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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
l''' Sunlight in Hog Houses.

Farmers who want the greatest
amount Of sunshine in their hog house
must decide upon time for narrowing
in the spring and then build the house
so the windows will admit the most
sunshine. According to John NJ. Ev-
ward hog specialist at the Iowa agri-
tuItural experiment station, the earlier
the time of narrowing the lower the
windows. If hogs are to he farrowed
in central Iowa in January then the
windows should be close to the gr0"nd
while in March pigs. which Is the com
mon period Of narrowing in the state.
should live in hog house with win
dOws six feet nine inches above the
ground. These figures are gotten by
computing the height of the sun ut
this time of the year in the latitude OF
the state and can lie found in full in
tables printed in bulletin No. "a pub
liShed at AmeS.
In order OF get the most valne of the
!, Eu,shines inside the hog house Mr..
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
Lining Paid this Man.

Andrew Kuhn of Springville, Win
ncshiek county, believes that lining
paws TO. itself in 4 short time. Cutting
three crops of alfalfa during the past
season with yield of nearly five tons
per acre were the facts that convinced
him Of tle value of Inning.
Many farmers tried to raise alfalfa
in the vicinity of Springville but fail
cd. Finally, after H. w. Warner OF
the soils extension service OF Iowa
State college advised lining at the
rate of. four to five tons per acre Mr..
Kuhn tried out the plan. He also in
oculatcd the field. This was done IN
1920.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
Harrisburg Paragraphs.

Mrs. Edison Wright has returned &c
her home in Sterling, Ill.,. after weeks
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Hctlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Isehrand and
daughter Dorothy were Webster City
callers Thursday.
George Cashier, IT.. will leave Mon
clay to resume his studies at -Ames.
Mrs. Mabel Whittier and baby of vii
l!ams spent Thursday at the n. s'oren.
SOB home.
+. III. Burcham and Robert PelZ were
recent business visitors in MarSlali
town.
Miss Gladys Bonner. county nurse
visited the schools here Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Mock was IL recent Web
stcr City visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Bronson visited
the latter's. brother at Buckeye Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. J.. c. Sayrc were web
ster City callers Thursday.
George Cashier. ST.. returned home
l;:st week after three months visit
in Wisconsin at the home of his son
Dan.
Mrs. Nj. Sorenson and baby were
Webster City callers Wednesday.
Miss Sibyl Acllcy left Monday fol
Snlida, Colorado. where she will enter
q nurses school.
Roy DcMoss is spending Il week il
Foley. MINI.
Mrs. Marion Smith of Webster City
was Il recent visitor here.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. O. Schroeder were
county seat callers Thursday
The missionary society will NEE,
Thursday. Sept. %, with Mrs. Joe Bell
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
Williams Items.

