The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-14
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. d. Gray n q.
EDITOR .
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers
John II. D.=sCn3y:
EDITOR
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not been compelled to board around in
hotels and cafe can appreciate just
how good home cooked meal tastes
to a hungry man. R.. 1T
On the Tracey Chapman farm about
four miles southwest of Vail l saw
a temporary corn crib which was 8x1O0
feet. 1t was made of woven wire with
wooden stats. Don't think this is the
only corn crib on this we'll improved
farm. There is o real crib and gran.
ary,, which holds 5000 bushels OF ear
corn. While it is well ventilated, but
nevertheless. three rows Of extra ven
tilatOrs have been placed. through the
crib. A young man living on this farm
husked 10 bushels of corn the day be.
fore / called and had O good chance to
repeate the next day, for he had husk.
ed IS bushels that morning and was
going on high when called in the af-
ternOOn. W.,
J. G. Harrington has a slightly place
about one and half miles south Of
Vail. The buildings and surroundings
certainly are fair to look upon, IS
you travel along the road. The build
ings have been built during the past
two years. He has horse and cattle
barn almost completed. 1t, IL 36xl8
with fourteen foot posts. The space
for the horses is along the east end,
16x36,-with room left in the northeast
corner for his automobile, the rest of
the first floor is devoted to the cattle
barn. Mr. Harrington has nice
herd of pure bred Hereford cattle
which he has been breeding for about
six years All, with the exception of
about six head, were bred by j. G.
r. F. Ellis has been very busy man
the past summer, for one of his age.
He resides just across the track from
the l. c. station at Ellis. Last spring
he planted 0ne-half pound Of onion
seed and has harvested nearly thirty
bushels from the patch. They are the
Red Globe variety. He also planted
not quite three acres to navy beans
and, as reward for his labors, has
harvested more than thirty bushels of
beans. At the present prices this has
been very profitable crop. He had o
twenty-five acre field of pop corn and
all but about six acres, planted late, Is
of good quality.
A drive over the county has con-
WINGED me that many OF the farmers
will have their corn picking finished
by this time and that much of the
corn Is soft. The corn, as a, whole, Is
far ahead of the yield last year and
the quality of two years ago, when we
had so much soft corn. find some
fields with not more than ten per cent
soft corn but many much worse. ~
believe there is not d field In this c0,.n-
ty that is free from soft corn. Be sure
to sort 0ub as much Of the soft corn
as possible-and put in extra ventila.
ton. 1t will pay you big to do this.
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A few weeks ago called at the farm
of ]. H. Krahl, about a mile northeast
OF Vail, and during q visit with Mr..
Krahl he intimated that he might sell
his farm ut auction. i wrote up the
farm and 1t appeared in the next issue
OF this great Preside visitor. Il saw
Mr.. Krahl at Vail last week Wednes-
day and he said he had decided to not
sell the farm. Said he, AFTER read-,I
Illk IuC dIllClC LuO 1ACV1C" H0uC
up my mind to not sell the farm. II
1t was that good, l would keep 1t"
What do you know about that?
80 D. ,.--s., t \
A Boston dispatch says that q i
standard loaf of wheatless bread will
be adopted by hotels throughout that |
state according to an announcement !;
after q conference by leading hotel |
and the state food ad.
A committee was appoint
ed to compile recipes from which the
hest will be submitted to every hotel
chef and made public for home use.
Plans were also adopted to enforce
two fish days a week at all hotels. The |
hotel men also voted to institute poul-
try days.
Manning Monitor: W0rkmen, are
busy on the William Zimmerman farm !
southwest Of Manning removing dirt
so that the land be better drained. and
so that part of the land can be flooded
II desired. Mr.. Zimmerman has one
Of the largest iiocks Of wild ducks in
Iowa, and part OF the improvement !
will be made that they have a pefma. /,
nent home, and o place to hatch their |
yOuAE. iNoAuCC SCAAu& gu0 UulCuCA onVp |
to HIS son. Henry, Mr.. Zimmerman
has been spending lot Of time and
money improving his property.
o. "a |
Farmers should not overlook the
sale to be held In Deni- |
son this week Saturday. have seen
some of the live stock which will be
sold and can promise you that It Is
good in quality. sChas. c. Speck, who
has been breeding those big type Pol
and China pigs for number Of years.
will send several heal of his best
swine to this combination sale.
Scranton Journal: Sanford Gray has
added two brood sows to his classy
herd of Durocs. He purchased them
ut the North sale held near Vail re-
Gently and paid $185 each for these
sows. They are Model Girl and Mod.
Ell Critic and good stock judges who
have seen them pronounce them the
best brood sows ever brought to
Greene county