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lowan Dry Farming;

]. w. Cline who is in Ordway q
part of the time, during the winter
months hasJan unirrigated farm TWEEN
ty miles north and three miles east
of Ordway. He is located on Horse
creek and says that there is a great
future for that section of the coln-
try not far ahead. The underflow
water from Horse creek makes it
possible to get water for irrigation
and it is. not necessary to go but
about twelve feet to reach it. How
ever, excellent crops are being raised
without this irrigation. Water for do
mestic use is as fine as can be found
anywhere in the state and is even
better than the mountain water. 1t
is soft and cool.
There are number of lakes in
that vicinity and some of them have
quite an abundance OF fish.
Mr.. Cline has lost but seven apple
trees out of total of zoo he put
in year ago. and believes that he
will not lose another. The recent
snow storm assures moisture for
them. and now that they have done
so nicely during their first year they
will almost surely all live.
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distance nearly every one was plant
ing at that time there would be 2,640
hills to the acre and at three feet
and three inches, there would be A.
200, so l concluded to try an expert
mentl ]. made marker. three feet
three inches. marked both ways
and dropped in the crosses.
commenced planting on the 10Th
of May; planted two acres that day,
and during the night we had big
rain and then there was no more
rain to amount to anything until the
corn was caring. l finished planting
on the 4th day OF June. When ]
cultivated the corn ! counted several
times and there was just one hill in
ninety that didn't have just three
stalks is hill. The first would be
one or two stalks, but very seldom
a missing hill. The two acres ! plant
ed the first day made me hundred
and twenty-five bushels per acre-the
whole field together made eighty
bushels. What made the difference
was the deep blowing and the even
stand, also the 1850 more hills to the
acre.
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Boys on the Farm

The keeping of the boy on the
farm is one of the great questions
that is confronting the Country, and
farmers everywhere will be interested
in true story of a little boy who
lived with his father on a Texas
farm. This boys grandfather owned
wonderful pedigreed Jersey COW.
One of her calves he gave outright
to the boy, but the father was a
hard taskmaster. He kept the little
chap going early and late, but the
youngster found time to nurse his
calf into splendid heifer He ali but
slept with the general critter. Then
came the state fair and the boy en-
tered the heifer and when judging
day came winning ribbons were
pinned on her. They represented $50
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slicing machine and shredder and
press with which practically all of the
Juice could be extracted, he could
then bring it to a boil. can it and
keep it ready for delivery upon call
of the factory.
Properly sealed, l belive that the
juice would keep indefinitely. A year
ago l secured some beets, and ex-
tracted the juice in my own kitchen.
l. brought it to the boiling point, put
it in Mason jars and find, twelve
months later, that. to all intents and
purposes, the juice is in .identically
the same condition as it was when
sealed it.
II am told that the sugar company
goes to great expense to get water
for Transporting the beets into the.
factory, for washing them, which is
not as thorough and as effective as
could be desired. and finally, when
the beets have been reduced to pulp
and then to juice, ready to be refined,
there is about SO Is per cent of it
water.
Think of the saving if this water
did not have to be introduced into
the juice. Suppose the pure article.
sealed in air-tight cans, was delivered
to the factory by the grower, and in
the factory let the refining process
begin. There would be no loss from
rotting beets; no loss from shrinkage;
no sliced beets in waiting until the
slicing of those on hand could be
completed"
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All items for three years..-,..-$lol.O6
The cost varied widely by states
New Mexico, S69.5o; Wyoming.
S71.59; Massachusetts. $14l.S0; Rhode
Island. $4,000. on account of trans
portation and other marketing
charges, market prices vary accord
ing to conditions and place of pro-
duction
Tie average selling price of
$13o.17 is low. This means lot OF
broncho blood and mongrel breeding
and results in large percentage of
misfits, unsound horses and lack OF
weight. These factors drag down the
average. Size and uniform excellence
in breeding stock would give these
same qualities to progeny and would
greatly increase the average selling
price of offspring without materially
increasing the cost of production.
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Farm Life the Ideal City Folk
4, Envy Life Of Modern Farmer