Miss Marian Bonner of Webster City
was an over Sunday visitor with Miss
Maurinc Rickc.
Guy Moore and family of Dows spent
Sunday at the S. NJ. Fitchorn home.
Miss Freda Lanjanki spent the week
end at her home in Alden.
Misses Anna Hanson and Lulu Walk
or were business callers ut the county
seat Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Stream and Geo
West returned to their home ut Chur-
dan Sunday after visit ut the home
OF the formers son, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Stream.
Mrs. H. d. Massey of CrestOn came
Saturday morning for brief visit with
her brother, DR.. II. Il. Wilson and wife.
Miss Laurabelle Nicholson of Blairs-
hury visited the week end at the home
Of her sister, Mrs. Larry Cheyne and
family.
Reginald Wilson left Tuesday for
Iowa City to resume his college work
for the coming year.
+. w. Steinbauer and Ralph Mikel OF
Webster City were Williams callers
Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Mcleod and son Thomas of
Grand Haven. Mich, and daughter,
Mrs. c. Ripley of Muskegan, Mich.'
came recently for visit at the Thomas
Butler home.
Miss Maurinc Hickc and Jess West
wick left Tuesday morning for Iowa
City. where they will enter the state
university. Miss Ricke intends to take
M journalism. while Jess will take an
electrical course or course III jour
naliSm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy Porter and emil
dren returned home Friday from Il
months visit Mt the home of Mr.. rs
brother in Cleveland. Ohio. They made
IN. ,rir in the car and also stopped oil
in various places in Illinois I" Visit
relatives.
d. l.. Mcdonald of Burt visited sat
urday and Sunday with his lrieho'
Harold Wilkinson.
DIR. and Mrs. Il. Il. Wilson molored
10 Iowa Falls Sunday and spent the
day with the formers parents Mr.. ana
Mrs. ID. V. Wilson. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. l.. ID. Massey. who VIII
visit al that place for Il short time
The Willing Workers $. 5. class Oh
the Federated church enjoyed Wchlc
>, Kendall Young park in Webster 'i'!
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hraund ana chill
dren motorcd to Klrmmc Saturua! a'"
spent the week end with the latter ;
father, John Frcie, and daughter MISS
y;,,, AIR. Braund and daughter, Miss
lun;cc returned home Monday, WINE
,hc others rcmain cd for Il longer VISIT
Miss Gladys Wcstwick visited frichds
H. Webster City sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. +. OMallcy and chill
dren were shoppers I'LL 'he co"i''s
Saturday.
Misses Helen. Lillian ana hathr!h
Kcnnc and Glenn I.ukcn and Ra! FRANK
lin visited friends in Waterloo sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. NJ. Harvey ana lam
iIr motorcd to Helmond Sunda! ior
!, visit with relatives.
Miss Anna Hanson has moi "e''
teaching school this week ON account Oh
n case of ,,iphthcria IN the sch""i.
w.. y 7 t'omscll entertained her
Sunday school class at II candy part!
"Wednesday evening. The class voted
unon new name, class c"iors anu
MOTTO. 1t was decided that the name
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
watch out for NIilde,y.

Gardeners who have hot bed for
the purpose of raising lettuce indoors
for winter use should beware of the
:.downy mildew" This is disease
which attacks the young plants, espe-
cially after a period of wet weather
similar to that in Iowa this fall. and
stunts the growth so that the plants
are Of no value.
This disease. according to A. T.
Erwin, can be controlled easily if it
is detected in the soil by the use OF
bordeaux mixture. Mix the prepare
ton at the rate of Also and apply to
plants rs soon as they are up. The
second spray is applied at the time
the plants are picked off and if third
application is necessary it is put on
at the time the small plants are trans
planted to a permanent bed.
Where dark, damp weather prevails
it is necessary to keep the hot bed
and house properly ventilated. Also
see that the plants are kept as dry as
possible during this time and the mil
dew can be controlled to a certain ex.
tent.
Many tests at the Iowa agricultural
experiment station during the last
seven years have found these methods
the best in handling this disease. Fur
Their information can be obtained from
bulletin No. 19G just released by the
station Oh this subject.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
,Pr,,,,e Cranes With Care.

Grape pruning can he done any time
i'm the fall after the wood has ripened
according to I. J. Nancy horticultur-
list ut Iowa State college. Where vines
are to be laid down for winter prOtec-
ton the pruning should be done before
the ground freezes. If there is danger
of the vines winter killing, then the
pruning had better he postponed till
spring because of the fact that dead
canes will have to be taken out and it
will be impossible to replace them un'
less all the shoots arc present
Young vines that have made Il weak
growth the first season should he cut
back to two buds as this will streng-
then the root system. During tho
third season the general system is dc.
termined. In Iowa the fair" system
In disposing of pruncd parts it is a
good plan to carry them away from
the vines. Often these cuttings are
allowed to lie near the vines and they
become haven for pests that later
on attack the grape vines. Burning
is the best way to dispose of them.
l. For best results select q system OF
pruning aud stick to it. This will in
sure good healthy vines and good
crop Of grapes, other conditions being
favorable The Iowa agricultural cX-
pertinent station has free bulletin
ON pruning. No. 1GO, which may be Sc
cured by writing to Amcs for it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
large crowd attended and very delici.

