The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-11-06

his farm, located about four miles
northwest of Vail, l decided to drive
out and look the farm over. Soon at.
ter driving on the farm | discovered
that he had been putting in com.
plete water system-complete is right.
| found John was husking corn, so
walked out to the field to interview
him. He and his helper were husking
load of corn to have it on hand to
test the new elevator, as soon as the
men arrived to put it up. The water
system is compressed water press.
ure affair and it enables its owner to
procur fresh water direct from the
well. With this system it is not nee
stossary to build storage tank, for the
water is forced to any place in the
buildings desired. 1t has not only
been piped to the residence, but also
to the barn and hog house, as we'll as
drinking troughs in the lots. A hot
air heating plant has also been in.
stalled this fall John told me that
he had made complete change in his
Poland China herd boars, having dis
posed Of all he had and procured 9TH
ers. He right now has something like
seventy head of young fall pigs on
the farm. H. S. Duncan, the good
judge of4swine and auctioneer, recent
ly bought mighty good spring boar
for John from Ed Cook of Trenton,
Mo. This young boar was member
of the highest priced litter sold thia
year. His name is Buster B and he
was sired by Giant Buster, grand
champion at the Oklahoma state fair
this year. His owner has refused S10,-
900 for him. The youngster Mr..
Byrnes now owns is showing world
of stretch, and stands up high on the
best of feet A yearling sire bought
of Thos. Walker & Sons, of Aexan-
dria, Neb., is almost perfect. You
can't fault his back and he has mass
i've bone and good feet to carry this
heavy weight. His name is Blue Val
lev Jones and he was sired by Blue
Valley Wonder and traces back to the
great A Wonder, the boar which put
Peter Mouw on the map, and is the
foundation Of the real big type Poland
China swine. From Andy Harrington
an extra choice spring boar was also
purchased. Big Bone Giant is his
name and he is by Big Bone Jumbo
and he by Smooth Big Bone, Sievers'
grand champion in 1915. His dam,
K's Giantess, is the best brood SOW in
the Harrington herd. He. will weigh
300 pounds right now, and is still
growing, Tessman's Big Wonder, bred
by Korver Bros, who bred the fam
Gus Gertsdale Jones, is another good
young boar. He is by Critters Best
out of Koryer's Smooth Queen and
John is expecting great Things rf0n,
him Sixty females will be bred for
spring filters to these great herd
boars and those who buy bred sows
at Mr.. Byrnes' sale this winter will
have an opportunity to buy new blood
for their herd He will have females
sired by Smooth Bob and King L in
the sale. as we'll as others from noted
families. The sale will take place.
either the latter part of February or
first week in March. Date will be
announced later
G. G.: Houlihan is building some
thing new, in the way of a hog house,
on his farm 31s miles west of Deni
son. It is two story building, 20X42.
Tie material used for its construc-
ton is hollow tile brick. 1t is located
on side hill facing the south and
many windows have been placed in
the side walls and will also be placed
in the roof to give, plenty of sunlight.
The building will not be completed
until after corn picking is finished. 1t
has been built up to the roof. The
roof will be the monitor type. The
floor for the first story will be hol-
low tile brick and the second story
will be plank. There is a door in the
west and east ends of the second
story and on the west end little
grading will give suitable entrance
from the ground. Water has been
piped to the building and when this
building is completed I believe it will
be the best hog house in the county.
1t will cost lot Of money. So does
the building without windows and
proper ventilation, built on the old
shed plan. Those old buildings every
year cost, in loss of young pigs, near
ly the price of a real hog house. The
fact is that the Iowa farmer today can
not afford to have anything on his
farm in the line Of livestock and build
ings but the very best. Our farmers
know that too, and they will have no
other kind. A very few farmers to-
day are raising good livestock and
housing them in scrub buildings.
John, F. Hoist, Jr. decided to get
some new blood for his herd of Ches-
ter White swine. After attending sew
oral sales and looking over number
of herds he selected a spring boar
from l.. G. Reese, of Prescott, one Of
the best swine Judges in the middle
west This promising young sire was
farrowed Feb. 10, 1918, and is from
litter Of ten. His name is Champion
Combination, by Combination Again,
and he by Combination Defender. His
dam was Gale s and she was by Cham
pion. Combination Defender, the
grandsire of Mr.. Holst's young sire,
was awarded second place at the Ma
tional swine show last year He was
lame when shown. which kept him
out of first place. Another purchase
was spring gilt from the herd of j.
III. Harvey, Of Maryville, Mo. She
was from q litter of ten and sired by
Missouri Lad. Missouri Lad won at
the county fair over the boar that