The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-23
THE REVIE WIS SPECIAL
y FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John II. D. Gray -...
Editor
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Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers -
John II. D. Gray
Editor

and the other kind should 60 to thu
! feed lot. Every time you take Ou
a poor individual from your herd yol
have raised the standard of your herd
It should not be question Of how
many you have, but how good. Again
| say, Gull closely. :.
l was talking to a farmer the other
day and he said: II lost lot OF
young pigs in this hog house before
put in ventilation" That man
raises some mighty good live stock,
too. You may judge what his loss
was. Another man told me, II paid
about 5000 for a. ventilating system
for this hog house. but if I had done
so five years ago, would have saved
several hundred, II not thousands OF
dollars" He is also a breeder Of
purebred swine. 1t makes no differ
ence IL they are black or red, poor
ventilation will kill 'em. There is an.
other trouble which kills lots OF pigs.
1t is lack of sanitation. Said govern.
lnent v. S. to me last fall, 1T is not
SO much the soft corn that will make
sick hogs as will the unsanitary way
of feeding It," Cleanliness will save
many. doctor bills around the hog
house as Well as the dwelling place
Of the human family. $
Last week Tuesday I called on c..
IS. ,McDonald,. who resides about three.
miles south of the Review Office and
took aOlook at the Square Deal Herd
of purebred Duroc Jersey swine. Il
looked the herd over and did not find
a lemon In the herd, in fact, there is
not one OF that kind in the herd. ]
was first shown two granddaughters
Of the great Pathfinder, who Is one
OF the most popular sires of the breed.
They are litter sisters and extra choice
individuals. They were farrowed last
February and were bred to r. King
Orion for spring litters. They are
great prospects. Another, which took
my fancy is line bred Grand Model
She has everything and there is only
one fault, one ear is q trifle stiff, but
hardly noticeable at that. This spring
guilt is ono of tho most promising
young brood sows have seen. She
was bred by Mcdonald and he has lot
of other good stuff. believe he now
has the best herd he has ever owned,
and that is saying a whole mouthful
at once They are in the best of con-
dition and certainly fair to look upon.
Twenty'Of these animals will go into
the Hunt & Mcdonald combination
sale at Denison, January 20 and ]
hope our readers who are DESTROYS Of
getting. real good stock will not pass
up this sale. They are the big type
Kind and the right sort for the founda-
ton of what will become q famous
herd. ii they are given a square deal.
Here's a dustless mop for polished
floors. Make 1t yourself. Start with
an old broom Cut the straw off just
below the wires which hold it to the
handle. Cover this with an old stock
ing, and sew on to this covering, the
legs Of other old stockings cut about
twelve inches long and slit into one.
inch strips up to two inches at one
end. Sew these around and around
the surface in rows about one inch
apart until the mop is Of the desired
thickness. Then dip the mop into
solution OF one!oalf cup of melted
parafin and ono cup of kerosene and
allow the liquid to dry on the strips.
The mop may be kept moist by rolling
it tightly when not In use and covering
it with paper bag.
Stations for tho sale of skim milk
are soon to be established in Hartford,
Connecticut, as part OF, the work out.
lined by the urban home demonstration
agent employed by the State Agricul-
tural college, cooperating with the
Department of Agriculture. Tho dir
ect object of these stations will be- to
supply a cheap and nOurishing food
and to demonstrate the value of skim
milk as tissue-building food.
: There, are a lot Of purabred hog
sales in the. county this month and
next. q This iiss a good chance for the
farmers whoTwant to- grow into the
purebred business to purchase few
choice bred 5soWs as the nucleus OF
what Will develop, into profitable
herd, II given the right treatment.
There is a big shortage Of hogs In the
United States and the prospects Tor
a profit were never better than right
now. You have been assured by your
Uncle Sam that you cannot loose.
Go to the sales and go determined
to get your share Of stock. 1t Will be
better to buy than wish you had =
I Ihaye been told that Herman Kropf,
who has about fifty head OF high grade
Hereford cattle on his farm, which is
located three miles south OF, Boyer,
has decided to sell the grades and
start a herd Of purebred Herefords.
That will look like good business to
4 majority Of his fellow farmers. Fact
is that ,purebreds always bring aapre.
MUM over the grades. but they DO
not eat any more of the high price
feed than the grades. t&
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AT the Gustav Stehr farm sale, two
and q 1ialf miles southwest Of Boyer,
4 corn elevator which had been used
tive years, sold for $165. The same
elevator when new cost 3l35. After
having used it1for five years. he sold
Il at a profit OF $50. It will soon bel
in order to say an article is worth its
weight in farm machinery, In place
ot gold. 's, e . |
Every little pig Is worth money this
spring and should be given every as.
sistance to make hogs Of themselves.
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