large crowd attended and very delici.
Gus lunch was served.
Mrs. Iva johnson and Mrs. Raymond
Riley went to Webster City Thursday
Afternoon.
I Mr.. Mcfarland drove to Des Moines
Friday morning on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Davis are the
proud parents Of an eight pound baby
boy, born to them Sept. 20.
Mrs. w. b. Kepler entertained the
E. O. I. club Wednesday.
Mrs. j. L. Groves was delightfully."-
surprised by about twenty of her
neighbor ladies Monday afternoon, the
occasion being her forty-eighth birth
day. Mrs. Groves received beautiful
set of teaspoons. A dainty lunch was
served late in the afternoon.
Miss Lucille Mattson Went back to
Boone Sunday after a several days
stay at the A. A. Hamilton home. She
leaves on the next boat from Seattle
for Alaska.
Miss Dorothy Jones and Miss Jennie
Jensen of Boone have been visiting
Miss Della Hamilton for a few days.
They returned to Boone Thursday.
Miss Jensen leaves Oct. 2Sth from
Seattle for India as a missionary.
Mi. and Mrs Lawrence Reilly motor
ed to Webster City, Thursday.
Miss Pearl Schmidt, who teaches
here. went to Kamrar Friday to spend
the week end with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Eppard of Blairs-
burg were guests at the Oscar Jenkins
home Thursday.
Miss LOrena Strand went to STRAIT
ford Saturday to spend Sunday with
her parents.
Friends Of Stanhope were surprised
to learn of the marriage of Mr.. Chelsea
Scott and Mrs. Coda OlafsOn, formerly
Miss Coda Snyder, daughter Of j. +.
Snyder, who resides north of Stanhope.
Mr.. Scott is salesman of the Ford
garage here. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott are
at home above Iverson Bros. store and
their many friends wish them success
and happiness.
Sept %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26

it is becoming an old story TO furnish
the town with high class amusement
where it is so poorly patroniZed.
Relatives here have received word
OF c. NJ. Stevens of AmcS, formerly OF
this place, that he is seriously i'll. Ply
Sicans say there is a slight charce for
his recovery.
w. S. Weston of Webster City was a
business caller here Saturday.
Miss Leah Johnson of Webster City
came Saturday afternoon to spend
Sunday with her parents.
Sept. %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
Plain rn,t., About Iowa.

Iowa farms in 1920 produced one
fifteenth of the total value OF farm
products produced by all the forty
eight states of the United States. 1t
stood at the top Of the list. with Il
total value of farm products amount
ing to $1.o5S. POI 900. while Texas with
a tremendously larger area, stood sec
ond with products worth $1.074.S79.O00'
Missouri. Kansas. New York. ONO
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Indiana. Ne
braska and California ranked next in
order, but all of them had farm prod
nets values of less than Il billion dol
lars.
Iowa's farms in 1920 produced on
the average products worth $o,Soo per
farm for o13.312 farms. That is eX-
cclled only by the average farm roduc-
tion in two states with great live stock
ranches. Nevada and Wyoming.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
AH III esJ's -
Feed Poultry Green Food.

Caprons and other poultry to DC
marketed can be gotten in better shape
for sale if fed plenty of green food
along with mash containing good
norton of tankage. and sold ut a
profit according to II. A. Bittcnbcnder
of the poultry department Mt Iowa
State college.
A fine ration for feeding is made OF
equal parts of cracked corn. cracked
na IS and cracked wheat with the hulls
sifted ont. To this add Il fourth part
of 60 per cent tankagc. Feed III self
feeder so that the birds Will consume
as much food as possible.
Furnish green food in large quanti-
ties. Sprouted oats make excellent
food. BE careful not to allow the oats
to get too old as the more palatable
food is gotten from the younger
shoots. Do not feed mouldy oats as
these will harm the birds. If sprouting
the oats is too great task. chopped
I'M potato Feelings or mansel beets are
good.
Birds that are being fattcned for
morkct do not need as much exercise
Ms LAYING stock. Fresh water is also
essential TO maintain the health of the
poultry.
n
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
his is a thank offering meeting.

