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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
7
Public sale at the farm one mile north and one east of Woden on January 31 1917 starting 10 oclock with a big noon lunch. Twenty one head of horses listed including multiple mares geldings colts and ponies with ages from 4 to 10 years and prices noted for each.
Forty years ago farm buyers thought it easier to acquire land, and today opinions vary among seasoned farmers. Many say a young man still has a fair chance to start and own a farm, while others see growing difficulty in purchasing land.
An analysis argues farm prices and land values rose while product prices and wages fell, noting corn 34 to 50 cents, oats 4 to 138 cents, beef and hogs gains, land at 190 now vs 30 an acre in 1870, labor costs up, interest up, and living standards shifting, with debate on whether today’s youth can acquire farms as earlier generations did.
Mike Logs, long tied to the Chubb place near Algona, props up a thrift and stock-raising record. He bought 80 acres west of the Chubb farm and recently 160 acres from a Devine heir, the Barney Devine home farm in Verdale township, paying 16 000 cash for the quarter. Logs, who once earned 184 a month, now owns 240 acres, profitably built on his stock and shrewd buying. He believes he could add another quarter in a few years.
About fifty friends of Mr and Mrs August Hennings surprised them last Saturday evening with games and dancing until six in the morning. Ernest Leek visited the Hennings on Sunday. Pauline and Maude Hening were guests at the C Badie home. George Funk and Albert Meyer left for Waterloo and Cedar Falls to attend to business matters. Mike Matern of Wesley Iowa advertises as a breeder of pure bred Duroc Jerseys and Short Horn cattle with open stock farm to show visitors.
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