Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-01
special 10 Times Republican,

,....si ,zs oF land in southern
s,.o
Minnesota nc a@s '-'e
or SIX married children .!Nlns on REM"
farms He arranged a family reunion
s ,.,., o,I ,,era together no ex-
planned 4 pan s'S ''A ~
posed 10 divlde MS lama among !t1s
heirs He reserved the best quarter
so..;o,, eor his home while he lived.
H., ,,,,,,r,io,,ed
ne rest ol Il
among the ehiiaren ana thes ~
do the dividing themselves. There we're
- he condi,,ora The farms were not
..,a..~o,, nov sola aurjns The
- = LII. 40 80 - -
ceive an annual payment OF 500 from
each Of mis- children. \ satisfactory d.
y,sjot, yas effected. some OF the farms
are larger ,aan Others. the quaisty q
~. land determining the size. That is,
~. smaller farms are somewhat bet
80 ~ o,iaIity ,han the larger ores and
,,.a,,,s,o6v is SATISFIED. Several form er
renters are no3 landowners. An o'u
80, has shifted a big burden ana
knows 10 4 reasonable degree Of Ger
,ainty what Is TO become Of Inc prop
ar-v ne has been able % accumulate.
central iowa i.lat. o533. a.v;s- q!
wars ana no longer able 70 Go farm
cork owned one quarter section %
land He IS the father OF three chill
80, II mas given forty acres g
.a.r ana reserved q forty -or himself
t-se zach child is to pay the
- sioo annually and mere may or
- ~. -. o-a.r conditions. \ neat
49,. co,,apa and other improvements
80. gesrg a3:sae8 or one Of the
1.eatt ,s-,,s ana another one IS occu-
- ,T,n.rs o;1yh, % be some good
s;,., NC or nose places doubt
-. ~. All he
*. a,y years ago a thing con-
.-a..o- ND MS wife agreed that farm
ma s,,;- r..u1 better as an occl-
nafion and bought forty acres near one
-. an.,h;,g about the business but
-, ro-,grr books and papers and went
y. -,.o-,l they succeeded in producing
~, ~ s-uf. Fou. acres q early po-
...oss mat v3e!sea wen we're put OF
-. A. End price and every
~ Cooked hiyh.y favorable Six
80. 80 ~ -r,,cx rae!ons made al enor-
! - -, for which there was TIC
] 4-.e, ana neishbors we're a-x,ealed
80 l.I-, consume me fruit, notlins
80 ,eae er77l,yed 10 work in the
$50, department ana the prize OF
I mems ma, wear VAS so low that the
ys.st-9,c barely took care Of the labor
hgis aig crops Of other kinds we're
ratsa,; nd s,,c;les on the ground where
49,, ,gare grown Disgust and dis
s-,,-eg.-n4r, grew upon the newly
go, <ar-oAr and ms wife. Success
81 .-I,1I1c,ir.-, vas only the first con-
49, -. success in farming The lit
( -. 49,, ,r.s sol5. The farmers wife Is
-. r..sil1s.,,- cow the farmer MIN
go i ming contractor again, and
.,..a- has > desire 70 repeat the ex-
.'ert-oa,. i, agriculture
go.
/ r,a ooI,ec,o- for the company sell
...- ras his iift9g
.-e.,t,gas ,oo one OF tnern CON plainel
! -. -.r.3,l;f.A If the small towr
/ - ~, declares that You fellow:
- -,-a-a -,o-ev am OF the country
- a,,,.tc,sx, Else Insists tina. ma
-. e eof5 an very close marsir
-. J. - 10, the selling con-
-. tarI, y The man buying i
! $3.50. ,ra.a good ,,-jtf his purchase.
-, ,.,,.ar o,,,ns q forty acre ira g
,..t,r. a,a situated farce .!
- lie Tfs,an, from the farm or
,,,.as 1i-,ie s.rearn O
a,,.-a,as .bo,,t three acre,
g. -.r,,,-der ~ tho FORTY am
'2'.. eaId ,r,rcer nlanted cor,
~ '-.-1 - ras. ~ .he land Il
49,, i, the fan ne drov.
~ 60 -. 1877, head aid an,
MS aDgs, ABOUT S~tf"l' -