The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-05
there is, would 60 long way to see

there is, would 60 long way to see
it.
visited last week at farm home
and, while there, saw the farmers
small boy playing with an ear Of per-
fectly good seed corn. He would shell
the golden kernels from the ear and
toss them over his head in don't
care darn for expenses sort of spirit.
AS l watched him in his play longed
for the day to come when l could Sc
cure wealth enough to purchase an ear
of corn for each Of my children to play
with. Gee, it must be grand and
glorious feeling to be rich.
In have called several times at the
home OF w. X. Dobler. about a mile
and a half east of Vail, along the Lin
coin highway, without finding w. K.
at home, but l tried, tried again, until
I caught him last week Friday. have
often admired those big red hogs, as
gtided along in the I'D past the farm,
and was glad to see them at short
range. Right off the reel I want to
admit that he has grand herd. His
aged brood sOws are as big as meet
ing house. He also has some wonder
full younger brood sows. He thinks he
has yearling just about as good as
you can find them, and concur in his
judgment. In fact he has three year.
lings that are wonders and they are his
own raising. Some honor in that sure.
In fact most of his stock is of his own
raising and l give him credit OF know
ing how. He has nice bunch of pure
bred Duroc fall pigs that give promise
of developing into something good.
While he has lot of cOrking good she
stuff he also has several good males
which are extra choice. For instance,
there is Grand Model, a Golden Model
boar. He headed the first prize young
herd at the Iowa state fair in 1916, was
first on get Of sire and first produce of
dam. He has perfect feet and legs
and is one of those great feeding types.
He was two years old last September.
His sire, Grand Model, was three times
champion at Iowa state fair and won
first place elsewhere several times. He
has good disposition and is perfect
ly quiet and easy to handle. BY the
way, l noticed all of the swine in this
herd are very tame, which is no bad
fault at that Col. Redeemer, sired
by Redeemer, and his dam by King
the Col. is very classy individual.
This is one of Mr.. Dobler's own raising
and he should not be ashamed to ad-
nit it, Another young boar is new
arrival on the farm, it is the 1915 male
pig bought at the recent McAndrews
sale. If he had not been in little
,.,:< y, h~1 4
Of it with his ears little damaged. it
would have taken another hundred dol !
lars to have landed him, no doubt. l
am always pleased to visit the herds
Of these men who are breeding pure
bred live stock, for it is not only a
pleasure to see the stock, but l feel
like encouraging them in the good
work. Many of them have battled
against discOuragements, for this is a
business that requires experience and
lots of staying qualities. The in and
outer never succeeds, they spring up
and flourish for short time and are
cut down and seen nor heard of no
more. It's the constant gnawing of
Towser that masticates the newly
weds' first pie.
uc U0SL COTu Is variety WHICH
will mature during off years in this
locality. 1t matters not so much if
it is red or blue. but it must mature
clear through. If there is variety
which will ripen under adverse condi-
tons and produce largely as we'll
even if the ears are not so large or its
depth of grain not up to size OF variety
which ripens only during favorable
years-let us grapple it to our hearts
with hooks of steel, or something like
that.
Last week ] drove over in the vicin-
ity of Aspinwall and while there called
on Henry Schrum, who lives about
onehalf mile north of Aspinwall. He
informed me that he had purchased
in the town of Manning and
would move to the same next spring.
BY the way, the dwelling he purchased
is the first residence slept in in Man.
ming; it was then the home of Chas.
Schmidt, one of our Manning friends,
and is located west of the Great West
ern depot. Mr.. Schrum will have a |
public sale on the farm Friday, De-
cember II, at which time he will sell
IL head of horses, 10 good brood sows,
81 head of Hereford cattle and lot
Of farm machinery. He is advertising
the sale in the Review, which is a |