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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
IOWA FARM NEWS AND NOTES
HERES LIVE WIRE DA,RYMAN.
Thrss Cemeteries Surround w. r. ksp-
ler's Farm But HISS Still Live One.
M Once In a While the law Of enNiron.

~ arSU S0S TVS Own .iVO WV
Once in while the law Of environ
ment goes smash.
Three cemeteries border three sides
Of the eighty-acre farm of w. T. KEEP
Ter, Scott county, near Davenport. But
MIR. Kepler Is not dead one. On the
contrary, he IL one of the Invest of the
live farmers Of Scott county.
Mr.. Kepler keeps q herd Of twenty
Holsteins and supplies from 225 to ESQ
customers. Twelve of his cows are on
test in the Davenport Cow Test AS
ISOLATION. These averaged 1870 pounds
Of butterfat in the first six months
they were put to test Three OF these
had been giving milk for six months
previously and one was only a heifer.
An up-to- date dairy barn, silo and
alfalfa is the Kepler recipe for sue
cess in dairying.. He has a $500 hollow
block silo, fourteen feet in diameter
and thirty-two feet high. He prevents
spelling In the silo by seeding oats on
top and commencing to feed soon after
1t is filled. II couldn't get along with
out my silo." he says.
His cows get regular ration of al
falfa, ensilage, cotton seed meal, bran
and Schumacher feed and occasional
ly some oats and corn and cob meal.
cooperation, too, is one of Mr.. KEEP
ler's articles of faith He is a mem
Der Of the Davenport Cow Test Assoc
cation. the Davenport Milk Mans
Association and other organizations
He attended Iowa college for three and
a half years, taking the dairy hus-
bandry course
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
TRACTOR TESTS COMPLETED.
Takes Two and e-Fourth Gallons Of
Kerosene to PIow Acre Six Inches Deep


Takes Two and Ono Fourth Gallons Of
Kerosene to Piow Acre Six Inches Deep
One acre of ground can be, tractor
plowed six inches deep on two and one
fourth gallons of kerosene and one
eighth gallon Of lubricating oil.
I This was demonstrated in a two day
tractor blowing test conducted last
week at Iowa State College by the agri-
cultural engineering department. The
complete results of the test represent
probably the most comprehensive data
on tractor blowing operations that have
been worked out by any college.
1t took one hour and seventeen min
utes to plow an acre. The length Of
burrows was 54S feet. Dead burrows
were 300 feet apart. Because of the
shortness of the field one sixth OF the
time was spent in turning.
A Case tractor pulling three four
teen inch Grand Detour plows was
used. The average rate of speed was
2.35 miles per hour; average draw bar
veloped 1906. 1t took ten hours and
twenty-fou minutes to plow STA acres.
The field was level.
Inc tOlaI cost OF pIoWlHS an acre -
figured at $50. This is figured on the
basis of kerosene costing 10 cents a
gallo :, lubricating oil 80 cents gallon:
operators time so cents an hour; inter-
est, depreciation and repairs cas- cents
per acre.
On a longer field the tractor would
have made better showing with cor
responding reduction in unit cost per
acre. Moreover, most farmers would
figure the operators wages less than
here estimated. e2o
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
Special Management
Will Bring Results
From, Poor Dairy C0,O

