The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22

saw it in operation and noticed eacl
COW stood as quiet as it is possible fol
a COW to stand, apparently paying nc
attention to the milking, Electric
power is used to operate the milking
machine and for lighting the farm
buildings. The juice comes from
Charter Oak noticed the COWS
were. sprayed after they entered the
barn and was told this is done both
night and morning, The barn has al
the latest fixtures to make mod
ern COW barn. l noticed a large sllC
built of hollow tile silo brick at the
west end of the barn and was told
that it was built last year. When
questioned about the milking machine
lie said: II would not do without It,
It saves lots of time and work"
On the farm of Fl. J. Fineran five
miles south of Denison, ! found a
large barn 32x56, which has given
some ' trouble during the winter
months. Frost has gathered on the
walls during days that the sun fail
ed to make its appearance during the
morning hours. Mr. Fineran thought
the trouble came from the way the
building faced, but thought not The
building is one big room and the cell
| ing is sixteen feet high at the center.
1t is located on a side hill and the
back wall is built OF concrete about
eight feet high. The northeast end
the building is built on an angle
is made of cement wall about four
feet high and the remainder OF wood.
Flooring has been used on all the
side walls where not made Of cement,
In the southwest emf Of the building
| there is an opening UP near the top
| about three feet across and two feet
deep. That is the only opening in
the building aside from the door and
that tells the story why at times there
is moisture on the walls. II on going
into a stable in the morning, in COM
paratively mild weather, dampness is
evident on the walls and ceilings, this
is clear indication that sufficient
amount of air is not passing through.
Every cow in the stable above 1000
pounds in weight, throws into the air.
from lungs and skin. during each ~
hours. an average OF more than 10
pounds of moisture. If you do not
have air movement sufficient to con-
tain this moisture as 1t passes through
the stable, it must condense on the
walls. So far as sunlight is con-
cerned, everyone knows how essen
tial it is to both human and animal
life. The man who does not place
plenty of windows in his barns is
making the biggest mistake that can
be made in the construction of the
building. Plenty of both sunlight and
| ventilation must be provided, or the
barn is a monumental! blunder.
l called too late last Wednesday to
meet r: r. Robinson, who owns very
good farm, four miles northwest of
Vail. Mr.. Robinson and family left
that morning on an auto trip to Ames
and Iowa Falls.
w: M. Bumann, who is farming the
farm owned by his father, about one
and half miles southwest OF Deni'
son, .3threshed his .,ats but did not
get quite as good 2 yield as he ex,
ipected. a-..+.. .s-l
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Henry Heide informed me last week
Thursday when called at the farm.
| about, two miles southwest Of Deni'
son, that himself and family would
join Fl. lessen and family in an auto
mobile tour through the Dakotas and
Minnesota. They expected to leave
the following Saturday in Mr. Jes'
sens Buick six, and be away about
ten days.
f. E. Riddell has started work on q
new barn on his farm two and half
| miles southwest of Depison. The barn
| will be 36X48. Last fall he started
| out to raise pure bred DurOc Jersey
swine and now has about forty head.
| Last Wednesday ] saw the first
| herd of pure bred Shorthorn cattle
have seen in the county. Oh, yes,
know they are here, but | have not
seen them yet. 1t was the John r,
| Robinson herd. Mr.. I2obinson's faith
err started this herd about forty years
ago. While Mr.. Robinson does not
have public sales he is able to dispose
of his surplus stock at private sale.
no less noted breeder OF ShOrthCrn
cattle than c. A. Saunders purchased
his first Shorthorn cattle from this
herd. He started with thirteen head
and IL you think thirteen is an I'm.
lucky number think of Mr.. Saunders
success and forget the thirteen fool
| ishness. Not long ago four head OF
young bulls were shipped to the state
| of Montana, but most of the stock
goes closer to home. He has the pop.
ular roans. reds and a few white
cattle. There are at present about
fifty in the herd. A water tank to
supply water for the home is now be
ing built on this farm. was shown
| a powerful new eight cylinder auto
mobile that Mr.. Robinson had just
| purchased I,sneeked around and tried
to get my Ford off the farm before