The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-11
PROSPEROUS FARMERS AT FAIR

q Jasper county man, which is an
example Of what can be done in good
old Iowa:
According to old time visitors, one
OF the most interesting features of the
A 1918 Iowa state fair were the prosper
4 Ous farmers. A man who has probab
Il u been as regular and consistent a
patron OF the Iowa fairs as anyone
cites g. "A. Maxwell of Clear Lake
4 township, Jasper county, as an exam
pie, ..
Charley, when IS years old, work
ca with Asa Turner, the dean of Iowa
4 farmers, for $18 month" he said
He bought his first piece of land,
u 40 acres, twenty years ago and made
= payment of 800 on it. The same
year he was married to Miss Mary
Stock, OF Newton. Mollie was the
4 name BY which she was Familiarity
Known, and she was of good stock, too
4 and had the advantage of a Newton
high school education. Together they
+ settled on 20 acres.
Now Charley Is 40 years old and
eligible to be called for military ser
vice, II his strenuous responsibilities
& do not exempt him. Mr.. and Mrs.
4 Maxwell have nine children, all
/ healthy and strong. Their Oldest son
! VIII be. is years old in December and,
4 Nke his father, may be called for mill
tary service. Mr.. Maxwell has now
$40 acres. all paid for. He has 10
head of horses, II head of cattle and
! more than 200 ewes and lambs.
sSHe and his esteemed wife are evil
dences Of what can be done in Iowa,
both IN material prosperity and rear
q ing i family to honor and defend the
state and nation"
g. B. McAndrews, the Vail farmer
who raises those $1,000 Durocs, has
been telling me of the sale pavilion
being built in the town of Vail. While
passing through Vail last Friday l
1 Glanced to see him, and he volunteer
"a 10 show me the pavilion. 1t is GER
tainly good one, and a credit to the
II VaN boosters. 1t Is frame structure,
and extra well built. The side walls
+ afo built Of drop siding l noticed no
expense was spared in making that
pavt of the building devoted to the
sAlA ring absolutely strong. The tim
ber support are extra large and there
should be no fear of it giving way.
CITY water has been piped into the
building and two furnaces will furnish
the hest to keep all comfortable who
attend the sales There are lockers
for clothing Office room and grain bins
a. well as washing room for the
livestock Yes, it is some sale pavil-
Ion. That part of the building where
tho sale ring is located is 52x40 and
has ample seating capacity for all.
The seats are built in a half circle,
facing the pulpit" where the auc-
tiOneer will do his darndest to get an
other ten spot for each animal that
pasaes through the ring. That part
Or the building where the livestock
viii be housed will be 52x40. A par
titiDn extends through the center of
building east and west, and two rows
IL stalls are built on each side of the
partition. The stalls are 8x8 with a
ten foot driveway between each row
81 stalls. There are managers in the
stalls and movable gates fit in the
end Of the stalls, to convert the cattle
I stalls into swine pens, when needed,
Il also gates to divide the driveways in
to stalls. Plenty of ventilating win
dOWs have been placed in the roof of
each part OF the building, to let the
bleIsed sunshine in. Ventilating
wooden windows-made to open at
will have been placed along each side
az the barn. There are twenty-four
/ stalls In the barn, but with exception
\ st one stall, no cement floors have
been built The cement floors will
4 come later There is ample room for
parking cars right on the lots where
the pavilion Is built and it is located
IL the end OF well kept road in the
west part Of city and convenient to
/ the business section. The building
/ viii be dedicated October Sth, when
n III. Sheridan will have Chester
White boar sale. This will be a
!. mighty fine bunch of swine to start
q on with too. Let's all, 60 and assist in
giving the building good send off.
q The building will cost about $4,000 and
y III y monument to the public spirited
men Of Vail and vicinity. Long may
they wave and their tribe increase,
Is the wish of their Uncle John.
John r. Hoist, Jr, was caller last
Saturday. He came with catalogue
copy for his eighth annual sale of
Chester White swim. l had a little
visit with him and he tells me that
8 his spring boars are the best he has
ever raised, and that is saying much,
\ Tor everyone knows he has raised a
lot Of mighty good ones. I recently
a called at the farm and wish to per-
Il sOnally guarantee that Mr. Hoist
made q true statement. He is so well
1 known, and his stock is so we'll known
to our readers, that it may seem I'M
i necessary for me to more than men,
U tton that the sale will take place
Wednesday, October 9th, at the farm
~ miles west of Denison. But will
ada that those interested in the pur-
!. chase OF q fall or spring boar had bet
ter remember the date and plan to
attend the sale. He says: 81 claim to
Z have dis much size and uniformity of
type throughout my herd as any other
ID the land.
wish to call your attention to John
n. Byrnes' Poland China swine sale
advertised In the Review. He is sell
Ing two herd boars, Is fall boars, 21
spring bears, 1 fall bred gilt and 8
tried bred sows. If you like the Bob
stun here is the place to get it. All
fhn fhIl h0af.s and: II several of the