There are hundreds of people liv-
ing the cities of this and other states
who are looking forward'to the time
when they will be able to have
few acres of land and live in peace,
and demonstrate their theories of the
quiet life, and we of the farm are in
clined to ridicule the idea and smile
at the thought. There was time
when those who could not make a
success in the cities, bought a plug
team and rented quarter section of
land and went to farming. 1t was
then thought that anyone could farm
and that if the man in the city failed
to make success of business he
could surely farm.
Things have changed. When the
man in the city proves that he is a
success by what he has accomplished
in a mercantile or kindred line, he
feels like he was getting to the point
where he could tackle more scien-
tific job, one that it takes still
greater amount of gray matter, and
sometime capital, to do successfully
that Sf tilling the soil. Too the
man in town looks to the time he
will have made or saved up suffi-
cient amount of capital to get into
that greatest of misunderstanding.
There is little land nowadays to be
rented or leased, especially if it is
improved land. You seldom hear of
a fellow leasing a mercantile busi-
ness, if ever. There are no mills or
factories to BE rented" and the
owner of the improved lands realize
that it does not pay for him to rent
his property.
The back-to-land movement goes
on but it takes fellow of different
calibre from the man who few years
ago left the farm to make living
in the city. to make il 4 go. Farm
life is the ideal life. but how many
ofus are spending our years on the
farm are getting all out of life that
there is in ii? Any way we look at
u VIC IuuSI 6uIIlt tndt VIC country
folks must look to different source
; for our recreation than our, city
brothers. We probably will never
haN certain social advantages in the
way of churches, concerts. theatres,
etc. as do they, but in these modern
days it seems that an inventory of
the possibilities for real comfort and
pleasure would show that they are
many times greater in the country
than in the city. In the old days
the farmer was indeed isolated, but
we are now coming to. have better
roads, free rural mail delivery. tele-
phone service, parcel post, electricity
and dozen and one things the far
mer of old did not have. 1t puts the
family on the farm in direct touch
with the world as is the city family.
Having all these things may be i'm
.itating our city friends. Then where
are our advantages? Our advantages
come from our possibilities for better
living. 1t is only question as to
whether or not we are living up to
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Y
that all we get out OF this world is
what we eat and drink. Whether
this is true or not it must be ad-
mitted that good food is factor that
makes for good. solid home comfort.
We in the country do not realize
the difficulty our city folks have in
securing good wholesome fresh pro-
visions. They are cxcusable for serv-
ing mice blue milk" which the fan-l
inly on the farm would add some
bran to it before he fed it to his
hogs, so they would get on the out
side of it without too much COM
plant. And then there are soggy po-
tatoes. withered strawberries. wilted
lettuce and watermelons picked green
so they might ripen just in time for
that big dinner some city housewife
might be intending to serve.
It's all right to keep Holstein cows
to produce milk to sell in town but
the farmer should have a Jersey COW
to produce milk for his own use.
It's alright to grow Ben Davis ap-
pies to sell to town folks, but Joha-
thans and Rambos and such other
good varieties are what the country
fellow should eat. The Elberta peach
is demanded by "thc trade" because
the city chap does not know. the diff
ference between good looking peach
and good eating peach.
The city market demands. big ear
of ;corn but the man on the farm
would grow Golden Bantam for his
own use, and so on down the line.
The family in the country can live in
simplified luxury compared to the
friends in the city. 1t looks as though
Mr.. Consumer is doomed to eat Ben
Davis apples and drink blue milk,
but where ignorance is bliss, lis
folly to be wise"
This is an age of specializing and
the man who tills the soil profits
by it the same as the man in the
city who specializes in his profession
or his mercantile busines. Some
specialized" farmer might say: 81
am growing cattle, or raising sugar
beets, alfalfa or cantaloupes and can't
bother with this garden business" or
II can buy the stuff cheaper than l
can grow it." Probably one can but
they cannot buy the same quality
of stuff they would grow for them
selves.
Do you have the best quality of
fruits and vegetables on your table
all the year? Do you have fresh eggs
and rich milk to use all the time? Do
you have roses, asters, snapdragons.
dahlias, gladioias, pansies and other
flowers from your own garden on,
the table every day during the sum-
mer? Do you have smooth, glossy.
shady lawn in front of your house? If
you have all these things. you have
put one over on your city brother.
If you have not you are not living
up to your possibilities for greatest
happiness.
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in cash prizes. The father took the
money and let the boy have the rib
bons.
Didn't feed and clothe your" cx-
ilaimed the father when the boy
begged for portion of the money.
The next year the heifer was sent to
the fair by the boy and that time
took away $l00 in cash prizes. This
time the father gave the boy a
measly $5 bill along with the rib
bons A few mornings afterwards
the lad was gone. He took the S.
and went out to seek his own for
tune.
Not only did the boy leave but in
less than a year this farmers wife
left and now he is miserable. lone
some rancher, broken in spirit and
alone.
Twn guarantees gn with every arti.
e
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Money to Loan

