The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-08
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEP RTMENT T.
John H. D. Gray
tED1TOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers
John H. D. Gray

"A IlLUcE uAuouol ACtAou " Aoo"t
funds for the Red Cross was inaugur
ated in Boyer township recently swhel
a car load :pf foks given by the farm
ers of that Vicinity, we're marketed ant
the entire sum was turned over to thu
Red Cross. Il The names OF the contrib
utors who gave one hog follow: G. p
Liscomb, F. o. Howe. VIM. Hawn, G
N. Dunham,' f. w. Houston, II. w
Durham, Henry Meeves, John Oil, j
C. Petersen, J. w Roush, L. ID. Nurse
G, Handke, P. Weber, Franz Weber
C. Hanneman, John Drummer, John
llemmes, J. J. Egan, Dan Kline, VIM
Behrehfs, Mrs. =. Behrens, c. NJ. Ped
erson, J. A. Rannells, Jas. Clark, Lu
Their Rannells, W. w. Clark, c. Ran
som, John Houston, j. J. Houston, P
c. Durham, J. w. Mcintosh, Hans
Knutzen, Knutzen Bros, Joe Lantz
z. T.. Nurse, H. Nurse, C. Honz, j. B
Ryan, l.. f. Wright, H. Mesenbrink
J. Reuter- II. w. Hodkin, G Termuh'
len, r A. Nurse. J. w. Hall, Schaup
Bros, Ray Davie, Fred Cook, Nelson
Bros. c. W. Fisher, John Weimer,
VIM. Rethmeier, A. G. Houston, }. Z.
Gorham & Sons, F.. Soda & Sons, ID.
C Braden, Hunter & Sons. Others
contributing were Geo. Berger and
Willis Roberts, one; Blume Bros
two: O. Leslie, e. Goodman and +.
Gordon. one; Mayme and Donald Lis
comb. one; W. c. and c. H. Rannells.
two. In order to complete car load
of hogs the following cash contribu'
fjnns we're received: A. L. Smith, 10;
n NJ. Peterson, $25: Martin Framme.
SO: las. Newland, IS: J. J. Straher'
SO: ]. r. Hanigan, $50: Peter Larson,
SE. z. Crandall, $40: J. Benedict. w;
" Heaton, 81; J. G. Noel, IS; W..
A. Kessler, IS; Fred christensen; SO;
n Lobsher, 50; J. NJ; Murphy, $50;
1obu Henninr. IS; p. Cronin, $3.50;
Roeen Paul, SIS; Darius Paul, IS. The
car lead Of hogs netted $1,000. the
large sum being donated to the Ned
Cross fund. The citizens Of Boyc:
township may justly be proud OF their
record in doing their bit for uncle
Sam.
One Of the best of the many good
farms located in the vicinity OF West
side is owned by F.. W. Pruter. 1t
consists of 24O acres and is located five
miles south of West Side, across the
road east of the five mile house. This
ia certainly prosperous looKlhs
neiehborhood and Mr.. Pruter has
farm he may we'll be proud of. There
nre q number of evergreen trees III
the front yard and Mr.. Pruter told me
last week that he was going to Harlan
fnr more. In 1913. a cyclone passed
through that neighborhood and blew
down nearly every building on the
farm except the dwelling. The build
ires have all been replaced and they
would do credit to any Iowa farm. he
has ordered one Of those Delco lighting
nlants and it will not be long before
he will have all the buildings and MS
barn ward lighted by electricity. When
I called he was washing handsome
new Velie automobile, which saw as
7 drove on the farm and hid my ~
back OF the corn. crib.
Chas. Lohafer is nicely situated on
i, good farm four miles north OF WesS
Side. lust across the line In Carroll
county. He has new garage Just
about completed. It is 18x20 and will
he used to house his auto and auto
truck which he expects to buy soon.
For a number Of years he has been
raising Shorthorn cattle. He has al.
ways kept a registered sire to head
his herd and they are now almost pure
bred and very good individuals. he
bought all extra good young sire from
NJ J. Hickey to continue the good WORK
he started several years ago.
A new barn, 40X6O, with sixteen
foot posts and gable roof, and corn
crib 25x32 is being built on the NC
Guire & Mccullough farm located two
miles south of Vail J. p. Ryan has
the contract for doing the work and 1t
looked to NE like very good job he
is doing. Frank Mcclure Is farming
this land. By the way, wonder now
many more months we will nave 10 |
wait for the completion OF that bridge
near this farm?
American Prince, a big bay gelding.
standing 1913 hands high and weigh
ING 1000 pounds, has been sold by
Iowa State college at Ames to Thomas
r. Wilson & Co., of Chicago, meat
hackers, for 5000. American Prince
is 4 cross bred Clydesdale-Shire and
was bred and raised on the college
farm He was champion draft gelding
Mt the Iowa state fair in l9t. and won
first prize at the International at Chi
cago in 1916 and 1917. Wilson & Co.
intend to make him member OF their
famous six horse team.
.' D.
Nineteen fine two year old steers,
SIiorthorns and white face, belonging
to Louis Liebsch, near Vinton, ate up
q lot of white lead and died from
causing loss Of about ST.
500, perhaps more. figuring .conserva.
lively. The weight of the animals was
estimated at 800 each. The critters
got hold Of the lead in the barn lot.
The corn crib had been cleaned out
and a number Of pals Of white lead
we're set out in the yard. The next
the nineteen steers in the
ward were all sick and then death fol- !
lowed. Some of them fingered week.
Id .F ~ Y
Glidden Graphic:: A report sent out
Yesterday from the governors office
at Des MOines shows that Carroll
county farmers sowed about 10000 /,
acres OF spring wheat this year, which
is considerably better than the aver