That COW which year in and year
out loses money for its owner or makes
him very little may be made to pay a
scod profit with special management
has been proved by R. E. Farrand, of
Sumner in Butler county. He bought
a 5-year- old animal that had a reputa-
ton for giving its former owner Moth
ing more than the pleasure Of milking
her and got out Of her in the first eight
months Of ownership q profit Of $61.7l.
This cow, a grade Holstein, came
out of the Cedar valleXsT Test Associa-
ton, in Black Hawk county. She was
exhibited at the Waterloo dairy show
q year ago as 'Blackie Waterloo" the
poorest COW in the Cedar valley as
ISOLATION. The year preceding she had
produced only los pounds of butterfat
and she lost her owner $3.50 for the
year
However Mr.. Farrand didn't be-
leve the COW was quite as black as
she looked or as she was painted IN
the records, He thought he saw in her
dairy qualities and it appealed to him
to undertake an experiment with her.
So he bought "Blackie." paying some
thing like SOL for her while his friends
smiled good naturedly. He took her
home to his dairy farm at Sumner and
began to study her and to learn
whether her good qualities might not
be brought out. On Jan. ], 1915, Mr..
Farrand began to put her on test for
years production record. His judg-
ment proved to be good, and his man
agement first class, for every month
showed ''Blackie" to be coming along
with a balance on the right side OF
the ledger. At the end of eight months,
Sept. /, she had done the remarkable
thing of producing 244 pounds Of but
ter fat and making a profit Of SILL.
So "Blackie" was exhibited again at
Waterloo, at this years show, not in
disgrace, but with pride and she looked
the part of a self-respecting animal
that was, doing good work in the
world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
FAILS TO COLLECT DAMAGES.
Jury Returns Verdict For Insurance
Company in Suit For $4,000.

Jury Returns Verdict For Insurance
Company in Suit For $4,000.
Special to Times Republican.
Sac City, Oct. Platter nearly
seven hours deliberation jury reached
verdict last night in the suit Of G. P.
Ohlsen, Of Cook township. admins
traitor OF the Jacob Neubauer estate, to
recover s2,700 insurance from the Sac
County 7M3:ua! Fire Insurance Asso-
citation for property destroyed by fire
in September, 1916. The jury found
for the defendant. The company had
declined TO pay the insurance on the
ground that Mr.. Neubauer had de-
liberately set fire to the buildings.
The plaintiff denied that such was the
case but asserted that if it were proved
that Mr.. Neubauer burned the build
ings he was at the time insane and in
capable Of forming a design at the
the burning Of the property.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27

ina TIE kim hilk ussd w farm ani-
NAL feed ,$l0, 000, 900. n. ss ~
Only comparatively small amount
OF cheese q made In lows, but 10 per
cent OF ths amount consumed here.
Just f704, 4Ss pounds were made. in the
state. last year. this worth $4,000. NJ
The value of the calf and the value
Of the dairying to- sci fertility have
not been considered. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
MONUMENT TO VETERANS.
Crawford County Supervisors to Decide
on Design For Soldiers Memorial.

Special to Times Republican.
Denison. Oct. 27.-The Crawford
county board of supervisors will at the
November session take up the matter
Of deciding on the design for monu-
ment to the union soldiers Of the late
civil war, to be erected in the court
house square. At meeting this week
five designs were submitted. The G.
A. r. veterans of the county are being
asked to have part in the selection OF
the monument. Some $4,000 will be
used for this purpose 1t is planned to
have the monument completed as soon
as possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27

OF the dairy department at Iowa state
College. \ i
Iowa last year produced SS,S3l,0o5
pounds Of creamery butter worth 32S,-
sos. III. Mn Mortensen estimates that
there were 1000, 900 Eallons; Of ics
cream manufactured, worth y$2, 500. 900.
The value sof milk used for direct con-
sumption was close to $4,000, 900. The
value Of farm dairy butter, $28, 1000, 900,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
GRIND SMALL GRAIN FOR GAIN.
Ground Barley, Wheat and Oats Civ
Better Results in Hog Feeding.

Whether or not Will pay to grind
grain for hogs viii depend upcn the
E.nd of grain and the Eize and age OF
The hog to which it is led, is the c"r-
ciusion reached by lie ANNA! has
fandry experiment ers At Iowa State
College.
The results of the majority OF the
feeding tests at the COLLEGE show that
ground barley, wheat and oats give
better results both in rate and econ
omy of gains, with both heavy and
light hogs than did whole grains With
corn this is not true. the ground corn
being the most efficient only in the
case of old and mature hogs which are
Well along in the tatte1inS period.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
frank Opening senssnes.

