The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-17
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. d! Gray
III. EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers
John Fl. D. Gray

tile drains. Drainage and goo
foundation are the first consideration
in improving a road with hard sur
face. To remain smooth and dry ;
reasonable unyielding foundation
should be provided and the drainage
must be good
| Don't swear when you are driving
over some of those rough roads which
have been left only half finished. Tht
fellow who made those roads and left
the sod and Jumps in the road drives
over them too. bet he removes his
false teeth and holds them in his
hand for fear of losing them, when
driving over the roads.
On the 440 acre farm of J. H. kral
which is located about one.half mile
northeast of Vail, l found something
which was good to look upon. 1t was
a cider press surrounded by about two
hundred apple trees and upon many
of those trees were apples just wait
ing to be placed into the press. l as
sisted Mr.. Kral pick the apples and l
wished my neck was a half mile long
when | drank that cider. 1t was Ger.
tainly great. We used a white crab
apple for the cider and, take it from
me, they are extra good cider apples.
All the trees are bearing and there are
a number of young trees which have
only recently started bearing. While
on the farm l took the opportunity OF
looking over some of the buildings
and found much to interest me- That
hollow tile silO which is 16x47 Is one
of the most attractive have ever seen.
1t has an ornamental single roof and
it is certainly a beauty. The horse
barn, which is 60x7O, is worth going
far to see. The convenience of feed
ing the stock is what appealed to me.
In the center of the barn is large
NOW, extending from floor Of barn to
rafters, and it is filled with hay and
straw. There is stable room for TWEEN.
ty-three head of horses and every one
can be fed from an alley which runs
in front of all the stalls. making it
to 60 in stall to feed
either hay or grain to the horses.
There is bin room for about 1000
bushels of grain in this barn. Wooden
'pouts convey the grain from the bins
to small bin conveniently placed
n the alley. Besides this big horse
Darn there is a cow barn, 24x32, and it
s also nicely arranged. A big double
,orn crib and granary took up con-
siderable of my time. This building
S 32x6O, with twelve foot posts. 1t
will store 5000 bushels of ear corn
md the two grain bins will hold seven
n eight hundred bushels of small
grain. 1t has cement floor in drive
way and floors of corn cribs. OF
course it has the other things neces.
;ary to make it a modern farm build
ng. The hog house is 1Sx4O and has
board floor Seven breeding pens
ire built on each side of the alley run
ling through the center of building.
\ complete water system has been
installed on the farm. Mr.. Kral has
purchased a very desirable farm
lake and l will not be surprised to
lear that he has decided to sell his
Crawford county farm and move to
3uena Vista COUNTY. have visited
he Buena Vista county farm several
lines and can assure his many friends
lear Vail that he has a very good
However, he is passing up
| mighty good farm in good COM
nunity and conveniently located only
! half mile from that prosperous little
;ity of Vail, If he decides to 60 to
Storm Lake.
Vail Observer: The land sale held on
Friday attracted considerable atten-
ion. The P. J. Lally farm of 100
acres brought $245 an acre and was
bought by Edw. Saunders, of Manila.
The F. L. North place, 240 acres, was
bought by John O'Boyle, of Pleasant
IN, for $2O6 an acre. J. J. Mccormick
lid not sell the place he advertised.
October is a good month to repair
The buildings and get them in good
shape for winter use. This is especial.
y true of sheds. barns, feed lots and
)ther buildings used by livestock. The