The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-24
NOT ON BREAD ALONE
Farmers of Adams Township Have
Variety of Food Stuffs.


Adams Twp, Feb, 20 (by Pansy). -
This and last week has been butch
ering time in this neighborhood. The
number of porkers slaughtered by each
one, we do not regard as very great
in number, from three to four per fam
ily. But when we think of the fine
beeyes that have been butchered and
divided around among the different
families and the vast amount Of poul.
try that has been disposed OF since
the season opened up, we would have
to admit that the farmers don't live
on bread alone, nor eat what they
can't sell. . .s.
Weather fine, roads very muddy.
Health improving. The Grippe has
spent it's force.
Mrs. Belle Without and son John
visited at the parental Allgood home
in Oskaloosa last week. H. 4
Ralph Allgood and family spent
Sabbath day at the parental Hoover
home.
Mrs. Harley Without and the child
rem spent Saturday at Ralph Allgood's.
Elmer Cameron and family have
moved to the John Cameron farm.
The NJ. e. Moore family have NOV
ed to Oskaloosa.
q. W. France is, spending the week
in Oskaloosa looking after business
and visiting friends.
The Grange kindly remembered
Mrs. f. ]. .Allgood who continues quite
poorly, with two beautiful potted
plants. +Fa.
Clinton Nash and Exerett Whilehill
of North Adams each delivered fine
punches of fine fat hogs since our last
report and Mr. Whitehill sold bunch
lof fat cattle.
J. N. Angod AMI wife took dinner
with Mrs. Allgoods mother, Mrs. A. b.
Hanna of Oskaloosa on Friday
Glen Cameron will work for Harry
Hanna this summer and Ray White
will work for j. N. Allgood.
Mirtie Smith and wife were callers
and J. W. Hannas Tuesday.
John McLandsborough spent Friday
and Saturday at Arthur Camerons.
The following article was handed to
me by an interested farmer. | consider
it very good and will you please pub
lish it.
1--WE were more or less pleased at
the way the Southeast Adams cores
pendent of the Globe replied to those
chronic grumblers that so often criti
chasing their goods at home. The prin
ciple of not patronizing your home
town is all wrong we freely admit
But is not the wrong just as great fol-
the townpeople to ignore the country
people that are supplying them with
their bread and butter and buy what
they want in other markets, and Kill
the goose that lays the golden egg
Thirty years the farmer had a ready
market at home FOR a part of his live
stock. But what change has takeT
place You buy your meat from Oma
ha and Kansas City. Not because you
can get a better article or quality. Fol
the Maha3ka county cattle, hogs anC
sheep top the market at Chicago as
often as any other county in the state
You quit buying Mahaska county
-four and farmers quit sewing whea'
which resulted in detriment to him
as well as you. But bear in mind thai
the farmer must get or create the
money first and if his profits are sutti
cient for the twelve to sixteen hours
day, that he and his family have
worked he will then be ready to pur
chase those things that he thinks hi
needs most. And then the merchant
can solve this problem very easily, by
selling his goods to the farmer as
cheap as he can buy elsewhere.