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

Hearing that Frank l.. North was
going to have big sale Of pure bred
Duroc hogs on Brookside farm, one
and a half miles south of Vail, Mon
day, October Goth, drove to the farm
and spent nearly half day looking
the stock over. Frank has certainly
big bunch of big fellows, and it
looks to me about the best chance the
farmers of this county will have this
season to buy boars, tried sows and
gifts at their own prices. He will have
an unusually strong offering of thir-
ty richly bred spring boars, farrowed
in December and January, also TWEEN.
ty tried sows and about thirty-five
spring gifts. They have size and
quality, along with their splendid
breeding. While this is Franks first
pure bred hog sale, he has been breed.
ing them for about nine years. The
b0ars and gifts are by Wonders Pre-
MUM and he by Wallace's Wonder, go.
ing back to the Golden Model tribe.
Most of the brood sows are by Model
Wonder, and he is Crimson Wonder.
believe this is the sale the farmers
have been looking for. Here will be
an opportunity to buy male or few
female pigs at farmers prices. If you
are in the market for them. There is
. big shortage in the pig crop all over
the United States and here is chance
to get brood sows that have proven
their worth, ana also lot OF promis.
Ing gifts that can be bought at a price
vestment. The DurOc brood sows are
noted for having large litters, and
Frank has the big litter kind To
those wanting something good, some.
thing dependable, attend the North
sale. AS there are so many hogs to
sell, the sale will start promptly at
one o'clock. Go early SO you will be
there at opening Of sale. A lunch will
be served before the sale and sale
will be held in tent.
Two years ago there was consider
able soft corn and many farmers laid
tile through the corn in the cribs, to
get more ventilation through the corn,
and thus assist in the drying of the
corn. There is going to be some soft
corn mixed in with the good corn this
year and it might be advisable to take
all precautions possible to dry the corn
In cribs.
While we all know that rats are de-
str0ying millions of dollars worth of
lOOdstuff yearly and spreading disease 1
but little effort has been put
forth to extcrminate them. Swat the
rat, should be the slogan in Iowa on
every farm as well as in the towns.
Many of the high brow professors are
scOlding the housewives for waste of
food. Why, bless you, the rats are
destroying more foodstuff nightly than
q thousand housewives handle in a
week.
Eight years ago E. M. Newcomer, OF
county, invested $3.50 for a
pure bred Guernsey heifer and he has
realized 1886 during the past eight
years from that $3.50 investment.
Joe Mcdonald is building cement
walks around his residence on the
arm six miles north of Vail. All the
buildings on the farm will be re.
PAINTED.
Z Mrs. Flynn is building new set OF
buildings on her farm one and half
niles northeast Of Vail.
\ l believe the good roads slogan
should be Proper Drainage" In build
ng roads not enough attention is paid
% the drainage of the same. AS far
back as the mind of man runneth, this
neglect of the most important part OF
,oad work has been in vogue. Like
he house built upon the sand, these
roads will not Withstand the floods.
Side bitches of sufficient size to carry
away the storm water can usually be
without difficulty. When
properly crowned, drained and main
tanned with the split-lOg drag can be
made to answer the requirements fair
" well. If the ground is springy the
side bitches may be made deeper, or
the ground water may be carried by