The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-15


.sri+converted to fall
Der of October pigs with the same
housing and yard equipment, as can
be done with April pigs.
From the. cost record kept, I take
consolation. l. lost over 100 head OF
spring pigs, from cold wet spring, and
poor management on my part. But
Why grieve, when I can buy pigs OF
1.-THE Sioux City market at SO less than
r can produce them? Hogs certainly
must go up in price (they are doing IT.
OF, feed come down. Hog and corn
prices are out of balance, and this
condition will not long continue.
Farmers will soon discover that they
cannot afford to raise hogs for senti-
mental reasons"
70 INCREASE YIELDS OF WHEAT
:. AND RYE
Specialists OF the Department of
Agriculture and the State Agricultural
College hope that by better methods
the average yield per acre will be
maintained wherever there is fer.
tilizer shortages and will be increased
in other sections. Much educational
work will be done to make this de-
ksire an actually, and in this campaign
the most successful growers will have
prominent part. For instance, it is
stated that on the land that could be
sown to fall wheat this autumn. 1t, is
possible materially 10 increase the
yield per acre by putting into prac-
tice some principles. that are already
we'll known to most farmers. These
should appeal especially to those who
cannot increase their usual acreages
without doing injustice to other crops
which should be grown. .s.r ~
These principles may be summed up
as follows: .;.- y IL s.s,s..
!. Plow early. Give the plowed
land two months to settle before SOW
ing where possible.
2. Compact the late plowed land
with roller and harrow. /.
3. Don't piow after cultivated
crop. Prepare such land with disk
and harrow.
4. Make the seed bed tit place
for the seed. :, ~ Ea, IL &.
S. Sow with drill, sound, plump,
clean seed Of adapted variety. ,..
6. Prevent losses from smut by
treating infected seed with formalde-
hyde. s a..<@ 5.-,4 d"
{. Make the soil fertile with man.
ure or fertilizers applied judicionsly
where needed.
{ 5. Reduce winter killing by follow
Ing the above suggestions.
The accomplishment Of this great
increase of wheat and rye acreage
without disrupting correct farming
practice will call for tremendous ef-
fort on the part of farmers. However.
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
the state colleges OF agriculture, and
other state and local agencies are
planning to aid in every way possible.
Jacob Rusterholtz, Who lives on the
Cenison-Manilla road six miles south
east Of Denison, is hauling material
preparatory to- building cattle barn
40x46 and replacing some of the foun.
dations under the farm buildings
Every building on the farm will be re,
painted. Ia .4s
! About five yearsaago H, W. Meyers
planted one quart Of Reeds yellow
Dent heed corn in a small patch in
| the garden Since then he has year
ly raised his own seed corn in, this
same manner. The corn is planted by
hand and cultivated the same way
When called at, the farm seven miles
southeast of DenisOn last week found
the corn stalks had made a growth OF
from eight to ten feet. There was not
nom bearing stalk in the two patches
| looked at. Mr.. Meyers informed me
that the yield from corn grown from
this seed is from five to ten bushels
per acre greater than seed gathered
| from the corn fields on his farm.
| saw corn in the crib which he grew
last year and found it way above the
average corn have been used to see
ing on the farms visited. Mr.. Meyer
has a 800 acre farm and devotes much
Iof his time to raising pure bred live
stock He has attained state wide
REPUTATION as a successful breeder OF
E,oolled Durham cattle. He has at the
head bull which was good enough
k+o land third prize al the state fail
Hast, year A COW On this farm, fifteen
years old, has raised just thirty head
tof calves. She has given birth tC
three pair of twins. Mr.. Meyer is nc
novice at breeding these cattle, fol-
he has sixteen successful years to his
credit. He has also been very success
full in breeding the Duroc hogs, al
though he has not kept them register
ed. l saw several very good ones
when l called that no doubt will find
their way to many farms to improve
the Crawford county grade OF hogs.
found Mr.. Meyer a coed entertainer
and my only regret was that ! had
ITO leave so soon.
| Wm:- Klink, who lives about seven
Imiles southeast OF Den1son, was busy
clearing the ground for new corr
crib and fgranary last week when
called. He told me ne will place an
elevator in the building.
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| Hans Lamaack will as soon as he
has finished threshing, which will be
very soon, start work on new cattle
shed. His farm is located in Nishna
botny township, five miles northwest
of that hustling little city of Manila
| The buildings on the farm Of Henry