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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-01-17
Total cost Of getting corn in
crib and fodder in stack. .$91

Total cost Of getting corn In
crib and fodder in stack. . .$91 M
Cost of husking and shredding g
acres of corn. figuring the yIeic az 20
bushels per acre, and an average davis
work at 500 bushels. A ten-roll husEer
and shedder working under ideal con-
ditions has husked 1000 bushels of
corn in a day, but to be conservative
we are reducing these figures consider
ably. We are also figuring the cost of
doing the husking and ~shredding
strictly on a bushel basis. In many
localities owners of huskers and shred
ders prefer to work by the day rather
than by the bushel,
For hire of husker and shred
der, including the services
Of engine, 1000 bushels at
cents Observation-Disclosures $40 90
Three men pitching in the
field, IL days at $500 each
per day ..................-. z 6o
Six men to haul slower from
the field, 1A days at $500
each per day 10 W
Six teams and wagons for
drawing slower to the ma
chine, ~ days at $3.50 per
dav ner team. II 26
Fuel D on
One man for shoveling corn
into crib. IA days at $500
per day z oV
Board for fourteen men, IL
days at Is cents per day. l3 10
Feed required for six teams,
~ days at so cents per
team ................t..,.. D %
sss.75 minus $1,000 equals s7.75 or
cost of shredded slower. Since two
tons of stover are produced on an acre,
and twenty-five acres are shredded,
nifty tons of shredded stover are Sc
cured. AS SITE was the cost of the
shredded stoyer. the expense Of doing
the work with a machine when dis
tributed amounts tc approximately
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
the CITY MAN "sHows" THE FARMER.

Here's an incident which illustrates
very important item in Iowa farm
prosperity: A city resident who had
recently acquired a ten acre tract just
within the city limits. went out to a
farm sale 10 buy cow He was a ten
acre man on ten acres OF land, the mar
ket price Of which would be at least
$500 per acre. Three or four cows were
mis- limit. He inquired about the cows
from the family and the neighbors and
bid for the best one very superior
mixer. When others quit bidding at $50
he raised the bid and took the COW.
Farmers present assured him that he
had paid too much, but the city man
was we'll satisfied with his bargain. He
couldn't afford anything but the COW
which will deliver the goods on a ter
acre patch. And he was absolutely
right when he considered that s. added
to her price meant 30 cents a year at
per cent or at present prices of milk
at retail something like a gallon Of the
extra supply the COW is expected to
render.
His idea is that only one cow
and that one the best obtainable is
worth keeping on high priced land. and
1t is just as true and fully as applicable
{ TO q half section as TO ten acres. He
will check mp the cost of feed and the
receipts from milk and the COW must
make good on her record. Otherwise
there remains but one thing to do. send
this cow to the butcher and buy an
q other which will make good.
Up near Cedar Falls a group Of
farmers have COW testing club. They
: hire an expert to test the milk of their
! herds as to quality and quantity 1t
s doesn't cost them much under this plan
and they know precisely what their
iiyinx. milk and butter factories are
producing. They weed out the COWS
that % not show profit on the balance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

sheet. They look to replace the castoffs
with profitable animals. Their con-
clusion is that Of the city man With the
herd of two or three-a COW that loses
money for her owner is calamity,
the COW that makes profit is worth
a premium.
If that idea We're to dominate the
farms it would add many million dol
lars to the wealth of Iowa. There are
too many cows in too many farm herds
which are parasites instead Of produce
ers. How many farmers who maintain
a herd OF cows know whether the pro-
duction OF each COW in the herd pays in
the stanchions for the right of pasture
and shelter? The COW test is as I'M
portant as the corn test.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
SOMETHING FOR THEIR MONEY

The auto tax this year will run we'll
up toward $500, 900. The auto factories
report that they have increased their
output so per cent for this season. 1t
is perfectly safe to predict that the
auto tax will be running above a mill
lion per annum In less than TEN years.
There are sixty millions invested in
autos in Iowa now. one automobile tor
every section of land area. There VIII
soon be a hundred millions invested
with one auto for every quarter sec
ton of land Why not permit the state
to use the auto tax TO pay one-third Of
the cost Of hard surfaced roads" Peo
pie who pay million per year in
taxes ire entitled to some thing for
their money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
WOULD EXAMINE PRIVATE BANKS.

