The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04

Duroc Jersey Swine
jan 800. S. Larson, Logan.
Jan. Bic. B. McAndrews & Son,
A. Vail. ..5tg.
Feb. is B. A. samuelson & Son, Kir-
March lib. A. samuelson & Son,
Kiron. I'll.
BREED BETTER HORSES SPECIAL
lists SAY
According to reports received by
the United States department OF agrl-
culture the situation in the horse
breeding industry reveals the fact
that there are many nondescript and
plug horses Cutting the markets. This
condition, it is believed, affects the
horse industry in general. The real
good animals are still commanding
satisfactory prices, but the insists are
being sold for considerably less than
the cost of production. The saving OF
additional feed bills is said to be the
motive which prompts the producer TO
dispose of this class of horses, regard
less of price. One of the conclusions
which the department of agriculture
draws from the present situation is
that indiscriminate breeding of horses
Ii an improbable enterprise. 1t is es-
sentjal, the department specialists
add, that farmers use wise discrimina-
tion in selecting the proper type OF
stations with which to mate their best
mares and thus materially aid in pro.
ducing only efficient horses which are
capable of giving the service required
Of them and which consume less val
liable feed for the amount Of work per-
formed. Such horses have a ready
market and always bring good prices
It Is imperative that the breeder who
proposes to compete with the domes-
tic and foreign demands after the war
should begin now to stock up his
stables, with desirable better bred
horses.
Last summer we found but few
farmers who were in favor of the day
light saving plan, and we doubt II the
farmers will favor it another year. In
fact many paid no attention to it last
season, after they had tried it out a
while. II those who favor it will
cause the dew to dry off an hour ear
Her they will remove one of the OBJ
jections to the daylight saving plan.
The hired men were willing to stay
out OF the fields until $3.50 in the morn
ing, to give the dew a chance to dry
on, but they insisted on quitting at 8
O'clock in the evening. The men is
town no doubt favor the plan. They
6 can accomplish the same end by go
ing to work at Z o'clock in the morn
INF in place Of 8, without disarrang-
Ing the farmers work. For the farm
ser 1T many times lost an hours work.
tt lis not necessary to pass laws to
make his hours of labor greater, for
he will, look after that matter him
SELF. Since a considerable Of the
farm work is done by hired help, the
laws regulating the hours of labor
concerns the farmers more than they
did years ago. Whenever you visit
with your county agent tell him just
what you think of this matter. He
may be called upon for report of the
feeling of the farmers in his county
on this subject. If you favor it let
him know it. II he reports that you
Y favor 1t 1t will no doubt assist in bring
ing 1T back again next year. II you
found it detrimental to your work, tell
him so. understand this subject will
be convassed and the report the
county agents make will have much
weight with those who will decide
whether the plan is generally OBJ
served next year or not.
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III Twelve million pounds less of but
ter have been made in Iowa this year
than in 1917 and fifteen million less
than in 1916, when 97,62S,7S8 pounds
were made, according to the latest fig
ures. High prices of feeds and the
scarcity of labor, coupled with the.
fact that until recently the prices Ct
dairy production have not Increased
iii proportion to the cost OF produc-.
tfon, have dealt the dairy industry a
more severe blow than has been the
lot OF any other phase of farm indus
try In. Iowa. But now that the war is
over, definite plans should be made
at once for the men who are milking
Tor building up and improving their
dairy herds and getting ready to put
dairying back to where it belongs,
says C. L. Blackman, of Ames, in
charge Of the COW testing association
work for Iowa. Although some feeds
are high and difficult to get, labor will
become more and more plentiful as
the men are. returned from the front
and cantonments," says Mr.. Black
man in, his November report. AS
labor is a large factor in dairying, the
cost of production will decrease. Pric-
es now paid in most places make it
possible for the dairyman to produce
milk at fair profit. At Mason City
the producers are receiving $3.50 a
hundred for SO per cent milk; at Des
MONIES, $3.50 for 3.5 per cent milk;
at Marshalltown, $3.50 for 3.5 per cent
milk. Allowance Of five cents is made
for, each point above or below the
standard given. On the whole, the
producer iss receiving about 81
pound for butter fat in market milk.
at the creameries he is receiving from
So to 70 cents a pound for fat and
cream to be used in butter making.
Oh. the average the prices paid for
the fat in butter is about IS cents per
pound. These prices do not represent