The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15
THE REVIE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John II. D! Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John II. D. Gray
Editor

IL This summer have located NUM-
Der Of young breeders who have taken
up the raising of pure bred swine in
recent years. A. C. White. who re-
sides five miles northwest Of Vail. has
been raising pure bred Poland China
swine for about three years and right
now has very promising bunch. He
certainly has big type strain and
has started out with good foundation
stock. He has 20 fall pigs, 20 brood
sows and 1O4 spring pigs, also a
mighty good herd boar. His herd boar
is Proud Wonder which was sired by
A Wonder, bred by E. Critters, of
Perkins, Iowa. His dam was Kings
Beauty, bred by J. w. Pfander & Sons,
OF Clarinda. Mr.. White has gone to
several of the best herds in northwest
ern Iowa for his brood sows and has
a classy bunch of them. Last fall he
bought two head from C. II. Porter,
Of Eagle Grove. For one of them he
paid $3.50. Her name is Black Beauty
and she was sired by Big Price and he
by Long Price. Her dam was Beauty
Again. She has a nice litter sired by
Giant Senator, bred by r. w. Halford,
and sired by Big Long Giant Her
dam was Smooth Giantess. Another
sow bought from Geo. Glynn, of Sioux
Rapids, was sired by Orange FIX and
he by Crows Kind. Her dam was
DOGGY 3D.. and her sire was Mouw's
Big Sioux. He has several sows from
the c. NJ. Peterson herd and two have
filters sired by the mighty King l.. He
takes good care OF his stuff and
know of no reason why he should not
succeed.
Rockwell City Advocate: Calhoun
county farmers should net fail to take
advantage Of their farm bureau. The
bureau stands ready to help any farm
er who wants information or assist.
ance along any line, whether that
farmer is member of the bureau or
not The farm bureau is a clearing
house for the agricultural interests
of the county. 1t is an employment
bureau. It is an experimental sta.
ton. 1t stands for the best there is
in farming. The men at the head of
the institution are farmers, men who
have the best interests of the county
at heart. The farm bureau is worth
hundreds Of thousands of dollars if
the farmers of the county will cooper
ate in making it more helpful. When
you are confronted with a new prob
lem. take it to the county agent. II
he don't know how to solve it, he can
find some one who does. If you have
any new ideas, take them to the coun.
ty agent. 1t may be just what some
other fellow is looking for Another
| important feature of the farm bureau
| is the work conducted by Miss Mary
B. Richardson, county home demon
stration agent. Miss Richardson
stands in the same capacity to the
housewife of the county as the county
agent does to the farmer. She is
ready at all times to help solve the
problems of the kitchen, which have
become perpleXing under the new food
regulations. Miss Richardson has al
ready accomplished good work in
this respect and has given assistance
and service to many individuals and
organizations.
Greater Iowa: 1t will BIO several
weeks before Iowa can let the furnace
cool and take down" the heaters.
Meanwhile the fuel problem will more
likely stick around. BY fuel problem
is meant the coal problem. There is
wood enough going to waste in Iowa
to save many thousands of tons of
coal If it were looked after and made
use Of. To the city dweller who
travels about the state with his eyes
open the waste OF fuel is amazing.
The woods as 4 rule are checked with
dead and down" trees, some of the
latter the result OF hard winds and
some representing pure shiftlessness
on the part of some AK wielders who
cut tree for post, mayhap, leav.
ing the balance. to decay. Thousands
Of cords are rotting. and every cord
Of sound. hard wood going to waste
might be made to save ton OF coal
More than a few farmers are lambast-
ing fuel administrators, miners, deal.
ers, ETC., when there Is fuel enough |
to supply present needs going to |
waste about the place in the form of |
broken boards, scantlings, planks, tim. |
bers, discarded fence posts, dead and |
broken trees, ETC., all of which are |
not only valuable for fuel, but render
the place unsightly and actually de. !
tract from its value Waste Of fuel is |
inexcusable any old time, under nor.
NAL conditions. Just at present in
the face Of the country's needs it is
criminal.
w. f. Lueth is located one and
half miles south of Manila on
choice stock farm He is going to
have a small grove removed from his
farm soon which will give him just that
much moro farm land to cultivate.
notice there seems to be a general
to remove useless trees
along the road sides and some on the
farms to convert into building lum-
Der or fire wood. Mr.. Lueth has a nice
bunch of high brade Shorthorn cows
but is using Hereford sire. He likes
this cross for baby beef, which he
raises yearly. He now has twenty.
two in the feed lot and has nice
bunch Of spring calves to go into the
lot next year. He has thirty Poland
China grade sOws with It's white
spring pigs. He uses Poland China.
Chester White cross for stock hogs.