The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-28
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray
EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers
John H. D. GRAY

great deal of hay, ana When nave
more than will 60 into the barn loose
hitch the tractor to baling press
and bale part of the crop. 1t takes
lust about one-fourth of the space in
the NOW for ton of hay that is baled.
in comparison with the space required
when the hay is loose.
Zone simple device in the cow barn
saves the men a lot Of time and
labor. 1t is nothing more than long
narrow feed bin just in front of the
manger. While this feed bin is only
eight inches wide at the top, 1t holds
500 bushels of grain, and needs to be
filled only two or three times a year.
There are as many partitions in the
bin as there are cows, so that 1t is
possible to put in mixed ration,
differing in each bin if necessary.
When the stock is fed it isn't neces-
sary for the man to fill cart or a
basket and walk down the row, dish
ing it out to the different COWS. He
takes his measure and turns back the
covers, while he walks down the row,
lifting the feed out of the bin direct
ly in front of each cow and into her
manger. The men have expressed
their appreciation of this time saver a
great many times, and feel sure they
work with a much better spirit than
if they had to carry feed every morn
ing and night. =,
Because steel posts are used, 1t
takes not more than half day year
to care for a mile Of fencing, aside
from the time to burn off the weeds un-
der the fence in the fall. .
Some Of the grass in my wooded
pasture froze out in spots last winter.
| didn't let this 60, but had the men
sow clover seed on these bare spots
just as early in the spring as possible
and in that way prevented q loss.
I'm handling my clover l cut 1t just
once. In fact, never figure on cut
ting any crop more than once year.
About two weeks after the crop is
cut turn the cattle into the field and
let them pasture it the rest of the
season, leaving good long growth
on for protection during the winter.
II do not ask my men to work long
hours, except in the rarest emergency
cases. With these labor saving de-
vices they are usually able to get
the work all done in plenty Of time to
quit a 6 o'clock every night. There
are a few chores to do after this, OF
course, but these are done early in the
evening"
Louis Jepsen reports that his corn
field was in the path Of the hail storm
which visited that section of the coun-
ty last summer and in addition to be-
ing hit by the hail much of the corn
is soft. This is sort Of adding insult
to injury. He is located about four
and half miles south Of Schleswig
He will ship a mixed car Of hogs and
cattle the first Of December. 1ar
Axel Linberg is located about one
and a half miles east Of Vail. He be-
lieves he will have considerable good
corn. He did not husk it as early as
some and in place of putting 1t In the
crib he made q temporary crib to store
most of the, crop. 1t was built on an
exposed location. away from all build
ings and upon hill, where the wind
can get to it. The crib is eight feet
wide, sixty-four feet long and tel
high. First fence posts were laid or
the ground and floor built upor
them; this permits circulation O.
air underneath the floor and keep
the corn from absorbing the moisture
from the ground as we'll. Another
crib was built like this one, but it is
mucl, smaller. He has sorted out mos
of the sOftest corn and his corn look'
like it will keep. If it does it will b.
a little gold mine, for there is goinl
to be a scarcity of good corn mex
spring and seed corn will be selling
for high price. Mr.. Linberg has
lfifty-five head of spring pigs in the feet
lot, and many of them look very good
He has saved twenty-five head TO-
! brood sows. The Chester White swim
are raised by Mr.. Linberg and the
! are a pretty sight to see. The Lang
shan chickens are raised on this farm
| A look at his pigs and chickens, i
seems to me. would discourage anyOn'
from raising mixed breeds.
o.
Henry G. Miller resides about two
and half miles southeast of Schles
wig. Last summer, while at work OF
the farm, he noticed young jack rah
bit. He gave chase and captured II
After he caught it he did not know
what to: do with it, but finally decides
to mark it and let it 60. He slit boil
. us ears. me HISL VI ldSL Weoh IL
decided to try his luck hunting. HI
was very successful and shot three
jacks and one cotton tail. One of thu
jacks had both it's ears slit and h
believes it is the one he let go las
summer. The part of this story. whicl
interests me most is the fact that h
gave me one Of the jacks and it wa
certainly good eats. Henry will re
paint all of the buildings on the farm
before winter sets in, but I hope h
will find time to occasionally go hunt
ing and that he will always be as sue
cessful as he was last week. Remem
Der the poor editor that is with yo1
always, Henry.
No doubt the readers of this de
partment remember of an article tina
appeared several weeks ago about TIN
cattle Tracey North was feeding Of
his farm north of Vail. The cattl
were shipped recently to Chicago
There were fifteen car loads of ther
and they averaged about 1900 pound
and brought $3.50 per hundred, which
made Tracey some money. He bough
257 head of calves at Omaha and nov
has them on the farm. They will b.
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