Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-03
Cheaper Farm Lands
in Most Demand

neighboring states will be unusually
heavy this year is the opinion OF
prominent realtors who already are
doing a big business in farm lands IN
Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Da-
kotas. It is the opinion Of these real
tors that the exceeding high rent OF
Iowa land is the cause for sucn MI
grafton.
w. E. Herren, secretary Of the VA
terloo Real Estate Board. stated tb"'
the realtors are all busy and that
there will be an unprecedented num-
Der Of sales this year according 10
present indications. City property Is
selling strong and at excellent hg-
ures and this will continue. says Mr.
Herren. until the demand is lessened
/ by the building Of several hundred
! homes. this number being needed Il
care for the city's increased popuia-
| ton.
Iowa roads in this section Of the
state have so far been practically in
passable and this fact has been detr1-
mental to the farm land business CT
Waterloo realtors. Mr.. Herren states
that as soon as the roads become
pessatle business Will be materially
increa sed for all farm land dealers
and that indications point to big
| year.
According to reports given Mr.. Her
rem by realtors the big demand this
year In farm lands will be for land
selling from 1900 per acre down. such
land Of course to be productive. Mr..
Herren states that there will I'M
doubtedly be considerable high priced
land sold but that the demand will
probably not b as heavy as last year
when there was keen competition ia
purchase such land.
That tbs migration Of Iowa farm
lower and land cheaper will be heav-
Ter than in year II indicated by the
fact that a. many as fifteen fami-
| lies have left from small towns near
Waterloo. Many Of the renters are
moving to get lower rent rates while
others who have been renting and
who have saved little money are
buying in states where land has not
reached the high mark set in Iowa.
Then there are those who have sold
their Iowa farm at high figure and
who are buying cheaper land.
The favorite states of those NOV
! ing from Iowa seem to be Minnesota,
! WISCONSIN, South Dakota, North Da-
| kota and Missouri. Immigration de-
partments of these states report many
inquiries from Iowa people.
Draining the Wet Garden.
| Garden plants win not thrive with
wet feet. In other words they will
not grow II their roots are in soil
containing too much water. Good
garden ;..<i1a ss....ez {. .rnilsd heca nae
there IL no way for the water to
drain from It. This can often b
remedled, in suburban or community
gardens by cutting . ditch or by
placing tile or pole drains in bitches
out thru tho land. Some Of the best
truck farms IN the country are To-
Gated on land that was formerly un-
der water most Of the year. BY
means Of drainage bitches the sur.
face water was drsJasd of, then un-
derEround drains were laA to carry
off the surplus from the soil itself.
Land that IL slightly slopfng. sc
that the water will run Off gently
without washing the SOIL il dssir.
able. II It Ii too steep. the soil viii
be damaged during hsavy rains, but
a sloping location Is generally to b.
preferred to one that 10 dead level
The ideal garden has q gentle slope
toward tho south or southeast, but
1t 10 not always possible to find thu
! idsai. and oity gardeners may hare ::
do some work on their own aocoun'
to remedy the conditions.
Turnout the south II II the prao.
tice to plant certain crops on beds
That IL, the land II piowed In strip
about four feet Wide. the soil beini
thrown together into beds with opeI
burrows between them. This servel
to drain of tho water and keep TIL
roots Of he plants hish and dry, .,
that they win not suffer with we
! feof.s X
Another tyre q io0etion found h
selecting cdty gardsns 10 that which
ID shaded 9 portion Of the day b,
buiidinss. WAlas tl,is = unAsslfabls