Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-15
LIscoMB FARMER
FINDS WAY 70 lNsuRE
EARLY PAsruRAGE

EARLY PAsruRA0E
Special tn Times Republican.
Lisconb. May l5.-The corn plantins
season in northeast Marshall county
appears to have been ushered in this
year by Ray Griffith. who began to
plant Saturday, May 5.
And II all seed tests ranked with
that made by j. w. Schiebel, a farmer
in the same neighberhood, that COM
munity ought to secure most excel
lent stand Of corn for, OF ninety grains
planted In pan Of dirt, every one OF
them sproated and all Of these except
two would grade strong"
49,
A six weeks advance In spring
pasturage seems like rank imposss-
bility but that IL In effect exactly what
was accomplished on the Dan Elliott
farm east OF town. All that Is neces-
sary to bring about this state of at
fairs, according to Mr.. Elicit 10 to
be easy on the pasture in the fall, not
allowing 1t to be eaten close to tho
ground Just at the end of the pasture
season. The one in question. aitho the
farm last year was rented fer easn,
was not closely grazed In the fall ana
a considerable quantity of dried grass
remained on the ground over winter.
This served a double purpose in that
1t protected the spring growth which
started much earlier in consequences
and also furnished feed which the
stock ate with evident relish. A bunch
of cattle were turned into this pasture
seven weeks ago and required no other
attention thereafter
One hundred seventeen dollars Is a
good deal OF money to be paid for one
hog at market prices but that is what
a Liscomb dealer paid B. H. Binford
the other day, for an S60-pound ami
NAL probably the heaviest hog ever
brought into town. 1t was two years
old and at SIS per. hundred and with
the customary deduction of eighty
pounds the remarkable sum noted wa
paid for it, More than would have been
obtained for ten ordinary hogs only q
few years ago when ten dollar aver
age for bunch of porkers made the
man who raised them feei that he was
making money"
The carn acreage In this part OF the
country VIII be considerably larger
than usual. the excess being at the eye
pense Of the, frozen out winter wheat
and clover meadows. More pasture
land than is commonly the case is be-
Ing pIowed up too and in the wooded
places ciearings have been made some
Of which will be cropped this year Tor
the first time. Everywhere the ground
is in highly satisfactory condition.
Except as to temperature. everybody
Is saying 1T is too cold for corn"
49,
Nine o'clock p. m. Is an unusual
time of day to begin JOB OF plowins
but that was when Reidel brothers
with their tractor outas.
which was run without q stop until
4 forty-acre field was turned over. One
man event on duty" at noon and was
at midnight as the work went
IN.
There is a considerable amount to
tractor farming in the Liscomb and
Albion communities where many OF
the farms are large and the land gen.
orally level w. A. Scmmerlet owns
one OF thes largest Of the outfits, and
with it he plows for himself and for
others as well. His tractor draws
eight pIows. On the Carey Arney farm
a big pasture tract was being turned
over three deep burrows at time and
as the outfit passed along with its lone
operator a spectator remarked There
goes the same as three big three-horse
outfits and three men,
To illustrate the methods Of getting
IN the farm crops in year when farm
help is scarcer even than before, on
one farm owned by retired farm
err his son was in the field blowing
with a tractor. Mr.. Retired Farmer
was on the Job planting potatoes. He
had one-horse outfit, unusual OF
course for the horse, SO that the AMI
nal had to be led across the little
field. The farmers wife was attend
ing to this part OF the work and the
crop was going in better perhaps than
1t would II hired help were plentiful.
Let nobody worry about the fields on
the Iowa farms. The busiest class OF
people in the state is looking after the
matter and devoting anywhere from
Twelve to sixteen hours day to the
Job.
Follows the plan Of the T. w. Patten
family for extra early potatoes. Weeks
ago they were planted-in separate
paper tunnels filled with dirt and
housed from cold weather, Later they
wore transplanted in the garden. 4
whole row Of them Now they are six
or eight inches high and by the middle
uf next month, maybe before that time
they ought to be ready for use.
One Of the nerviest men in this part
Of the country is w. H. Early, q young
farmer in the Liscomb neighborhood.
About two years ago he sustained an
accident that left him unable to walk
withou. aid or even to stand alone TOR
long at time. Most men thus afflict-
ed would be in an invalid chair the
rest OF their days but not so VIII
Early. He can ride and his favorite
vehicle is some sort Of farm machin-
cry, variety not particular, little
help to hitch up and unhitch, that's
all. This spring he has prepared sew
enty acres Of ground for corn. BIS 10
a conspicuous example Of what man
can do in this world II he has the will
under circumstances that would make