Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-23
MUCH OF CORN MUST
be FED 1EFo WARM
WEATHER NEXT SPRING
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Iowa Falls. Oct, 23.--This is the time
of year in which the crop reporter and
his newspaper receive the contents of
Walls Of wrath poured out by the hands
Of farmers who know better
1t Is plain insult to corn grower
of this community to mention the con-
dtion Of the crop here in any but a
disparaging way. and the evidence he
proceeds to offer, his field. is In most
cases entirely conclusive for 1t In a
fact that from fourth to a half Of
the corn will not be At to put into a
crib this fall unless with the intention
Of feeding 1t all before the coming OF
warm weather next spring. Herr ans
there a man Is found who thinks he
will not need to sort his corn, but kor
every one of these there are three who
Will be agreeably surprised If half a
crop of merchandise corn is secured,
1t is admitted that the yield will be
very large as the stand was unusually
good and the stalks cared sin a very
gratifying manner. The trouble was
with the one essential--maturity. The
husking season will be delayed on most
farms altho one man near Owasa,
Charlie JAS, began Friday, Oct. 10 the
first man in his section Of the country
to commence.
Another complaint of the farmer is
the. TO his way of thinking. exorhitant
price demanded by this class of farm
help. The man looking for Job of
husking argues that the farmer IS
owner of a crop that is bound to sell
for about four times what a like crop
was worth three or four years ago,
therefore he ought to have a great deal
more for husking than he received in
those days; that the farmer has good
thing and ought to divide up; that
living costs more now and he must
have higher wages, etc, and an Iowa
Falls farmer going over this line of
argument replies: my crop is about
half matured corn and half soft stuff
that will only make second class feed
even II used up soon after it Is har-
vested. If I pay a man 10. cents
bushel for husking every bushel OF
marketable corn he brings in costs me
20 cents for picking Where Is the ad-
vantage to me in producing a very
valuable crop II I have to divide up
WITH the ClNtT iFIiCW SIMPLY peCauSe
otherwise I would make a good thing
off my corn? If the crop were I'M
usually low In price would he come
to me and offer to husk at lower rate
because I wasn't making so much
pa usual? Oyeralls and mittens
are a little higher than usual. but ]
board my help. therefore the rest Of
the h. C. of !. falls on mine and not on
his shoulders"
One young farmer near Hampton in
tends to husk away from home after
his own crop is in the, crib. hence he
can view the matter OF wages from
both sides. He said: "Of course. will
take all that Is offered me for husking.
but If have to pick for cents per
bushel shall do so without complaint
for there is good money In 1t at that
even for these times. Five dollars
day and board looks attractive enough
to me-"
Mr.. J. S. Damn Is building one Of
the best hog houses in Franklin county
on his farm near the town. Of Coulter.
II is not an immense structure, being
s0x3s feet and nine feet high at the
corners. It IL built of hollow blocks
eight inches thick to the gables and
five inches above. It has hip roof
and bedding NOW above. also bin OF
600 bushels capacity. Water Is run
into the building thru an underground
pipe. There are eight roomy pens in
side and this the owner considers
enough for an eighty-acre farm. The
structure looks like small sized barn,
which It really is. It Will cost COM
plete about $3.50. Mr.. Damn is in one
respect at least an unusual type OF
farmer. He has followed the occupa-
ton OF blacksmith for many years in
the nearby town OF Latimer and didn't
know one year ago whether six
months pig ought to have one ear OF
corn or twenty for feed, but he en-
tered the farming game last spring
and his crops and live stock are a
credit to the community More than
one man In the neighborhood suggested
at the beginning that probably the
would do better to stick to
his last" but the shoemaker or in a
literal sense. the blacksmith. has
shown them that shoeing horses and
plows was only part of
what he could do when he chose to
extend his activities.
C. E. Wilson.
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