The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17

farm equipment of machinery, tools
ETC., also should be looked after. Prop
err protection from the weather, a lit
tie paint to prevent the rotting OF wood
and some heavy grease or paint to
prevent the rusting of iron and steel
parts will make the tools last longer.
Perhaps the most valuable lot OF
farm produce ever marketed in Galva
was delivered recently when John
Lindauist brought in a load Of wool on
his truck that brought him $2,O9O9O.
The load weighed 3,605 pounds and
was sold at IS cents per pound. Mr..
Lindquist has been raising sheep for
several years and has been swelling
his bank account very rapidly from
the profits made from these animals.
Many of the Iowa farmers are think
ing seriously of growing their own
feeders. Wallaces' Farmer recently
had the following to say on the sub
iect of growing feeders: They will
20 at it in different ways, some by
using the best bulls of the beef breeds
on the common cows of the country
and on grades, and finishing the calves
as baby beef. Some will invest in dual
purpose cattle, install milking ma
chimes, carefully wedding out COWS
that are Improbable, raise the calves
on whole milk for two or three weeks,
then gradually get them onto skim
milk, and balancing rations with
ground fax seed, corn meal, corn or
some other carbohydrate. Some will
use beef bred bulls on dairy cows, run
for feeders. Others will select Hol'
stein cattle on account of their size
and the large amount Of skim milk
they furnish, if the cream is sold to a
creamery, and will develop dual pur- |
pose type Of cattle, something that is
clearly profitable. This will encour-
cows to be MIXED as chOre, to select
a type which, while giving them pay
ing quantity OF milk and cream, will
furnish them a steer worth feeding 1t
is pretty serious problem these men
face, but the wealthy land owners Will
Indicate some of these ways, and then
proceed to decrease the cost OF Keep
ing a COW through the year, whether
MIXED or not There are two or three
ways open to use. One, which we are
already following, is the use of the silo,
not merely for winter feed, but as an
insurance against short pastures in
summer. Another is better cultiva-
ton Of grass land, the eradication Of |
weeds, greater variety of grasses, !,
which will increase the grass produc-
ion per acre. This will naturally in
,olve all increase OF pasturage and
decrease in the amount of grain and
in the southern part of the.
corn belt, the cutting out of the oats
,rop altogether, and substituting Win
er wheat"
made little trip through jackson
ownship last week and was in hard
uck most of the time. While | saw
many beautiful farm homes and every
of thrift on all sides, / did
lot find many of the farmers at home.
When l stopped at the farm of w. H.
deyer, who owns 280 slice of section |
eventeen, l was told that he was at
Vest Side getting his automobile re-
aired. His brother-in:law was at
lome and I found him a good enter |
amer. After showing me through the
zig new barn he hitched up the tractor
md put it through its steps. Say he I
S right there running tractor, too.
)nly five head of horses are kept on
he farm, and two of these are mules.
The old horse and cattle barn and the
log house have been wrecked and the
lew barn takes the place of all of
hem. 1t has only been completed a
ew weeks, in fact the paint was not
Try, as I discovered. 1t is TEXTS, some |
yarn, what! In the center of the barn
s built a large NOW, which extends
rom floor to roof CT building. This
now has thirty-four loads of timothy
ay in it, besides straw from eighteen
ores and three loads of alfalfa. There
5 room for many more loads. About
ten feet wide by thirty-two long the
outh end of building is devoted to the
rood SOW pens. Along the east side
S the cattle shed. This is twenty feet
vide and runs entire length of build
ne except a part of the north end,
which is given to the hogs. In the