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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-04
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray
EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers
John H. d. Gray
EDITOR

| ing is in keeping with the residence
and other buildings on this excellent
stock farm.
Hog cholera has been reported in
Carroll county and the Carroll county
agent has issued the following bulle-
tin: Several cases of hog cholera have
been reported to the county agents
office and the warning is sent out to
farmers to be especially watchtul at
this time as the season is now at hand
when the occurrence of the disease Is
most prevalent. We can not afford to
lose our hogs this year because OF
their great feeding value to the
world. A case of hog cholera is not an
individual case but it is of interest to
every farmer in the community where
it occurs because of the contagion.
Hence the necessity of letting a veter-
mary know as soon as the outbreak is
noticed and following this the use of
serum and the adoption of all neces-
sary quarantine measures such as the
prevention of neighbors going to feed
lots, the tying up Or killing Of ali dogs
which prowl at large, the chasing
away of pigeons, crows and other
birds which carry the infection and
the destruction of carcasses of the
dead animals by burning The gov
ernment' has special men to work on
the eradication of hog cholera and peo-
pie suspicious of any troubles should
see that the proper authorities are
notified at once. If your neighborS
have the disease in their herds and
fail to do this it is your duty to let it
be known in this event.
X I noticed a writer in a certain coun-
ty seat paper last week regretting the
fact that more town men were not
going out on the farms to make 1t
their homes. He seemed to be at a
loss for an explanation why moro
town men don't own farms. If he will
sell me eighty acres off his farm for
SIS per acre will hustle around and
find some one who will stake me for
$40 per acre of the purchase price. If
he was half as wise as he has admitted
he is, he would not ask the question
why more men do not move from the
town to the farm. know Of many
men residing in towns /'ho would
jump at the chance to own farm,
but there is mountain standing in
their way The mountain is the price
Of the present day Iowa farm land;
they cannot reach its heights, and are
forced to exc out an existence in town.
God knows would have beck on a
farm years ago, but like many another
poor devil working on salary, have
not accumulated more than enough to
buy lot in the cemetery. II the cost
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Ian even distributions AQGF
| its it form OF struct
be practically enlarged " rhQoe
ing needs. Mr.. HutchinsongS 661K
will measure forty feet aEtosG sS] NJ
side measurement. His farm NJ "
Gated three miles east OF DelOlf
o ii sS5s
Don't be surprised If you notlS9g
more buggy teams on the road this
fall, and next year, than you have
seen for several years. All signs point
to this condition 1t looks like Sunday
joy rides in the auto will be thing Of
the past, until after the war and Il
prices for auto repairs keep going
upper and upper" 1t will be much
cheaper to. hitch the old gray mare to
the buggy for short trips, unless in
one Of those hurry un trips for the
doctor or to catch train.
| This Office is getting out catalogue1
for the second annual sale OF j. III.
Byrnes, on his farm located 8 "a miles
northwest of Vail. The, sale win take
place September 10Th. He will sell
! fifty.three head Of those big type Pol
and China swine, consisting of two
herd boars, Is fall bears, 80 spring
boars, fall bred gilt and tried bred
sows. That great orator-auctf0neer
H. S. Duncan, will preside and his
opening speech will be worth the price
of a hog alone. Better go and hear it.
I While driving along the road last
week Friday past the beautiful farm
of J. H. Schmadke, which Is located
about one mile south of the progress
i've little city of Schleswig, CHANGED
Ito glance at the pasture and noticed
several mules and horses therein. At
first thought the Schmadke family
were having a day off, but on looking
to the other side Of the road the nys-
terry was solved. The tractor was do
ing the fall blowing while the horse
power was resting.
20
Odebolt News: AS will be noticed
elsewhere, Joe Dinges, one OF. the half
section farmers of this community,
has become discouraged over the out
look and is offering his fine farm for
rent. Mr.. Dinges has two boys, one
|of whom is in the draft and the other
twenty years old, will probably be
called next spring. Joe has had too
much trouble with hired help to want
to risk it longer. "a
o. ~ j4Fs
1t will soon be time to lay aside the
straw hat and shake the moth balls
out. Of last winters overcoat. Already
| have noticed several going over their
buildings, replacing BROKEN window
glass, replacing a broken board here /
and there and getting those little
chores all finished up before the ar
rival of Jack Frost and the first bliz-
card. A little work Of this kind right
now may save cold fingers later on.
