The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-07
THE REVIE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John II. D! Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John H. D. Gray
Editor
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try department at Iowa State college.
A we'll ventilated house without draft
is essential to keeping the birds in
good health and good laying condition.
"Without exceptional ventilation and
good drying weather, ear corn will
mold after cribbing if it contains more
than % or 80 per cent of moisture when
husked," says the farm crops depart
ment at Iowa State college. Estimates
have been made that at least rs per
cent of the corn in Iowa this fall is
soft and contains all the way from 80
to IS per cent moisture. This soft
corn will dry considerably if allowed
to remain on the stalks for three or
four weeks. If it does not contain too
much water it can be taken care OF
by storing. temporarily at least In
exceptionally we'll ventilated cribs.
The ventilation of the crib Of ordl-
nary width can be increased by laying
in drain tile at frequent intervals
when the corn is cribbed or by any
other method which will give as
much evaporating surface to the
stored corn as possible. Long, narrow
temporary cribs may be made from
woven wire fencing and posts. THESE
cribs are usually built five or six feet
wide and as long and high as desired.
They may be floored with anything
to keep the corn off the damp ground
A temporary roof can be provided.
which may be used for other purposes
when the corn is moved. Such crlD
located away from buildings will have
better ventilation. With January corn
quoted at $1.15 bushel, it will not
take many loads to pay for enough
material for sufficient temporary crib
bling space.
TO BE NO HOG PRICE FIXING.
Hog prices are not to be fixed. Her
bert Hoover, food administrator, mas
made this declaration finally and posi-
lively. Any report to the contrary,
such as the rumOr Of short time ago
that a ten dollar price would be en-
forced, may be set down as coming
from pro-Germans or anti-war propa-
gandists. The food administration
does have the duty of directing export
purchases, says Mr.. Hoover, and will
use that power to make prices staple
and remunerative to the farmers.
"The entire animal husbandry de-
partment Of the Iowa State college
and Iowa experiment station, as well
~as4tthe agricultural extension workers
in the field, heartily endorse the
statements of Mr.. Hoover says Prof.
w. H. Pew, head OF the animal hus-
bandry department at Iowa State col
lege, "This settles the matter. we
want to recommend his message 10
the feeders and breeders OF Iowa..
Mr.. Hoover's message in part was
as follows: o,,,,
stated that it has no intention to nix
the price at which the farmer sells MS
stock. A statement that the food ad'
ministration favors ten dollar hogs
has been widely circulated by insld-
ious means in many states. This IS
propaganda stimulated by pro,Ger-
man. and anti-war sources. we nave
given every publicity to the absurd
ity of such statements, but it seems
impossible to catch up with these
rumOrs.
at must be obvious to any thinking
man that even if we had the power TO
do such a thing it would be grievous'
Nv unfair to the farmer and the neleht
of folly from the point Of view OF ma
tional interest. This sort of rumor IS
not only promulgated in connection
with food matters, but is an attempt
to defeat other governmental actlvi-
ties such as the assembling OF the
army and national finance
On December 1st, Fred X. fucker,
who has been managing a farm near
Davenport, will leave the farm to De-
come county agent in Madison coun-
ty. Tucker is an animal husbandry
graduate from the Iowa State college,
class of 1916 He has had some eNpe-
fence in agricultural extension work
WAYNE and Marion counties have COM
pleted the organization OF their farm
bureaus and will employ agents with.
in a short time About 46 counties OF
the state have now completed their
organization. Mr.. Tucker makes the
34th agent to go to work.
Does your agricultural high school
teach your boys how to use the BAD
focforo