Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-20
HEAVY YIELDS AND WET
WEATHER PUT FARM oPER.
ATIoNs BEHIND.
WEEK OF DRY WEATHER
=. WOULD pE APPRECIATED
Of Corn Fislds Indicate
That Last Springs SEED Corn Scare
Was Rather oroundIsss-Fifty Acre
Field Of Sugar Bests and the Story
Special to Times-Republican.

Ventura. Aug. 20.-Up to the close of
the week just passed less than half Of
the shock threshing had been finished
IN large part of north-central Iowa
having this point for center For
some reason there seems to be gen.
eral tendency this year to haul the
bundles direct to the machine from the
field and the supply Of labor and
adequate to the demand brought on by
the unusually heavy small grain crop
and in consequence the fields are still
thickly dotted with shocks Of wheat
and oats. Much more rain has fallen
in this portion Of the state than In the
counties Of the central part and every
little rain means more or less delay IN
shock threshing. There has been no
damage caused to the grain as yet but
a week Of dry weather would great
ly relieve the minds Of good many
farmers here at the present time. Corn
will make better than an average crop
II the necessary four to SIX weeks or
warm, dry weather is Forthcoming and
without these conditions there is Ger
tain to be large amount OF soft corn
in the fields at husking time. Looking
at the generally good stands every
where in evidence one can hardly
realize that there was so much appfe-
hensicn last spring over the seed corn
question for it must have been good,
as the fields indicate.
One of the biggest oat yield stories
comes from the town OF Alexander,
where farmer nearby is said to have
threshed forty acres that weighed OUT
1O2 bushels per acre. man near
Meservey in Cerro Gordo county re-
ports ifty-four bushels from fifty
acre field, another seventy from
small field, and Worth county farm
er north Of Hanlontown had twenty
acres good for seventy.
One of the pleasing agricultural
sights in the vicinity of the town OF
Meservey is a fifty acre field of sugar
beets just north Of the town. 1t is the
property Of Conrad Weitzel, Russian
who came to this country six years
ago and began life here as "hired
man" on farm. He and a brother
worked around for time and saved
enough money to pay for the tickets
that enabled the father and mother
and several younger brothers and Sis
tiers to come to this country. Conrad
has made amazing progress In Amer
team ways since he came here and al
ready handles the English language
like native born child Of Uncle sam.
altho he had attained to the years OF
manhood before leaving his native
country. It is said that he was seen
riding in an auto the other day alons
with a land agent too. The above
mentioned beet field entirely free from
weeds, the stand almost perfect. and
the leaves shut out all view OF the
ground It is estimated that there Will
be at least 500 tons of beets which are
contracted at IS per ton. A family
of six persons did all the hand work.
for which they will receive about $500.
One who travels over the country for
a. number Of years becoming ac-
quainted with many people as he goes
along is surprised occasionally to meet
a former acquaintance under very un-
expected circumstances. Here is an In
stance. One day in December, 1910, a
newspaper man called on a farmer liv-
ing in Poweshiek county and was
promptly referred to the farmers wife
as 1.-The one who reads the papers" The
family had formerly lived in town, had
tried farming and wanted to find some
one with a big farm to rent on the
stock share plan. Didn't know where
to look for such an opening and might
have to go back to town. A combined
subscription and advertising deal was
arranged and the little ad duly APP
peared. The paper man thought no
more about the matter until one day
last week he found those people on a
farm in Hancock county and still read
ing the Times Republican, which had
found them home and the owner OF
6 northern Iowa farm a desirable ten
ant. Don't stop the paper" called out
the man. to the departing solicitor.
I'VE couldn't do without it now"
One of the pioneer family names in
the vicinity of Belmond in Wright
county is that of Luck. There are
several prolific branches to the family
tree and one day last week fifty-six
of the Luicks assembled in a grove and
held strictly Luck picnic. Being
election year some one in
the gathering suggested that presi-
Dental preference poll be taken and
the deed was done. Alas for Mr.. Taft!
He wasn't even third choice for in all
that crowd not one regular" could be
found Plenty Of "mooses" and a lot of
Wilson men. but that was all. One
living near Meservey was un
able to attend but he insisted when