who is conducting operations Of
considerable magnitude has not
single farm listed at less than $3.50 per
acre. Crops are big, the farmers pros
porous, most of them of Scandinavian
descent and the would be land buyer
is soon impressed with the fact that
he is not finding a cheap farming reg
ion when he lands in this part of the
world.
One of the finest rural residences in
Hamilton county has been completed
within the past year by Carl Sparboe
on his farm, southeast Of here. 1t is an
eleven-room house, in every respect
modern and built to stand century.
The floors are Of oak and maple. and
the finishing of some Of the rooms has
been done with oak or white birch. It
is equipped with hot water heating
plant and with acetylene lights. The
barn is also lighted in the same man
ner. The house was erected at a cost
Of more than $4,000.
Another recent building improve
ment here is an elegant residence that
George Prescott, farmer and business
man OF Ellsworth, is finishing on his
twenty-five acre place adjoining town.
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A unique method of utilizing niger
heads" has been adopted by H. w.
Mendenhall, a local farmer who is put
ting up a forty foot double crib and
granary on his farm. He has collected
the boulders that were scattered about
on his place and dumped them inside
the cement foundation of the building.
On top of these he has thrown broken
rock of the same kind and when the
crib is completed. rats and other dig
gers will be welcome to all the exca-
waiting they care to indulge in beneath
the floors.
Some months ago Mr.. P o. Peterson
of Ellsworth. visited Texas and on his
return he brought with him some milo
maize and a head Of Kaffir corn. Last
spring he planted the seed and the re-
suit may be seen on his farm north OF
town. The stalks of both of the popu-
lar southern staples have attained a
is very heavy and the grain will GER
tainly yield at the rate of seventy five
or possibly 100 bushels per acre. AT
the present time the stalk and head
of the milo maize closely resemble the
common sorghum plant: the kaffir
corn has a shorter and thicker head
Mr.. Peterson will continue to expert
ment with both Of these as a conse-
auence of the remarkable results he
has obtained in a small way this year
After all the agitation on the sub
ject of selecting and caring for seed
corn and the improved methods OF
testing and preparing for the plante.
here is what find one of the
successful corn raisers of this COM
munity doing every year and every
succeeding spring. securing a first
class stand of corn. Mr.. P. Hauge OF
Jewell. for the past half dozen years
has been raising a rather early variety
of corn. the original seed of which he
obtained from Minnesota. He selects
his seed from the crib in the early fall;
was busy at the work last week. Been
doing that right along for years. The
only spring test he employs is that
made by taking a grain from each
alternate row in every ear, cutting the
tip of the grain off with pocket
knife and examining the exposed germ
If the germ looks right" in every case
the ear is used for seed: if a single one
fails to measure up to the standard
the ear is rejected No seed corn
gathering before frost on that farm, nc
planting in pans, boxes or gordon III
springtime No crop failures either
One conclusion on the employment OF
this method appears sound, however;
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