The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-16

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daily gains. ~. - 80.
Mr.. Harbold buys the greater part
Of his feed. He buys his corn from
farmers and local dealers at favorable
points. He is close student OF the
markets and knows when to buy and
sell. He has losses on some deals,
but he profits well on others. Mr..
Harbold is a firm believer in the corn
tankage theory of fattenins hogs ana
he puts 1t into practice in all Of his
operatiOtls. He has had better sue.
cess in feeding for the market by ".
ing dry feed alone rather than grain
ration in connection with the green
succulent feeds. He has found that
when a carload of dry fed hogs are
shipped they do not shrink as much
IS q carload Of green fed hogs. It
has also been his experience that the
desired market weight Is reached
quicker by dry fed hogs.
Mr.. Harbold has shown by the scale
on which he does business that he
has faith in the hog business. And
the results which have followed have
amply justified his faith. A man who
Is in the business to such large ex-
tent will have met with all the vicis-
STUDIES OF that business in his ex.
perience. Mr.. Harbold HAS found that
the ups" overbalance the clowns"
and thus makes a profitable business.
o.
A. A. Rauch, who frequently writes
articles for that always good newspa-
per, the Ida Grove Pioneer, wrote the
following: "We should have meetings
in every township of the county be-
fore the first of March, he says. In
order to get the full benefit from the
next crop. Not only farmers, but the
nation at large and even the whole
world lis depending on. you now for
their living Our farmers. ought to
organize, to lay plans and get ready
for the next crop. The country will
need every bushel Of corn, wheat and
oats, potatoes and every pound OF
meat you can raise and then some,
if this war should continue. Even il
the war does not continue, the farm
products will be needed just the same.
each other talking shop and discuss
in what to do and how it should be
done The seed corn is big problem,
and the amount of corn, wheat and
oats that can be put out with the
available help that you have, and how
much help will have to be hired in
the event the seed corn prove to be
very poor and hard to get. 1t will
then be up to you to know what is
the next best thing to plant. At such
a meeting, you should discuss the mat.
ter of the county farm agent, which
the government expects to send
among US. The right kinda OF man
can be big help to US. but not kid
full of theories. Nor do we want an
office man who will sit in his office
and telephone to the farmers and in.
struct them what to do and how to
do it. But we need the kind of a man
who can go out to the fields and yards
where these great agricultural opera
lions are carried on and will stay
there year in and year Out-summer
! and winter, cold and hot, dry and wet.
Under such conditions he can then
| tell the farmers what to do and reason
with the farmers in this great work.
In this way he will be positive bene-
lit. What township will call rural
life conference Of this kind"
The more successful the farmer, the
more anxious he becomes to learn. To
be a successful farmer, it means he
must be conversant with soils, plant
life, climatic conditions, seeds, the
preparation of the seed bed and the
planting and growing OF crops as we'll
as q knowledge of raising live stock.
When one stops to think OF 1t, there
J seems to be no end of departments in
| the farming business. The farmer
today is strictly business man. Did
YOU ever stop to think Of the average
investment OF the business man on the
! farm? Aside from the value of the
land, the live stock on the farms In
the United States amount to more
than the combined railroad property
OF this country. Some business men,
these farmers.
Hogs are higher Everything Is
higher, whether you buy or sell. The
purebred SOW will cost you more this
year, but you can't afford to be with
out them. Don't let q few dollars
keep you from getting the best. Its
the quality of the hogs which many
times represents the difference in pro-
TT and loss on your crop OF pigs.
The scrub farmer has passed In Iowa,
and q purebred man should have pure
bred livestock; they work well to-
gether. ....
p. J. Eggers' offering of purebred
draft horses contains, in all probabili-
ty, more highclass registered draft
horses than has ever been gathered
together at one time In this county.
There will be many good stations as
we'll as mares In this sale. Many OF
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