Upon improved cultivated farms
with approved water rights Funds
always. on hand. Write us for partic-
uiars. Reed Il Patten, Boulder, Colo.
= 36iS
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A Good Hosiery

II good square meals. clean rnoms,
moderatr prices and central location
appeal to you. stop at the Hote Ord.
way A. NJ. Brenaman. proprietor.
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main part and the elegant new school
building in the north part. This sec
ond park is in the very center OF the
residence district and is greatly ap-
,preciated place of rest. The view
herewith is Of the. depot park and
shows only a portion of it.
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There are two beautiful parks in
the very heart OF ordway for the
pleasure and comfort of the citizens
during the summer months. One Of
them is located near the Missouri Pa
ific depot and the other between the
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Agriculture Leads

1t is generally supposed that Col
orado is just mining state, or at least
that is what the people of the east
thought of this state up until couple
or three years ago. However in re-
cent years such wonderful crops Of
practically every grain and vegetable
and fruit that is grown anywhere, has
been produced in Colorado, that the
agricultural and horticultural jour
mails Of the east have been giving
Colorado such publicity as is letting
fasteners know that metals are not
our only resources. In fact agricul-
ture and stock raising has become
such great industry that is far out
ranking the mining industry.
The figures for 1912 show in dol
lars and cents the following:
agriculture and stock
raising -.--.--..--.-.-.....Sl .Sl72,725.OOO
Manufacturing -.-------..-..-..- 100000 900
Metal mining .-....-..-...........- AZ, 502, 1927
The ten year average of Coforado's
agricultural yields per acre as COM
pared with the whole of the United
States puts Colorado far in the lead
on six of the principal products.
Hay is one of the many products
this state is exceliing others in, not
lonly in tons per acre but in the
| quality of the hay.
A ten year average for Colorado
shows that the per acre yield is 2.3s
tons while the average for the entire
country is but LA tons. This shows
that the acre production in this state
is almost double the average, while
Il If the general average was taken of
the entire country with Colorado ex-
cludcd it would bring the average
yield here up to twice, that of the
other states.
Following are the figures for the
past ten years of six of the leading
lproduets of the country: ~
Crops Coho. United States
Hay .......... z.35 tons LA tons
Sugar Beets 1872 tons ITO tons
Potatoes ....-l30.0bus. 9l.4ibus.
Wheat ...-.... ISL bus. III bus.
: Oats .,...-...... 35.3 bus. 29.s bus
/ Barley .....-.. 33.S bus. 25.7 bus.
1t will be seen that in each OF the
six crops listed above Colorado has
outranked the average for the United
states and of the six crops C-owfey
county is the largest producer Of AZ
least two, hay and sugar heets. Of
ary county in the state, and just as
successfully grows any one o. fine
other four crops.
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Twn guarantees 90 with every arti.
Gle we srll-"iirs aud the makers.
Ordway Jeweiry ca.
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Cost Of Production


A few years ago crops, livestock
and all farm products were grown to
marketable size and condition and
were sold with practically no consid-
Grafton of the cost of produc-
ton. We are fast coming to realize
that agriculture is business propo-
sition and that cost, selling price and
net profit are of just as much import
ance to the farmer as to the mer-
chant. to the railroad magnate or to
managers of other lines of industry
long recognized as business concerns.
The Bureau of Statistics Of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture through
10000 agents has collected mass of
figures on the cost of raising colts
on the farm to the age Of thre years;
$l0406 is found to be the average
for America. The average two year
old and coming three does $7.52
worth of work the third summer OF
its life. This makes the net cost
$o6.54. The selling price of the av-
erage horse of this age is $l36.l7.
The cost price is. therefore, 709 per
cent of the sale price.
The cost Of production comprises
II. -
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Service ice 1925
Time lost by mare at foaling.. 1905
Breaking colt to halter .-........ 222
Veterinary service ..---..-.-..--.---..- 2.04
Care and shelter, first year = 4.98
Care and shelter, second year $50
Care and shelter, third year. 6.35
Cost grain fed, first year,. 4.98
Cost graind fed, second year :. 7.l4
Cost of grain fed. third year, $50
Cost of hay fed, first year.. Ala
Cost of hay fed, second year. 6.6l
Cost of hay fed, third year.. a4s
Cost of pasture, first year-.-.- ESQ
Cost of pasture, second year. Sal
Cost of pasture, third year, 6.2l
Miscellaneous .......-.....,..-......,,... Sol
Total cost of grain ................... 2l.6s
Total cost of hay ..-.-.-................. 1928
Total cost of pasture ..-.-........... 14.lS
Total cost of care and shelter 1860
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sREPUBIcAN MARsHAILrowN iowa: OCTOBER 49, 1914

