Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-01
EXTRA HALF DOLLAR PER ACRE
BEING PAID BY NORTH
IOWA TENANTS.
TILE DRAIN USED As
PHONE INTERNATIONALLY
Farmer Hears Many Uneomplimentary
Remarks While Building Drainage
System-Jumping at Conclusions
seeder Cart Used az Means Of Sort
ing Soft corn-Wiison's Observations
Special 10 Times Republican.

IN his yards, doing part Of the work
in an unusual manner. Asked why he
was not following beaten paths he ex-
planned to the entire satisfaction Of the
questioner and added:
Years ago tiled that piece Of land
across the road. doing the job with the
assistance Of my hired man. We put
in a main that extended from near
the road owes a little hill and worked
for a time near the inner end of this,
out of sight of passersby. The remarks
of these people were carried to our
ears thru the drain and they were
amusing despite the fact that with one
single exception we were more or less
severely criticized for what We were
doing and the manner in which We
were doing 1t. But I knew the condi :.
tons better than my critics, the re-
suits have been highly satisfactory and
this case is typical Of very many cases
IN which thoughtless people jump at
others who have good and sufficient
reasons for their methods"
In one section of Franklin county It
is said that farm rents for an extra
half dollar per acre II there Is a silo
or the place. One man In this county
has been renting his farm for years
without any tenant change. Perhaps
he has been made the subject Of occa-
sional criticism because his buildings
were merely ordinary and improve
ments of all kinds of a modest type
Anyway, he decided that 1t would be
ell for his farm, his tenant and him
self II he would erect a silo, have more
stock kept on the farm and sell less
grain, the continual growing and mar
keting Of which was producing unde-
sirable effect on the fertility of his
land. That was two years ago. The
first year that silo was only partly fill
ed and last season a less amount OF
silage was put up than at first ana
next spring q new tenant will replace
the one now in possession, the present
one going to q farm where he won't
be expected to fill any silo. OF course.
in an instance OF this kind the land
owner will never regret the improve
nent altho 1t lost him a tenant. 1t
illustrates, nevertheless. the TRUTHFUL
ness. Of the southern Iowa farmers as
sertion that observers OF a mans ac-
tivities frequently overreach themselves
in their efforts to tell how such things
ought to be done.
Afyron Hill, local farmer, built
hog house on his farm, but winter
overlook him before he could put IN ce-
ment floors. He will try a substitute
by laying close meshed woven wire
fencing and covering with sand.
mick" Schumacher, like practically
every other farmer in the county, found
1t necessary to sort his corn, but ne
didn't go about the job in an ordinary
way. He attached his "seeder cart
to his wagon by means Of q short
tongue and into this instead OF par
tition in the wagon box he threw the
soft ears as he husked. When he drove
to the crib he detached the cart. which
he tipped over in the yard. thereby I'M
loading this portion of the grain In a
pile for feeding and having the drier
sorted part in the wagon by ITSELF
Mrs. w. J. Watts found that adyer-
Using in the Times Republican produc-
es results. She inserted a SO cent
chicken ad. in the classified columns OF
the paper and sold forty-fve ROSTERS
In consequence and If she hadn't run
out of chickens this story would be a
good deal bigger than 1t is. There IS
a very young man on the Watts Iarm'
not more than say - years old, In facb
that ought later on to be heard from
in the matter Of successful breeding OF
pure blood live stock. Showing me the
big herd of pure bred hogs, he patted
one gilt on the back remarking mod
estly. Il took first premium at the
county fair with this one; fed and
took care of it myself"
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At the Gus Schutt home the other
day a member Of the family noticed q
rua,lard duck in the yard apparently
exhausted from its efforts to ESCAPE
some enemy that was seeking Its de-
struction. Investigation disclosed the
fact that a mammoth owl nearly white
in color. was the foe that had driven
the terrified creature to seek deliver
ance In a farm yard. The duck was
picked up and carried to a compart-
ment in the hen house. the Dig owl
was promptly naiIisa s-sser5l ana ana
war declared against him. He was q
persistent kaiser too. and he several
days later returned to the attack. This
time there was gunner in the person
OF young Henry Schutt waiting for him
and "The Kaiser. will never again at
tack an innocent duck or anything else.
He measured Ave feet, two inches from
"tip to tip."-C. q. Wilson. ..