The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-31
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D! Gray
e" Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers "-
John II. D. Gray
Editor

told me he had been Review sub
scriber for more than thirty-five years
God bless the old subscriber! He ha!
Istood by the newspaper through storm
land sunshine and has always come III
|smiling with the needful yearly. One
Iof the peculiar things about these ole
standbys is the fact that they seldom
say word of complaint about Oul
newspaper and are generous enough tt
credit our mistakes as coming from
the head and not the heart They are
always there with word Of encour
agement and are proud of the fact thai
they have taken the old sheet for 10
these many years. The old subscrib
er is the backbone and mainstay OF
every newspaper. l am always glad
to enroll new subscribers upon oul
subscription list, but l have almost
a holy reverence for the good old sub
scriber who never fOrsakes us. Hats
off to the old subscriber. May his cup
of happiness be full and overlooking.
Destiny took E. B. Gooch gently by
the hand and led him up perfumed
paths to where pure bred Hereford
cattle were for sale and he had the
good judgment to open the door when
opportunity knocked and today lie
stands at the head of the class of sue
cessful breeders of the white faced
cattle. He started right and has been
everlastingly at it. He is always after
the highest type of individuals, bred
him it is not a question Of price, but
of quality. He has not only been a
good buyer, but has raised many cat
tie of great class on his farm five
miles west Of Charter Oak. About
four weeks ago he attended the Kan
sas City Royal sale and purchased the
top cow, with calf at side, paying
$2,575 for her. This COW came from
the herd of Henry Half, of Texas. She
| is great show COW. She was the
grand champion at the Dallas fair last
Iyear and has been grand champion
wherever shown. Her name is Dove,
and she is as handsome and gentle as
Ia dove. will give her credit for be-
ing the best Hereford COW have ever
seen. Mr.. Gooch has several other
COWS that are almost as splendiferous
as this one. While he has many cows
that are about as large and good as it
is possible to breed these great beef
cattle, he also has a number of gilt
edge males that are just about perfect.
He now has 80 head Of these pure bred
Herefords on his farm and it would re-
pay those enjoying looking at beau.
tiful animal to visit his farm. Mr..
Gooch sold seventy-five head last year
[at Omaha and II was said Of his cat.
tie that the Offering contained many
great show prospects and as desirable
and valuable an array of high class,
royalty bred breeding cattle as ever
went through a sale ring. They sold
for an average of $1,03S, the seventy.
five head, which exceeded by $500 the
best average up to that date made at
a cattle sale at Omaha and up to time
of going to press the record still
stands. During the month of Janu.
airy next he will have another sale at
Omaha and it is reasonable to expect
that it will attract the most noted
breeders in the United States. BY the
way, four milliOnairies have purchased
their foundation stock from Mr.. Gooch
for what are now some Of the best
herds in America. Once again we say,
for the best what is, come to Iowa.
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C. N. Durham, who resides about
two miles west of Dunlap, is one of
the "Who's who?" in his section. Last
March he become owner of one hun
dred acres of land without building
upon it and soon modern buildings
we're reared skyward. He lives in a
dwelling made Of hollow tile brick and
it is modern throughout. 1t is 28.4x
1854, two stories high. A horse barn,
28X38, is one of the most attractive
appearing buildings of its kind in the
county. Another building, which is a
combination corn crib, granary and
machine shed, 32x44, is now being
built. A foundation is completed for
IA hog house, 2Ox48. He raises pure
bred Hampshire swine. His father
has been raising these swine for about
eight years and C. N. took several
brood sows to his farm last spring. He
now has 100 head, big and little.
The scarcity of corn huskers has
put the punch in the sale of mechani.
cal corn pickers in Iowa this fall. 1t
is claimed these machines pick and
shock the corn and load it into a wag.
on.
The farm bureau in Webster county
last week adopted a resolution oppos.
ing the general request of huskers for
ten cents a bushel for husking corn.
They fixed six cents as fair price in
that county.
The process of science must be ap.
piled in these days to practically ey.
erything for profit. BOOSTERS fighting
around the yard are an expensive mus.
ance as every poultryman knows, aid
so are cattle in the feed lot No
doubt this is the reason feeders de-