Mr.. x, the London subeditor, was
asked to write an article on supersti-
tion and imbecility. When the article
was printed the opening sentence was
found to be as follows: 'sThat imbe-
cility is not on the wane perusal OF
the following lines will amply demon
Strnte.n NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
MINNEAPOLIS { ST. LOUIS

IA NJ s:-.,{ NOn1H bOOND. Leave.
AiDert Leo MAJ! tdaiiy).... s:16 a. N.
1aeon City MAN Tex. SUM-. e:55 p. m.
twin CITY Limited DAILY. 2:10 a. m
Local Freight Tex sum- -. $50 q m
- SOUTH BOUND.
sg. Louis. ana Kansas City
NAH daily ............ s:4s D. IA
eeofiA Express lex.sun.) o:16 q. m.
It. Louis and Peoria Linn
its4 daily .-s........... 1901 q. n.
LecAl Freight (ex. SUM-. 1900 an.
oTO1Y CITY BRANCH.
LoeSA ArfivA
at p.nA Passenger daily, SIS am.
80 q - (ex.8un.) ......... SOS .. n.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
lowA.REAL DAIRY STATE.

Products Amounted to Nearly Billion
Dollars Last Year. 4 NJ;
That Iowa has almost reached the
billion dollar mark in the amount Of
dairy products she produces Is the I'M
teresting fact of some estimates made
along that line by NJ. Mortensen. head
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
Immortal Truth.

"a good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches" was spoken more
than thousand years ago, but 1t is
inst as true today as 1t was then.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-27
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
"Corn Belt Route"
GOING SOIJTH

No. l-st. Joe aid K. c.
limited :::',-........... sos a. m.
NO. tx. Z. MAN q Express S:1s p. N.
No. 6-Kansas City and St
Joseph .....'............. $3.50 a. m.
No. SIDES Moines Mail. 6:45 d. m
GOING NORTH
No. Irwin Cities Limited 1923 D. m.
No. Chicago and st. Paul
Express ............... 1855 q. m.
No. 81 ................ 1855 p. m.
Ne. S-ChicaGo Filler .10:36 D. N
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25
GOOD AND BAD TIMES
MIXED nv CHRISTIANA

trouble now Is that the young man
in Christiania Is still getting not very
much more than his hundred crowns
and the older man or emplOye is get
ting only a little more than his six
thousand per year. It can he seen
that when these amounts can only
buy in the United States for $50 and
$500 dollars respectively, there Is
some reason for complaint about the
increased cost Of living.
Price Increases.
Prices have increased about rs fol-
lows: Carfare is the same, as tho
company gets It's power from noun
tain streams which run all the time.
war or no war. Reduced to United
States currency. coal costs about ten
times as much per ton as before the
war. MIX has gone from Ave to eight
cents per litter; bread from eight to
eleven cents per loaf: eggs from
twenty-five to forty-eight centI per
dozen. Meat has doubled in price;
1t now sells at from thirty-three to
fifty-fve cents per pound. Pending
and projected strikes and lockouts
in the various trades have not tend
ed to help matters much: however.
the government has interceded in
these matters now and hopes are en-
tertaIned that these questions can
now be adjusted.
To encourage thrift, the munich
pality has secured control Of most Of
the vacant lots of the city and has let
them to industrious citizens in small
tracts for very moderate sum for
the present summer season, on the
condition that they be planted to po-
tatOes or other staple foodstuffs. Dur
ing the last month the holders Of
these tracts could be seen indus
triously working in the evening twi-
light, for at this latitude, even rs
early as May l. 1t is not dark until
after nine in the evening. In June
and July there is quite enough light
to read by all night
High Rate Of Interest.
Another matter which may be not
ed, Is the high rate OF interest which
banks here pay on savings accounts;
viz, four and four and one-half per
cent. American gold is selling at a
very low figure at the local exchang-
es. Previously one could get about
thirty-eight crowns for a ten-dollar
gold-pieCe; one can now not get more
than thirty-three or thirty-four
crowns. English pounds sterling are
not any better of. while German
marks are still lower. Russian ru-
bles, due. II is understood. TO having
been placed on paper-Or-promise to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25