%
August Breusel, who is located
about three miles southeast OF Deloit,
has moved corn crib to new 10. :
cation and is getting ready to start
he construction of horse and cow
barn on the former, location 81 the
corn crib. The barn will be- 4Ox4O and
will be substantially built throughout.
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lof living expenses keeps edging up
! much closer to my salary | will soon
! have to mortgage the cemetery lot, to
raise the price of hair cut and shave.
p w. Weberg is now able to got
around with the aid of a couple OF
canes. He alighted from an automo-
bile some five or six weeks ago be-
! fore it had lessened it's speed as much
as Mr.. Weberg thought. He was
thrown to the ground violently and
for a few minutes remained in a
dazed condition. He was helped to
his home and was forced to remain
indoors for several days. He can now
get around slowly and it is expected
he will be able to do it all over again
in a few days. His accident has inter-
fered greatly with his building plans
on the farm, which is located about
Ia quarter of mile south of the
Northwestern freight depot A new
barn 30X40 with fourteen foot posts Is
in the making. 1t will be very con-
venient when completed. The first
floor will be devoted to the horse and
cow barn. There are three double
stalls for horses and ,stanchion steel
stalls for eight cows, besides a pen
for calves and roomy grain bin. The
entire floor is made of cement. The
second floor will be devoted entirely
to the hay NOV. There are an abun,
dance of windows in the barn and
litter carrier on track back of COW
stalls. The residence will also be
remodeled and enlarged. Mr.. Weberg
is doing considerable improving to
this place and when completed it will
be quite convenient. Much of. the
work has been done by Mr.. Weberg
and one Of his sons. They have prov
EN- by their work that they have con-
siderable ability as builders, as well
as stock raisers and tillers of the soil.
Two of the Weberg boys are in the
service and contributing their very
best to help make this old world bet
ter place in which to live.
The editor of the Charter. Oak
Times has been looking over the corn
fields and reports the following con-
dition: "The corn crop is damaged.
There is no doubt about it, but there
is worse, corn in the country than ours.
We were in Dunlap Sunday and in
driving home we came around by way
of Denison. On the Boyer bottoms
we saw corn that would not, amount
to much in feeding a nation, and then,
too, we saw some that is fine and dan
dy. We are guessing that the corn
will be nearly an ordinary crop. You
know in August we never get more
than three-quarter crop, no matter
what it is in November. This year
the predictions are a little less than
three-quarters. It is dry and it is
fired, badly in some places, but the
ears surprise you. Some of them are
dead ripe and pretty good corn. Much
that was thought to be dead and gone
will make dandy hog feed next win
ter"
C. M. Peterson, who is located four
miles northwest of Dunlap, is the on
ly Crawford county breeder to show
swine at the recent state fair. He
took one hog only with him, it was
that good young herd boar, Giant Mas.
terpiece. He was entered in the jun
ior yearling class and in field Of ten
entries was awarded second prize.
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u /, saw several ears or the Silver
Mine variety picked from a field Of
corn last week on the farm of A. l..
Petersen about 51a miles northwest
of Denison. 1t was out of the way of
frost, we'll filled and much better than
the same variety was last year at the
time of the first heavy frost. I have
found much of the corn during the
past week in no Langer Of frost.
| While believe there are here and
there a field of corn damaged from
/ the excessive heat and drought, l am
going, to predict that the county as a
whole will have nearly a normal crop
Of good corn. 1t will be far in ex-
cess Of the good corn of last year and
we need now have no fear of an early
frost destroying it. ,
r 30
I believe there will be more public
sales of pure bred swine this sale
season than we have had in any other
sale season in the history of the
state. There are a number Of breed
ers who have been raising a limited
number each year, and found ready
sale for them at private sale. They
have now blOssOmed out as real close
to goodness breeders, and will have
much good stock to sell at auction.