This is a thank offering meeting.
Miss Louise Cooper is visiting he.
aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Markwardt, near
Clear Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. McNec and daugh-
F., ters. Irene. were Webster City callers
! Wednesday.
Misses I.cona McComb and Elsie
Black and Cecil Mullins were Fort
Dodge visitors Friday evening.
/ Mrs. c. c. Cooper and Misses Marie
and Gladys Chesshir were Webster City
callers Thursday.
I Mrs. Ralph Marvel and son Robert
Of Olathc. Colorado, came Friday to
visit the formers parents. Mr.. ana MIS-.
J. C. McNcc. and other relatives.
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Marvel and
daughters of Webster City spent Friday
evening at the J. G. McNee home.
! G. II. Warath was Il recent Williams
! visitor
Mr.. and Mrs. C. V. Day and sons OF
Williams spent Friday at the VIM. En-
ton home.
! w. !. Streyeler and and John Helms
! were business callers at Eagle Grove
Friday.
Sept. %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26

Silage has been found to be an eco
nomical feed due to the fact that the
starch of the; corn is not hurt by the
process of ensiling. The Iowa agri-
cultural experiment. station has found
that 10 per cent of the plan remains
intact through fermentation and that
the processes of fermentation and
forming Of acids does not concern the
starch.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26
Farm News Department

,Evvard advises the use of wire gates
and partitions between the pens. This
will allow the sun to get through and
afford better reflection Of the sun.
shine. This allows the floors to dry
out and keeps the building more sani-
tary. ~. - t
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26

Floyd Britson returned to his home
in .Amcs this morning, having spent
the week end in this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-09-26

Mrs. G.. W. Cooper of Blairsburs
a Webster City visitor today.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

lating collections OF musical essays in
our language. The list of his works
need not be repeated; it has been pub
lished in the news accounts of his death.
1t was not long before the literary
hounds of Europe found the scent OF
this new lion. James wrote like some
of the Frenchmen. He had not haunted
the slums Of Paris with George Moore
for nothing. He had stepped himself In
literatures and the marvellous versatil-
ity and assimilative power Of his mind
gave his own writing a cosmopolitan
breadth and depth of style. The Eu-
ropean masters welcomed him as
brother.
Maeterlincls wrote of his "Iconoclasts'
that it was the "only book of high and
universal critical worth that we have
had for years--to be precise. since
George Brandes' After Ivory Apes
and Peacooks'' the Belgian wrote: 81
have marvelled at the vigilance and clar-
ity with which you follow and judge the
new literary and artistic movements in
all countries. l do not know Of criti-
cism more pure and sure than yours"
George Brandes also praised his criti-
cism, and added: THE essential thing
Is that you are an artist to your very
marrow" Paul Bourget. Remy de Gour-
mont, John Runciman. Henrik Ibsen, G..
Il. Chesterton and a dozen others might
be quoted, but all to the same purpose.
"Jim," as his colleagues called him,
was a big fellow. He was big in brain
and heart. And he was always as
gentle as child. 1t is not easy to write
about man you loved. IT is almost as
hard as 1t is to write about woman.
But the important words must be writ
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

and Friday evening Alfred Cortot will be
the solDist. The programme D'Indy.
symphony in G., "On the Song of a
French Mountaineer," in which Mr.. Cor
tot will play the piano obbligato; Roger
Ducasse, Nocturne de Printemps; Ravel,
Daphnis and Chloe suite No. 2; De-
busy, two nocturnes. and fantasy for
piano and orchestra first New York
performance.
Percy Granger will pe the soloist with
the Philharmonic Society this afternoon
in Carnegie Hall, playing Saint-Saens's
= minor piano concerto and the solo part
ir his "Children's March" for piano and
wind instruments. Henry Hadley, as
assistant conductor will lead the orches-
ira in Chadwick's "Melpo meme" Overture.
and Kalinnikov's first symphony. The
orchestra, on tour during the week. will
give a BeethovenWagner programme in
Carnegie Hall next Sunday.
Duel de Kerekjarto, violinist. and
Nine. Christine Langenhan, soprano,
will give a joint recital this evening In
the Lexington Theatre.
The Young Peoples concert in Carne-
gle Hall Saturday afternoon will have a
programme of Mendelssohns "Midsum-
mer Nights Dream music with the text
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Discussion Anent the Mailer
symphonies and Other
Compositions.
ny W. j. HENDERSON.

