Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-29
ILLINOIS CAN'T BRIG
CORN CROP IN IOWA EQUALS
BEST IN BOTH QUALITY AND
QUANTITY.
FORMER ILLINOIS FARMER
DRAWS COMPARISON
c. e. Wilson Discovers Several Matters
Between Landlord and Tenant Which
Need Readjustins-Farm Hand Prob.
lem FaiIs to Discourage Big Farming
oper atoms Even by Tenants.
special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Clarion, Dec. 30-A widely known
farmer here who came from one Of the
best corn raising sections of Illinois,
said: II have raised a crop of corn this
year that for quantity and quality,
equals anything ever grew in Illinois"
! That tells the story Of Wright county's
corn crop for 1914. Other good farm
ers talk the same way.
II ever there was a combination that
ought to work in harmony it is that
of landlord and tenant on the farm
The observer, however, need not travel
far along any road in the country to
find evidences and effect of what seems
unnecessary and prodtless discord and
the fault is not that of the landlord In
many, many instances. One of the good
and well improved places near here Is
owned by nonresident who believes
evidently, in mutual advantage result
ing from giving a tenant good, COM
Portable place to live in and other
farm improvements in keeping with
the residence. Last week he made a
visit to his Iowa farm, or one of them.
for he owns several. He rents for q
share. He found that his tenant still
had more than 800 bushels of corn In
the field, altho he had every chance
that other men did to have his crop in
the crib where it belonged.
Then there is another farm Of 400
acres farther from town. 1t must be a
good farm too, for the tenant took
;4.4Ho bushels Of corn from 1870 acres
Of 1t. The house is an old tumble
down affair and cold as the proverbial
barn. The outbuildings are set away
| off from the house and miles Of need
less travel every year results from the
fact. The particulars were not OBJ
| tanned, but there isn't doubt that the
farmer and his wife would appreciate
better conditions for they are plainly
that kind Of people. Both parties to
the contract here would benefit by i'm
provement. The tenants Of these farms
| should change places so that four men
and some women might get what they
deserve. Some things need 'tfixing'' In
the landlord and tenant business as
well as In other affairs Of lifa
This il the time Of year to hear IN
! terestiing stories Of farming exper-
| fences told on the trains that are car
rying many families to and fro between
| the old home and the new. on the an
| nual or occasional visit to the former
home Most Of these tell Of success
| for contrary to a once popular belief
1t is this kind Of people that generally
! succeed on the farm especially when
they come to Iowa to live. At one town
| q small boyish looking man entered the
car and sat down with one with whom
he is slightly acquainted. He told his
story. Was foreman over a gang of
foreign laborers in Pennsylvania on
railroad work. Took notion he'd like
to try farming. Came west" and got
a Job. Pretty quiet and lonesome for
a while especially sitting on corn
plow all thru long day. But he
stuck to the job. He has been renting
a good sized farm IN Grundy county,
has made good money but IS on the
move again next spring. This time it's
q five year venture on a section farm
| Just across the state line northwest.
| Likes "big farming even If the hired
man question does bother some. Told
about q neighbor who insisted on get
| ting his man into the field at q time
when ordinary men were getting out Of
| bed and keeping him at work until
these same folks were retiring and
counted up ten hired men that farmed
! that place in the one season. Told too,
about his own man who came in about
the middle Of the afternoon one day,
-hitched up the driving horse that was
kept for him and remarking to the
protesting employer that It was none
Of his business If he wanted to leave
the field and go to town once In a
while, drove down the road. There were
two hired men on this farm during the
| season and this one was number one.
Two public sales were held during
the same week on farms only few
! niles apart in central Iowa county.
At one Of these q crib OF 1900 bushels
Of corn was sold at so cents per bushel.
The grain was first class in quality,
was in good crib and If the buyer
wished It might remain where it was
until next fall. A nearby grain deal
| er was paying So cents for corn at the
time. At the other sale the corn
brought nearly 60 cents. In the first
case the purchaser was an outsider and
In the second 1t was the new tenant
that bought the grain and this Is given
as the reason why the price paid was
SO much greater than in the other case
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