The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-26

northeast of Schleswig, but in these
years he has put it through the grand
transformation act. He is putting dol
lars into his farm and he certainly Is
taking dollars out of it in excess. Sue
cess seems to be written on every
building and upon every field the eye
beholds on this farm. 1t has all been
fenced and cross fenced hog tight
When Mr. Wellendorf bought the farm
the buildings were not near so plen.
tiful as they are today. Today it is
buildings to the right of you, build
ings to the left buildings, buildings
and good ones, too. That large and
attractive modern home is equipped
with all the cOnveniences that make
life worth the living. Splendid cleo.
trio fixtures are in every room, and
the light comes from a private plant
on the farm which also furnishes juice
for the other buildings and several
lights out of doors. While the hog
house is not the largest building on
the farm, yet it was the first to catch
my eye, and Mr. Wellendorf kindly
consented to show me through it. The
building is 2Gx72. 1t is arranged with
ten foot alley through the center of
the building and has twelve 6X8 pens
on each side Of it. The partitions are
movable, so they may all be removed
and the building be made one big
building If so desired. Ventilation,
that big item in planning for a sue
cessful building has been looked af-
ter 1t is twenty feet from floor to
the peak of the roof and there Is
drop of six feet on the south side Of
roof. In this space twelve double
sash windows have been placed. Six
ventilators have been placed in this
part of the building near the top.
They are eight inch pipe with an ell
bow and extend short distance above
the roof. II Mr.. Wellendorf was to
put them in now he would put in
twelve inch pipe in place of eight.
There are twelve single sash windows,
with four small panes Of glass in
each sash, on the north and south side
walls, about four feet above the floor.
The only fly in the ointment is the dirt
floor in the alley and Adolph promised
me he would lay concret floor soon.
Don't think this Is the only hog house
on the farm, for there is another al
most as good. Corn being too valu-
able to throw to the hogs on the
ground, concrete feeding floor 24X32
has been made. BY the way, concrete
feeding floor is an investment that
will Bring certain returns. 1t will pay
for itself in less than two years, from
the saving in grain. Speaking OF
grain reminds me that two bin gran
airy, Sx1G, has been built by the feed
ing floor This building now contains
mill stuff and oats. ! noticed num-
Der of large and small self feeders
placed around the yards and build
ings for the hogs. A horse barn, 32X
40, was on the farm ten years ago
and it. is still there doing business at
the old stand. A large COW and cattle
barn 5Gx56 has been built since. |
want to call your attention to a con-
venience in this building that l have
never seen elsewhere. 1t is a self
feeder built in the west wall of the
building, which holds about $50 bush
els of grain 1t is filled from the out
side Of the building and is used only
during stormy winter days. The feed
ing cattle have access to this only.
There are two large and we'll arranged
chicken houses, a double corn crib
and a smaller one, two machine sheds
and a garage. Water is piped to all
the buildings on the farm where need
ed and l also noticed 4 pair of large
scales set in a convenient place. This
quarter section has sufficient build
ings for farm twice it's size. 1t cost
it's owner less than 800 per acre ten
wears ago but it would be necessary
to make an offer of more than $500
right now to get him to even consider
it. might add that neatness and or
der prevail everywhere and that there
is every indication that AdOlph knows
his business.
About one mile north Of Denison
may be found tire Golden Rule herd
of Duroc Jersey registered swine. 3.
W.. Hunt is owner of this good herd.
He has been breeding them ever since
he was boy, and he is a big boy now.
He is certainly Duroc fan. When he
was given the choice of color for his
own hair he selected Jersey red. At
the recent Crawford county fair he
made nine entries and the following
is list of winnings: First on aged
boar, first and second on boar under
six months, first and second on sow
under six months and the grand
sweepstakes prize. Long Model, the
three-year-old boar which captured
& IlrSI pace, WAS the largest nOS 1T the
/. fair, and weighed about 800 pounds
Another big fellow is Giant Defender,
a larger boar than Long Model. He
now weighs about 500, but could be
made to weigh 1000. He is now four
years old and weighed 500 pounds as
senior yearling. Messrs. Hunt &
Mcdonald will hold a public sale of
DuFocs in Denison. at the Laub barn,
Saturday, October 9th. Mr. Hunt will
putin twenty-five head Of extra choice
stuff, twenty fall and spring boars and
five open gifts. l had the pleasure Of
looking over the Offering and found a
lot tof corking good boars that will
make good herd boars for any breeder
who may be in need of good herd
header. The gifts are also very good.
In fact all of the Golden Rule herd
are strong on bone and stretch. A bet
ter line of the most popular blood lines
cannot be found in any sale Offering
than will be offered at the Hunt & Nc
Donald sale, October 9th.
Farming has undergone n reVOIutiOn