The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-13

IWOr0 OoU ewes Ill tIlc SuIpIucIlI dlu 81!
eyes and about twelve lambs were lost
1t was certainly hard trip for them
and it is no wonder several of them
died. When called at the farm last
Friday afternoon the sheep were look
ing -gaunt, but by this time they have
no doubt fully recuperated and are
now looking none the worse for the
long trip. I noticed a nice bunch OF
young lambs have arrived. The old
sheep are carrying heavy fleece and
the wool clip gives promise Of being
a heavy one. Mr.. Naeve will no doubt
realize handsomely from the wool clip
for, according to recent official esti
mates of the needs OF wool in the Unit
ed States, we would have to increase
our sheep population 200 per cent il
we were to produce all the wool now
used for manufacture in this country
The report of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture for Jan. l,
1917, shows that there is an average
of only sixteen sheep per square mile
for the entire country. By figures TAX
en- from the same source, let us con-
slider the number Of sheep per square
mile In some of the central states. Mis-
souri, has 20 sheep per square mile !;
Iowa, %; Nebraska, 5; Kansas, 4; Ok.
lahoma, Is; Arkansas, 1888; Tennes.
see. Is; Kentucky, %; Illinois. 16. 1t
is therefore evident that the corn belt
needs more sheep.
If every farmer throughout the
country will respond to the call to
plant at least ten acres of wheat there
will be no shortage of wheat bread at
least for the year 1918 Besides be-
ing patriotic move it will prove a
profitable one from financial stand
point. as the government has set a
minimum price on wheat at 1920.
Spring wheat will fit into the average
crop rotation and take the place of
oats. 1t follows corn probably as well
as any other crop. The corn ground
should be double disked and narrowed
the same way as the field. Then by
seed drilling the same way the corn
stalks usually give but little trouble
interfering with the drill. Some have
obtained better results by seeding
broadcast after the ground has been
disked once, then cover by disking
and narrowing once. 1t is seldom adj
visable to put spring wheat on ground
that has to be spring plowed because
the work can not be done in time to
sow the wheat as early as it should be
sOWn.
While travelling over the county l
have noticed many black walnut trees
and have wondered why some of
them are not sold, while there is a big
for walnut. clip the follow.
ing from the Lanesboro Topic, which
tells what some of the farmers in Car
roll county are doing with their wal.
nut trees: ~. B. Bauer sold this week
about 5000 feet OF walnut logs which
he cut from the Bauer farm along the
Raccoon river west OF town. This tim
Der is very scarce and is becoming
more valuable every year and com.
mands q high price. It was purchased
By Platte Overton, Of Council Bluffs,
and the car OF logs will be shipped to
the. Priscilla gun. work in Missouri.
where they win be made up in gun
stocks to lick the kaiser. The price
paid for the timber was from $500
to $500 per thousand feet. n.
r. ~ n.y." 90
Carroll Times: J. J. O'Herron
shipped a .yearling bull from his Plain
view herd to Evans & Walker, at
Storm Lake, one day last week, for
which he received $3.50 This is the
second animal sold from this famous
herd Of Shorthorns since the first of
The year at this price, and inquiries
are coming in almost daily from fan
ciers who desire stock from the O'Her-
ron herd. Mr. O'Herron recently at
tended a sale of fine cattle at Sioux
City where the bidding was very spir.
tied, and he made an offer of $4,000
for an animal that he desired to ,ac-
1uire for breeding purposes, but even
1T this price he was unable to secure
him., as another breeder saw fit to
give more money. This is a marked
contrast to what cattle could be Sc
cured for few years ago, and is Ger
Eainly an ENCOURAGEMENT to the men
who have had the nerve to stay with
The game in the face of discourage.
ments encountered in the days gone
BY. Thanks to these same men the
scrub cattle of the olden days are now
upon by the enterprising
[armer and dairyman, and better con.
1itions for both the consumer and pro.
lucer are now realized.
, Many have told me recently how
short they are in the way Of farm labor |
and how busy they expect to be this
year. Last week while visiting with
Henry Ruberg, who resides about five
miles northwest of Denison, he told |
me- he is farming 300 acres with the
assistance of John, his sixteen year
Did brother. 1t is a combination grain
and stock farm. 1t looks to me like
,hese two young men will have tn be
Up with the lark and hitting the collar !
hard to farm so large a farm. They |
were loading the manure spreblder
when called and noticed they are
,wo husky young men. They were not |
about the shortage OF help |
either, but were making every lick |
count. Those are the kind of young |
neE who do things in this world and it ]
vas real pleasure to make their ac-
luaintance.
Several times / have called atten-l
ion to the mistake OF calling anything
n the livestock family Thorough
,red" unless it is thoroughbred run
ling horse. am pleased to publish
he following which appeared in the
Noodbine Twiner: I'm nearly every