NHERE is very old story which
from time TO time has to be re-
told because Of its peculiar apt
ness. Ii is the story OF Carl Bers-
mann, many years ago conductor of
the Philharmonic Society. and an ar
dent propagation OF the gospel of Rich
ard Wagner. Some one said TO him,
But, Mr.. Bergman. the people do not
like Wagner" oh retorted the con
ductor. they don't like Wagner? Then
they must hear him till they do"
The people did hear Wagner till
they learned to like him. The process
can easily be explained especially BY
any observant music lover who has
dwelt much among operagoers Very
old people whose operatic cultivation
began with Lucia" and "Trovatore"
have never learned to like Wagner.
They began to hear him at a period in
their lives when intellectual progress
was slow and difficult. They still find
their operatic delights on the evenings
goes mad with the assistance of the
babbling flute or when Anlind prone
nades in her sleep over the treacherous
bridge.
Those who were brought up on
Wagner from the beginning care little
or nothing for the older Italian works
But there is another class. namely
those who do not stop where they be-
gan. Although ii is an undeniable and
lamenta ble fact that the majority OF
human beings make no intellectual
progress at ALL but cease to advance
as soon as they leave the care Of
teachers. 1t is equally certain that
thousands keep their mental faculties
very much alive and possess the abil-
tty to assimilate novelty in various
forms. These are the people upon
whom the spiritual progress Of the
human race depends. Among them
naturally are all the significant lovers
OF the seven arts. Were it not for the
alert minds of the progressive thinkers
literature, art and music would have
died long ago.
II Is one Of the most perplexing OF all
esta blished facts that the artists of
tho. seven arts so often forget the ex-
istence of these people or either ignore
or resent II. The artist arrogates TO
himself all the rights in his world. lie
is quite unwilling to admit that the
Iayman has any right 10 an opinion.
This attitude betrays itself i'm the world
OF music in many ways. but in none
more clearly than In the position as
sumed by conductors in regard to
certain composers. THE people don't
like him? Then they must hear him till
they do
This position has in it elements OF
righteousness. II is incontestable that
many strange creations in art become
familiar and even beloved by force of
custom. 1t is certain that much which
seems perplexing at q first acquaint-
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

ance becomes lucid and enjoyable after
a time. But this gradual clearing up OF
difficulties is possible only to the pro-
gressive minds. The stationary intellects
will know nothing more ten years hence
than they know now The old people
who did not like Debussy's music fif-
teen years ago do not like it now and
will 70 to their long rest still disliking
it. The progressive minds which had
reached their maturity when Stravinsi<y
first was disclosed to American audi
ences liked him immediately, and they
like him better now than they did then.
The question then arises how are the
obstinate conductors to play at the pro-
gressives music which they do not like
until they do like it? II the man who
is accustomed to think about art. who is
alert, eager. enthusiastic, does not learn
to love Scriabine. what is the conductor
going TO do about it?
The answer is unmistakable. The
conductor is going to continue TO play
Scriabine at the ignorant layman, who
knows nothing. doggedly hoping that he
will learn to like him. The writer Of
these lines has been engaged in the
business OF recording the activities of
the musical world for half life time
and has yet to find the musician who
does not in practice refuse the layman
any rlght 10 deciding voice as 10 Wildt
shall or shall not be in art.
The resolute gentlemen VINO persist in
interpreting the symphonies of Gustave
Mailer are not going to stop doing so
because the people do not like them
They deny the ability of the people to
form an opinion about them. But sup
pose that they could succeed in training
the people to like the symphonies. what
then? oh. that would be vastly diff
ferent matter. Then the people would
be right Then their opinion would be
incontestablc. VoX popuh, vox del.
The principles which govern the ac-
ton of these musical authorities toward
the general public also control their atti-
tude toward criticism The writer of
this article does not hold that artists
should be influenced by criticism But
when. year after year. people refuse to
applaud the music of some composer
worshipped by conductors. and critics
are perpetually asking why it is played.
II may be fairly said that criticism in
such a case reflects public opinion.
For some years there has been a