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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
INCREASED PROFITS
AS RESULT or COW NJ
TESTING ASSOCIATIONS

Increases of from so to SIS and In
some cases much higher in the annual
profits from each dairy COW have 70.
suited from the organization OF coop
erative COW testing associations in the
United States, according TO statistics
gathered by the dairy division Of the
United States department Of agricul.
ture. The expense Of membership In
these associations, on the other hand.
has been only about $3.50 per COW per
year. The organizations therefore
have been very profitable.
Because of the great and obvious
economic advantages arising from the
associations dairy specialists Of this
department believe that the organixa-
tons are one Of the most important
factors for the upbuilding and de-
velopment OF the dairy industry in this
country. Such an organization, con-
sists generally Of twenty-six farmers,
living within radius OF few mileS
who cooperate to hire an expert test
er to keep accurate accounts OF the
amounts and cost Of feed consumed by
each COW In the association, the guam
tAty Va HIN RiOouVS0 w CoSh 0iiu ITO
richness In butter fat These statistics
usually reveal the fact that some cows
are not producing enough to pay for
their keep. while others are highly
profitable. Acting on this information
the owner Of the cows sdispoaes Of the
least desirable Of his animals and
makes up his herd exclusively Of those
that produce considerable profit.
The membership Of the association
is placed at twenty-six 80 that the
tester can make complete round eaGn
month, devoting one work day to each
member. and that he may keep his
records on monthly, basis, 1t has
been found by careful experiments
that the averages based. on monthly
tests do not vary more. than q per cent
from the production, as shown by daily
observations. Since the tester is an
expert and can make the necessary
tests and computations rapidly. and
since he can be depended on to make
his observations independently, Of
pressure Of work on the Individual
farm. the owners OF dairy cows And 1t
cheaper and more satisfactory in many.
cases to have their atesting done thru
the association than 70 undertake to
do 1t themselves.
There are now nearly $50 cow test.
ing associations in the United States.
135 having been added during the last
year. These associations have an ag-
gregate membership Of $500 farmers.
owning approximately 100000 cows.
The cow testing association originated
in Denmark in 1895 and the first OF the
ORGANIZATIONS In this country was
formed in Michigan in 1906. Because
Of the value OF the associations to the.
dairy industry Of the country the
United States department of agricul n
turs Is stimulating interest In them,
and il assisting farmers in their or-
ganizatlon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
Sixty T1uo Years On
Same Grundy County Farm

Mr.. Price entered forty acres where
the home now stands and held the
Red-Duplicate for the adjoining forty,
which he obtained the next year by
paying the enormous rate Of 40 per
cent interest for one year.
Mr.. Prices land patent bears the sig
nature Of Franklin Pierce, then presi-
dent of the United States. No trans
fer of the property has yet been made
and the work of the abstractor may
not be required for masy years 10
come.
April 1. 1871. Mr.. Price and wife will
have lived on this farm for sixty-two
years.
These most interesting people inform
US that in those days they hauled grain.
to market to Dubuque and Iowa City,
taking weeks to do it, and that they
titled their land with a noe and oxen
team. living in log-patched houses. AL
so that the winds were terrific and
that tornadoes were common in the
early days. #"3
Mr., Price in winter would market his
grain and trap the valuable fur bear
ing animals that then inhabited this
wild prairie country: and would get
some very valuable furs for which he
received some very handsome prices
for those days. He also says that he
has killed deer where now is located
tie town of Eldora.
Space would not permit the many
experiences and hardships that they, as
early settlers. put up with, but it il
llstrates what perseverance has done
for those old people, and they are to-
day reaping the fruits Of their determ-
ination.
Mr.. Price has since bought the eighty
to the north and has one of the finest
producing farms in the county OF rich
tilable land. SAT
He says that he has seen land in
Grundy county bought for SIPS per
acre and sold for $500 per acre. which
is interesting to note in the career Of a
man from the time Of the OK team to
that of our modern day automobile and
aeroplane.
Mr.. Price is in good health except
Far his hearing which is impaired
slightly by the corroding touch Of time.
Mr.. Price was born in, Monographs
county. Pennsylvania. Mrs Price il
three years her husbands senior.
Mrs. Price came to Iowa from Clinton
county. Ohio. where she was born at
Wilmington.
Burns lyric John Anderson My 10.
IS as rhythmic to their ears in their
s's as it must have been in their days
of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
FGrundy Center Republican,

