Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-10
CROP NOW BEING HARVESTED IN
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
NEVER BETTER.
WILL KEEP INDEFINITELY
ALTHo cRlRBEp EARLY
No Excuse For Man Without Seed
Corn Next sprins-PubIio Sale Bills
Conspicuous by Absence in Vicinity
Of Iowa FalIs-c. e. Wilson's Rural
Observations.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to es-Republican.
Iowa Falls, Nov. 10.-As in other
places in northern Iowa the farmers
o fthis section are saying that so far
as quality is concerned this is one of
the best corn crops they have ever
go further and include quantity with
quality. Unusual yields are not so
much mentioned as In some other years
but the fifty and sixty bushel averages
are to be heard from on nearly every
section so that there will be a great
crop in the aggregate. AS for soft, un-
matured corn there is no such thing
In Hardin county. Every ear that
strikes the throw board loses some of
its grains before it settles into place.
II prices don't suit and the farmer
wants to hold his corn for a rise in
the distant future he can do so, so far
as keeping qualities are concerned.
There will be no excuse next spring
for the man without seed corn either
for that is a matter only of selection
of type and well filed ears. The husk-
ing season evidently will be brief in
this part Of the county for there ap-
pears to be plenty of help and all
husking conditions have thus far been
favorable. Several local men here are
nearly done already.
! Unless there is change in the mat
! ter before the sea son ends this Is to
be year Of few public farm sales
! In this part of the country. A very
l fnI vrsor bntl o.,r1,, ~, Col
that was the end of the business to the
property of all kinds went at low
figure at the sales held and this fact
probably discouraged further opera
tions Of the kind so that at this time
| the familiar public sale bill is con-
| spicuous only by it's absence.
The livestock quarantine has caused
surprisingly little attention here among
farmers as yet. It is felt that II such
| thing had to come 1t arrived at the
most opportune time possible. After
! the corn Is in the cribs, however, 1t
| may be altogether different
Inquiry the country over discloses a
curious fact in regard to hog cholera
visitations. There is very little of this
to be found this fall and in about nine
cases in ten the farmers afflicted are
scattering ones who escaped the gen.
eral scourge of last year. Hardly a
farmer who lost his animals last season
and went out and bought breeding stun
to fully replace what he lost has failed
to begin the present feeding season
with an average number Of hogs.
II the present road law Of Iowa Is
ever to be popular in certain sections
Of the state it will be when there is a
radically changed feeling toward the
work Of the county engineer and his
associates. AS one man stated the
situation, IT'S going to be long time
before the farmer land owner will
view with complacency the coming Of
the automobile surveying party armed
with great quantities Of cigars and
pieces Of lath, the leisurely manner in
which the little wooden markers are
placed. the not inconsiderable charge
to the county for the trip, the early
displacement Of his "toothpicks," a re-
turn trip with all the former accom-
paniments and consequences and all
this frequently for work that any
ordinary old-time road supervisor
could do as we'll or better The younger
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party is the worse 1t looks to us, too
If such thing is necessary it would
be better that gray bearded men came
out, just for the sake of appearances
II nothing else. They would work just
as fast as the boys do. In one case it
was proposed to narrow the channel
Of a river bed and make a fill under the
end Of a bridge This alarmed the
owner OF the farm affected and it was
suggested that he assemble about
twenty-five men to look into the mat
ter and report their opinion of the
outcome of such a proceeding. The
meeting was held, it was decided that
the plan was impracticable, law
yer was retained appeal to the proper
authority made and the proposed
project quieted. The farmer most in
| terested paid half the expense, $50, and
says it was money well spent.
Some inconsistencies appear now
and then, too, in statements and per-
l