The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-19
on to a Jlepth Of fourteen feet and the
Townsend farm is assured of a water
supply which bids fair to be perpetual.

on to Jlepth OF fourteen feet and the
tTownsend farm is assured of a water
supply which bids fair to be perpetual.
L made short visit on the Ernest
Bingham farm, which is located three
and one-half miles northwest of Char
ter Oak. I found the renter, Willie
Clausen, out in the corn field blowing
corn. The. buildings are very notice
able on this farm, for they are all we'll
built and plenty Of them. A large
barn was built during the year 1916. 1t
was built of cement blocks up about
ten feet from the ground. It is well
lighted and ventilated, being strictly
modern barn in all respects. 1t should
be pleasure to do the chores in such
a barn. A very neat and roomy chick
en- house was also made of cement
blocks and it is also well built. Willie
told me he has ninety head of spring
pigs and that he has always kept a
pure bred sire. Soon after leaving
this farm visited another and l had
to pinch myself to tell whether I was
dreaming or not, for at first thought
I was again talking to Willie, but was
told that it was his twin brother, Otto.
They certainly look alike and are very
pleasant young men to meet. Oh yes,
they subscribe for the Review Otto
is located on the Ernest Baak farm
and lumber has been hauled for chick
en- house.
I had the pleasure of making the &C.
quaintance Of Joachim Droegmiller
last week. He owns half of section
seventeen, Soldier township. 1t is To-
Gated in the beautiful Soldier valley
and a very choice farm. All hands
were ont in the alfalfa field making hay
and the crop was very good. Mr..
Droegmiller has fourteen acre field
of it, two years old. It was going
about three tons to the acre and is GER
tainly a very profitable crop. Alfalfa
sold for upwards of, forty dollars per
ton last winter and was quoted at $22
per ton on the Sioux City market last
week. Figuring at $22 per, ton the first
cutting is worth to Mr.. DrOegmilier
1924, or $G6 per, acre. It will be cut
at least twice more this season and +
am surprised that there are not more
than three fields of alfalfa in that
neighborhood. Alfalfa is one of the
most profitable crops in Iowa, let's
have more of it. &c.
Glidden Graphic: The farm labor sit
uation is getting serious again in this
community. With corn blowing some
what behind, oats, wheat and hay get
ting about ready to be taken care of,
the farmers are finding more ahead of
them than they can handle with their
present help. Calls for help at the
county agents Office or at the Graphic
Office have been mostly in vain, as
the help is not to be had. The county
exemption board is, working on a plan
that will take some men out of non
essential occupations and put them on
the farms for q fK weeks at least.
Ana as Is Ioafers, K fhere+ be any such
left in Glidden, they should be reported
to the exemption board at once, as |
patriotic duty on the part of every
citizen. h&
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CHICAGO, Junesn j. N. Herman.
son, of Scranton, Bwa. was onsyester-
days market with three loads Of year
lings. Sixty-four head, averaging 1863
pounds, sold at ST. 80. with one steer,
weighing 1890 pod Ids. ,at s$18:25s This
is the highestspricS any. yearlings ever
sold for on the open market. These
cattle were bought last fall on the
Omaha market of September 18th, ay-