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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
7
Inland town chatter spans politics and people with references to Burns and Bruns families, farm moves, and Thanksgiving gatherings. Mentions of local business shifts, births, marriages, and property deals intertwine with exams of land, roads, and school scenes.
The article argues the Iowa and surrounding states corn crop appears overestimated in quantity but especially poor in quality after three weeks of dry weather. Farmers report soft grain, high moisture in cobs, and shriveled kernels. without ample livestock demand much of the crop may be wasted or unsuitable for sale or feed unless left to dry on the stalk.
The author laments a failed corn crop due to insufficient heat during the growing season. Blistering heat in August or September would have saved it, but the warmth never arrived. Farmers will crib and feed the remaining crop to livestock and aim to adapt for next year, hoping to grow corn suited to cooler seasons.
A public auction is set at a Titonka area farm four miles west and 344 miles south for Thursday December sixteenth. The sale lists sixteen horses and mules, twenty four milk cows including eleven Aberdeen Angus, forty five shouts, eight hundred bushels of corn, farm machinery, a gasoline engine, four hole corn shelter, and other items. Terms are twelve months on approved notes with no cash required. The sale is led by Burns and Schweitert with auditors Blossan.
Jersey boars available at low price. One Sesich Short Horn aged 16 months with pedigree. Six stands of hees and associated equipment for sale. Located in Baachogt, Iowa. Listing dated December 5.
Shunt Mornescus offers four full blooded Short Horn bulls for sale in Sexton Iowa. Bulls are ready for service and sired by Prince Acarithus Jr. Contact Wesley L A Volenus for details.
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