Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
FARMERS IN NORTH IOWA DIS
PROVE ASSERTIONS OF AGRl-
CULTURAL THEoRlsT.
MAKING MONEY THRU
CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
Not Al Their Wealth Comes Thru Ad-
vance in Land Values-Sueeessfu
Cooperative Creamery at Bows -
Iowa Sorghum Maker Now Paying
For Free Advertising.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Bows, Oct. Am an address de!iv-
ered a few weeks ago before an audi
ence representing the agricultural in
erests of this and an adjoining state a
ecturer declared that aside from the
advance in the price of his land the
gained but little in material wealth. He
presented 10 his hearers an array CT
statistics which warranted an estimate
II only about dollar per acre OF land
armed. as the real annual advance in
wealth for the man who titled the SOIL.
The old adage. figures Go not lie,
ought to hold good IN this instance.
doubtless do. when the average farmer
IS considered. a little patch OF alkali, a
small, untitled pond, a gravel point or
an unTn oiested gray squirrel very ma
-erially affects the average yield OF an
otherwise splendid field of corn and a
few farmer failures likewise greatly
lower the average annual gain Of the
farmers with whom they are ciaSsed.
Blu: there are generally a greater o.
less number of exceptions 10 the rule
and so far as the Iowa farmer is
concerned there are large proportion
Of exceptions 10 the estimate that the
speaker above noted doubtless proved
approximately correct by the facts and
figures that ne presented.
Mr.. ]. G. Freese is the owner OF a
200-acre farm on mail route running
from the town OF Dows. Some of the
land IS low and fiat and 1900 rods OF
tile have been laid by the present own
er. The farm also is fenced with about
!, $50 rods OF woven wire. A big new
barn 4Sx6S feet in size. with capacity
for 100 head Of horses and cattle and
sixty tons OF hay and equipped with
complete waterwor!s, dust and frost
proof separator room and other modern
conveniences has just been completed.
in short it IS first class farm as
Judged by modern Standards. No ques-
lions were asked about indebtedne
out unfailirg signs show clearly that
the owner owns the place. And only
ten short years ago he was a common
.arm hand. Had any one given him a
Few thousands or died and wiiIed him
money with which 10 buy these things.
Not dollar, it is al the result of his
own muscle and brain work and ac-
to outside reports there has
been plenty of both. This of course is
an extreme exception but there are
many farmers in this and every other
northern Iowa community who have a
great deal more to show for the las.
decade of their lives than $3.50 year
for each quarter section farme6. OF
course the field Of corn that averages
100 bushels must be extra good in
spots.
While on the subject OF barns there
is new kind Of one going up on a
Franklin county farm. Fred Anderson
Of Dows Is putting up a big structure
the lower eight feet Of which is of hoI-
low brick blocks the upper part being
wood. When finished it will be one of
the finest looking barns in the com
One Of the successful big institutions
OF this part of the state is the Dcws
Cooperative Creamery. In a territor-
some 100 square miles 1t has more than
go patrons who own and milk aborr
1850 cows. More than 100000 is pa I'd
out each year to these farmers for
cream. W. P. Meadell is president and
manager Of the concern, H. ]. Iverson
IS secretary and Frank L. Larson ia
ourtermaker. NJ. Larson has acted IN
his present capacity for over fourteen
years or within three years of the life
OF the company. Many OF the patrons
do not churn their own butter but buy
it from the creamery when they bring
in their cream.
A local farmer recently tried out ar
unusual method Of advertising WITT
most astonishing results. E. H. ca.
helen every fall operates a sorghum
making outfit. Mrs. Carrie Eoucs i.
his cook" and judging from the DUAL
ity OF the outfit both OF them under
stand the business. One GAY few
weeks ago Mrs. Houck ventured tn,
opinion that the sorghum this year wa
the best they had ever made. The,
Capellen conceived the idea Of sendtn,
a gallon pail to President Wilson. TIL,
facts We're printed in the newspaper
and people read daily papers tles
days. Soon a letter of acknowledge
ment came from the president and witt
1t Inquiries and orders from PRACTICAL.
every state in this country and from
foreign countries as we'll. The post
master Of Chicago wanted a pail "a
once" and regardless Of price. A resi-
dent Of Germany could use a gallon. !
bushel basket full Of letter arrived an
others are still coming. The suppl
of sorghum was exhausted in sior
order and Mr.. Capellen thinks It ha
cost him about s25 more or less be
sides a lot of "armache" to expIa4
that this was a light sorghum seaso
and he hasn't another drop to sell.
Turk" is a Great Dane dog. til
property Of the J. G. Freese, mentione
above in this letter. He weighs a
even 200 pounds. There is a trea
power on the Freese farm and Tur
has reason to know how It works fc
he is the fellow that keeps It in me
ton a good deal Of the time. His owne
says the big dog enjoys the job. H
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