Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-24
CROP IN WRIGHT COUNTY. AVER
AGING E,fTy susHELs AND
MORE PER ACRE.
Big CROP IN CRIBS IN
VICINITY OF ROWAN
Hog Cholera Devastating Herds South.
east Of Consolidated School
in Successful opsration-Proof of
Value Of TiIins-c. E. Wilson'S Rural
Observations.

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farmer, says he cribbed 1926 bushels
of corn taken from a twenty five acre
! field, which figures an average yield
Of seventy-seven bushels per acre;
| that his hired man w. A. Porter, has
not failed to husk more than 100 bu-
shells of corn a day for twenty six con-
secutive working days, and one day he
received pay for 1876 bushels. One
farmer after another reports average
yields of fifty, fifty-f five, sixty bushels,
and up, and as this is region of good
sized fields and farms, these figures in
dictate remarkable crop. The stories
are big but so are the corn stalks and
the reputation for veracity of the
average farmer here is as good per-
haps as that of any other place in the
state, therefore it may be stated with
big crop Of corn stored in the cribs Of
the farmers near Rowan.
Hog cholera is devasting the herds
of farmers southeast of this point at
owned a fine herd of 275 animals had
burned about 100 of them one day last
week and many more were sick at that
/ time Among his possessions was an
immune" full-blood sow with nine
little pigs; within a few days of the
outbreak seven of the little fellows
were dead and the mother and two
pigs We're apparently as well as ever
The owner would like very much to
know why part Of that litter died and
the other portion escaped infection.
None of these men vaccinated their
hogs for the very good reason that
serum was not obtainable, the quaran-
tine troubles at Chicago and elsewhere
having stopped the serum distributing
business just at the time when it was
needed here.
One farmer living on the Owasa mail
rout did a nervy thing last winter in
the hog raising business and as re-
suit. has now one of the finest and
most valuable droyes Of hogs in that
part of the country. He lost his hogs
last fall but went out and stocked up
again. paying fancy prices for breed
ing stuff for the next crop. These he
turned into the yards where the for
mer occupants had died less than two
months before and this without any
disinfection, whatever OF yards or
hog house. Nevertheless there was
no further trouble and ten days ago
there were more than 100 hogs on the
place ranging in, weight from 500
pounds down. every one ready for
market at any time.
Some of the cribs and granaries that
are being built these days are receiving
almost as much care and attention on
the part Of the builder as are the
houses for residence purposes. In the
foundation of one on the farm oper-
ated by c. I. Stockdale of Iowa Falls,
are fifty-flve loads of gravel, thirteen
loads of boulders and 24O sacks OF
cement and it isn't a very large one
either, 32x30 feet in size. Many of
these structures have been put up in
this part of the country this fall to take
care of the unusually big crop Of
corn.
The consolidated school system OF
the Rowan district is in operation. al
tho the big 100000 school house Is not
yet finished. Five wagon routes have
been established and the transportation
problem seems to be settled with salts
faction to practically all concerned.
One driver said: "alP' but listener
disputed the statement and gave the
name of dissatisfied man who, how
ever, was not directly concerned as he
had no children in school. Some of
those who advocated the idea from the
start claim that there has been mo-
ticeable rise in values Of real estate in
town as the result Of the establish
ment of the school district, but the op-l
ponents deny this and insist that the
rise would have come anyway. or
course the remainder of an argument
on the question consists of assertions
rather than undeniable facts. 1t must
be admitted, however, that some who
strongly opposed the plan at first have
concluded that it may prove a good
thing after all.
It pays to tile land Everybody
knows that and 1t is remarkable how
some landowners keep putting off the
job. AS an instance of what can be
done in this line John Coombs raised
this year about $3.50 bushels OF corn
on farm that last year under a diff
ferent ownership produced 625 bushels.
Allowing for the eleven acres excess
acreage over last year the crop this
year on the farm Is worth about $775
more than that of last year. The cost
Of the thing was 5000 and the improve
ment is good for twenty future crop
seasons, perhaps more.
c. E. WILSON.
Pyle Seeks Former Positions.
Des Moines, Nov. 24-Henry Pyle,
deposed head Of the National Life AS
sociation, Of Des Moines, is waging
fight to regain the presidency Of that