The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-28

! HhSms us tIOuDIcS dIOuS WIFI tnc rest
! OF the farmers with corn. Last week
all tho men who were husking were
stopped and began sorting the 10000
bushels in the cribs. Ventilators will
be placed in the cribs as fast as pos.
sible. Around 100000 bushels will be
husked on this farm.
Farm Hand Does His Bit With Money.
A farmland down in central Illinois
! walked into the bank of the principal
community in his county and planked
down $40 as the initial payment on a
$500 Liberty Loan. The bank official
expressed surprise at the liberal sub
scription.
"lve saved some money" said the
farmland, "and I'm going to lend it
and some more to the government. l
may have to skimp to make both ends
meet for some time, but I'm willing to
do that. I tried to get into the army
but they turned me down because my
feet were too fiat, or some other darn
fool reason. Then I tackled the navy
and failed to measure up to require
ments. / think the navy official said
my eyes weren't Just o. X. Anyway,
I was turned down. I didn't know
enough about medicine to get into the
medical service, so I just figured I'd
have to do my bit by helping to fur
nish funds to carry on the war"
You're true American" said the
bank official, "and there can't be too
many Of your type. You have a good
investment. too, for you will receive
40 interest on your bond"
Darn the interest" said the farm
hand, buttoning his coat, and heading
toward the door. I'D almost be will.
ing to pay the interest myself il the
government ran out Of funds. 1 don't
care II never get cent of interest.
l only hope the bullets they buy with
the $500 are better than the ones 1
used in hunting last week. l fired a
thousand times and didn't hit any.
thing but the trees and the ground.
Maybe it was my eyes, after ALL"
This is not the only farmer who has
been doing his bit; there are many OF
them right here in this county.
WHAT A FARMERS WIFE DOES,
GUTHRIE CENTER, Nov. 25-Nich-
olas Fredrickson Of this place has
written what he insists is a true re-
sumo OF the days labor of the wife of
q farmer in cornhusking time. 1t fol.
lows:
If there is anyone who works hard
er than the average Iowa farmer on a
small farm, it is the farmers wife. She
rises from her warm bed these wintry
mornings at a. M, or earlier, and be-
gins her days labor by building a fire
In the kitchen range. then fills the
tea Kettle and starts breakfast, while
her husband feeds the horses and the
COWS. Then she takes two milk pals
and helps her husband milk eight or
ten cows. Returning to the house she
puts the breakfast on the stove and,
while 1t is cooking. gets her three lit
tie children up and dressed, and sets
the table.
After breakfast while her husband
separates the cream from the milk.
feeds and Stops the pigs turns out the |
cows. cleans out the barn. harnesses
the horses and bitches them to the |
farm wagon, she gets the children
washed and combed, fixes their lunch |
and starts her dearies off to school.
Now, she gets into the farm wagon
with her husband and they drive at |
full speed over the rough and frozen
ground to the corn field. When they
have husked load of corn they re-
urn from the field and, while her hus-
band shovels the corn from the wag-
On into the crib. she builds up the fire
n the range, makes three beds and |
sweeps the floors while the noon meal /
is cooking. After dinner, they return /
o the field and husk another load /
If corn and, while her husband is un-
loading it, she washes the dinner
fishes and the hand cream separator
Then they return to the field and II
gather third load of corn. While the
husband unhitches the horses and
leeds and beds them, brings in the
COWS from the pasture and ties them
Up in the barn and beds them and II
eeds them and Stops the hogs, the N
wife builds up the kitchen fire, cooks III
he supper and sets the table.
After SuDDer She n,Ifs thn childra nj