The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-12
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray
#Hs@#5 EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
4 49,. and Farmers r. IF q s~ea r.,
John H. D. Graz
EDITOR

lin the country.A1sswhat there is should
he saved for seed SsOld seed corn has
already sold for $40 bushel this fall
Sixth. 1t is estimated. that at least
6OTo of the seed for next year must
yet come from the fields and cribs
termination tests of corn taken from
the fields since frost prove there are
some fields from which fair amount
of seed can be secured.
Seventh. Neighboring states from
which under normal conditions suit
able seed corn might be secured, are
as badly in need Of seed as Iowa.
Eighth. There are a few counties
in northeastern Iowa that may have
to import some seed corn. Every
available ear of home grown corn
should be used as it will be better
adapted to local conditions. Parties
could we'll afford to spend twice the
money to locate and secure local seed
rather than import it.
Ninth. The logical thing to do in
most localities is to locate all corn in
fields and cribs from which some seed
might be secured. Get as much as pos.
sible OF this corn sorted and stored in
dry, well ventilated places, or sorted
and cribbed by itself. 1t must be kept
clearly in mind that this corn will all
need to be ear tested and that only a
portion of it will be suitable for seed
next spring The high price Of seed
will more than pay for the work and
the corn discarded in the spring will
bring a good price on the market, as
it will be in good shape.
Tenth. The best method of pro-
cedure for given county will de-
pend upon local conditions, but the
ultimate object is all the same a sup.
ply Of good seed corn.
c. M. Peterson, proprietor Of the
Evergreen Hill Stock Farm, located
three and half miles northwest Of
Dunlap, was a pleasant caller last
week. He was here making arrange
ments for the printing Of his catalog
for his public sale of bred sows and
dropped into our office for a little
chat. Mr.. Peterson is considered to
be one of the leading breeders of the
big type Poland China swine. He
informs me that he will sell fifty
head of pure bred soWs. Twenty of
them will be bred to King l., his first
prize junior yearling at the National
Swine Show, twenty to Long Big Bob,
and ten to Giant MASTERPIECE. In
Giant Masterpiece, Mr.. Peterson be-
lieves he has a great prospect for a
show hog. He was purchased for
long price at the Meyers Bros. sale
at Fontenell, Nebr. The foreman Of
the Review job department tells me
that the catalog for Mr.. Peterson $
bred SOW sale will be ready for distri-
button about January 10. ...
. A Wisconsin newspaper contained
the following last week: 1.-THE large
amount of soft corn in the corn grow
ing states of the middle west together
with the urgent demand and need Of
the whole world for fat have resulted
in the shipment of many cars of "ship-
per" pigs from this county. Farmers
hog buyers from Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana have been in touch with the
Agricultural Department, hog buyers
and farmers of our county in their Ell!
deavor to purchase hogs of this type
weighing from go to 100 pounds
through which they can market much
of their soft corn. A considerable num-
Der of purchases have been nfade
and inquiries. are daily being received,
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