The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-31

sire dehorned cattle. The cattle are
more cOngenial in the feed lot, inJure
each other less and make better gains
so many feeders have told me. III
their wild state these projections were
used by them principally for self-de
Tense, but in their domesticated con
dition horns seem to be useless, dan
gerous and very costly. The best time
to dehcrn the cattle is when the calves
are three or four weeks old. Then the
chemical process which works salts
lfactorily can be carried on easily and
with practically no pain.
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l have visited several farmers in
their corn fields during the past week
and nearly all of them report consider
able soft corn Considerable of the
soft corn will be fed on the farms tc
hogs and it may produce indigestion
! if so worms will cause considerable
trouble.
J. w. Roush will build garage I'm
"a on the farm two miles north Of Dun
lap.
Henry Schoupp has built a 14X22 ad
dition to his residence in section sew
enteen, Boyer township.
lam a little jealous of ]. H. A,
Christensen, for he has as many
names as l have. He resides about
three miles northwest of Ricketts,. He
was not at home when l called at his
home. l noticed a small building be-
ing built and was told it was wash
house,
A lady friend, who resides in the
state of North Dakota, told me the
other day that in the town where she
lives business man had built a stOr'
age cellar, or pit, for storing potatoes
during the winter months. The farm
ers store their surplus spuds in this
pit, paying five cents per bushel for
the first month and one cent per
month for each additional month: The
pit in her home town is 6Ox6O. about
ten feet deep and the walls and floor
are made of concrete. The pit is un'
der ground and the wagons are driven
on the top and the potatoes are dump
ed in a chute. In Minnesota, l am
told, there are many Of these potato
pits.
Harry Morgan resides just across the
county line in Willow township, Mo.
mona county. He built silo this year
and will find silo goes very nicely
with the dairy business, which he is
working into. Right now he is milk
ing eleven head Of cows, seven Hol-
stems, two Jerseys and two Polled Dur
hams. He has ten head of heifers
that will freshen next spring and then
he will have a nice bunch of mich
cows. This summer he installed a
milking machine and says: would not
take any amount for it if l could not
get another
They're off. The husking of corn
has started. This year it looks like a
family reunion out in the corn fields.
Many of the farmers are being assist
ed by the other members OF the family.
1t looks like the farmer don't intend
to hire any more husking than is abb
solutely necessary. In some cases the
good wife has put on the gloves and
is assisting in the work, and, in some
cases, the rosy checked daughter may
be seen, tossing King Corn into those
High wagon boxes. A few weeks OF
good weather will solve the question
of whether or not it will be necessary
to employ extra help to gather the
corn. As soon as farmer has com.
pleted his husking he will assist his
neighbor and this is the right spirit.
l always like to visit a neighborhood
where the farmers are neighbOrly and
assist one another. 1t works to their
mutual benefit as we'll as cultivates a
good feeling for each other. Life is
short at best and we should all try to
tighten the burdens of our neighbors.
Many hands make the burden lighter.
Emil Snow has built garage, 16x
%, on his farm in section twenty-five,
Iowa township. Mr.. Snow is one of
those big hearted fellows a. person
likes to meet. When / called at his
farm last week he was busy installing
corn elevator, but had time for a
little chat. ! knew him when ! re-
sided In the town of Manning and 1t
was certainly pleasure to renew old
acquaintances.
L. G. Dorale is we'll known to the
farmers living adjacent to Denison, for
he resided here for several years, NOV
ing to the west part of the county
some seven years ago. He is building
a very good barn ON his farm in sec
ton five, Charter Oak township. 1t is
horse and COW barn, 5Sx64, twenty
six feet high. 1t will have plenty of
space for storing hay and will make a
very desirable faran build)ngl Mr..
Dorale thinks kindly of the dairy bus
mess. He has the skim milk for
feeding calves and hogs and that little
old cream check comes in mighty
handy. too. In the near future milk
ing machine will be installed. A milk.