Senator Weber. Of Ottumwa demo-
crat. has introduced in the Iowa senate
a bill which is sound in principle and
finance. He proposes 70 prevent any
one using the name OF bank" or bank :
er" in connection with his business eN-
cept as he submits to the supervision
of the state banking department.
There are sound private bankers, of
course, but their system is unsound
from the standpoint of public policy.
A private banker accepts deposits Of
money from the public agreeing. as
every banker does. to pay it back on
demand. In the meantime he uses his
private funds to speculate in lands or
fancy livestock and if anything hap
pens to him as he grows old and loses
his business grip, his depositors dis
cover that they loaned their money 10
him without collateral security.
Senator Weber explains that:
II have no motive whatever. in this
bill, except to see that all parties en-
gagged in the banking business are sub
jected 10 reasonable scrutiny al the
hands Of the public. l realize that there
are many private bankers who do a
very safe business, but the fact re-
mains that there have been eight bank
failures, in Iowa. since the last general
assembly adjourned. every one of which
has been private banks, 7 personally
know of two private banks. at the
present time one Of which has the
greater part Of its assets tied UP in
lands In the sand prairies Of western
Nebraska and eastern Wyoming, an
other which has its assets largely tied
up in irrigated lands in Colorado and
Idaho, Of very doubtful value.
There are probably other private
bankers who believe themselves wealthy
but who have found depositors' money
investment rather than loan It on safe
security A bank examiner might not
think the investments as safe for the
depositors as mortgage security and
people who wish 10 enjoy the public
confidence that goes with the word
bank" or banker" should be willing
to submit TO inspection as all other
banks do. II the private banker is not
willing and glad to come under the
bank examiners protecting wing for the
good Of his depositors then the state
should deny him the cloak of the word
"bank" In other words 1t is time in
Iowa that bank meant the same thing
in all places; that II guaranteed TO the
public that the state examiners were
looking into lis affairs regularly The
private banker has no more right to
escape regulation than the incorporated
bank or the savings bank. A bank is
bank and should be SO treated by the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
Topics of the Times

| Director Page, of the United States
Office of public roads. after inspecting
the concrete pavements laid on rural
roads of Wayne county. Michigan.
! twelve feet wide at a cost of $4,000
per mile. pronounced them the solution
of the good roads problem because they
| We're permanent.
! OF course its pretty fierce but the
trip of the Pujo committee 10 JekHll
! island TO interview William Rockefeller
! suggests that he had gone there to
! Hyde.
The annual farmers week in Mis-
souri, found 4 hundred counties repre-
scented a. the gathering Among the
! sensible things these Missourians did
was to offer good prizes for home cured
hams and bacon in order to stimulate
home butchering.
The Japanese are considering the
adoption Of a constitution like ours ana
we are seriously considering changing
good or better. Perhaps if Jap pan waits
over this administration she may oe
able to get a good second hand const-
tuition cheap.
When . big able bodied man is seen
hauling home big washing in order
that his wife may do her part toward
supporting the family" the sight recalls
the statement of the colorsd woman as
TO her new husband. He suttiniE Is
awful good to me- said she. lies done
found me six more wasnins TO 40
There should be some way OK getting
at the men who live on the proceeds OF
their wives washhoards and the Iowa
statutes viii not be complete until they
provid the method.
A kernel Of corn tested is equal 10
six kernels replanted. And then some
waodrow Wilson carries discretion
in speech as far as Theodore RooseVe'
runs the other way The conclusion Is
that one. could talk more and tire other
less without hurting anybody
However. it does seem that Nr iu-
nn1tyIs name is more fitted for the. last
days of the Taft administration 'han
the beginning of the term of quleS
soul like wilson
Under a / mill state levy for perma-
rent roads the city of Des Moines would
paw S2ll14 each year for roads OUTSIDE
Of incorporated towns ana II Is est'-
mated by the Register and Leader thae
town property of all kinds would pay
nearly half the tax for good ROADS, con-
sidering the number OF autoh'ooi4es
owned in town. In Minnesota II was
found that town property Would pay
more than half the road tax.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

