Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — Alien Looks Writes From Cambridge, Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Alien Looks Writes From Cambridge, Iowa.

Allen Louks, formerly of near McCoysburg, Jasper county, who went to lowa several years ago, writes The Democrat under date of Oct. 21, in renewing his subscription, and among other things says; ”We could hardly get along without The Democrat, as it gives us all our old home news and we are alsa r* glad to see it. Corn picking is in full blast. Tim corn is very good in our part of the country. Some think it will run from 40 to >0 bushel:- per acre, although we had it quite dry in August and we also had a dry spring. In fact, it ■was dry all season until September, when the drought was broken by a heavy rain on Sept. 3, and all through the month it was quite rainy. It rained twenty-three days in September, and last week rain fell four days, so we are having it quite wet and muddy. We have no gravel or stone roads to speak of except near the larger towns. “Have had quite good crops every year since 1 have been here. If you will examine the map of lowa you will see that we live almost in the center of the state. 20 miles north of Des Moines. We have had no frost as yet. Tomato vines are green and flowers in our garden are in full bloom. Everything looks fine, better blue grass pasture than at any time during the season. Stock of all kinds is looking well. Horses are very cheap here. I attended a sale last Thursday and good horses three and four years old sold at a low price. A team of mares sold at $298.50. Cattle are very high and good yearling steers sold from S6B to $72, and cows from S7O to $95. Hogs weighing from 80 to 100 pounds sold at $11.40, more than they are worth in the market. “There was quite an acreage of winter wheat sown here-and it looks line. New corn is worth 62c and oats 41 %c per bushel. It was too dry for oats although they made a fair yield considering the drought. The average was from 38 to 4 5 bushels. But some fields on the river bottoms made 80 to 85 bushels per acre. Winter wheat made from 30 to 42 bushels per acre, while spring wheat made only 14 to 17 bushels. “Everybody is very busy. Fall plowing is practically all done. Most all of the old corn has been cleaned out of this section of the country, the most of it at 75c per bushel.’’

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