Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-05
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Iowa Falls. Oct. Said the farmer
at Eldora. No. sir, when the leaves
of corn are frosted, that ends that corn
field insofar as sound corn is con-
cerned. The leaves are the lungs of
the corn stalk when it can no longer
breathe il dies
Said the farmer at Alden. My corn
! is slowly getting ripe. The leaves were
frosted but the stalk is green and corn
that was in the milk when the frost
OF Aug, so hit it has hardened. denied
ana much OF ii VIII re sound corn
Said the farmer al Williams Some
OF my corn that was frosted in August
nit so hard that the leaves curled and
looked wilted and likely to drop off,
have since filed out and are green.
The frost did not help corn any, but
the damage is not as extensive as /
supposed it would be-
And let the writer add what he has
seen along the Illinois Central in those
towns where the Killing frost oc-
Cured Aug 80. In the banks. the ele-
vator offices and some stores. are sam
pie ears of corn picked by the farmers
and brought in to show they have
some sound corn. All admit the dam
age on low grounds but claim even
where the leaves were touched on the
higher grounds. there will be much
sound corn fit TO crib and good for
seed.
Here's something OF interest to Iowa
farmers, and some replies from silo
owners this in the columns OF the
Times Republican ought to settle the
question Several farmers near VIII
liams claim that last year they cut up
green corn. and when it was fed to
cattle it poisoned" them. So sure are
these men that green corn stalks are
dangerous food when put in a silo. 1t
was a new story to the writer. but
more than one farmer near Williams
rs waiting Tor his corn s.2!!s.s 70 dry
out before putting in the silo. So let
US have in the Times Republican some
experience of other farmers All the
writer knows about silos is the big
barrel of green cabbage. which surely
goes in green comes out sauer kraut.
and never killed any of the human
family
AT Williams six carloads Of stockers
have been shipped in. but prices paid
and added freight make others hest
tate. Several carloads of sheep in
different places are eating up the
| frosted corn. But Iowa ought to have
thousands Of cattle and sheep today
eating the tremendous amount of
rough feed everywhere Pastures on
Oct. l are better than ever known oil
that date. Thousands Of tons of frosted
corn are going to waste. Below the
frost line are hundreds yes thousands
of acres OF mature corn stalks, ready
for stock as soon as the corn is
husked. The alfalfa crop OF Iowa is
larger than even before, and the hay
crop immense. Bring on your stock
| ers.
Did the reader ever sit in a hotel
office and watch how differently men
read news papers. That young fellow
with the loud vest and red tie is sure
to turn first TO the sporting page. The
old fellow in the big chair turns to the
market reports. Just back from Chi
/ cago with load OF stock. The law
yer who gets dinner at the hotel. looks
for the supreme court reports and the
political news. Then the quiet man
over in the corner, he commences page
| first, column one, and goes thru it page
after page. But the man who gets on
our nerves is he who reads here a
| little. there little, turns over page,
| then back again, then to the editorial
page, afterwards any old page, reads
advertisements and finally turns to
f, page one. He's the man who lays the
hotel paper in his lap. commences to
tell US how the war should be ended,
all the time when several of US want
to look at the paper before we go to
work. MANS inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn"
| There was once in Hartford, Conn,
"a respectable saloon" Hueblines hotel
office and bar. Legislators, attorneys,
| business men, even an occasional
preacher all made 1t a meeting place
for pleasure and business. 1t was q
iquiet place. No loud talking was al
lowed. If anyone so far forgot the
priprieties as to raise his voice he was
quietly touched on the shoulder and
politely asked to lower his voice. Fact.
What's looking on in Iowa" got to
do with a respectable saloon in Con-
necticut? Only this. somebody ought
to touch somebody on the shoulder in
some Of the hotel offices in Iowa Not
here. for the Woods hotel il model in
this respect. One can read. write, and
hear himself think in this office.
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