The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-01
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. d. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers

| ture, industry, the home and school.
In this clearing house of education
the farmer learns what the manufac-
turer the merchant and the banker
are and have been doing to make his
labor less arduous and his farm more
profitable and the town resident learns
what progress is being made in asri-
! culture. A bond of common interest
is created which means much to both
town and county.
The farmer learns by actual obser-
walton of the newest devices and i'm
lprovements in agricultural implements.
| He learns in what way they assist in
| soil cultivation. in plant growth, in
| sowing, in harvesting, in threshing He
learns the economic value OF the more
modern machinery, of the silo, of mo-
tor power on the farm.
The urban dweller is furnished a
vivid picture of the agricultural re-
sources of the community. He learns
about the fertility of the soil in the
vicinity; of what is being done to in
! crease the farm yield; to improve the
quality of live stock, and to multiply
the total dairy product. The poultry
| end of the farm is also in evidence
and the effort being made to make
the hens lay two eggs where they
only laid one before, is always OF
great interest.
Every man and woman, whether
town or country resident, is brought
into closer touch with the home life
of others. All imbibe that broader
;f.L
that ideal education which is service
to self and all humanity.
Plan to attend the fair Your
friends will be there, so plan to go
and have chat and renew old ac-
! quaintances.
Farming a Business.
Today farming and agriculture have
been given a supremacy in the business
world and require the same advanced
methods as any other line OF COM
merce. Farming is now being consid-
cred as business, and living is not
sufficient for the modern agriculturist.
Years ago, when a man failed at eV-
cry thing else. as last resort, he
turned to farming The gO-as-you
please style of farming is now num-
bered with the things that were.
Farm life is not the drudgery it
used to be. Improved machinery and
improved methods of cultivating the
soil and gathering crops, fortified by
modern business methods, make farm
ing one of the most up-to-the-mlnute
occupations. on earth.
The farmers home life and sur
roundings have also changed. When
meal time comes he sits down to a
table loaded with good things to eat,
cooked right by the good wife and
served by the rosy checked daughter
Oh you dandy chicken with biscuits
swimming in gravy! The home is the
finest. 1t is modern throughout and
has more convenienceS than many or
the homes of his less favored brethren
who are trying to exc out an eXls-
tence in some crowded city.
The farmer no longer is JEALOUS OF
the city jewellers. He knows the city
is the abode Of many dissatisfied and
unfortunate who are surrounded by
prosperous farmers (who live twenty
four hours a day the ideal life that is
close to nature, enjoying the freedom
of Gods great outdoors. Prosperity
and cOntentment is in evidence on
every hand. No wonder the farmers
are 10th to leave this paradise for a
residence in the celestial city. Sure
: ly it is good to be here.
A gentleman from back east was
entertaining several on the train last
Monday in a description of the worn
out farms of the east, and how they
could be made to blossom like the
rose. | was born in the state OF Penn
sylvania, on farm, and ! know a Few
things he didn't mention. He forgot
to speak of those corn planters with
fertilizer attachment. Every time
the planter drops the corn in the
ground, ii also drops enough fertilizer
to give the corn start How differ
ent in good old Iowa. There lives
young man in northwestern Iowa, the
son of farmer. who recently placed
an order for a pair of shoes to be
made for him. When the shoes came
they were size twenty-five, and the
young man refused them, because he
was not used to wearing tight fitting
shoes. An investigating committee
was appointed by Governor Harding
so | was told, to investigate and re-
port why the young mans feet did so
we'll The committee reported the
young man had formed the habit OF
going barefoot on the farm III the
good old summer time and the fertile
Iowa soil got in its work.
| understand the governor will re-
commend that law be passed re-
straining the young man from walking
on the farm on his barefoot 1t is
hoped the high price OF shoe leather
will be torpedoed.
. = AS I drive through the county and