Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-12
Many Formers Being
Interested on Tractors
For Work in Field
Special to Times Republican.

| SpVSiul w IlHlcs'-N
Ellsworth, Sept. 1.-THE big tractor
farming demonstrations that have late
| y been held thruout the country, ex-
hibits at state and county fairs and the
occasional privately owned outfit that
| is doing daily farm work of this kind,
| have started thousands of farmers to-
ward investigation OF tractor farming
with indications of great development
| along this line in the near future. One
| man in this section who has this sea-
son bought one of these machines told
| how he had been offered blowing job
| by one OF his neighbors who was will
| ing to pay 81 per acre for fall plow-
| ing. The three pillow affair appears to
| be taking the place of the larger one
that has heretofore made its appear
ance here and there but which is prac
| teal only in large level fields while the
smaller kind can be used on any rea-
sonably level farm. What do you think
it costs me to feed these three teams
a day." asked one man, who went on
! to say that in effect he paid out So
daily for horse feed and that this and
| the other expenses incidental to horse
power methods made the tractor plan
| cheaper in the end. Another man pre-
dicted that within very few years far
| mers all over the country will be found
hiring tractor owners to do their fall
blowing just the same as they now do
| in threshing, silo filling, potato digging,
etc. There is opportunity here for
| company ownership by small farmers.
| Dry weather falls such as We usually
have in this state often makes salts
| factory work in the old way almost i'm
possible. With the tractor a good job
can be done even if the ground is hard
| and dry.
The farmer didn't know whether he
wanted to pay his newspaper subscrip-
| ton out in his field to a stranger or
not. Thought 1t would be a little safer
| to pay it at the bank. He had lost
confidence in strangers anyway. An oil
man had just been along and sold him
some worthless stuff and when he
had written to the company about it
they sent back "the meaneSt kind of
letter demanding immediate remittance
| in full A fellow taking orders for
liquor had just canvassed the commun-
ity, had taken orders for lot of
goods" accepted compensation for the
same iE nearly every deal and on de-
livery day as many as fifty farmers
called at the place agreed upon but not
| a = drop Of liquor did they find waiting
for them: 1T hasn't come yet. and
never will" "He sold Sam Johnson
Fictitious name) two barrels of beer
and Sam is one Of the hardest men in
this part of the country to do business
u-ith ETo inst SronOth TALKING
and just as honest appearing as you
are. too. Fill out check. am going
TO risk it once more he said at last,
but it's getting just like it was years
ago. some skinner is out over the
country all the time and man doesn't
know when he's getting swindled."
Rural mail route reorganization got
in it's work to the utter discontinue OF
whole neighborhoods in the territory
formerly covered from this office. At
one corner four men who once received
| their mail at their yard gates now find
| it necessary to travel an aggregate OF
| 1000 miles per year for their daily pa
pers. Two miles farther on the very
same situation prevails, and east OF
town there are five farmers entirely de-
/ prlNeO +OI rural SCISlCS.- - u COS q "a "
the matter the local postoffice is closed
| at $3.50 in the evening and there Is no
chance to ego in the car after supper.
This state Of affairs IS the result OF
|idiscontinuing a route in a community
Of the very highest order as concerns
the prosperity and intelligence OF the
people and the condition Of the roads.
| No one could have gone into the neigh
| borhood five years ago and convinced
the people there of the possibility OF
present day mail facilities. Economy In
service is the only reason that any one
knows for the change and the feelings
of the ones concerned in regard to the
matter may be imagined.
The country surrounding the towns
of Jewell and Ellsworth contains some
of the finest farm improvements in the
state. Notable among the recently built
farm residences is that OF Theodore
Redling near Jewell. Mr.. Redllng was
formerly builder in Chicago and he
knew how to go about it here. All his
help was day labor and his material
of his own selection. His house is 30X41
feet in size and modern to the last de-
tail. The basement Is built of hollow
blocks set on a solid concrete wall
10x16 inches. The finish is oak below
and yellow pine above. 1t Is equipped
with vapor heating system and wired
for electric light in readiness for line
that is soon to pass thru this part OF
the country. There are two cisterns
each with a capacity of l15 barrels
and a big septic. tank for sewerage.
Such house built by ordinary meth
DDS would cost about $4,000.
Hamilton county farmer picked
I'D likely looking hand" in town and
took him with big strong trunk to his
home. The man remained as long as
he had agreed and proved to be
mighty good hand" Then the farmer
took man and trunk to the train and
learned about another way to make
living and then some. Just before har-
vest time in the west a man with a
trunk drops into town and leases
room. Then he looks for q job in the
harvest fields. Soon finds one OF course
and leaves town explaining that he
may be back in few days and will
retain the room and leave the trunk.
He goes to work with the gang and
some evening the; talk runs to drink
AS usual the further 1t runs the
thirstier somebody gets until Mr..
Farmland volunteers relief. He knows
a man in town who will furnish the
stuff but it comes pretty high, which
fact however never bluffed a really
thirsty harvest gang and the volunteer
is appointed to act as go-between in
the transaction. The man with the
liquor Is the owner Of the trunk in