Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-14
TRAVELLER OVER HIGHWAYS
ABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHERE
NEW SYSTEM PREVAILS.
CARRY OWN ARGUMENT
FOR SYSTEMATIC WORKING
General Improvement Noted in North
ern Iowa - Lats Grading Unfortu-
Prevents Usual Amount Of Dragging
&C. e. Wilson's Rural Observations.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Hampton, Oct 14-Some very cred
table work has been done this season
on the country roads in this county.
IN places where hills have been cut
down and fills made the work OF the
expert is Very evident and there IS no
difficulty at ali in Distinguishing the
county road from the others. Tie
grades are usually wider than these
formerly made, the culvertS 100, are
whole thing that has been sadly lack
ing heretofore. IN Wright county It
is the same way. some especially COM
mendable grading having been done
near the town Of GoIdieid. Whatever
might be said about this failure TO
drag the roads IN northern Iowa gen
orally. and a good deal in this line
might be said without departing from
the realm, OF fact. there has been very
noticeable improvement. this year. on
the whole, Of the roads and this is due
largely to the showing made or the
county roads.
AZ IL d ply surrey. tilal any sIdu-.'t
need be done so late in the season az
October. An illustration Of the con-
sequences Of this was TO be Observed
last week near Hampton. A grade
about eighteen inches deep was made
between a small bridge and the foo. Of
hill. A he.>- rain had fallen two
attempted 10 travel over the r0ati.
entered the grade zone" Il was al
most sunset when the separator left it.
All the afternoon the engineer was
pulling Up and backing thru that short
stretch Of grade. By o'clock the
dirt in great burrows, some Of them
adjoining farms. His tobacco was run
ming low and his patience showed
signs OF exhaustion. An hour or so
moved out Of the way, the wheels Of
ground and the outfit in tow was pulled
afternoon that the th-eshers wasted
time The grading will have to be
will have 10 be moved from the sides
Of the read to the middle where 1t Jay
before the threshiag outfit attempted
to pass over il.
DO you know why the roads are not
being dragged so often as they were
fact all preceding years in which the
nc oel-
q farmer the other day. and then he
went on. 1T is almost impossible II
some communities 10 find a man to
do the work Take this neighborhood
as an example Most Of the farmers
here are renters. They pay from IS
per acre Up for the farms they work.
So far as possible they dispense with
hired help which IS fast becoming q
forbidden luxury for the tenant farm
err When It rains so that he cant
Eorf. in the field there are many jobs
around the place that need attention.
Here is IS an illustration Of what I
mean" he continued as he handed up
pail Of muddy water from the bot
tom Of q cistern he was helping 70
clean out. This should have been
done long ago but We had 70 stay in
the fields while the weather permitted.
There are lot of other things that
need attention On this place and if il
keeps On raining they Will be looked
after between this and corn picking
time. The scarcity and high price Of
farm help is what keeps the road drag
from making regular trips"
D. H. Rodeneyer owns the farm OF
which George Sslix lives few miles
southwest of Hampton. Mr.. Rodemeyer
is just finishing hog house on the
place that is perhaps one Of the best
structures Of the kind in this part Of
the country. 1t is two stories and
basement and the JOB if let TO con-
tractor would cost at least $500. The
building is fifty feet long and fourteen
feet wide. The basement has walls Of
concrete on the ends and north side
seven feet high. The south side is wood
and glass. The first story above
ground is divided into ten pens and
feed way the same as the basement
and the top is a NOW for straw bed
ding. Trap doors IN the upper feed
way provide way for getting bedding
to the lower part. On the north side
between the house and double crib
and granary is a cement feeding for
l6x32 feet in size. A hinged gate a..
one end of the floor connects the house
and crib and this may be swung back
to permit the filling of the NOV. A dip
tank is 10 be set in the ground at the
lower south side. The roof is an ordi-
nary shed roof and double rows of win
dows admit light to all parts Of the
building in the two lower stories.
A new barn has been built on the
John Marty farm near Hampton and
instead Of finishing in the usual man
ner four inches of cement has been
laid on the inside Of the boards to a
height OF four feet ali around the
building. To hold the work in place
spikes have been driven thru the stud
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