The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-24
% THE REVIEWS SPECIAL i
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D! Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers

Ida Grove Pioneer: All increasing
number of our farmers are users OF
printed stationery, showing that they
are beginning to take due and timely
notice of this excellent means of ad
vertising. Every farmer who owns
his own place and takes any pride in
the product Of his acres, whether 1t
be stock or grain, should adopt name
for that farm and have it recorded
The expense is very small, it takes
only few minutes at the recorders
office and the returns are large. The
average farmer who owns a quarter
section of land in Ida county, clear OF
debt, well stocked with full compile
ment OF implements actually has more
money invested than any business ex.
listing in Ida Grove, with perhaps two
or three exceptions. The merchant
in town adopts name for his bust
ness before he even opens the doors
Of his establishment and it is just as
consistent for farmer-business man
(for such they arctic have dis
tinctive name and stationery for his
business. Ift,'''e. So E,}+ls~t
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Farm work is progressing satisfac.
torily il Crawford county. Fsnall grain
has all been sown and the corn ground
lis rapidly being prepared for plant.
ing. The season .is weeks ahead of
Inany former years. The meadows and
pastures have been needing rain, but
there have been several local showers
in the county recently, which have
H~a XII csr In
of the county, at sthistwriting, has been
sighted and is in need of rain. No
doubt there are some who do not be.
lieve that the rain falls upon the just
and unjust alike. But nothing Is sui.
fering for moisture. The pig crop is
very good, and. all in all, 1t looks like
beautiful spring. rs
Frank Pacholke is located two miles
northwest OF West Side. Last week he
had the cement foundation completed
for one of the largest chicken houses
in tho county. It will be we'll built
too, for JOHN Mumm is doing the
work. The building will be 24x32. 1t
will be divided into three departments,
with scratching shed running along
the front, entire length Of building
One room, 16x16, will be for the roost-
ing room; another, 8x16, will be for
the laying room, and the third room,
Sx16, will be- given to the sitting hens ;.
The scratching pen will be 8x32 The
building fronts the south. There will
he cement floors except in the scratch
ing pen.9 4 1919
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Hampshire Swine Breeders association
was held at Burlington on April 9th.
About one hundred breeders attended,
many of them accompanied by their
wives. The officers elected for the en-
suing year are as follows: President,
Clayton Messenger, of Keswick, this
making his tenth term;, vice president,
r. E. Doonhue, of Cedar Rapids, and
secretary, F.. F. Silver, of Cantril. who
succeeds himself" A fund Of $500 was
raised to be used in arranging for. a
big banquet and love FEAST during
the National Swine Show at Cedar
Rapids, this. coming autumn. The sum-
mer picnic Of the association will be
held on August Goth at the Hopley
Stock Farm, Atlantic, Iowa.
1t is surprising how many farmers
and stock breeders in this locality per-
sist In the mistake of calling anything
in the livestock line Thoroughbred"
when pure bred" is the term that
they mean. Along the same line, the
Woodbine Twiner in a recent issue
said: I'm nearly every paper we pick
UP we find Thoroughbred hogs, chick
ems and cattle advertised. There is
no such things as a thoroughbred hog,
chicken or cow. The only animal that
is thoroughbred is running horse.
Trotting and pacing horses are stand
ard bred and draft horses are pure
bred. Cattle, hogs, chickens, sheep,
cats, dogs and all other animals are
pure bred"
Jefferson Bee: A wag who evident
| ly does not particularly like the set
ting the clocks ahead is now in the
fore with a suggestion that we in
crease crop production by setting the
| figures on the thermometer four inches
higher on October 31st, and raise corn
all winter. Then by reversing the
process in the spring we can have a
mice cool summer without pop, bevo
and ice cream all summer If there
is any problem in furthering such a
scheme the Bee is willing to leave the
adjustment thereof to congress.
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! Who is the man with smile so sweet,
who grasps the hand of every farmer
he meets? All, bless you! That's the
candidate!
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