The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-05
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D! Gray
EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers
John II. D. Gray
EDITOR

needs or taste of the recipient. This
year Is q time, If there ever was one,
when no money should be wasted and
the exchange of worthless trumpery-
the things that are Christmas pres
ents alone and have no other, or any
imaginable use-will quite generally
give way to more sensible gift Sc
lection. And hasty, last moment pur-
chasing is always unwise. Buy now!
While driving along the road a few
miles north of Manila saw a new
building which was very attractive,
on getting nearer discovered 1t was
on the farm of J. H. Healy, that noted
breeder of the mammoth type OF Pol
and China swine. On driving onto
the farm I soon found James and he
escorted me to the new hog house,
which is not quite completed. 1t is
26x48 feet in size. Its walls are made
of hollow tile brick and the building
is a thing of beauty and, l hope, will
be q Joy forever. 1t was built along
the same plans as the Iowa sunlit hog
house in use at the Ames college en-
pertinent farm. Its foundation is made
Of cement and the floors in the pens
are built OF the same material as the
side walls. Before the brick floor was
laid four inches of gravel was placed
on the ground and the brick laid on
it. There is an eight foot alley through
the entire length of building and 1t
has cement floor. Two large doors
have been placed at either end of the
alley, and this makes an opening large
enough to drive team and wagon
through. There is q row Of windows
on each side of the roof and two ven.
tilating cupolas have been placed on
the roof II this does not give Salts
faction the King ventilating system
will be Installed. There are also sew
eral windows in each side OF the build
ing and two in the south end. Mr..
Healy says that q we'll ventilated build
ing is necessity,.if person expects
to save many Of the young pigs; that
q reasonably warm and dry quarters
must be furnished to guarantee sue.
cess. guess he knows, for he has
been very successful in raising hogs
for years. He has just built six of
those "A" movable hog houses and
each has been placed in yard by it.
self. Each house is SxS. While look
ing at the new building I caught sight
of pen containing some of his herd
bears. He has one, Right Type, which
is about as good as can be found any
where. He has height, length, stretch
and a mammoth bone. He Is built
square on both ends and is certainly
the right type. He is only seventeen
months old and will develop into some
thing that will make 'em all sit up and
take notice. He has q litter mate in
the pen, but did not measure up. to
him. in my estimation. Another sire
In this same pen answers to the name
Of Utility. He is also one Of those big
fellows, will now weigh 900 pounds
with his working clothes on. He will
be three years old next February. He
is grandson Of A Wonder. In an
other pen saw the old herd boar, Blue
Valley Orange Second, this grand old
sire met with misfortune to one OF
his feet some time ago which has left
him with a game" foot. He has been
. great breeder, as proof of that state
ment will call your attention to the
fact that he is the sire of Right Type
and his litter mate. That alone should
Q honor enough, but he has sired many
other good ones. There is q nice bunch
Of spring gifts on the farm and they
were mostly sired by Utility, that 900
FOUNDER, which could be easily made
to weigh another hundred. There are
. lot of aged brood sows in Mr..
Healy's herd worth going many miles
to see. After visit at this farm feel
q little chesty whenever anyone speaks
of the Iowa Poland China hogs, that
Is If they praise them. for it seems to
me they must be speaking Of the Craw
ford county swine. Ii you think l am
getting this bit strong, drive over to
the Healy farm and look them over.
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