The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-12
but we remained at the sale, and
missed the races.

1t seems to be popular now for
Farmer Brown to accompany the.
shipment of hogs to Chicago and Mrs.
Brown follows on the passenger. She
joins Mr.. Brown soon after he has
assists him in spending the money.
She is qualified TO do it, too.
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The cheerful liar OF the Grundy Re-
publican tells the following grass
hopper story, which is certainly a
good one, if not a true one: In an
other column mention is made of the
damage done by grasshoppers, also a
possible remedy is suggested. This
little item deals with the hopper
plague in Kansas some years ago. 1t
was reported that salt sprinkled
around growing crops would keep the
word the hoppers were coming and
OF salt, sprinkling it along the rows
OF garden stuff. Pretty soon the hop
pers came, being so thick they dark
ened the sky. The man and his fam
lily waited anNiOusly for the cloud to
pass and in 4 few minutes the sun
came out and silence gathered DER
the land. The farmer and his family
rushed out and not hopper was in
sight and they were just beginning
to feel thankful when they gazed at
the garden and behold the hOppers
all lined up around the onion bedding,
pulling the onions and dipping them
in the salt scattered about before eat
ing them
Following is the August report of
the tester of the independence Cow
Testing associations: This has been
and will be the most trying month of
the year for the cows. We have work
ed against adverse conditions, as flies
have been more annoying than former.
ly, pastures have failed entirely, and
we have done very we'll to accomplish
what we have. Feed your cows green
corn, lightly at first. and when the
canning factory opens buy some OF the
husks and feed. You will be surprised
to see how the old COWS respond to
this feed, because it's what she has
been longing for. A man that expects
to keep a mich COW must feed her.
You do not dare work horse without
feeding him. yet you expect COW to
produce milk on dry pasture or
without any grain. When q COW gives
four or five gallons Of milk day she
| is working just as hard as horse that
plows eight hours day and yet you
do not want to give her any grain.
| She must have grain and hay also, il
you 10 not give it to her nature re.
sorts to the use OF the body tat al
| ready on the cow and she manages
| to exist in that manner. Do not be
| afraid of grain and do not watch the
! $50 or $1.15 you put into sack OF
| feed, but give her time and then look
| at your cream check and you will see
that if you've fed her grain in the
right proportions she has responded
with about 50 for every dollar put in
to grain. Hold to your cows! Unless
they are very poor individuals do not
| sell them because cows are daily adj
vancing in price and so is milk. Be-
sides milk is food and anything that
| produces food that is in great demand
should be allowed to continue its
work Buy pure bred sire to head
your herd with and you will save his
price in two years time ii you have
about a dozen cows. You will also
! increase the value of the calves at
least so per cent. know cattle are
high, but the agricultural experts of
this country say that after the war
is over Europe will look to us for cat.
! tie to make its start anew and the de.
mand for good cows. for pure breds,
will be the greatest known in history.
, This one fact. If for no other. is reas.
on why you should feed your stock in,
telligently and notice their needs and
try to satisfy their demands and you
will be repaid for it many. many
times. Food will be high this winter
and also next year. This fall and win
ter plan on building a silo and to grow
| some leguminOus crops, such as Glow
er. soy beans, alfalfa. etc. These make
mighty good stock feeds and at the
same time build up your soil and give
rotation to crops and save on grain.
Cows do fine on legume hay. Several
members OF the association have milk
scales. Everybody who milks five or
six cows should have pair Of scales
and weigh sheet. Weigh each cows
milk separately every time she Is
MIXED and put it on the weigh sheet.
When you do this you knOw-you are
pOsitive-What your COW gives and by
belonging to COW testing assOcia.
ton or by getting the creamery to test
a sample OF her milkeach month and
by taking into account the quantity
and cost of feed you give her you
know whether you are keeping her
or she is keeping you. Now, this is
something that is more important to-
day than ever before. Again, with a
pair OF scales you can weigh out the
correct amount Of milk the calf should
have and if this is done for all his
meals and the milk is his mothers,
you'll very seldom have scours. Ask
any man who weighs his milk il he
thinks weighing milk is wasting time
and money or is foOlishness.
Two new county agents have just
been announced by State Leader j.
W.. Coverdale of the agricultural eX-
tension department of Iowa State col
lege, Charles A. Burge, a 1913 Iowa
State college graduate. who has been
teaching animal husbandry at the
University of California. becomes the
| agent in Adair county. Clyde RI.