Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-16
FARMERS COMPLAIN OF CONDI-
TIoNs WHICH ARE RE.
puclNG PROFITS.
MUCH STOCK
FOR BETTER MARKET
Present Prices No lnducement to Ship
Stock Already Held Long Because OF
Late owing Troubles
Already Appea-c. E. Wilson's Rural
Observations.
pecial 10 Times Republican.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Belmond Feb. 16.-As the winter
advances a good many farmers in this
part of the country are finding them
selves uncomfortable short on rough
feed" Several reasons are given for
this state of affairs which reduces farm
profits pretty fast when hay sells for
$50 per Ton. and straw proportionately
high. In the hrst place the kind OF
winter weather that has prevailed Tor
several weeks has called ioT UnNsua!
drafts on the feed supply. Then there
IS the quarantine trouble wh!eh de-
layed the shipment Of so many cattle,
not a few OF which are st.A 2ei@- Aeid
here for better market. some mel
say they would haze pax mp more ICED
last fall had rot farm wages oseh 50
high that il seemed almost prohinitlVe.
Clearing sales on farms have been an
usually frequent partly because ot the
situation. Meanwhile those with sues
are getting along a usual undistUrbea
regardless OF the situation
Who says there IS no such thing as
luck" in farming? Two brothers l-'e
on adjoining farms near BelmoHd l-asI
fall one OF them Jhreshed out OF the
shock. and sold his oats from the ma
chine direct at - cents bushei- oats
straw yhreshed in this manner y
greatly inferior feed this season. as
compared with that from stacked
grain. The other brother for some
reason was unable 70 get a machine
when he wanted il and was compelled
to stack his grain. His straw IN con-
sequence : valuable for feed and De
cause of the delay i'll marketing ms
oats. sold for nearly twice the price or
the other mans grain. This same man
raised 100 acres of corn last summer.
Two men started in to hush II but TWO
lone men must have time 10 musk '''oV
bushels Of corn and the job became
tedious. The husking force vas in
creased. Fourteen men working day
would cost no more than one man
fourteen days The last three days
his small army worked u husked
fifty acres OF corn and day or two
after the last ear was crihbed Il be-
gan to storm and some Of the snow
that fe!! then s on the ground 20 this
day.
.-sioving" troubles have begun. Last
week a farmer undertook 20 ship from
VINCENT, Iowa, to kanawha. distance
Of about forty miles Just before load
ing his stock he carefully fed and wa
! tered the animals so that they would
( he in good shape at the ether end OF
the line. Thirty eight hours later his
! car of half famished stock lay on a
! track at Belmond. having had no
opportunity TO eat or drink in all that
time and the man in charge OF the
car uncertain when he could start on
| Twenty eight miles, according 70 his
! story, in thirty eight hours. Several
trains he declared, passed him and re-
/ fused TO take his car because they
were already overloaded.
/ There are possibilities in raising
clover seed. a young tenant farmer
on a Belmond mail route has demon
strated the fact in very conclusive
manner. This is the way 1t was done
as related by a neighbor conversan'
with the facts: Mr.. Tenant rented HI:
farm on the share plan. Mr. ownel
visiting the place and noticing a heav!
crop Of second growth clover ap
parently going to waste thru neg lect t
harvest suggested that the crop VA
already badly damaged because Of tn
delay and ought to be cut at once L
order to save the pieces. The tenan
was sorry and TO make IL right offere'
the owner 50 per acre cash for tn
stuff, which offer was accepted. The
he waited a while longer and cut tn
crop for seed; and such a crop it wa
that when the hulling bill was pai'
the clover seed man had to pay 70
157 bushels Clover seed this year j
selling for SO or s12 per bushel. Their
were about fifty acres of ground il
the field.
4 very well known farmer near her
was negotiating with a grain dealer TO
the marketing of his crop. The grail
man quoted market statistics, to whic
the other demurred because, as tn
latter insisted. they We're contrary t
fact. The dealer demanded the sourc
of the others information and IN
farmer admitted that he was a sub
scriber to the Times Repu blicar
Huh" said the grain man, Don't yo
| know you can't depend on that pape
for your markets." "well," answere
the T.-R. reader, III tell you what
Will do. You show me that my rnarke
report is incorrect and 1 viii write
letter TO the publishers ordering tn
paper stopped and will feel sratefi
] to you besides for rescuing me frol
a state of nisapprehension." Ths
was some time ago. the very vel
known farmer does as he agrees. bt
the stop order has not yet reached tt
office of the publishers.
A man drove or the scales Of a
elevator concern al Palsville the oth'
day with load of oats. What a
you getting?'' asked bystande
sFYfty-two." he answered and ";
inrfc5Iv corrected by the manage