Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-24
Farmers Find 1t
Difficult to Retire
and Enjoy Life
Special to Times Republican.

| Hampton, Oct. s24.--One OF the mos
| perplexing problems that comes to the
farmer in all the years of his active
| life is that Of satisfactory form OF
retirement. A fortunate few seem tC
adopt some plan whereby they let &c
| of the pursuit which has occupied theiI
| attention for the greater part of a lne-
time and take on the new order OF
| things as matter of course and with
out any regret or dissatisfaction with
the change. In the great majority OF
instances, however, it is different fol
| example, year ago at this time an old
farmer Of Franklin county was driving
| thru the country lacking UP the an
nouncement which Informed passerspy
| that having decided to quit farming
| and move to town he would hold a
| public sale, etc. Last week that same
man was met on the walk at railroad
station and made remarks about as
| follows: Il quit farming because l
| thought l was too old to keep at Ii.
| Made a sale, rented my farm ana
| moved to one Of the larger cities OF
| the state. ] like the town where went
to live but don't enjoy living there at
all. / am going back to my farm and
if / am alive at the time you will tno
me there next year." ..
A young looking old man explained
his method of retirement which Ism I
really retirement at all but rather re-
adjus tment. He said, Il rent out all
my farm land except very small
traot and put in my working hours 40
ing chores. ! raise pure bred hogs.
like to work with them and find 1t easy
and profitable as well. l expect to
keep on at the business for as long as
l can do anything l can do that l
don't want to leave the life and sur
roundings to which l am accustomed
until it is necessary to do So. StlN
another man well along in years, the
owner of a good quarter-section out IN
the country, has forty near town,
and he, too raises full blood hogs
Sold s40O worth last week, has quite
a number left doesn't work any hard
er than he feels like doing and feels
better. enjoys lie more and expects to
live longer than he would If he retired
from active work which he might do
were ne so disposed.
With good weather thru the corn
husking season the crop will be har-
vested much earlier this year than
usual. Charles Harrison, a farmer
near Hansell, had 500 bushels cribbed
as early as Dot. II and told how the
grain shelled off and ratified when I'M
loaded just as it usually does month
later in the year. Stack or
oats was practically finished in this
section last week.
A member of new business firm IN
Hampton extensive leaders in agricul-
tural machinery. conducted his visitor
thru the establishment. A trip Of the
kind is worth while. The idea that the
farm machinery business is fully rep
resented by a few corn plows, a har-
row or two, a seeder and a couple OF
discs, as we see occasionally from the
car window as we pass thru town, VIII
vanish very readily upon inspection OF
a really complete modern stock such as
is found in good county-seat towns.
L used 70 be said, and is yet, some
times. that truck farming, dairying.
poultry raising and the like, can hardly
be carried on profitably except in the
vicinity Of large towns where markets
are good. Mr.. J. w. Zufall has dem
onstrated that this idea is in need OF
revision. He has practiced intensive
farming near the towns of Bradford
and Popejoy, neither Of which could
properly be termed large. but with
satisfactory results, notwithstanding.
tract at
Popejoy few years ago, paying 800
per acre got his purchase money back
the first year and had the land left.
Less than two acres OF an onion crop
did the business and this was only a
"sldeline'. as he handled grain ous-
mess as regular vocation. At Brad
ford Mr.. Zufall IS in the harness ous
mess but this did not prevent him
from clearing $500 this season OH a
tract OF less than three acres, this not
including winter supply OF potatoes.
and this means something. considering
the present potato market. There is an
other side to the onion growing bust
ness tho. One year this same man
had to ship his product away to find a
market, hired more help than usual
that time, sold his onions at 30 cents
per bushel and paid the freight out OF
that No money in that kind OF farm
ing.
The recent snow storm wasn't the
first nor worst OF it's kind in Franklin
county, according to one old-timer.
Philo Loss remembers that either thir-
ty-five or thirty-six years ago we
had storm of equal or greater severl-
ty, with twice as much $40" ss rms
one, and that it was followed by long
period of ideal autumn weather.
A group OF farmers were talking
about threshing. One Of them men
toned the fact that a neighbor had
thresned, blowing his straw into his
barn but that ne would never do the
like again. Why not?" asked lis
tener, and the other replied, Because
the great amount OF dust that goes
along with the straw remains in the
barn. mixing thru whatever feed Is put
in later and this doesn't end with one
season but keeps on for years. Also
every bit Of moisture that gets into the
building combines with the dust and
hastens the decay Of the woodwork.
Outside in good stack Is the place
for the straw every time"
c. E. Wilson.
5000 Farm Sale; All Paid in Cash.
New Market, Oct. A.-The Godfrey
and Hamilton sale held near New Mar
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