Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-21
HIGH PRICE FOR CORN
REMuNERATlNo FARMER
FOR LOSSES LAST YEAR
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican
Iowa Falls. Nov. a1.--It is said that
a farmer in Story county shelled and
sold car load Of corn this year as
early as Nov. l. In this community
several have emptied their cribs in this
manner and are filling them again dur
ing this corn husking month. Eighty
five cents a bushel is an attractive
price but II is only making up in part
for the disastrous season OF 1915. VIM
the quality OF the grain In this part OF
the country is good, many fields are
not up to what was expected OF them
In quantity. for wherever there is
hill with light soil the ears are small
and where the ground is low and nc.
well drained the corn is soft.
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One thing for which the farmer may
we'll be thankful this year Is the alb
sence of disease among his hogs. For
once at least there appears 10 be no
diseased herds at all in the country
There was betting in the country as
we'll as in town on results Of the re-
cent eIeCllOn- N'He UlaH WIZ ioSS ~ VIA
,tae defeated candidate has the consol-
alton Of having kept the money in the
family. He bet with his wife.
Possibly this high cost Of living
times will result in some Of the unem-
pioyed town labor turning TO the coun-
try for work. remarked "a farmer the
other day, and the retired farmer who
was present replied about as follows:
"A few years ago when was on the
farm young fellow called at my
house one winter morning. asked for
something to eat and declared that he
wanted something to do to pay for his
meal Now il happened, that | was
preparing to clean out cistern that
day and had expected 70 call on
neighbor to help me do the job. l took
the lad in and he had his breakfast,
after which he announced his read|
ness for the task which was to even
matters up. / got my ladder, put it
into the cistern and expected TO go
down myself and do the underground
part of the work but my helper slipped
down the ladder and performed in a
manner most satisfactory. When VIC
were thru he expressed the wish that
ne might find some farmer who would
board him until spring for the work he
could do. and | took him To where ny
SON lived and deal 10 that effec, was
soon made. That afternoon the son
decided 10 go 10 town, and the three OF
us went out to hitch up the team.
While the horses were being attached
10 the vehicle saw that the new man
didn't know the first principle of the
work that was before him. A light job
Has assigned the young fellow. however.
by his employer before he drove away.
Soon afterward j started for home and
before my son returned from town that
afternoon the boy who wanted to do
chores and winter farm work for his
board. realizing that he had tackled a
job utterly foreign TO his past expert
ence gave up and was gone, none Of US
knew where."
A few days ago daily paper printed
in large city ran an article which re-
cited the great possibilities Of scientific
farming. The writer OF II evidently
was 80 constituted that ne could look
at the matter from different angles. for
he qualified his statements with the
assertion that the farming business re-
quired peculiar knowledge and skill 70
be conducted at any considerable prof
II and that many. very many who are
making their living in this way, are
most !mperfectly qualified. altilo their
life eexper!ence has included nothing
else. II this !. true and it is. 1t wouid
seem to be expecting altogether TOO
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ing to even attempt to go into the
country and satisfy the averagewould-
be employer OF farm labor There is
too much TO learn to make it attractive
to one who seeks to And temporary
employment while conditions are adj
justing themselves in his wonted en-
vironment. and. anyway. all the world
knows that comparatively few, once
accustomed to city work, can ever be
induced voluntarily to go out away
from the crowd and the noise and
work In the fields alone. II farming
could be specialized. like factory work
for instance. perhaps men could more
easily be found for farm work but with
the modern complexities of this kind OF
labor there Is simply too much to learn
to make IL attractive for the carpenter
in town who will do most everything
but starve or steal before he would de-
eide TO seek employment as a farm
hand where for years he could not hope
to be an expert in his line. I. would
aeem that about the best that the pres
ent situation can accomplish for the
farmer who must employ labor Is to
keep back the movement OF labor all
ready in the country from the town To
which it has been 80 steadily travelling
for good many years.
C. e Wilson.