The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-19
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray .ss>..-s...,...~.
rE EDITOR ~ E-5F~&fl =.
Live News About Crawford County Farms
Il and Farmers
John H. D. Cray
EDITOR

~ B1oSAS
iiag many 4: farmer to consider his own
needs and his own home supply OF fuel
There are wood lots that need thin
ming; orchards that need sever prun
Ing; old FENCES that are worth more
| for firewood than anything else; and
tbig trees that might we'll be cut down
TO- make room for better young trees
more appropriately placed for orna
ment and future use. Many an un.
profitable old orchard will be cleared
this winter in order to furnish fuel
| for the farm and make room for a
profitable crop of beans or potatoes
next season.
Poultry raising is matter of de-
tails.
There is more profit in winter eggs
than in summer eggs, but few are get
ting them, however. would not be
surprised if someone made the state
Iment that there are very few farmers
getting an average OF ten eggs per
day during the winter months In this
county this winter.
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At farmers institute heard J. w.
Jarnagin make the following compari-
son: IF the Iowa corn crop was placed
on train of freight cars the engineer
on said train would blow the whistle,
when the train was pulling into San
Francisco, and, at the same time, the
conductor would be waving his Ian
tern from the cabOOse as he was pull
ing out Of Buffalo" r.
In response to an invitation from
Ray Mccullough, who is located on his
fathers farm In section twenty.seven.
Milford township, l drove out last week
Tuesday for little talk about certain
matters Ray wanted q little advice
about. While not protesting to be
wise to all things agricultural, it is al
ways 9 pleasure to give any advice |
might be in possession Of. One of the
alfalfa. l told Inn that many prefer
sowing alfalfa in the spring, with a
nurse crop Of oats or barley, the same
as red clover. Alfalfa is not a good
weed fighter, hence the ground should
first be free from weeds before the
seed is sown. Not more than BUSH
ell and half per acre OF oats should
be sOwn. 1t is better to cut oats q lit
tie before ripe and make hay of same.
Land must be well drained to success
fully grown alfalfa upon it. 1t must
be in fairly fertile condition and have
a sweet soil-if not sweet, apply lime.
A new hog house has almost been com
pleted on the Mccullough farm. was
sorry to find q serious mistake had
been made in its construction. 1t Is
in size 2Ox6O and faces the south. In
the roof, on the south side, are two
'S0HS Ot wiAdoNS, bit there: are 10 win
Edows IN the soth wall. II was thought
the lower row Of windows would
throw. the sunlight into the row OF
pens ( on the south side Of build
ing, but 1t does not. 1t throws the
sunlight into the alley. The top row
OF windows throw the sunlight to the
north row Of pens, however. The walls
OF the building are made of hollow
tile brick and the same material is
used in the floor, with q covering of
cement. There are eighteen pens in
the building and all partition walls
may be removed and the interior
thrown into one big room. A grain
bin will be placed in the northeast
corner OF building. Water has been
piped to the building. Two ventilat
ing cupolas are to be placed in the
roof. Ray has about thirty head OF
pure bred Dur0c sows for spring lit.
tiers. Most Of them are registered, all
could be. Why ID 1t that red haired
men seem to prefer the Duroc hogs?
l pass. Let Ray and b. w. Hunt ex.
plain. There were sixty head Of baby
beef in the feed lot and another car
load was expected the next day. 1t
seemed to me almost crime to
slaughter those good young heifers-
about half of the lot are heifers. Ray
seems to be inoculated with pep"
and determination to succeed. l be-
lieve he will do it, too.
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It is claimed that in Black Hawk
county farmers are eating horse meat,
and they like 1t, too. The horse has
been given the honor of being one of
mans most faithful animals. He will
now work for us through storm and
sunshine, and will then lie down and
die for us, that our banquet board may
be graced with a nice juicy steak.
Please have another helping of Old
Bill! Bring me, Oh. bring me, my gal
liant old steed, that may feast from
a chuck steak cut from his proudly
arched neck. 81
Along about the first of September
I visited the farm of George Powell,
located three miles west of Denison. |
While there l saw the two female pigs
Vernon, the thirteen-year-old son, was
feeding as his entry to the Iowa Boys
and Girls Pig club. At that time I
that they looked mighty |
good to me and am now pleased to |
learn that Vernon has been awarded |
in the 1917 Crawford county |
pig club contest by the agricultural
extension department of Iowa State
college. Last year, Charles, the fif-
son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Powell, won the county contest on
calf feeding and took in the sights at
Chicago as 4 reward Tor doing SO. Yer
ION made the following report to the l
college: II started out with my two
pigs when they weighed 40 pounds
apiece. I fed them away from the
other pigs in an old corn crib and
kent them well hedled Corn oats II