Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-28
NOT 70 DC MUCH
FEEDING OF CATTLE
IN IOWA THIS YEAR
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Tfmes-kepupIlcan.
Owasa, Nov, 2S.--In a part Of the
STATE where cattle feeding is preva-
Int occupation in ordinary years
man said There won't be much feed
ing here this year. Generally the ex-
cuse for such condition is that feed
ers are too high, but this time it is the
high price Of corn, Why, the other day
I saw bunch Of feeding steers sold at
a sale for $40 apiece below what the
same kind of stuff would have brought
last year when conditions were so dif-
ferent." A few men in the vicinity or
Malcolm in Poweshiek county are re-
ported to be making preparations to
feed as usual. One Of these is said TO
have brought seven carloads of feeders
to his yards to be finished ON corn that
is worth so near the dollar mark and
that some are sure will be much nearer
that figure in the near future.
A husky young fellow was talking to
some new made acquaintance outside
the station as they waited Tor the
train. Had been husking corn for a
Hardin county farmer and was ready
to go home. some place in the south
ern part of the state. Was relating
with evident satisfaction to himself
that he had cribbed "2,126 bushels and
forty pounds .of corn since the 10Th or
October. Had been kept out of the
field few days because of bad wealth.
err but had averaged about eighty five
bushels day for actual days of labor
He stated that he considered man
making this kind Of record deserving
Ct good. long rest and that somebody
else could finish husking the Hardin
county corn. If they had all done as
well as he there wouldn't be any corn
left in the fields now, anyway! He was
going home and rest up. and spend
that sS5.06,'' he might just as well have
added, for it was plain that this was in
his mind. The train came and he
climbed on The last seen of him was
when he was trudging across to the
other depot for the second stage of the
journey that was to take him to home
and rest Really, tho, he didn't look
to be in need Of the latter at all.
That same week I visited farm in
a southern Iowa county. Man and wife
well along in years. The kind Of farm
and farm surroundings that do not
definitely indicate to the observer
whether those who live there are get
ting ahead any in financial sense, or
not. The kind that always look good
deal like they did the year before. The
farmers wife was at home busy with
big family washing. The farmer
himself was out in the field at work as
usual The check for the Times Re-
publican had been made out and was
ready for delivery. A chance remark
resulted in the bringing of two pictures
along with the. check. One that Of a
young man. the other of girl, and
then the mother told a long story in a
very few words. In substance some
thing like this: 1--WE have worked
hard on this place for good many
years and you can see we haven't quit
yet My husband has always said he
world better than we And it. We have
a large family and we propose to edu-
cate every member Of it 10 the greatest
extent possible. This Is the picture Of
the Oldest boy. He stayed at home
three years after he was 81 and when
he left he had saved up $1,000. He is
in a medical school. He works for one
daily meal and thus pieces out that
$1,000 to make it do all it will. THIS is
a portrait Of the daughter who is also
away at school. It is pretty hard
sometimes to keep even but we have
done it so far at least"
Somebody made hit long time
ago when he announced that TT takes
all kinds, Of people to make a world"
If it wasn't for the kind, that starts
out in life by working and saving for
the $1,000 dollars to put into the medi-
cal education perhaps there wouldn't
be enough doctors to supply the de-
mand, and on the other hand if every
body acted this sensibly instead Of
husking corn four weeks and then Ego
ing on strike" there wouldn't be enough
for doctors and charity workers to do.
And as one Of the former can take care
Of several of the other class possibly it
is just as we'll that the medical student
here mentioned represents the excep-
ton rather than the rule. One thing.
however, is certain. A farmer may be
successfully carrying out very laud-
able life purpose and yet not telling 1t
to the world in the language OF beau
tiful residences and big red barns.
G. f. Wilson,