count OF the rapid growth OF Chris
tiania. this has made the housing
question a rather serious one ito the
inhabitants. House rents have In
creased at least nifty per cent and as
leases expire they are generally re-
newed at the higher figure.
In order to raise funds for new
buildings. builders and property
owners are now inviting prospective
tenants TO subscribe TO shares in new
apartment houses. Permission to
lease an apartment Of proposed new
building at certain fixed rental,
goes with the sale OF number of
shares. In the leasing Of apartments
in numerous buildings now being
erected for completion before winter
sets In. II is necessary to purchase
about 5000 crowns in stock in or
der to secure the privilege OF rent
ing an ordinary modern apartment OF
from four to six rooms.
Freight Piled High.
Down on the waterfront the docks
are piled high with different kinds OF
freight Pig iron from sweden,
American cotton-sced oil, -four, cot.
ton. automobiles and machinery VI
various kinds All ocean-gOing
steamers. except the English. have
their names painted in huge letters
along the entire side OF the ship with
their national flag pointed at each
end. No German boats are noticed,
for while they do occasionally make
the trip within the three mile limit
way from Denmark, the risk Is pref
ty high and freight to and from Ger
many is therefore generally sent by
rail through Sweden and Denmark.
4 new German motor car shipped
from Strassburg was noticed. Pre-
sumably on account of the scarcity
OF rubber. the tires were made Of
series of detachable wooden blocks
bound together with steel band like
a flexible wooden chain. The car
was run of the dock by its own pow
er and the vibrations over the Bel
gian block pavement did not appear
to be excessive.
Political opinion here is divided
There Is very little high strung ar
gumentative kind OF party feeling.
Norway has never suffered from the
growth OF German power and the
people therefore are more inclined
to view the war in the spirit OF 4
passive by-stander. Anti-Germdn
feeling shows itself over the invasion
Of Belgium and the apparent disre-
gard OF the lives of neutrals. Anti
English feeling Centers around En-
plIsh esDiOnnRe and the Illegal in
reference with neutral mails be-
tween neutral countries. Passen-
ger and mail vessels are now regu-
larly boarded by British officers and
conducted by them through the mine
fields to KirkwRll in the Orkney Is
lands, where mail is removed for in
spection by the censor, who then for
wards matter not considered detri-
mental to the Allied cause. to its des-
tination.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25
MYSTERY OF
DOG SOLVED
Canine FiShed from Mine and
Loses Its Life under
an Auto.

ARLINGTON, n. j., June "a
The mystery of the snarling dog
down in the depths of the old Schy-
Ter copper mine at North Arlington
was solved when John c. Lacherie
justice of the peace. offered re-
ward OF $50 to any one who would
get and bring the dog TO him.
II q reward OF $50 were onered
in Arlington for the finding Of gold
nuggets in the old mine they UNI
doubtedly would be Forthcoming
within an hour Anyway. the rescue
OF the dog was but child's play for
Edward Muller. the leading mine and
mastiff strateglst of North Arlington.
So exciting and complicated is the
story, however, that 1t might be well
to repeat 1t as told by the correspond
ents who first set forth the Wild de-
tails.
For days the residents of this vii
lage have been dropping meat down
on strings hoping to bring the howl
ing dog to the surface. He would
snatch the meat. but would not
hold to the rope, and for this reason
they knew II could not be II bulldog.
Other than that they had no clew re-
garding him other than that as u
grand and lofty bowler he stood alone
in the noisy annals Of the village.
Judge Lafacherie soon decided he
wanted the dog for pet and mGdo
the statement that he woult give ShO
to anyone who could get and fetch
the mysterious brute to him. When
this statement vas repeated edward
Muller brought q huge milk pan to
the mine, placed a mass OF meat IN
the bottom of It and lowered II three
hundred feet to where the dog was
on the floor Of the mine. The dog
jumped in for the meat and Mr.. Null
Ter pulled the pan to the surface.
when the pan came in sight q
large fox terrier could be seen in II.
AZ soon as 1t was possible to do so
he jumped to the planking at tho sur
face. bit Mr.. Muller in the leg, chased
everybody in the vicinity in the gem
eral direction Of their homes and
then ran across the fields to the
Belleville turnpike. When he reached
II he ran directly under north
bound touring automobile and was
instantly killed.
$50 entangled in the machinery
was the dog that the automobile
could not move and traffic was all
but blocked for two hours.
MIR. Muller went TO tho home Of
Judge LafacherIe and asked for the
$50 and Judge Lafacherie said he
would pay him II he produced the
dog. BY this time. Of course. there
was not trace Of the dog"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25
DEFECTIVE CULVERTS
ARE DANGER SOURCES

