The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-19

when the pastures are inclined to lag.
Many Of the readers of this Article
will probably have seen by the papers
that campaign to increase the num-
Der of silos over the state Is soon to
start in Iowa. Since Carroll county Is
one of the leading livestock counties
Of the state arrangements have been
made whereby two men, one an animal
husbandry specialist and the other
silo engineer, will be In the county
June 9th, 2Sth and 29th, at which
time meetings will be so arranged that
they will be accessible to all the farm
ers who are interested along this line.
Watch the newspapers for later an
noun cemen
When called at the farm Of w. c.
Schwarz in section fourteen, Soldier
township, I was told that w. c. was
back in the fields blowing corn and
Victor, the bright eyed nine year old
He hoped into the car and was soon
chatting away with me. He told me
he had acted as guide for three agents
who had called to see his father during
the week and rather enjoyed riding
with them. He hoped more would
come. When found Mr.. Schwarz he
told me he started about four years
ago to build up herd of Poland China
swine that he might be proud to own.
He certainly is well along on the way,
for he has q classy tbttnc OF them.
They are those big type kind and he
has many individuals which are good
enough to go in fast company. His
herd is headed by Smooth Bob I'd and
is one of the best sons Of Smooth Bob
Ithave seen. His. grandsire Is the not
ed Big Bob, which stands at the head
Of the famous Sievers herd at Audi
bon. The sire of Bib Bob was Chief
Price I'd, who was bred by that grand
old breeder, Peter Mouw, who sells
the $500 kind. Mr.. Schwarz has now
a little better than 40 head of hogs in
his herd. Twenty-three of them are
brood sows, 40 fall pigs and 80 spring
pigs. The matured stuff is extra
choice, having plenty of size, bone
and quality.
l dropped in on Leo Streck in Sec
ton 10, Soldier township, last week
to take look at his herd OF pure bred
Hampshire swine. l found a gentle
man there in the act of buying thirty
head of choice fall pigs. After hang
ing around" for about an hour I sue
ceeded in getting an interview with
Mr.. Streck and found him pure bred
gentleman whom 1t is a pleasure to
meet. He has been raising Hamp-
shires for the past, four years. He
started out with only eight brood sows
but now has herd of considerable
size. He has AZ fall pigs, 108 spring
pigs and IA brood sows, besides two
herd bears John Star LIST is the name
OF his three year old boar, which came
from the Jahns herd near Manila and
ia q good specimen of the breed, weigh
ing about 600 pounds with his working
clothes on. He recently purchased
young herd boar of great promise
which will take the place Of the old
sire, who has been sold. Anyone in
terested in the belted hogs would do
well to give the Streck herd the once
over.
Jefferson Herald: County Agent Dav-
is and Fred Gamble circulated a paper !
and secured many signers, whereby
Lllcy dSIOc " W AdIM WI VI AuAAASh
a substitute from their place of bust. |
ness, as much as possible this summer. |
The shortage of help on the farms dur
ing the corn blowing and harvest seas |
ons will be very acute, and this patriot
ic act on the part of the business men
and their clerks will aid greatly in
solving the difficulty. The Herald ed
itor is among those who agreed to help
on the farms when he could, and we
want to remark right, here that we are
glad the old fashioned way of stack |
ing straw stacks at threshing time Is
a thing of the past, for that is where |
we always seemed to be put to work |
when we were young.
c. NJ. Jones is certainly cheerful
cuss. He reports good stand OF corn.
small grain coming on fine and dandy, |
believes we are going to have good
crops this year and is feeling very |
we'll, thank you. Say boy, it is a real
pleasure to meet up with that kind of
a fellow. Mrs. Jones is doing her bit
in the way of raising chickens. She |
has 600 spring chickens. Wonder how
long before they will be ripe? Fried
spring chicken, yum, yum. Mr.. Jones
Is planning on building new chicken
house this summer He Is located |