Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-08

AADo ~ sVSNS
the land and corn was measured by
men appointed by and with the APP
prevail Of this office. We write you TINS
to put you straight on the worlds
record" There has been over 100 re-
ported to this office that made exceed
ing $50 bushels. This has been an eye
opened, not only to the residents OF
this state, but also to the outside world
as to the possibilities Of the soil Of
Alabama Respectfully, r. #. Cob,
commissioner OF agriculture, Montgom-
cry, Ala.
Probably 1.-THE soil Of Alabama was
was very much assited in helping these
"over 100 farmers exceeding 150 BUSH
els to the acre." but this fact stands
out. over 100 farmers in Alabama did
raise $50 bushels to the acre and others
200. 212 and 223 bushels of corn to the
acre. Now the writer does not belieVe
fifty farmers in Iowa during the year
1911, raised 100 bushels to the acre,
and yet we are supposed to have the
best farm land in the world. what is
the reason? Because the Alabama
farmer uses fertilizers Of the right
kind. And its only a question OF
short time when Iowa farmers will ma
out by actual experience that 1t pays
to DO as the Alabama farmer does-ln-
crease the cost OF raising corn, say 20
per cent, but by so closing double the
purchase production per acre-it costs
no more to pillow and cultivate field
Of corn thatyields $50 bushels to the
acre than one that produces fifty BUSH
els to the acre.
But it is not only Alabama and
South Carolina that is doing better
farming than we are. Read this adver-
tisement from a firm that sells fertiliz-
erS.
One hundred sixty bushels shelled
corn on one acre harvest weight, test
ing out by analysis 112 bushels she'll
ed crib dry corn, was grown this year
by L. S. White, Collinsville. Conn, on
Stockbridge exclusively, winning hrst
prize of $500.
Six hundred bushels potatoes from
one and three-fourths acres were
grown by johnson Whiting West
Tinsbury. Mass. this season on Stock
bridge.
Here is the record of told old
old played out" farms in Massachus-
etts and Connecticut.
AS this has drifted into rural
route letter. with apologies to. the agri-
cultural reporter. here is an explana-
ton why chickens are so cheap this
year, and other poultry evidently al
fected by the same cause. Think OF
turkeys falling off in price Thankssiv-
ing week. Think how many ducks are
in half a dozen big shiploads". An
other clipping:
New York. Nov. gas the hesult Of
sudden invasion of the American
market by Russian poultrymen. COM
bined with an advance in the cost OF
poultry feed here. housewives have
been enabled to cut living expenses In
at least one respect by buying DUCKS
and chickens in the local down town
markets at from to 10 cents pound
cheaper than they were here last year.
Half dozen big shiploads OF ducks
have arrived here recently from Rus
STA and have sold at the wholesale rate
of IA cents a pound as against quota
tions Of or cents more for the do
mestic bird. -f
This reduction has had sympathet-
ic influence on the chicken market
which has also had a dropping tend
ency because Of the apparent disincli-
nation OF poultry raisers to keep reed
ing their stock on corn at Sl.s0 Dag.
Turkeys are also lower than last year.
but possibly because OF the near ap-
proach Of Thanksgiving the increase IN
their price is not so marked as that in
other varieties of poultry.
II is an old joke about planting corn
with a shot gun in New England. 1t
seems dynamite as the new agency In
framing operations down east
Waterbury. Nov. IA new agency
in combating the hard soil conditions
that oppose the farmers in this sec
ton was employer today as agent for
the z. 1. Dupont re Emours Powder
Manufacturers, of Wilmington. Del.
Dynamite was usd on the farm Of F. s.
Chas, of Middlebury. The trouble Is TO
be eradicated in that at slight depth
below the top soil there is hard layer
of clay, thru which water will not run,
End the crops above are consequently
without sufficient moisture for the
roots.
1t is proposed to put a stop to this
for a period of at least four years. AT
intervals Of fifteen feet charges OF one
quarter pound each will be deposited
forty inches under the surface. When
these are set they will all be touched
off and the ground will be given a
thorough massage treatment that VIII
lar all of it's pores open, 80 that the
natural seepage of water will tage
place. These explosions do not lift the
soil out of place. but simply perform
the service Of a deep plow, without the
usual labor and cost involved In sucn
an operation. The cost including dy-
ramite and ordinary farm labor Tor
drilling the holes and the like, but
edusiye of the cost Of the expert sup
ervisor. is only s12 to SIS an acre. The
work done may be effective for seven
years.
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