Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-21
GOOD CORN YIELDS
c. z. WILSON FINDS CROP EXCEL.
LENT IN POWESHlEk AND
JASPER.
HIGHER LANDS PRODUCE
HEAVIER THAN LOW LANDS
Conditions Reversed When Compared
to Northern Iowa Counties-Disas-
trous Season for Hog Raisers-Half
Matured Pigs Hurried to Market to
Escape Plasue-A Girl and Her Pony.
Special to Times Republican.

Grinnel Nov. 21.-A hundred runs
made last week into as many corn
fields in western Poweshiek and east
Jasper and opportunity for Il hurried
inspection OF the contents of dozens of
wagon boxes that We're being filled by
the men. women. children and machines
that FASTENED to gather in the prin-
cipal crop of the year before a pos
sible snow fall might cover it up. ought
to have enabled an ordinary observer
to form a good idea of the situation so
far as corn is concerned in the section
mentioned.
One noticeable difference here as
compared with northern Iowa farms is
that a big yield is just as apt to be
found on high as on low ground in this
section. while farther north the hills
furnished the nubbins and the low
ground the big ears. Here instead of
high and low ground Classification it
is one rtaher of old and new ground
And some of the fields of the latter are
an agreeable surprise to their owners,
yields as high as eighty bushels per
acre being reported. 1t is to be sur
missed that there are some good farm
ers in this part of the country for
many are the fields in which hardly a
weed or stalk of grass can be seen.
nothing except big cornstalks and bare
ground. IL one field where this stu
alton prevailed the farmer when asked
why he had no weeds volunteered the
information that it was
probably because the seed was weak
and couldn't stand the drouth
This season has been a disastrous
one to a very large number of farmers
TO the west and south Of here SO far as
raising hogs is concerned. Beginning
in the late summer months and con-
tinuing TO the present time one commu-
ity after another has been visited by
what some term cholera. others swine
plague, and thousands OF half-grown
hogs have been hurried to the big
markets because their owners feared
they might fall a, prey to the dread
disease 1t is said that the Johnsons
near Lynnville, who have herd Of
more than 500 hogs. noticing some sick
ones some time ago, hurried to have
the whole number vaccinated. About
thirty head died and the rest recovered.
From another little town to the west
vaccination appeared to do no good
Whatever It is told too, how another
man near Grinnell turned his ailing
herd over TO the treatment of a local
stock food man with a most favorable
result One thing that accelerated the
marketing of threatened herds has been
the prevailing and prospective high
price Of corn which has made the pos
ct, Of II
of profit. In consequence of this whole
sale shipping out of young stuff it is
predicted that fewer cattle will be
found in the feed yards of the disease
afflicted districts than has been the
case in many years.
Miss Grace and Joe have travelled to-
gether to and from school for more
than three years now. They live on
farm from which to the nearest rural
school house it is mile and a half
1t is estimated that Joe went only
about thirds of the time but even
az that he covered a good many miles
in the three years going to school"
Perhaps LOO in all. This fall how
ever, Miss Grace began attending
school in Grnnell and Joe goes too.
nearly all the way at least. Grace is
in "Se"enth a. at present therefore
she will most likely require about five
years Of time in which to complete the
course \ little figuring discloses the
fact that some 5.400 miles will have to
be Travelled by the pair if they are to
continue as they have begun. Now 1t
might as well be told first as last that
little Miss Grace is the 13-year old
| daughter of j. ID. Boyack, a we'll known
/ farmer of Grinnell township, and Joe is
the Shetland pony that furnishes trans
| portation to and fro. Ride? Well,
what else but expert riding would set
| one to recalling all the stories Of west
ern ranch life that he had ever read?
Accidents? on. no nothing of the kind
except few 1umbles in early days
none at all in recent times.
! G. f. WILSON.