struction.
The practical effect OF bad cul.
verts was observed by thousands OF
witnesses en- Decoration day Of that
year. The heavy rainfall just be-
fore the celebration converted this
stretch OF road into an ocean OF mud
with occasional pools of water so that
one could not tell exactly the condl-
ton of the road at any point. There
was on this day heavy automobile
travel from Springfield to Pittsfeld
The driver Of car taken In the even
ing to the largest garage in Pitts
field was congratulated on delivering
his machine intact because 1t was
only the third making the trip that
day that had not come in with broken
spring, sprung axle or other quite SER
iOus injury CAUSED by wheel drop
ping into a culvert through an open
ing In the top.
Not Safe.
1t may be said that such a record
OF days troubles caused by defec.
tive culverts Is unusual. and It Is,
but It is exactly what may be expect
ed to happen under the same condi-
lions anywhere at any time. No cul-
vert that Is improperly built is safe
or economical On the contrary, il
is waste Of money to spend Il on
succh work unless the work is well
done on an approved plan under com.
petent direction. There must be cal.
Culation MS to the volume of water,
the culverts are to carry off in rainy
season and food time. not in dry
weather, and as to the durability Of
the material used in their construc-
ton. There can be no skimping on
cuhverts or bridges or drainages
without waste. II is better to have
these three things permanent and
adequate then to have an expensive
form Of road surfacing II n choice
must be made. The man who built
his house on shifting sand instead
OF solid rock has been regarded for
centuries as the prince Of fools.
II the culverts are not built OF
good material they will have to be
rebuilt in few years, whatever the
quality Of the roads they are made
to serve. Defective culverts vitlate
one OF the elementary principles OF
Nhu"1g tCOhOullCHs uuu Tue lUleTeALb
Of the taxpayers require that the an
nual cost of every part Of the roads
built for their use be reduced to the
lowest possible figure consistent with
efficiency. MauIfestly. It would be
worse than folly to build culverts Of
boards to take care Of roads that have
cost hundreds or thousands Of dol.
lars the mile and It would be none
the less foolish, or worse, to waste
money in work Of this sort with the
use Of bad material.
Three Fundamentals.
In building culvert the road
builder must observe three funda-
mental requirements.
!. The first requirement Is that
the eulvert must be so placed that
4 will drain across the road. and un-
der the road. Of course. all the water
that Is delivered to It by the side
ditch along the road. II this be not
done. the earth along the road and
about the end OF the calvert will be
wet and soggy the most OF the year
and the culvert opening will require
almost Constant repairs, Repairing
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-25
The Human Side of Hughes

best to rcctlsy tho error Of juvonllty
aud since then he has seen no rOa-
son FOR removing the beard that
sprung to his assistance then.
One story more:
Looking up from his desk nc Al
Sany one afternoon Governor Hughes
found ut his side a man he had never
seen before, He was surprised that
Colonel Treadwcll. his military sec.
rotary had not introduced tho visitor,
but he put out his hand and said
heartily How are your"
Just got out OF jail" said the visit
tor.
What were you In for?"
"Oh, the second time for trying
to escaped"
Were you guilty."
Yes"
What were you in for tho first
timc7"
"Burglarly, twelve years"
Were you guilty."
"Yea."
Can do anything for you7"
"You bet you can. "I'vc got a lot
OF complaints from the boys MP there
about the way they're treated and I
promised them I'd come right 10 tho
governor with my kick"
The eX-convict road his Items. tho
governor made note bf them and
promised to investigate. The man
thanked him and slid away. Turn
ing to Colonel Troadwoll tho COVER
nor mid
Did you know that man was a
conVlCt?"
"Why. no." replied the astonished'
aid, Il thought he was an assembly.
man"
or course both laughed. but tho
Joke is not the real point OF the yarn
The point is that Governor Hughcl
was always Just as ready to listen L
a jailbird, II he had something to say,
as to any other citizen.