death Of innocent wives in what is
murder more fiendish and inhuman
than the Torture. Of cannibals. Pub
licity and quarant inc will destroy this
evil. Have we not reached stage in
our civilization where we can cast or
our cowardice and hypocrisy and act
upon the plain truth for the public
good? We are inclined to think that
stage is at hand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
Iona Newspapers
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
washington County Press. ]

7
A bill has been introduced IN the
legislature to require doctors to report
all cases of venereal diseases to the
local board of health and have them
quarantined like smallpox. The bill
ought to pass. These diseases are more
loathsome and far more dangerous than
small pox. They are a general public
menace. They have often caused the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
LEGISLATURE AND NEWSPAPERS
lMuScatine Journal

lMuscatine Jourral.l
It is to be doubted, however. whet her
the house exhibited good taste in offer.
ing public rebuke 20 Chairman
Brockway's newspaper critics There
is no more vital question before Iowa
today than that Of good roads. Every
bit of discussion on this subject is
bringing an adequate and satisfactory
solution Of the problem nearer. since
only by general discussion and the
arousing Of general interest can ques-
lions Of this character be correctly
solved.
If Chairman Brockway's ideas or
views are at variance with the views
of men or newspapers which are fight
ing whole f1eartedly for the cause 81
good roads. these newspapers or men
have a right and even a public duty to
criticize and to try TO point out the
weaknesses Of the views which because
of the position of the man who holds
them are likely to materially color and
influence the shape which Legislation
vii! take. IF the critics go beyond tie
bounds of courtesy and reason they in
jure themselves far more than the OBJ
ject of their attack. and tho 1t is to
be regretted that they may have done
a faithful public servant an injury
and an injustice. better that than tina,
they should sit supinely by and allow
the legislat ure to make what they con-
slider big errors without offering the
most emphatic protests at their com
mand.
There seems to be growing up ir
our official life, at least there have
been frequent instances Of 1t Of late
thin skinned resentment OF criti-
cism entirely inconsistent with the
premises upon which men enter pub
lie life. The right of public criticism
Of official acts and officials Is incon'
| testable. It may some times worl
| harm, but more often it work good
Judges and courts may within the Law
| and with justice officially resent undue
! or unjust criticism which borders OF
contempt, but it is carrying the con
tempt doctrine beyond all reasonable
| bounds for a. legislature to believe i
| has right to publicly condemn homes
! critics Of itself or any Of its officers.
| Insofar as the legislature expressed
| its confidence in Chairman Brockway
residents Of this section who know ant
| admire him will agree with 1t mos
| heartily. But the most effective an
swer to the Brockway critics and thu
critics of the legislature will be ser
| viceable. practicable good roads legis
lation and not an Indulgence in thu
| official retort uncourteous.
/
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
(To be Continued.)

Mrs. S. s. s.. Van Buren, ST., King
ston, N. Y. Qull name furnished on APP
plication) had shch decided beneht
from using Foley's. Honey & Tar Com
pound that she shares her good fortune
with others She writes. "Foley's
Honey & Tar Compound brought my
voice back to me during q severe. case
OF bronchitis and laryngitis. Oh. how
many people I have recommended II
TO-" Mcbride & VIII Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

"A country newspaper man Wouiu
get killed for taking the same tlpertles
with his patrons family affairs that
are taken by the dailies With the al
fairs Of people in the public eye, as
serts the Tama News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08
Music and Mosquitoes.