quisite gown OF chiffon velvet. richly
adorned with real Carrickmacroes lace,
made full court train, and her long veil
of tulle was attached to cap OF real
lace. trimmed with orange blossoms,
and she carried a white PRAYER book.
The party met the groom and his best
man. Charles Eugene Mounts. in the
music room, where the service Was read
before n bank of palms and ferna,
which screened an orchestra, which
played Mendelssohn's wedding march.
Music was furnished by the orchestra
during the entire evening.
At the entrance of the music room
were two large gold baskets of Whise
chrysanthemums. In the other rooms
gold and white baskets of white roses
and other white flowers interminglcd
with green. were used in decorating. a
plaque OF white roses. lilies Of the val :
ley and ferns all but covered The bride
table in the dining room.
Immediately after the ceremony a
two-course supper was served by the
Misses Mary Helen Ketchum. Dorothy
Balch. Dorothy Shove. Mary Cum :
mings, Caroline Wetzste;n Helen Reat :
ty. Pearl Adams. Grace Wiley, eliza :
beth Urine. Clemewcl Lay. Katherine
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Gerhart. Hortensc and Maggie Setback
and Pauline I;nndheld and Byron and
Marshall Ruth. ElderlSin Boardman.
Harry Cabelnau. Maurice Hull. and
Cole and Walter McCreery. Fol- favors
each guest received II tiny basket, tied
with tulle bow, duplicate o.:
the ones used in the bridal party. Later
in the evening dancing In the spacious
rooms was enjoyed,
The bride who lis well known, Is the
second daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs l.. f..
Willard. She has always made her
home here and possesses many friends
in the city. She was graduated from
the high school in 1910. Later she VAS
u student at Ferry Hall. Lake Forest.
and Milwauli sc Downer. The groom Is
the eldest son OF w. NJ. Householder,
of Charlton. where he was graduated
from the high school in 1906. In 1911
he was graduated in veterinary surgery
frcm Iowa State College. Ames. Dr..
Householder IL now a government in
spector stationed with Britain & Co
Dr and Mrs. Householder left Sa/ur
dav evening for Chicago. They will nc
at home to their friends after Dec. ! I
nj sos West state street
The guests at the wedding from out
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Totals :. -. .$29,617.72 s35,523.45
Clark,s CaIleefinns esa

Totals ;. 49,. .$29,61T.72 $35,523.45
Clerks Collections Less.
City Clerk Wilson reported collec-
tions thru his office during the quar-
ter of $11.110.51, compared with S14,-
1896 for the same quarter in 1913. The
decrease is chiefly accounted for by a
payment of $4034.50 made on the Bap-
tist church property during the CORE
spending quarter of last year. The
water receipts for the quarter were
s10,29S.S7. compared with s9.63O.92 for
the same quarter last year, an increase
of $667.95.
Other officers Reports.
Mayor 1. S. Willard collected
s1,3s2.63 during the quarter, according
to his report The sum was made up
of these items: Licenses, sS43; fines.
$50; mayors fees, $313.54; officers
fees. s146.09.
The fire department answered thir-
ty-eight alarms of fire during the
quarter, according to the report Of Fire
Chief I. T. Kirby. The losses re-
ported were s166O on buildings and
$3.50 on contents total of $3.50
with insurance of $1S,625. Sparks
caused seven fires, gasolene nine, light
ming four, children and matches one,
and mice and matches one.
The arrests made by the police dur
ing the quarter totaled $50. according
to the report of Chief Of Police viii
Lage. Seventy of the arrests were
for drunkenness and fourteen were for
disorderly conduct. Twenty drivers OF
motor vehicles were arrested for diff
ferent infractions Of the law,
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DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES
AND RECEIPTS SHOWN FOR
QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 80.
EXPENDITURES ARE $5,so5
BELOW SAME QUARTER 1918
Collections Thru City Clerks Office
$3.50 Under Same Quarter Year
Aso-Reperts Of Mayor, Fire Chief,
and Chief Of Police For Quarter Are
Filed.