| SiXty-tWo years on one idIm.
A long period of years as men count
them, yet that is the record of Mr.. and
! Mrs. X. +. Price, OF Felix township,
Iwho settled on their farm in Felix
township in the spring Of 1855 and still
reside there. or
The Republican wishes to say that
lowing to our inability to sift out the
evidence, also the promise Of several
other letters, the giving of the silver
| loving cup to the earliest living settler
can not be awarded Feb. l as We had
hoped. The matter of finding the set
tier entitled TO it will be closed as rap
idly as possible.
Mr.. Prices story 10 the Republican
about the early days follows:
Mr.. Price informs the Republican
that he came 10 Grundy county in the
spring of 1Si9, coming by oxen and
covered wagon from Anderson, Ind. AT
this time Mr.. Price informs us that
there were less than a dozen residences
in the county.
Attic Mr.. Price came TO the county
in 1919 he did not make it his contin
ual home until April l, 1856. living par:
of the time previous to 1855 in Hardin
county.
Since April /, 1855. Mr.. Price has re-
sided continually on the farm he now
lives on.
Mr.. Price in company with the late
H l.. Huff. of Eidora, walked all the
way TO Fort Des Moines during the
memorable spring Of 1855, and when
they came TO Skunk river about half
way between this county and their
destination. they found il a stream of
great width by reason OF the heavy
March rains. However. ford 1t they
must: SO they Invested themselves Of
their clothing and tied them in bun
die on two logs and started to swim
the stream. They had with them about
81 500 and it was a matter OF some
concern that no accident befall them
that would take away their money, as
it was essential to the entry OF the
land. Mr.. Huff having with him and
being trustee for $4,000 of the curren-
cv: but they Carried the Message to
Garcia and their names are still link
ed with the history of one OF the rich
est garden spots OF the states.
The early life Of Mr.. Price reveals
some interesting facts: that of splitting
rails for 50 cents 100 all winter Mr..
Price also has an interesting specimen
on his farm. being that OF black wal
nut post which he set over fifty-on
wears ago which is still serving that
purpoSe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To Andy P. Willoughby:
You are hereby notified, that there
is now filed in the office OF the clerk
Of the district court Of the state. Of
Iowa, within and for the county of
Marshall. the petition Of katherine
Wfiloughby, claiming Of YOU a divorce
upon the ground Of desertion-all as
see said petition, now on hle-whica
petition also asks the right TO re-
marry within one % year.
Now, unless you appear and make
defense thereto, at or before noon Of
the second day OF the next March term
of said court, to be begun and held at
Marshailtown. iowa on the twelfth day
of March A. .. 1871, your default will
be entered and a Judgment and decree
renderd thereon as prayed for in said
petition.
Dated this twenty third day Of jan
uary, A. D. 1917.
KATHERINE WILLOUGHBY,
Plaintiff.
c. H. z. BOARDMAN.
Attorney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
IOWA FARM NEWS ANDNOTES
ions. then, have built two houses for

ions. them have built two houses for
him. is
Mr.. Sedlacek doesn't raise onions
alone. He combines hogs, corn and in
ltensive crops. He raises corn and oats
and clover like other farmers and pro-
duces and feeds hogs. But he also
puts in about ten acres Of potatoes
each year and year after year q patch
Of twelve acres Of onions. Frpp this,
in 1916, he shipped fifteen carloads Of
the bulbs. az 81
1914. In which his $4,000 home, COM
,plete and modern. was. destroyed, Mr..
Sedlacek was undecided whether to
build his next house In town or on the
farm. He faally decided upon the lat
ter. Onions grown in 1916 paid for the
second house, as onion profits did for
the first one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30

Grinnell school of music. The pre-
sentation OF this new work will be an
occasion Of much significance for local
people.
The festival association has also
contracted with the girls gfee club
for their annual home concert, which
will be the opening event of the fes-
tival, May s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
VOTE FOR CONSOLIDATION.
Rural Districts Favor Proposal to Con.
soIidate With Ontario School

Special TO mss-Repubiican.
Nevada. Jan. 36.-At the special
election held at Ontario on Saturday
for the purpose Of voting upon the
question of consolidating a number Of
the rural school districts with the
Ontario schools, the question carried
by vote OF Sc to 80. In the city the
vote was IA for, and against. and in
the rural district the vote was 80 for
and 81 against.
The territory to be included con-
sisted of the Ontario independent
some Of the northwest sections Of
Washington, a few out Of Franklin
and considerable territory over in
Boone county
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
Fire Damages Nevada Home.
/, Times Republican.