Music and k1ooQuttoeo.
In some parts OF India, whore mos.
.qsitoes abound. IL 10 impossible to
play tho xiolin because the music at
tracts the insects in great numbers.
When the l1rat. notes! are heard the
mosquitoes swarm IN clouds around
the player and make the movements
OF the hand impossible. --l1sDsrs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

The Creston American says: NO"
for a direct election Of United States
senators and one term only for presi-
dents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

There are men in every connun-
itr," remarks the Pariers burg t.cllpse,
Ca pahe of earning good NVlns Tor
their families who had rather steal an
indifferent one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

iowa will re-elect Senator Cum
Minis" says the Washington County
Press The party or the faction tnat
fights him will get a black eye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

"Representative Shankland says that
the short ballot Is step towards nc
control Of the government bT the
Newspapers Wonder if the Polk coun-
w representative was Influenced any
in his remarks by the unmer cirul druD-
bing his proposed liquor Iii! has heeh
receiving at the hands Of the state,
muses. the Gruudy Republican.
Down in New York observes the
Manson Democrat. they have q law
that poses fine OF $500 on any per-
son driving an automobile while intox-
icated. out here in Iowa the law peg
rnits q man 20 get drunk. drive his auto
into a ditch and Kill himself and theh
makes the county give mis- widow q
pension Of s10, 800 in the shape OF dam
ages
.Thev have invented new army
rifle which fires $50 shots in a min
ME" notes the Cedar Rapids Republic
can. That is a great achievement IN
its way. But what a barbarlsm is
wrapped up in that conception. we
consider human lives the most sacred
oY all things on earth and Yet we in
vent and we make and we boast OF
guns that will kill them faster than
| one can kill rats in a trap. That
! particular gun may serve useful pur-
pose If It impresses men win the GRIM :
| nal folly of war"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

FaIkIand islanders.
In the Falkland islands, OF Cape
Horn. there are i've men to every two
women. ,-1,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

However. it does seem that Mt Iu-
nu1tl,s name is more fitted for the last
days of the Taft administration 'han
the beginning Of the term OF qules
soul like Wilson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23

the idea of a purely municipal exhibit
ton illustrating the work of the city
by means Of models, pictures, dia-
grams, plans and charts, and showing
the citizens the value they receive In
return for their money, somewhat on
the plan Of our American budget ex'
hibits. They, however, were designed
to show what wal done with the
money after it was spent, whereas,
the American exhibits are designed to
educate the people to demand the ap-
preparation of adequate sums, The
exhibits are housed in a building spe-
cially prepared for the purpose, and
they are wonderfully interesting and
are being visited every week by thou
sands of the Cologne taxpayers. The
grumblers," the editor declares, ARE
silenced, and it is expected that the
grateful citizens will shortly rise in a
body and demand a general increase
in the salaries and emoluments of the
city" We have visited" the editor
further said, other exhibitions in Ger
many, but none quite like this n at
Cologne, and it occurs to US that II
will be a thousand pities If the valu
able models, pictures and charts that
constitute it's most attractive features
are destroyed or packed away 4
s~torehouses after the exhibition closes
in October"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23
Saw Possible Famine.

Little Earl had just learned that his
cousin Hugh, whose papa had died
when he was a baby, was to have a
new papa. After long meditation Earl
arrived at the conclusion, evidently,
that when death removed a father or
mother, it became the duty Of the re-
naming parent to supply the loss to
the child as expeditiously as possible.
But he foresaw difficulties and sought
his mother.
Mamma, if my papa should die an
you got me another papa and de died
an you got me another papa, and he
died, an you got me another an all of
'em died till there weren't any more
white ones, then, mamma, would you
get me an Indian ?"-National Food
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23
PERFUMES FOR THE BATH
Ehome-Msde Requisites Not Costly. and-
as Good as Can Be Pur-
schased. g

