Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-10
TENANTS ON FARMS
FEELING EFFECTS OF
n. SHORTAGE OF CARS
Special to Times- RepublIcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Goodell, Jan. l0.-Farmers in this To-
cality have been experiencing in di-
rect manner the inconvenience occa-
buyer has turned away several thous-
and bushels Of grain haAed to his Gle
Nator and has given to many farmers
notice that he was unable to take care
of their corn should they attempt to
shell and bring 1t in. This is the rent
paying season for cash renters and ter
ant and landlord alike find the situa-
| ton anything but desirable. The dry,
cold weather Of the past few weeks
has been the very best for corn she'll
| ing, the roads have been in good con-
dition, the cribs are full and the price
good but the cars were not to be had
and there was nothing to do but wait.
Grain dealers, like the rest Of US.
have their troubles, too. tenant
farmer drove on the buyers scales with
load of oats. Paying cash rent
asked the dealer. He was. Well"
said the other man, you will have to
DTlnS Inc SOlIle eNlucIlSS Nilut SoNA
landlord is willing l should pay you,
otherwise he can make me dig up
lagain to him: you know the law as 1t
stands makes the grain dealer a col
lector for the landlord don't you?' Did
the farmer smile and accept the situa-
ton good naturedly? He certainly did
not. He gathered up his lines and most
i'll naturally remarked that he would
sell his grain to somebody that would
pay him, and drove away. day or
two later a lawyer from another town
dropped in on the dealer and inquired
a. he had bought any oats of certain
farmer, indicating the would-be patron
mentioned. Explained that he was far
behind with his rent and that a lot OF
oats had disappeared and he proposed
to ascertain where they went.
Another young man tried to sell
some grain and was told that notice
had been served that no money was to
be paid him. This mans credit was
good, his reputation for honesty un-
questioned, the rent wasn't due for
some time but the owner of the land. a
roman. evidently proposed to keep on
the safe side. This man was angry.
too. He expressed wish that his
.landlady was a man for just fifteen
minutes which would afford him time
to give him the blamedeSt licking
he ever got. but Of course this was
not within the range of possibility. ana
he went to the bank, borrowed enough
to make the rent payment, received
check for his grain and went on his
way. Occasionally in transactions of
~ Ii, no .'iDipt
check" to landlord and tenant and then
either of the interested parties can tic
up payment until the date for REM
payment arrives. the landowner refus-
ing to permit payment except for rent
and the tenant holding off payment un-
til the rent is due. which is some times
several months later than the date on
which the grain is marketed. Then
about March l that tenant proceeds to
move to another farm.
A new $4,000 drainage project in
the Tanner neighborhood northwest
from Goodell will result in the recla-
nation Of several hundred acres Of the
finest Of farm land and the building of
at least two sets Of modern farm i'm
provements in a region that ten years
ago looked to be destined mainly for
muskrat territory for ages to come.
y
o. ]. Pardun. who owns a seventy
acre farm near Clarion. is demonstrate
ing farming possibilities these years.
Last yeason his twenty eight acres OF
corn averaged more than seventy bush
els per acre. In his seed corn house
there is at present about $50 bushels of