The city administration spent
$5,9O5.75 less during the quarter ending
Sept. 80. and the city's receipts were
$3,S19.15 less during the same three
months, according to the quarterly re-
port of City Clerk j. j. Wilson, filed
with the city council this forenoon.
With this report was also filed the
quarterly reports of Mayor l. S. Mil
lard. Fire Chief I. r. Kirby, and Chief
of Police Will Lage.
The expenditures from the appro-
priations from the general fund during
the first half of the fiscal year were
$31.16 in excess of the appropriations
of $14,9s5 for the quarter. The ex-
penditures by funds for the quarter
ending Sept. 30 this year and the same
quarter last year were
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MANY GUESTS WITNESS WEDDING
Two Hundred or More at Households
willard Wcddinu SATURDAY. Minh&


The wedding of Miss Hazel
Anne Willard and DR.. Harold Waynick
Householder. which took place at tho
l.. r. Willard home Saturday evening,
was among the larger and more eab-
crate social events of the season. The
guests numbered over 200 friends and
relatives, many of whom were from out
of the city. They were received by the
brides father, l.. Il. Willard. the
groom's father, w. NJ Householder
Mrs. Householder, Mrs. f. T.. Stewart,
Miss Jessie Andrew, and Miss Augusta
Householder. Harold Balch admitted
the guests and Nettie Beatty ana
Sarah Statler showed them upstairs
Mesdames G. II. Ruth, f. t. Stewart, r,
H. Willard, Fl. b. Beatty. w. p. Statler
and X. T. Adams assisted in the par
lors
AT $40 the service was read by Rev.
Il. +. Martin, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church. The bridal party was
composed OF the brides four sisters,
mother, and little niece. Katherine
June Kirk. Misses May and Helen
willard .as flower girls and ribbon
stretchers, led the way down the spac-
ious stairway into the music room, each
carrying basket OF Wnlte mowers
Miss May Willard was attired in white
pussy willow taffeta, with an overdress
of silk lace and saffron colored chiffon.
Miss Helen Willard was gowned in
white satin charmeuse. with n bodice
OF silk shadow lace and wide girdlo
OF electric blue velvet.
Following her daughters came Mrs.
Willard. mother Of the bride. as natron
OF honor. She wore an elaborate gown
Of white hand embroidered silk crepe
de chine. made en- traine, and carried
an arm bouquet OF marguerites. Mrs.
c. IL. Kirk. the other matron of honor,
walked with her little daughter. Kath.
crime Jane, who was dressed in dainty
white silk dress and carried the ring
in basket Of white flowers. Mrs. Kirk
wore her handsome wedding gown OF
heavy ivory satin. Miss Alice Willard
was the maid OF honor. and preceded
the bride. She was Kowned in a beau
tifui creation Of White brocaded satin
and saffron velvet. with jacket effect
of lace and crystal trimiAing The
bride followed, gowned in Almost ex-
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OF the city we're Mrs. H. +. Binford, OF
Indianapolis; Mrs. Waiter Hanna. of
G;ilroy. call MIR. aud Airs. Lewis Bailey
OF Grinnell; Mr.. and Mrs. j. :. Hoae-
land, Bon Ryan and w. II. Stewart. OF
CHICAGO; Miss Edith Chrlsty and Miss
Augusta Householder. OF Dcs Moines,
Mrs. j. H. Krapscr. of san Francisco'
Charles +. Mounts. Of Council Butts;
Mrs c. \. Kirk, OF Bismark. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. T. Metcaif. paullina; Mr.. and
Mrs. II. II. Basscrt, %! PrimRhar; Ralph
Tullar. Postville; Mr. and Mrs. w, VI.
Householder and Miss Jessie Andrew,
OF Charlton. Miss Alice Willard. Will
liam ,Hurlburt and Carlton Hatcher.
students at the University OF Iowa al
Iowa City: Miss Bonnie Boardman. who
Is "A student OF the University of Min
nesota Minneapolis. and Miss May
Willard. who attends st. Mary's Acad-
cn,v. at Faribault, Mimi. were home
for the wedding.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

For Sale or Exchange acres.
improved Wilkin county, Minnesota.
SI5; $50 acres, unimproved. Winncpago
county. Iowa. Sl25: $40 acres. I'M
proved Wilkin county, Minnesota, Na:
$50 acres. improved, Emmett county.
Iowa. $40: TO acres. improved. Mower
county Minnesota. Sl21; $50 acres.
Mower county. Minnesota. $40; S26
acres. improved Mower county Min
nosota. st95: 100 acres. improved. VIM
nebago county. Iowa $40: 1855 acres,
improved. Wilkin county. Minnesota,
s75. A. A. Suits Land Company, Aus
tin, MINI