The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-14
John Fl. p. Gray
@.e' Editor ~ e,

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Crawford County
4 Farmers ., ..- ~. ", ,.. ..:,
West Side. He IS feeding sixty head
LOT cattle and also has $50, head Of
spring pigs. He has been raising high
grade Chester White for some, time
and recently purchased q reglstered
male from Buena Vista county breed
er. He, too, has more soft, corn than
he likes, but is sorting it.. The, soft
corn is run through an e1silage cut
ter and fed to his cattle. ! believe he
will find this q profitable way to use
the soft corn. I know q man who did
this two years ago and he told me he
got good results. He is q big feeder
and had two silos on his farm, but
/ he erected q temporary silo, built Of
2x6; lumber. in which this soft corn
was stored. II you want more infor-
nation from the gentleman, his name
Is Job Frances, and his address Is
Storm Lake, Iowa. He owns 400
acres of Buena Vista soil and feeds
several cars Of stock yearly. Recent.
ly Wallaces' Farmer sent man to
interview Mr.. Frances and among 9th
or things the interview which appeared
in that farm journal said: THE silo
proved so effective-he has two, each
18x52-in preserving ordinary field
corn, that one year he bought q silo
exclusively for soft ear corn. 1t was
the year when soft corn was so plent
tiful and when, 1t was almost impOs.
sible to get sound corn at fair price.
He bought small sized silo, erected
It temporarily and announcer himself
as being in the market for soft corn.
Neighbors brought soft corn which
they could not keep-load after load,
Whenever a load came In, he cranked
the gas engine and started cutter,
which delivered the corn into the silo.
About q barrel of water was added to
each load of corn. In this way Mr..
Frances utilized for winter feeding
about 1000 bushels of neighborho0d
soft corn. The soft ear corn silage
was fed with judgment as grain, and
it kept finely until June. at which time
it was all fed out. 1t did not produce
the same gain as sound corn would
have produced, but it met the emer.
gency in an efficient way, and con-
WINGED Mr.. Frances that the silo, is the
logical destination for soft corn
crop" s:'ft
Adolph Eggert, of Denison, has been
out on the farm assisting his son. WIN.
during corn picking time. When i
called last week Friday he had h large
cottonwood tree. s!on the ground and
was trying % chop II into Are wood
by the assistance Is an ax md about
. dozen wedges. He Threatened to
haul the remainder Of the tree away
and drop 1t into. the river, when VIM
is not looking, M you have ever tried
to chop cottonwood, about two fest
in diameter, yoii VIII not blame him
II he does it. Mr.. E9gert enjoys these
trips out in the country. II "A sort Of q
recreation for him to get cut on the old
farm, don overalls and do the work he
knew so we'll how to, do in the days ~
long ago. There Is 4 great fascination
to farm work and We believe It would
be beneficial TO Al Of the retired farm
ers ii they would occasionally 10 10
the farm for lev days NOV and then,
IL they do moi work too hard. Its is
the same with the refined newspaper
men. they like to visit the printing
Office occasionally for few minutes
to smell the ink and see IL the old Of
fee towel Is sttll standing in the, cor.
ner. III; SUI. 1jss.s.ai ..ss: n t.
Ida Grove Pioneer: A committee
from the Ida County Bankers Improve.
ment association appeared this week
before the county supervisors and OBJ
tanned permission to use room at the
court house as an office for county
agent under the Federal Farm Emer-
gency act. Further action on the mat.
ter will be taken at ? meeting of the
bankers at Arthur Thursday Of this
week. Under the new law, the gov
eminent will pay county agents sal.
airy to the; amount of $4,000, provided
q county organization is formed and
local expenses guaranteed.
There are those who argue that the
soft corn, of which there is consider.
able in this county. Is really bless
ing for It will force the feeding Of
more live stock. There would have
been the strongest temptation to ship
out the corn this winter II it had been
of good grade on account of the high
prices and the chances the farmer
takes who feeds live stock. but II the
corn will not grade, there Is every
likelihood that 1t will be fed. Already
several farmers who did not intend to
feed have shipped in live stock for this
purpose. -
John Nicholson, the manager of the
Shotwell Manufacturing company, at
Ida Grove, has Investigated the con.
dition Of the crop Of pop corn around
that vicinity and states he didn't find
one crib Of good sound pop corn that
was examined; he also states that o.
pop corn concern at Sioux City had
bought q bunch OF pop corn around
Schaller for $3.25 and when the first
few loads were delivered they refused
to accept any more and made a settle.
ment of, $1.4O for the pop corn already
brought to- town. & |
Carroll Herald: One farmer in
Pleasant Valley township has met the