I have visited many of the herds of
breeders who will this year hold their
first sales, and found their stock
strictly first class. They have for a
number of years replenished their
herds from the best in the land and
have been slowly but surely, growing
into the business. They have now
arrived, and am going to expect
many of them to give the old timers
Ia strong race for popularity of their
stock. l know old timers welcome
this competition, for it makes them
exert themselves and puts more pep
and interest in their work.
Arthur Sohle is located seven miles
northwest Of Denison. When called
at the farm last week ! found him
away, but Mrs. Sohle informed me
that the new building just started
will be a machine shed when complet-
ed. 1t will be 1Sx3O. Mrs. Sohle said
her husband believes farm machin-
cry is too expensive to not place it
under cover. That is right, more ma
chimes rust out than wears out.
The breeders of pure bred livestock
are certainly being hit hard by their
boys leaving the farms to join the col
ors. They are forced to part with the
valuable assistance Of the boy who
has grown UP on the farm, and not
only knows every nook and corner of
it, but, in many cases, has been the
man behind the gun in taking care OF
the livestock. c. w. Lindgren, one
of my Ida county friends, has GER
tainly been hit hard by his son leav-
ing this week to join the colors. 1t
will be necessary to break in mex
perienced help to take his place.
Neither the father nor son are slack
ers, however, and both will do their
very best to assist their Uncle Sam
in his time Of need Mr.. Lindgren, in
to having one of the choicest
herds of Chester White swine, has a
large herd Of Aberdeen Angus cattle
that will compare favorably with any
other in the state He also is an ex-
tensive breeder Of Clydesdale horses.
Practically all of the care and man
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3. DATES CLAIMED FOR LIVE.
STOCK SALES
Shorthorn Cattle.

Shorthorn Cattle.
Oct Isl. A. Richardson, Wall Lake.
Poland China Swine
Sept. 19-J. FByrnes, Denison.
Oct 19-Chas. Speck and Ernest Po-
leske.
Chester White Swine.
Sept 30--C. w. Lindgren, Ida Grove.
Oct 8-P. H. Sheridan, Vail.
Oct 9-John f. Hoist, Jr., Denison.
Oct. 10--J l.. Barber, Harlan.
Feb. 20-John F. Hoist, Jr, Denison.
Feb. 24-Gustav Ludwig, Battle Creek
Duroc Jersey Swine.
Sept. go. S. Larson, Logan.
Sept. 26-Moats & Son, Logan.
Oct. 12-G. b. McAndrews & Sons,
Vail.
Oct. 14-E. E. Handley, Carroll.
Oct. 22-B. A. Samuelson & Son, Kiron
Nov. Wv. K. Dobler, Vail.
Nov. Sc. w. Hockett, Manning.
Feb. 18-B. A. Samuelson e Son, Kiron
Earl in the summer when called
at the farm of A. L. Petersen, located
about 51a miles northwestern Denison
on the Schleswig Valley road, Mr..
Petersen informed me that he would
build combination corn crib and
granary this summer and that it
would be good one too. He has GER
tainly kept his word. l did not find
him at home the other day, and, if
do not get the size of building correct,
you may lay it to the fact that my
feet may not be just yard in length,
or rather my step. l set the size. of
the building down in my note book
as being 24x36 with dandy drive
way, with cement floor, through the
middle. The corn crib is on the west
side and the east side of the first
floor is devoted to grain bins, except
the small room in southeast corner,
where the gasoline engine is located.
There is dump in the driveway and
double elevator. From where stood
it looked to me that the second story
was not completed. suppose addi-
tional bins will be placed on the Sec
ond floor and convevors will enable
Mr.. Petersen to drive lis wagon I'M
derneath the spout, pull. a lever and
watch the grain fill his wagon box.
There is leanto on the east side Of
the building, entire length Of the
building, and eighteen or twenty feet
wide. This will be used to store the
tractor and other machinery. From
the amount OF gravel piled nearby, and
the cement mixer, was led to believe
that cement floor will be placed in
the machine shed. This large build
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lagement of the swine for several years
has been left to his son, Elmer, and
now that he has gone to assist in max
| ing the world safe, for mankind, the
herd of swine will be sold at public
sale Monday, September Both, on the
| farm located two and three-Quarter
miles south and one and half miles
west of Arthur and eight and one-half
miles northwest of Kiron. SiXty-five
head will be sold, consisting of Al
spring and one yearling boars, Is
spring gifts, 9 yearling and tried sows.