. special to TimeS- KepubHtnn.
Nevada, Jan. 30.-Fire, probably re-
sulting from defective fiue, destroyed
the upper part of the house on Walnut
street. between Second and Third aV-
enues south. belonging to Mack Tony
and occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E.
Dobbertin about 8 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon The upper part Of the
house was Quilted and the roof ruined
while the lower part was damaged by
water altho the fire did not reach it,
All the furniture belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs Dcbbertin was saved. Toms had
insurance to the amount of $500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
TO RECOUNT ENTIRE COUNTY.
Apparent Lead 81 Steele in Eleventh
District Cut to SO.

Sioux City, Jan. 29-All ballots cast
in the twenty-five precincts in Wood
bury outside Of Sioux City will be re-
counted before Commissioner c. Z
Hamilton at the Steele-Scott congress
sional seat contest hearing at the court
house. This decision was reached os
attorneys for Mr.. Scott, VINO will intro
duce the ballots in evidence as par'
of their cross examination of County
Auditor E. E. Hosmer.
Four more country precinct ballots
We're recounted. Scott gained two more
votes. cutting down Steele's lead to an
even fifty plurality in the district. The
Scott forces claim that the lead is only
thirty-four but they are basing' their
figures on the gains made by Scott III
Monona and Plymouth counties where
no ballots have been recounted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
GRINNELL's MAY FESTIVAL.
M1n=anniis SsnensonS Orchestra
gagged For Two Concerts.

gagged For Two Concerts.
Special TO Times Republican
GrinnelL Jan. 29.-The Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra Of City pieces has
been engaged by the Grinnell Music
Festival Association for two concerts
on May I in connection with the an
nual May music festival. With the
orchestra viii be Richard GGzeTwonhy.
vioiinist Of much talent who has
played in Grinnell before. and a
e g 70 |: :: GO of soioists. Marie Kaiser
soprano. Jean Vincent Cooper, con-
tralto: Charles Harrison. tenor. and
Royal Dadmus, bass
4 The coming festival Will be fea-
tured By the production for the nrss
time by ans orchestra OF new sym.
phony by Prof q. b. Scheve, Of tn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
GENEVA SHORT COURSE.
Second Annual Meeting Opens Monday
For Ihrec DAYS Session.

Second Annual Meeting Opens Monday
For Three Days Session.
Special to Times Republican
Geneva, jan 3O.--The Geneva short
course started here Monday and will
continue for three days. The program
is in charge of instructors from Iowa
State College at Ames. Prizes are
offered for agricultural exhibits, live
stock, domestic science AMI manual
training.
Mayor E. H. Raymond has offered
a cash prize for the most perfect baby
born in the consolidated school dis
trict. This contest viii have numer-
GUS entries and is creating great
deal of interest
This is the second short course to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
ONIONS BUILD TWO HOUSES.

Profit from Twsivs-Aers Pateh pays
For Two HOUSES For osssSss.
Fire, which In 1914 burned TO tine
ground his new $1,000 home just - ne
vas about 10 move into It, didn't put
Joseph sedlacek, Of st. AnsgAr, down
and out.
He simply Planted HE usual fwslve
acres Of onions and from the prOAfs "a
the patch built another honAe. better
than ever on hls sjsht $500 fas1l.
|threeg Aat3es ont fFun - n O.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
FEED snooo SOW cAaErvlLx
success d 1917 Crop 81 Pigs Depends
Mostly Upon This Item.

