Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-22
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Twenty Two Years.
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steadily increasing complaint on the
part Of the business men Of the small
er towns that the farmer patronage Of
their. stores 10 falling off. being direct
the larger centers. In the case Of one
town. situated little less than TWEEN
ty miles from city Of $4,000 "inhabi-
tants, it is said that about the busiest
man in the place is the proprietor Of a
livery barn who has equipped his es-
tablishment with an automobile. AL
most every day during the season OF
good roads q group OF farpers who do
not themselves bwn autos hire the iiv-
eryman to take them to the city. where
they purchase their clothing, dry goods,
shoes, furniture. and sometimes even
their groceries. Larger stocks from
which to make selection. . visit to the
city, and other considerations. make
the trips attractive. and the business
man Of the smaller town sees the trade
which was once his, diverted to the
point which improved means of trans
portation has brought within trading
distance of the purchaser The modern
method Of paying cash for the poultry
and dairy products Of the farm has
made the farmer independent in the
matter Of buying. he trades where he
pleases, being under obligations to no.
body and the local merchant has not
even the argument that he used to use,
Wig: that when Mr.. Brown had money
he traded away from home and when
he wanted credit he went to his own
town.
About the only hope of the small
town in these days appears to lie In
the possession OF a good creamery. An
example of what that kind of an I'M
stitution will do In the way Of attract
ing trade is to be noted in the case Of
q little inland point called Fern" a
few miles south Of here in Grundy
county. There is no railroad within
several miles Of the place but the
creamery there that pays out nearly.
100000 year to the surrounding
farmers makes the point a prosperous
one nevertheless. A creamery in one
town in this part Of the country has
been permitted to retrograde and the
result is noticeable. Complaints Of dull
ness are heard on every hand. To an OBJ
server 1t looks as tho IL the small
town Is to hold its own with its larger
neighbor in the future it will have TO
avail itself OF every possible opportu-
nifty that offers for modern conditions
appear to have very decided tender cy
to favor the more populous centers.
Creamery managers have some Curl
Gus stories to tell sometimes about
their troubles yith patrons dissatisfied
with their tests In one case farmers
milk was testing unusually low with
out apparent cause. HIS cows were the
same that he had the year before, he
fed them the same kind Of feed or
grazed them in the same pasture. but
the test was way down and he couldn't
see why II should be so. Finally it de-
veloped that he had Of late adopted the
plan Of milking all except what the
calves needed and allowing the vealers
to finish the job. That explained his
low test and it is to be taken for
granted that hereafter he reversed the
order Of the milking and calf feeding
operations. with better results from
cream testing standpoint at least An
other patron whose milk tested unreal
sonably low eventually caught the
hired man helping himself to a drink
on the top Of the can very early one
morning. and that ended another mys-
terry.
Ed McClellen. farmer Of this vi
cinity. perhaps holds a record for the
continuous occupation Of single farm
as renter. For twenty-five years he
has operated quarter section south
east Of town and since the frst year
there has been no lease made out or
About fifteen years ago
the landlord raised the rent but since
that time 1t has remained stationary.
Once q difficulty arose between owner
and tenant and McClellen got one
wagon loaded Up for move hut Just at
that point the farm changed hands and
the goods were taken back into the
house and nothing has been done since
in the way Of moving out.
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One Of the finest barns In this part
Of the country has been built within the
past year by Henry DeGroote on his
farm east OF here The man who sup
ervised the erection OF the structure
was '.late Of Germany" and he worked
In few old country ideas In the way
of pinning and bracing that appear
worthy Of imitation. It Il 54xs4 feet
in size and 80 feet to the peak OF the
roof. All rafters and studding are 2x6's
and the outside doors are OF heavy
The floors are Of cement and
are In addition covered with plank.
One distinctive feature II that the par.
titions In the horse stall are Of plank
ret upright and placed IN . two inch
groove In cement at the bottom so that
Il one should % broken another could
easily be set In it, place It has ca
pacity for 100 tons OF hay, twelve
horses ana has stanchions for thirty
cows. Including labor the barn cost
about S3.20o. b
The fine farm home OF Harm Van
Hauen near Parl<ersbuRe Is tho third
one In Butler county TO receive 1 legal
name. tits called Elm Hill Dairy Farm.
The trees which Inspired the name
were set out IN 1876 which 10 very
serly dats A.. the aietcey e THU part
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