One of the brood sows is the longest
and heaviest boned Chester White I
have ever seen. She looks like a
thousand dollar gold bond and would
improve the best herd in the land.
There are many other choice things
in the Offering, IA
w. S. Hill of Alexandria, S. OAK,
icertainly made good buy when he
bought those Red Polled cattle at the
dispersion sale of B. A. Samuelson
last May. He is showing them at a
number of state fairs and at Des
Moines made killing with Pleasant
Hill Perfection, the two year old Sam
uelson bull He was made senior and
grand champion. Paul, the senior
yearling won first prize. OF course,
Mr.. Samuelson is pleased at the show
ing the cattle he bred is making. He
told me Monday that he had sold all
of his Duroc bOars at private sale but
will sell 40 head of choice spring
boars at his October 22d sale. I had
another look at that great young SIRE.
King Orion Cherry, Jr., which he
bought last fall for nearly a thousand
dollars, his litter mate brought $1,000.
I was pleased to note this young sire
is showing up great He has devel-
oped great depth as we'll as length
and is way up on his feet. Great
Wonder, Ist,. by the champion Great
Wonder, has as good feet as have
seen on herd boar, and is a mighty
classy individual in every respect. Mr..
Samuelson has certainly a wonderful
pair of herd boars in these two and it
lis no wonder his crop of spring pigs
are extra choice. The farm is loca.
ed AZ miles north OF, Kiron. -a
Ida Grove Pioneer: Fred Behn has
"a patch Of wheat in section 80 in
Maple township which is the best
yielder yet reported. It contains over
20 acres and is said to have yielded
IS bushels to the acre. Mr. Behn sold
it in Danbury for $2.07 per bushel.
Chester Venard brought some pur>
Sac county White corn into the Pho
neer office last Saturday that is prac.
tically safe from the frost at this
time. The ears are large and well
filled out, even to the tapered end.
John Derkson, of Logan township, tL.o
same day, brought some good yellow
corn into town, part of which was al
most fully ripe and other ears were
about the condition that the crop was
last fall when the freeze came in &C.
tober.
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Clarence Hutchinson has started
work on building which is not COM
mon in this county. 1t is round hog
house. 1t will have pens arranged in
circle and will be built with cupola.;
The round house is used to a limited
extent in Iowa. 1t has some merit in
he way Of convenience and economy
of material, but it does not furnish
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-04

When you buy stock from my herd you
buy stock whose ancestors came from the herds
Of such breeders as Sievers, Mouw, Hancher,
Critters, Halford, Walker & Son, Peterson,
Kover Bros, Rsley, etc.
Sale will take place on my farm which is
located 334 miles northwest Of Vail, and s
miles northeast Of Denison The sale will be-
gin promptly at 1:30 p m.
Make special effort to be here in time
for the opening address by that great orator
auctioneer, H. S. Duncan, for it will BE worth
coming miles to hear.
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August Breusel, who is located
about three miles southeast of Deloit,
has moved a corn crib to new 10.
cation and is getting ready to start
he construction of horse and cow
barn on the former location Of the
corn crib. The barn will bes40x4O and
will be substantially built throughout.
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If you like the Bob" stuff you will surely
be pleased with my offering, for have freely
used my great herd boar, Smooth Bob, son Of
the uncrowned Poland China king, Big Bob,
in my herd. have also patronized number
Of the other most noted sires The Spring boars
are sired BY Smooth Bob, Blue Valley Timm,
Big Russell, Long Timm and King L.
The two herd boars, Orange Giant 3O66O5
and Long sTimm 296809, are putin as real at
fractions; also the four choice bred sows. You
will have to attend many salesIto find their
equal. ! believe they will be four Of the very
choicest to go through sale ring this season.
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ing is in keeping with the residence
and other buildings on this excellent
stock farm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-04

an even Distribution A0e
its it form Of struct
be practically enlarged " MlQGe
ing needs. Mr.. Hutchinsonl4
will measure forty feet AEf0ss Il
side measurement. His farm y
Gated three miles east OF Delo5t
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|of living expenses keeps edging up
much closer to my salary will soon
have to mortgage the cemetery lot, to
raise the price of hair cut and shave.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
HUBBY YOUR FRIEND?

