The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL.
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
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s.~v1 ~ 1John H. D. Gray ~
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers

80 and the. outside finish will be stuc
co. It will be finished in oak on the
first floor. An electric lighting plant
will be installed to furnish light fOr
the residence and other buildings
Last fall large silo was erected and
a water tank built on the top OF same
The tank holds eighty barrels OF wat
er.
Never in the history OF the world
has the dairy cow be;.'l called npon to
perform such an enormous task as she
is today From every reliable source
comes the warning that the supply OF
milk and its products must not only
be maintained, but greatly increased
to meet the national demands. 'Ihis
fact, coupled with INT re than l2O0
per cent increase IN the exports of
condensed milk and a doubling and
TRIPPING of other dairy products places
vital duty upon the shoulders OF
American dairymen.
Mike Mallory, Jr., does not raise
pure bred hogs, but he has a hog
house much better than many hog
houses where pure bred stock Is rails
ed. The house was built early last
spring. 1t is 16X40 and the side
walls are made OF drop siding. 1t
sets up high and dry on solid &c.
,nent foundation. 1t has a board floor
and is we'll looked after in the way Of
sunlight and ventilation. An alley
runs through the center and the il.
terror is divided off j., pens by move
partitions and }: one grand hog
house. You fellows who are going to
build one this fall had better make 4
few dollars for yourself by visiting
this farm which is located five miles
south of Denison. There is one thing
lacking, however. When he builds a
cement feeding floor along the south
side of this house,I will be satisfied,
and so will he Now don't think this
is the only up to the minute building
on this farm He has building which
is not near so large but. oh man, you
should see what husy little place
it is 1t is the power house and in this
building is located 4 small gasoline
engine which furnishes power to OPP.
crate the cream separator, pump wat
er-but he assured me that none OF it
gets into the cream--churns butter,
turns grind stone and runs the wash
ing machine. In large and nearly
new barn | found part of it devoted
to the comfort OF his mich cows. 1t
is equipped with the latest improved
steel stanchions and the barn has
plenty OF light. Stalls are provided
to S,fna
located to provide ample drainage.
! wish some of the owners of rent
ed farms could hear what l hear the
men say who rent the farms. While
talking with one renter he said he
did not haul out any more manure on
the farm than he haI to because he
would not be there the next year to
ge-t the good Of it. Another said,
what is the use OF NE fixing up the
fences, trimming up the grove and
hauling manure when ! don't know if
| can get this farm another year.
am not going to do the work and let
spme other fellow get the benefit"
Don't you see that it is the land and
the land owner that is getting it
where the chicken got the ax?" The
land owner who will not rent his turn,
for a longer term than one year is
standing. in his own light. Yes,
know what you think about the DOS
sible increase in the rents But look
here. my friend, you will lose more
by the land being. robbed than You
could possibly lose III the longer per-
iod of rental leases. The best rented
farms have seen are the farms where
the renter holds a three or five year
lease That is his home, not a mere
resting place, as the enc year renter
looks upon his farm. l know many
land owners who will not make a
lease for a shorter period than three
or five years. Some farms have been
rented BY the same renters from ten
to more than twenty years Every.
one Of those farms looks as good as
1t would If the owrfer were farming it
himself The buildings and fences
are kept in repair. and the fertility or
Of the land has been pre-
vel. 1t those farms were placed
on the market today they would bring
the owner at least fifty dollars per
acre more than the farm land that
has been yearly robbed by the renter
and its shoTt-sighted owner. who pre-
ferred it rather than take chance Of
rents being increased. Oh, my broth
err, wake up. heNfertility of the soil
must be preserved and strengthened.
This Is not so much for your own
profit as for the welfare Of your chill
lren and the GINNING genera iOnS YOu