Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
IOWA FARM NEWS. AND NOTES

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$40 per acre from this crop, sbesides the
straw, which Is very heavy. which
would bring nearly $40 per acre, but ne
says 1t is worth more than that t.
him for bedding.
Mr.. Cutchall purchased the adjoining
farm Of 100 acres of Hartman Otto, at
$40 per acre, and thought he was pay
ing a very high. price for 1t, but now
thinks he got 1t at bargain, as he was
already offered $3.50 per acre for 1t.
Co. operative Idea 10 Growing In Iowa
Iowa, in the opinion Of q trader a,
the Chicago stock yards. has wrenched
from Minnesota the honor Of having
the largest and most valuable cooper
ative live stock shipments reaching the
Chicago market. From small begin
ming, almost 200 live stock CO. operative
associations are now marketing their
stuff at Chicago. II
The northeastern part Of Iowa, IN
particular, Is steadily increasing the
number Of cooperative live stock ship
ping associations. Minnesota and Wis
consin are increasing in proportion
but not so fast as the Hawkeye state
During the past year thirty cooper
alive associations, selected at random
from the 200 associations which are
shipping to Chicago, marketed almost
$2.300.0o0 worth OF live stock. This
does not mean. however, that these az
sociations have been in operation q
year, because some Of them have been
shipping but few months; but the
thirty were Just selected from list
not because OF their volume Of bust
ness, but because the trader desired To
get an average OF the associations.
Perhaps the biggest association 4
the DEBORAH Equity and Shipping AS
ISOLATION Of DEBORAH, Iowa. In twelve
months this association has shipped
100000 worth of live stock to the Chi
cago market This IL a big increase
over last year: in fact, an average Of
the associations shows that the volume
of business 10 more than so per cent
greater than 1t was a year ago. > go
No better evidence can be had than
these figures. They show that the, CO.
operative idea is spreading turnout
the country and that the farmers are
fast coming to realize the value Of
shipping their stuff comparatively.
How Onions Have Produced Wealth.
Making Iowa land pay for itself
several times over in one year IL the
feat of Rev. E. L. McCarser. Of Casey,
Iowa. AS side line this year he
planted an acre Of ground to onion
seed. So far he has sold to the gov
eminent army camps here over $76
worth of green bunch onions. which Is
merely the thinning OF the main crop
He estimates that he will have several
hundred bushels of large oniens for
sale If it's good year he may have
as high as eight hundred bushels. At
last winters prices this would make
his acre crop, worth nearly $4,000.
Sudan Grass Eight Feet Tall.
H.aC. Caldwell, Of Harrison county,
sowed Sudan grass May % and the
last Of the week. commenced cutting
the first crop. The grass stands al
most, II not quite. eight feet high,
makes splendid feed and yields very
heavily. Mr.. Caldwell thinks that 1t
will be serious rival to alfalfa. the
old standby, as It will produce as
much hay In two cuttings az the al
falfa does in three.
Eve Makes Boy Money.
Fletcher Miller. son Of Mr. and Mrs.
John Miller, Of Blanchard has eve
that has earned him $50 this year
Early IN the year the sheep mothered
two lambs and one later, sold for 81.
He kept the Young eve Lately the
old eve mothered another pair OF
lambs The wool and sales Of mutton
will reach the. half hundred mark.