The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-02-06
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
g.:.&* @> John H. D. Cnava -gga5#
>ss. EDITOR .~
Live News About Crawford County Farms ,
and Farmers -..% -
John II! D. Gray
A.. EDITOR,
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loss. Let's talk better farming, les
work and more profit. There is dill
ference of opinion among farmers a
to the depth clover seed should be GOV
cred. This depends on how early o
how late In the spring It is seeded. !
the ground is ready and could be seed
ed the last week in March i .slioul'
rather have the seed on top and let !
work into the ground. as, tho groun,
settles. If seeded late and the grOun.
gets dry, then 1t would have to be seed
cd deeper, depending on the condition
OF tile Soil and weather. The later i
is seeded the more seed is lost-sQln'
gets in too deep and some is too shall
low 1t IS more likely to come UP un
even and the last to come Up will dit
of as the weather gets hot"
Odebolt News IF every farmer il
acres OF wheat the coming March OF
April, don't you honestly think it would
pay we'll? III they did, and in the fall
would take a day of to go to mill,
as In ye, olden days. and come home
with a years supply OF flour and, some
shorts and bran on the side, wouldn't
that beat the price they have been pay
Ing for -four the past year Judging
from the increase in the business Of
the mills at Ida Grove and West Side
the old time method OF raising one's
own -four is surely coming into fash
Ion once again. I
f5.r Those who are fond Of retrospccting
and commenting on the changes which
the seasons have undergone during a
half century will bear in mind that
the temperature this season breaks
the temperature record A friend in.
\ forms me that most of the good old
fashioned winters, such as We used
have. are impressions Of youthful
days when things seemed to be great
and wonderful, but the facts can cas-
lily be substantiated that the seasons
are the same as they were three hun
dred years ago" He may be right.
am not going to argue with him, for
v I can not trust my memory for long.
q 5er period than one hundred years.
i'F The far sighted man who laid in his
winters supply Of fuel last summer has
not worried over the shortage Of cars
to haul fuel. have followed the plan
for several years of filling the hard
coal bin during the summer months
and of laying in liberal amount OF
soft coal during the early autumn.
This can be done at saving, too. II
the coal Is taken directly from the
cars 1t saves the dealers the expense
Of placing it in their bins. They
would rather deduct the amount they
would pay for the tabor from your
coal bill and In addition you are spared
the worry which comes from scare
lily of fuel during the winter.
s'z County Agent J. S. Quist expects to
i}be located in his Office in the court
house this week. Office furniture was
ordered two weeks ago, but there has
been delay in its shipment which
has upset the plans of Mr.. aQnist con-
isiderably. Miss Fannie Mcclure, OF
Denison, has been employed as assist
ant in the Office. The Office will be 10.
Gated on the third aoor Of the court
house, directly across the. hall from
the county attorneys office: Mr.. Quist
extends an invitation to the farmers
W CS1IAs AAC "0AkSo " gu 0SNuoAAASSA
with you. There must be cO-Opcra-
ton between the farmer and tho agent
or his efforts will fail ! have inform
ed Mr.. Quist there is not a county
with better class Of, farmers or
farmers wives who are better; cooks,
He said: Lets go right now" If no
and 1 should call at the same home at
meal time, goodness gracious, Agnes,
It would be worse than the, charge of
the light brigade. His office telephone:
number is Eli. by tho way, my Of1cot
number is %. Tho Greater Iowa says.
"The real value Of county agent to
his constituents lies not. SO much in
his store of personal information aud
knowledge as in his ability for organ
ling the farmers Of his county for
mutual help and cooperation and the
doing OF AN endless number Of things
that could not be done without organ.
ization. Perfect, organization has
placed the American business man far
In advance Of all competitors and It,
will do the same for the American
7 farmer. The agent with the happy
faculty of promoting good fellowship.
harmony and team work among his
constituents is an exceedingly valu-
able man Just now when the world is
asking 50 much of the United States
fiji the production of fOodstuffs."
80 & -.i. lEt i a..
ai The Chester White brood SOW which
sold for 81 .005 at the Barr sale I'M
Ames was the grand champion In the
Omaha show last fall. She was rails
iied by W. F.. Gaffey of Storm Lake
and he owned her until she was
eighteen months old. Chiefs Won.
der, one of the Hoist herd boars. was
purchased from Mr.. Gaffey. III.
~GaS7saI7 % = y
vi The Arkansas farmer who kept his
hogs under the house was asked II he|
thought It sanitary; asked If he had
ever seen any effects from it. TO|
this he replied, "Wall, no; I been
skeepin' my hawgs there for fourteen
year, an'EI hain't lost nary hawg."
G.. H. Hansen struck some very poor
weather for his sale last week and
had to postpone it. He sold some Of.
the stuff but. did not feel like sacri-