The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-14

9 Inut, recently. The selling price wa
|. $685. per 100 pounds. the total pric'
lS13S.77. He was a Poland China, tn
! big kind which Mr.. Ray grows. An.
lstill one wonders why fresh pork SELL
over the counter at 40 cents q pound.
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A r. A. Tarpay resides about one an(
half miles west of West Side. HI
reports considerable soft corn. He II
feeding two loads Of steers and has 8
lot OF other cattle, several of which arr
pure bred Herefords. He raises them
for the Chicago market and finds them
livery profitable. for that purpose.
Asa Brown owns a farm two miles
south of DelOit. Since his ownership
of the farm, which has been only 9
few years, he has built new set Of
buildings. The last one built Is q
chicken house, 1920. He has q nice
bunch Of young pigs. noticed an old
log cabin on the farm, q reminder OF
the days OF yesterday. &.h a.
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Just q word to farmers wives Don't
Ilet anyone make you believe that this
government Is going to make you di.
vide your canned fruit. If any one
calls at your home and tells you he is
! government 06csr and wants part
81 your canned goods tell him said
he was On imposter and . liar.
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During the month OF June a wind
storm overturned a corn crib on the
farm of Herman Lochmiller, ST., five
miles southeast Of Denison. When I
called last week the building. was be-
ing righted by the aid of block and
tackle. 4
| VIM. Luney is putting new f0unda.
tion under his barn on his farm two
miles east of DenisOn, on the Lincoln
highway. 1t is intended to have q
basement barn under the entire build.
ing for horses and cattle.
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Mic Olderog Is the owner of q good
farm located seven miles northwest
OF Denison. A new barn has just been
completed on the same. 1t is 32x50
and is q cattle and hay barn. He has
another large barn for the horses.
At a recent Shorthorn sale at Shell.
don the top price was 1925, which
lacked only seventy-hve dollars of
bringing as much as the Crawford
county young boar, which sold for
81 800 at the McAndrews sale.
On the farm of Mrs. Lemon, about
two and 0ne.half miles north of Deni-
son and tenanted by Paul Schneider, o
barn is being built. 1t is horse and
cattle barn, 40xS2.
At the. Carpenter & Ross sale of Inn.
ported ShOrthorns at Chicago the first
|0f the month, 100 head sold for an av-
erage of $1,185.
Some one page the gentleman who
used to take pride In presenting the
country editor with turkey for the
Thanksgiving dinner. IA,
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John Vogt has his new barn about
completed on the farm about eight
miles northwest OF Denison. 1t is
32x4O.
That the farms and factories will be
manned" by the boys next spring Is
the prediction made at the headquar-
tiers of the United States Boys Work
ing Reserve. 1t is found that more
than one Thousand boys have enrolled
for farm work. This augurs well for
the boys and for the future of agri.
culture for lot of these boys having
once gotten into farm work will be
satisfied to remain In it.
Mrs. Milo Kelly has q barn filled
with timothy and clover hay that did
not have drop OF rain upon it. mas
much as hay is short crop, this
hay is very valuable. u She also has
as good a quality OF corn as I have
seen in the county this fall. She Is
planning on having q public sale De.
cember 9Th and move to Denison to |
make it her home. No doubt the sale
will be we'll attended for it is general |
~, known that the live stock to be
sold is of . high grade. The farm is |
located about one mile south of Ari0n. |
Watch this newspaper next week for |
announcement Of sale and property to
be sold.
Our attention has been called to |
Mr.. HOOver's appeal to those keeping
PousSAy SAOS tAOy ouOubu AAOS uloPOoO /
OF their stock at the present time. but
should keep the same from the stand |
point Of patriotic duty. As a loyal
citizen would certainly like to com. |
ply with. the request, but after paying |
$500 for 100 pounds of screenings to
feed our poultry the fact tlawned upon !
me that I was certainly doing my bit |
along the lines suggested BY MIR.
Hoover. ~,
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Our agriculture Is more and more
drifting into q condition where the |
highest efficiency will be required. The |
war will force greater efficiency on
the farm. All must endeavor to avoid |
waste and make cost of production as
low as possible.
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Onions to keep we'll should be such |
as have properly ripened. Before they
are put in storage they should be |
screened and should always be given
plenty Of ventilation. For this reason |
they must be stored in small guam
titles whore there is cool tempera-