Mostly Upon This Item.
The success Of the 1911 pig crop=de-f
ponds 70 considsrahisS extent upon.
the way the brood SOW Is fed durtnx.
these winter days, says the assistant
In the animal husbandry section Of the
agricultural experiment station at
lows State College. Too much mus;
not be expected from 4 ration Of cora
and ice.
Supply fresh water and supplement
the corn with feeds which will furnish
additional protein. Such feeds as mea.
meal tankage. buttermilK, ground all
falfa or alfalfa hay will supply this
need. II the alfalfa is ground it car
be fed in much larger amounts than II
fed in the form OF hay. These supple-
ments have been tried by the animal
husbandry section OF the Iowa station
and have given good results.
Enough feed should be allowed to
produce gain Of one-haH to one
pound day. depending upon the cons,
dition Of the SOW at the beginning Of
the breeding season. say the animal
husbandry men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
iNvENrs NEW SEED DEVICE.


Taking seed samples for germlna-
ton tests, process heretofore most
tedious, has been reduced to simplest
terms thru device recently invented
by H. ID, Hughes, head of the farm
crops department at Iowa State Coll
iege,
The device viii not only save time,
labor and eyesight, but assures more
representative sample than by the old
hand selection method, which is the
only one used in all seed companies.
some of which pick 10000 to 10000
seed samples in a year to test.
Professor Hughes device. simplicity
Itself, overcomes most Of the objec-
! tons to the old hand method. Attached
to suction machine. which il
merely large can inverted In another
can filled with water, Is q hose leading
to q small. tin. goosenecked nozzle tina.
does the business The nozzle has q
flat face, three. inches square. perfor-
ated with 100 tiny holes arranged in
rows in a square. BY means OF foot
device, the vacuum machine Is started.
the nozzle placed in bunch of seed
and suction draws seed up against
each hole. The nozzle is removed.
then placed fiat on a wet blotter that
is to act as the terminating bed. the
vacuum pressure is released and the
seeds drop to the blotter In a perfectly
arranged square. no one Of them
touching any other.
The machine. supplied With two noz-
zles with different sized holes, VII
pick up anything from tiny timothy
seed to large flaxseed.t
Grow 400 Bushels Onions on Sod Acre.
Four hundred bushels Of onions to
the acre were secured by the superin-
tendent of. the consolidated school at
Superior. Dickinson county, on ground
that had never before grown any crop
other than native grass. This ground
was piowed in the spring Of 1915. was
disked and narrowed at intervals dur
ing the season and was then planted
10 onions in 1915. Being practically
weediesss because OF the treatment
given 1t the year before. the work Of
caring for the onions Was very light
and. aItho no manure was used the
above highly profitable crop was
grown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
Hiah Glass Farm Paper.

wallaces' Farmer IL the highest class
farm weekly published in Iowa and Ii
the only one that commands its full
subscription price. 1t costs 81 per;
year. The T.-R. costs 81 per year by
mall. We viii sell the two. one year.
for $3.50 in advance. Times-Republi-
can.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
+AiAHEAPoLls & ST. LOUIS

NOhId BOUND. Leave.
loefe Lee MAN tdaiiy).... s:1S a. N.
Ae0n CITY MAI ee1. SUM-. 6:55 p. m
win City Limiteo tcaiIy).. 2:10 a. N.
snl Freight tex. SUM- - $3.50 q n.
:s:s!sa SOUTH BOUND.
- Eou11 and Kansas City
f1n daily ............. B:4B D. N.
nSeg3a NkpRess (ex. SUM- -. g:lt Z. m
6 Louia and Peoria Lin.
v 80 (dailsl ...........-.. l:si 4 a.
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O1onY CITY BRANCH.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
PICK WINNERS IN
CORN CONTESTS
CHAMPION BOY CORN GROWERS
OF IOWA CHOSEN FROM $50
CONTESTANTS.
WALNUT BOY WINNER
IN YELLOW CORN CLASS

Raymond MeDermest Wins Sweep
stake honors of Acre Corn Club
Harry Christensen, of Humboldt,
Winner in White Corn Glass, and
Walter Ridsett, of Council Bluffs, in
Other Than White or Yellow Glass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
PROSPERITY lTEMs
FROM IOWA FARMS

