Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09
More Small Grain.
Less Corr, Planted
in Northern Io,Dd
speeial 10 gTimes- Repuplican.

F: Special TO Times Republican.
Swea City, May s.--As late as May
5 this year farmers of northern Kos
suth and winnebago were sowing oats
in their fields. Not the principal crop
| for that was practically all in the
| in the crop. The continued cool days
| and freezing nights caused many far
mers to lose confidence in their ability
TO pro5uce crop of corn on ground
that they had designed for corn The
! result will be- somewhat decreased
acreage Of this and a proportionate In
crease in small grain 1t must be adj
mitted too. that the, seed corn stu,
alton here is far from satisfactory in
the minds of many who are competent
, judges of such matters. The statement
that many farmers are gong to plant
corn this spring that will not grow is
heard q good many times. The man
sger of one elevator in a town where
not load OF corn OF last years raising
, found its way into one of these insh-
: tu.ions said he was in his office the
night before until IL O'Clock testing
seed corn that should have been looked
after earlier in the season While q
good many people imagine they see
certain indications of repetition OF
last spring in the way OF unusual cooi
weather others there are who contend
that conditions have been ideal up to
The early days of. the present month
for small grain ana grass and one man
would have it that very likely some
of those who are sarerwe Will have nv
hot weather again this year Will DE
suffering from sunstroke before the
summer Is over.
Nils Cioranson, on his farm south
west from the town OF Thompson, has
one OF the finest and largest farm
barns in Winnebago county. 1t is 100
feet long. fifty feet wide and eighteen
feet high at the corners. The walls
10 a height OF nine feet are made Or
eight inch hollow blocks TO which -
added inches o. soiic cement inside
II is said that this prevents dampness
on the walls IN the cold weather season
to the extent that match can be
lighted on them at any time. There are
three divisions in the lower part, one
fer horses, one for milch cows and
tnfo lot IOosS Edlle sHN Iii SdNh
Of these there j. room to drive three
or four horses and manure spreader.
TWO hundred loads of oats bundles
were threshed last Eel, into the i'm
mense NOW and plenty of room was
lief; for hay end other roughage. The
lui!6ing, complete EsS put up at d
COS. OF about $4,000 HhieA dogs not tp-
c!ude the ianor involved il hauling,
Sy eff
There's an old farmer living III Win
reb2sc county who came TO this coun-
try from Ireland when a boy OF II
years. y few years ago he visited his
old home and now insists that he Is
competent 10 express an intelligent
opinion on the subject Of home rule for
the Irish. Says its al inpcssihles that
no country the majority OF whose in "
hab!ta nt5 are day laborers who finish
each week with practically nothing to
carry them over the next seven day
period except the promise OF sufficient
muscular force TO repeat the tasks AL
ready done Is capa bic of governing IT.
self in these times. 'r.<.
Out cast Of Swea City the other day
man was blowing in hts field. He
isn't an old man yet by any means but
ne has lived In that V neighborhood .
nearly thirty years. He stopped TO
rest the COTS and sat down on the
pillow. He indicated a forty" across ;
the road low, untitled and without
buildings. that was sold recently at a ;
figure wei! above the 500 line. He
pointed out the town of Ledyard, four
or FIVE miles away. and several farm
homes where one saw good substantial /
buildings orchards and groves. Then
ne said. This didn't look the way you .
see il when / came here. II j. about .
twenty five miles from Swan Lake III
Enmet county to the place where Led
yard now stands. About the time We
came mere two stockmen OF Belmond. |
Iowa. Messrs. Pritchard and Tyrrel
had a herd Of about 500 head of cattle
In the viIInity of Swan Lake They +;
wanted them driven to Ledyard for
shipment to Marsha!ltown and helped
do the job. A siding and stock chute
was all there was Of Ledyard and re-
member that we drove the cattle al
most in straight line from the start
10 the finish. The only thing we han
TO dodge was the occasional pond. No
farms or fences 10 interfere with our
progress. My mother looked at this
land and ga Id she believed it would be
worth 800 an acre some day and we
wondered what made her think so.
Seems only a few years since then he
concluded, but she was right about
it.
Men frequently ask the question,
How much difference Is there in the
seasons OF northern and central Iowa2'
Last Friday afternoon a man living
about four miles south of the Mime
sofa state line said. IL the weather
stays fair believe I'll plant some corn ;
next week" Along the railroad the OBJ
server from the coach could distinguish
by color the corn stalk ground Intended
for corn again this year from tina.
which had been seeded to oats and the
difference could be detected for dis
lance Of about half a mile each sioe
Of the track Cattle roaming over the
pasture lands found a short bite OF the