Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
Too Many Trees
on Farm Lead to
Considerable Waste

Special to Times Republican.
Manly, March 14.-One Of the most
successful men Of Worth county. land
owner and retired business man, was
talking about wastes on the farm"
Part of what he said was In substance
as follows: "A few years ago visited
again my boyhood home in distant
state. It had been many years since
left the place and this was the first
return trip Changes were noticeable
on every hand but the most striking
of these was the disappearance Of the
big groves that had been planted and
the large orchard tracts that had been
set with much expense OF labor ana
money. Land had become too valuable
for their presence and they had been
cut down and grain and grass crops
grew in their places. When a man puts
out several acres of trees that do him
no good except two or three months IN
the year and only at occasional times
during this period and on the other
hand obstruct the circulation Of aid
around his buildings in warm weather,
nullify his efforts in crop raising sew.
eral rods in every direction and fur
nish homes for countless enemies or
farm crops and domestic animals or
when he plants large tracts to fruit
! trees and then turns his attention to
everything else before scientific meth
; DDS Of caring for his trees and market
/ ing fruit he is indulging in a very
striking form Of farm wastefulness and
one that Of itself might easily mean
1 the difference Of profit and loss. The
grain and stock farmer and this is the
average Iowa farmer should Of course,
plant few trees for shade but the pro-
tective feature had much better be left
to the carpenter and mason for this Is
! cheaper and more conducive to health
and comfort. A few fruit trees well
cared for is a very profitable farm
investment but more than this and
! these neglected means a double waste
in which are involved both money and
space.
Another thing: Convenience in car
ing for stock. One man builds his cribs
and Sranaries several rods from his
feeding points and In consequence
| travels many unnecessary miles each
year while doing chores. If his cribs
are not properly located he ought to
put up a small one and use odd hours
to fill it from the larger one.
Il Then there is the man who leaves
his binder out in the weather. If he
hasn't a machine shed he might at
least remove the sickle but sometimes
he leaves 1t in place and about the Sec
ond season it Is used those little rough
edges are eaten thru by rust, an extra
horse or two have to be put on the ma
chine to make 1t cut, the machine it
self soon shows the efrects OF this in
racked and loosened parts>and the In
ternational man. is consulted in re-
gard to a new binder"
And then next day thruout TWEEN
ty-five mile drive evidences Of the
soundness Of this very successful mans
ideas on farm wastes were noticed in
connection with various observations
on the way. For instance, VIII Schultz
and the ninety eight head Of cattle that
\ he wintered In good shape up to March
I on nothing whatever except oat straw
and water. Certainly no waste of feed
in this transaction. He was able to do
this because he provided the animals
with quarters that some men would
be glad TO live in thru winter. II those
cattle had been kept as some men keep
| their stock their bones would be scat
tered all over the feed yard by this
time, If fed on an oat straw ration.
Also the case of Nerve" Parker on
whose farm there is a spring several
feet lower than the spot where his
barn stands twenty rods away. Rum
ming water up hill was easy enough for
Parker, however, for he knew the prin
ciple of the hydraulic ram and pro-
ceeded Ito act accordingly. The spring
discharges into a little brook thru a
two-foot fall ard at this point the
ram was installed. Six seventies of the
water that passes thru it furnishes the
power to send the other seventh thru
pipe to the barn where q small tank
is always filled and running over when
not being used, a drain carrying the
surplus back to the brook. The out
fit was put in at an expense of less
than $50 and it will be years. perhaps,
before any further expense viii BE nee
essary.
| The Schultz barn just mentioned is
constructed after different model
from the ordinary barn structure. 1t Is
=. 36xS2 in size with capacity overhead
for $50 tons of hay. 1t is on a two-foot
concrete foundation on which is a wall
made of the best solid building brick
on the outside and back of this another
wall OF hollow block. There is no frost
to be found on the inside Of this wall
in winter and it is said to be cool al
ways in summer. At q height of eight
Zee. the masonry ia replaced by wood
with boards placed "up and down."
This kind Of barn is no more expensive
than the ordinary frame building.
More like it are to be erected In the
same locality during the coming sea-
son. c5. as .ss,i
It pays to investigate most carefully
1 in buying land in part of the coun.
try where the purchaser is not ac.
quaintod with conditions. A northern
Iowa farm included q forty literally
covered with quack grass. A pros
pect" was being shown over the place
in an automobile. Time to look over II
was limited and the forty was avoided
as much as possible. At last this part
came IN for inspection and the land
Hooker was suspicious a1tho he didn't
KNOW much about quack The deal was
a. Aonlnfhnt ma and when sIf yUaa a Sl<ad