The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-01

the spring, to give the grass start
for the silagc will take the place o
the pasture. With sio on the farm
a large part of the dry feed, such a:
hay, may be sold or other grain RAISED
instead. -.-Aa
| When | called at the farm home OF
Eathen Crane, about two miles wes1
of Vail, found him just leaving fol
the harvest field. l noticed a sever
acre field of alfalfa across the rOat
| from the house and Mr. Crane told
me he had just finished the second cut
| ting this season. 1t looked good tC
! me. This is the second year for this
field. He is getting about one and
! One-half tons to the acre this cut
ting, the first cutting not quite az
| heavy. This field is rented from Mr.
Tracey Chapman. Mr.. Crane farms
the Mrs. Will Mason farm and has a
| ten acre field of alfalfa on the same
| which is three years old and is yield,
! ing about the same as the other field
He has the ear marks of progressive
young farmer and gave evidence OF
his appreciation of the Reviews ef'
forts to give the farmers better ser
vice by planking down the price OF
a years subscription.
Plans for the best hog house have
ever seen, and also for a model chick
en- house, were secured from the state
college at Ames at a cost OF just TWEEN.
| ty cents for the blue prints, for both
buildings. The buildings are located
on the, farm of Col. James Jensen,
that famous good fellow and success,
full breeder of Poland China hogs,
about three miles southwest OF the
town of Newell. Buena Vista county.
The buildings are just like the model
buildings on the college grounds and
are the last word in such buildings. J
am afraid the average Iowa farmer
does not take advantage OF the many
helpful departments, which in many
cases will cost him only the postage,
which are at his disposal at the Ames
college. =
am always pleased to see the
cement feeding floors on the farm.
Farmers have told me such floor
is one of the most profitable invest
ments on the farm. The hogs, es-
pecially in the spring, are not forced
to wallow around in the mud to eat
their feed. The farmer does not have
TO wade in the mud either, when
feeding the hogs, if he has cement
feeding floor. The hogs waste less
feed and the saving will soon pay
for the cost of making the concrete
floor. A concrete floor, will last for
years and is almost indispensable on
the farm. 1t looks like throwing
money to the hogs to throw corn on
anything but concrete floor. =
Occasionally l hear farmer COM
planning about the high cost of every
thing he has to buy. Forget it! Stop
for minute and think Of the condi-
ton of the farmers in Europe, where
they are at war, =, You have them
beaten to a FRAGILE. When the sky
seems gray to you, and, as you are
riding in your automobile and making
all the hills on high, congratulate
yourself that you are SO much better
off than the poor, bleeding farmers
of Europe. Get chesty, all swelled up,
durn you, if you want to. Solomon in
all his glory, would not be one, two
three with you.
No boy or girl need be ashamed of
living on the farm, for il they have
taken advantage OF what it has offer
ed, they are we'll fortified for after
life The proud boast of many sue
cessful man in the city is that he
was born on farm. The farmer
bends his knee to none in town. May
he live long and prosner-this son OF
the soil, who is the balance wheel OF
the universe. The farmers skin may
be brOnzed, but his digestion is like
that of q three-year-old mule, and his
bank account as fat as his tavOrite
shOat.
| Way up in the northeast corner Of
the county in Jackson township, IS
the farm home of Fred Dierenfield
and when | called at his home, !
found him busy repairing his water
works. He has a large cistern near
his residence, which is the. highest
point on the farm, and water is pump
ed by windmill from a we'll one-half
mils.west OF the residence The water
Is niped from tho castern 10 the build
ings which gives him, a c0nvenient and
satisfactory water systelh,aso essential
'A " '''''' Il -, 3:s., :,
6 During a pleasant chat with Fl. II.
Sieyers, at West Side, Monday. he
informed me the renter of his 24S
ace farm which lies one-haf mile
east of town. last Saturday sold about
800 bushels of corn for $2.16 BUSH
el That is certainly some price. The
renter, J. B. Mitchell, received about
as manly dollars for single load or
corn as many farmers received for
an entire crop from thirty acres
twenty years ago. l remember when
corn sold for ten ana fifteen cents a
bushel, but that is ancient history.
No doubt many Of the lady readers
of this department are canning fruits
and vegetables for winter use. Much
of it will be what l call sweet stuff.
Many ladies overlook the fact that
men like something tart. | believe
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