History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa . o Bremer county, Iowa, where they resided for six or seven years. LaterMr. Lauck purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Fayette county,upon which he spent his remaining days to the time of his retirement from activebusiness, when he removed to Oelwein, where his death occurred on the 8th ofAugust, 1914. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in 1882. August Lauck, whose name introduces this review, was educated in the dis-trict schools, but his opportunities in that direction were limited, for his fatherwas then a poor man an
History of Chickasaw and Howard counties, Iowa . o Bremer county, Iowa, where they resided for six or seven years. LaterMr. Lauck purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Fayette county,upon which he spent his remaining days to the time of his retirement from activebusiness, when he removed to Oelwein, where his death occurred on the 8th ofAugust, 1914. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in 1882. August Lauck, whose name introduces this review, was educated in the dis-trict schools, but his opportunities in that direction were limited, for his fatherwas then a poor man and needed his assistance upon the home farm. As earljas his tenth year he was hired out to neighboring farmers, his wages going to thesupport of the family. His chances for acquiring an education were thus verymeagre, but in the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons. Heremained upon the home farm with his father until his twenty-sixth year, whenhis father gave him two thousand dollars and he started out in business life inde-. a CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES 323 pendently. He purchased a farm in Bremer county, nine miles south of Sumner,but soon afterward disposed of that property and in 1892 became owner of twohundred and forty acres in Howard county, upon which he now resides. It was atract of raw prairie land when it came into his possession, but characteristic energyand thrift on the part of Mr. Lauck soon brought a marked transformation in theappearance of the place. In September following the purchase of his land Mr. Lauck was united inmarriage to Miss Catherine Smith, of Afton township, Howard county, and thuscompleted his arrangements for having a home of his own. In the same fall hebuilt a small house and other farm buildings upon his tract of prairie land andstarted upon what has proven a most successful career as a farmer and he has carefully, systematically and successfully developed his fields in thecultivation of crops best adapte
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