A. deal was closed whereby w. q.
Denniston, Of Newton. sold his 150-
acre farm southeast Of that city to
Macy Brothers, OF Lynnyille. No trade
entered into the affair. and the sale ag-
gregates the very handsome sum of
$47.470 or in other words the price paid
for the farm consisting Of $50 70-100
acres was 1915 an acre. The place is
known as the old Jules GRADER farm
and was sold to Mr.. Denniston. OF this
city, Eve years ago for 5000 per acre
q big price at that time. The property.
which joins the city to the southeast.
has enhanced in value just $17.250 in
the five years time.
According to information received at
Logan. Fred H. Swan. stockman and
progressive farmer east OF Missouri
Valley. sold forty head Of Duroc Jersey
hogs at Missouri Valley for the sum Of
nearly $4,000. The highest priced hog
went to c.. A. Maine. OF Des Moines, at
$500: the next went for $500 to NJ.
ONeii, OF Oklahoma. Tennessee, Ok
lahoma, Arkansas and adjoining states
to Iowa were represented at the sale
Mr.. Swan Is opposed to the theory
and practice Of vaccination, but he be-
Ilieres In cleanliness Of barn yards. feed
yards. feed and water, and thus FAR ne
has sustained no losses by cholera or
other diseases.
The largest auction sale in Cedar
county for years was conducted on the
Brennan farm one mile south OF Tip-
ton. Aipneus Meyer and Ed Brennan
were dissofving partnership. The sale
started at II O'clock and wak thru at
$50. Twelve horxes sold for ,$2.1sS:
115 cattle Tor Stag; thirty six brood
sows for s1,3s3; 149 hogs for 32.734;
machinery, harness. etc, 800: sixty
tons hay, $500: corn, 80 cents per bush :
[el. 1880. The total was in excess Of
SIS, 900. Five years ago Mr.. Meyer
started in with IS and determination
to win. He moved to the George VIM
CERT farm near Bennett. The crowd
was 50 large that it was an effort to
handle the stock.
without any help from real estate
agents, Harvey James and James
Hartley OF Dallas township. Marion
county. completed the largest land deal
that Marion county folks can fenem-
Der. Hartley bought James farm Of
$40 acres. paying for It $4,000. James
then purchased the farm Of James Rey-
nolds, containing 40 acres four miles
southeast Of Pleasantville. He paid
1854 an acre for It. He had sold his
farm at the figure Of 1925 an acre.
III VII. ~, A,rvv, rH1ad panfc md
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30

The c. C. Clifton farm. one and one
half miles east Of washington, was
sold to w. e! Mayhem, Jr. Of Havre;
consideration, $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Nay
hen will1take possessior March I. The
sale was mniie tsss s.e - - y s::sss:s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN

Effective IL: OIL a. NJ, June /
GOING VEST
no. i1-Denver Special go. 1855 A.
No. 7-Los Angeles Limited. 5:I2 a N
No. - China and Japan
Express ..-....'........ SIT a. m
No. 29-Ames Passenger .11:25 a m
No. 5-Des Moines Passen.
Ger ...:....... 5:25 p. m.
No. i3-Hawkeye Express. s:25 m
No. 17-Oregon and Wash
ington Special x.ss
GOING EAST
No. l-Des Moines Passen.
ser .......... 1888 a m.
No. II Denver Special l:1o n =,
10. II Oregon and Wash.
ingtoA Special z:so
-. sonton passenger. SIT p. m.
No. Chicago Special lisa = ~
No. 1o-Eastern Express 49,. e:a4 -
Nos. 4, 5. 20. 80, daily except Sunday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
TIMEsREPUBIICAN MARsHAILTOwN IOWA: JANUARY 80

held here. Last year the Geneva
course was one OF the most success'
full in the state. ,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
CHICAGO GREAT wEsTERk
acorn Belt Route"
GOING SOUTH

GOING SOUTH
Igo. 1-SE Joe and K. c,
nin''eo . - 49,, ...... sos a Ia.
no. 6rKansas City and St
soeepn ... ::.:,...... $50 a. a.
2. so-1es Ao'nes MAIL. GAS .. o.
GOING NORTH
No. S-Twin Cities Limited II :2s =
-. -Chicago and st. Paul
4press ....-'........-... s:35 a. n.
1ssss.ss5...l..
~ e-Chlca9o Filler .l0:1S q. n