Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-24
Looker-On In Iona

Radcliff, April 24.-Passengers on the
\. 7. z. railroad have recently been re-
marking on better service by the
passenger trains, this both on the main
Linz and its branches. OF course they
KNOW a new superintendent had taken
mold. but how could ne keep the Can
non Ball passenger on time? And one
Gay this scribe sitting in the depot at
MusqUasn Junction, heard the agent
ask the conductor Of an incoming pas
senger train: Black wants to know
why you're ten minutes late Tell Inn
l0l laid Us out thirteen minutes at
Nextown," was the conductors reply.
Now this scribe knows Black Is the
chief train dispatcher and what Black
says goes. 50 when the writer rods
with that conductor on another trip
he began asking questions.
Does Black get after you when you're
ten minutes late was the first stroke
OF the pump. He sure does-now," said
the CON" You know our old super
intendent is back on-the Job again. and
he's stirring up thiags. He went over
the Zimmerman branch the other daT,
saw the agents selling tickets after the
train had stopped, then walk !eisurely
out and Put on express and baggage.
They heard something drop. Watc!,
them tomorrow when you're OF tbs
branch. Now they come q rucnin =.
And al the Junction their leaving time
IS As, and If they fail to go I'll! :, both
engineer and conductor tell Mr.. Black
why. And if Back runs the thru
freight 10 Icastville on our time and
LAYS us out FIVE minutes Black has 10
tell tbs superintendent. why he Gid il.
and four functions with other roads.
Supposi7s we Jose FIVE minutes Al half
OF the stations. we're almost an hour
late Now things are being located,
putting the blame where Il belongs II
some way freight conductors persist in
unloading on our time and lays US out
ne hears from headquarters. Do the
best We car something goes wrong
every trip, and when were late and this
superintendent asks why, he knows
engineer wto does not keep on time
and puts the blame on the engine, that
engine has 2 tab put on her II some
other engineer makes time with that
same engine our ne~ superintendent
soon knows H." Men like it?" asked
the writer. sure they DO" Hes the
most popular man I've ever worked
Under"
4 writer IL the Orange Judd Farmer
gives figures showing Iowa is third OF
al the states having the largest num-
Der of slices. He SAYS:
The economic importance OF the
present Development OF siiage feeding
would be hard 10 overestimate. Abou;
20 per cent or. roughly. 100000 acres
Of or corn area used to produce corn
I 70 be fed unon the farm. Husking and
gathering this corn not only constitute
one Of the hardest manual tasks per-
formed upon the farm, but is one OF
the largest Items of cost in growing
corn. An acre Of corn land produces
perhaps one ton Of corn and eleven
Z ons Of stalks, blades. and husks.
The corn is separated at great la
Dor and expense and then the eleven
tons Of feeding material is allowed to
go TO waste. an incum brance in the
field. except as a small part is utilized
! by the pasturing Of cattle for a few
weeks at the close of the year. 1t fol-
lows that on 5000, 900 acres devoted &c
| the growth of feed for farm animals
by far the greater part OF the annua,
growth Of feeding material is absolute
| ~ thrown away. The use of the silo
will prevent this waste and make il
possible to utilize in meat production
twelve tons Of feeding material pei
acre instead Of the one ton now so util-
/ lied.
The silo furnishes a means OF bridg-
| ing the widening disparity between
meat reproduction and population. thru
a complete utilization of the feeding
stuffs produced and the consequent
ability to grow and fatten more cattle
per acre of farm land than is possible
under any other form OF cattle-feed-
ing"
| It may be other towns have spent
more time and money in getting gooe
well than State Center. but they hav.
| finally been rewarded for their faitf
land patience. Three years ago undel
a contract OF 1926 foot down to 81
900 feet, the city to furnish the cas-.
sngs and coal. the boring machine wal
started. II good water WAS reached. tn
city having q right to accept It; It no
to 20 down to 1000 feet When dowl