"a beauty seeker has some interest
ing prescriptions for beauty baths
which must be commended on account
OF the simplicity of them.
One of these consists OF chopping
up into bits a cake of pure olive oil
soap until 1t is almost as fine as pow
der. AS a matter Of fact. she grinds
hers IN a meat chopper, reserved for
this express purpose. Then to every
ounce of soap she adds tablespoonful
of borax and a quart of bran, This
mixture is, poured into a bag made of
cheesecloth after a few drops of oil
of violets has been added. This bag
she uses as a wash cloth and she de-
clares: "My bath is the most luxurious
imaginable, leaving the skin as soft
and white as a baby's."
OF course there are batr perfumes
a-plenty to be had ready made, and
these come in various forms-tablets,
powders and crystals-and in different
scents, such as apple blossoms, violets
or geraniums. Violet is a general ia.
vorite, and this, too, a be made by
oneself. Mix together a half-pound
of carbonate of soda, the grains OF
%ionone, and a half-grain of anilin VIC
let. This makes a comparatively small
quantity; so after a trial, to assure
oneself of its success, it may be de
sirable to double the amount of ingre
dients.-Exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23
RED, ROUGH HANDS MADE
SOFT AND WHITE

For red, rough, chapped and bleed
ing hands, dry, assured, itching, burn
ing palms, and painful f~nger-ends,
with shapeless nails, a one-night Cuti-
cura treatment works wonders. d.
rections: Soak the hands, on retir.
ing, in hot water and Cuticura Soap.
Dry, anoint with Cuticura Ointment,
and veal soft bandages or old, loose
gloves during the night. These pure,
sweet and gentle emollients preserve
the hands, prevent redness, roughness
and chapping, and impart in a single
night that velvety softness and white
ness 80 much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to in.
lure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout. the world, Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23

three bottles and it made me well and
strong and I avoided dreadful opera
ton. l now have two fine healthy chill
dren, and I cannot say too much about
whatLydiaE E. Pinkham'sVegetable Com
pound has done for me-" Mrs. LEE
MANGEs, R. F. D. 10, Mogadore, Ohio.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three-fourths
of the Joy of living, when they a find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tumors, Irregularities, etc.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (c0nfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23
COLOR LINE IN ENGLAND
A Negro Physician Not Acceptable to
the Poor, Although His Qualifi-
af @ cations Higher.

London.-The color line" is not
often drawn in England, but the Camp
bell poor law guardians declined to ap-
point a negro as district medical Off
Ger on the ground that the poor were
very fastidious in such matters.
1t was admitted during the sessions
of the guardians that the black doc
tors qualifications were better than
those of the other candidates and some
of the guardians wanted to treat him
as "a brother" The majority of the
guardians, however, supported DR.. Rob-
ert Capes, who opposed the appoint
ment of the colored physician. In do
ing SO he said:
I'm plain English he is a negro and
as such is not a suitable doctor for a
post of this sort. The poor are a great
deal more fastidious than people mag
inc. They would refuse to be attended
by a man of color"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-23
POULTRY HOUSE BUILDING
BY H. L. Kempster, Professor Of Poul-
try Husbandry, University
of Missouri.

Simplicity and economy in con-
struction, perfect dryness, good light
and ventilation, with due regard to
comfort, are the essential features TO
a poultry house. Expensive equip
ment and artificial conditions are un-
necessary and undesirable. Many
poultry houses r lacking in the nee,
essary amount of light and fresh air.
Others have an abundance Of these
essentials, but disregard the comfort
of the stock. Plain houses with in
terror fittings Of such a nature that
they can be easily cleaned are desira'
BILE, because in such houses it is easy
to destroy vermine.
WIDTH.-Narrow poultry houses
are more expensive to construct for a
given amount of floor space than are
wide ones. They compel the birds tc