Your husband should be your best
friend. | say friend advisedly, al
though I believe that for the man you
are going to marry you should feel a
strong attraction, and that when you
are with him you should feel no end
of glamor, thrills and other unfriend-
like emotions. But unless in your
minds eye you can picture your future
husband as your kindest, truest friend
as we'll as the most fascinating COM
panion, do not marry him.
A woman can nearly always visual
ize the future, and she has intuitions
about character. Picture yourself i'll
in bed your face drawn and haggard,
all beauty gone. Then imagine the
man you are thinking of as a hus-
band as he comes into the room. Does
his face light up with joy at the
thought of your coming recovery. and
with pity and tenderness for your
suffering and weakness, or does he
look repealed at the inevitable ugli-
ness of your condition?
Children, the best gift life has to
offer US, still prevent us from doing
many of the things we long to do The
time and the money that you used to
be able to devote to the making of
clothes for yourself alone now must
provide them for several people. The
not very stimulating babble of the
children now take the place of the in
teresting talks and experiences of old
days. With your minds eye on the
future, can you see your husband
coming home filed with the desire to
make life brighter for you, or does he
look bored and rush to his lodge or
club as soon as he can get away?
| And can you see yourself as his best
friend? He may be i'll and ugly: he
may become dull and poky. Are you
going to care enough for him to be his
best friend? Will you stand by him
in his hour of trouble or illness; will
you be cheerful, brave and intelligent
if he loses all his money, will you help
him to develop his best characteristics,
not nag him about his bad ones? And
will you care enough for him to make
the effort not to get dull or dowdy even
if you are overworked in the home?
| do not mean to say that | advise
you to make a slave of yourself for
any husband, nor do l want him to be
a slave to you. For instance, let us
suppose that he is the one who has
become 'poky," while you still love
society and fun outside the home.
There will be four courses open to
you You can give up all your own
wishes and spend every evening at
your own fireside with him; you can
make row, sacrifice his tastes and
drag him out with you every night;
you can let him go his way while you
go yours; or, best of all, you can COM
promise by staying at home with him
half the time and gently, tactfully
persuading him to go out with you oc-
casionally.
The relation between husband and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
KIRcHoF G. COOPER.

Kirchof & Cooper has a modern,
we'll stocked retail meat market at 419
Kelly Avenue, where the best in fresh
and salt meats can be found Abso-
Lutte cleanliness and purity in every bit
of meat handled is absolutely insisted
upon by this market and only govern
ment inspected, certified meats are
used. No city inspector ever needed
to order this market cleaned up. The
proprietors discovered early in their
business career that the way to get
and keep a discriminating trade was
to handle only the best of meats, and
to handle them in market as clean
and spotless as the kitchen in the
finest home.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
WHY HONOR THE HOLY NAME
The cdsket.

There are things in this life which
fall under the head of symbolism, and
derive therefrom a new significance, a
power, charm that weaves a spell
around the hearts of men. The rose is
but an ephemeral fragrance, and yet
for many long years men and nations
struggled for the supremacy of the
ideal enshrined within its perfumed
breast. The shamrock lies unhonored
upon its native sward, yet raised aloft
it tells of an undying faith, of ferv-
ent race, of ceaseless struggle and
graphing against an elusive foe. The
flag, the banner of country, is but a
handful of bunting; and yet how much
glory is not enshrouded in it's silken
folds! Great minds of the ages have
striven, genius has touched its apex,
blood has flown in crimson torrents
that that lifeless emblem might re
main upright and unsullied.
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The PURE FOOD GROCERY.

Among the modern groceries of
Devils Lake is the store owned and
conducted by r. Feldman in the Opera
House Blk, whose business for a num-
Der of years has been steadily built
up and extended by efficient manage
ment and courteous service, combin.
ed with stock of groceries that is
second to none in cleanliness and puri-
ty, which has resulted in a steady in
crease in trade. Canned goods, vege.
tables, fruits and everything handled
in modern grocery store can be
found here at prices far less and may
be depended upon to be just as they
are represented.