The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16
THE REVUE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John II. D. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John II. D. Gray
Editor

ed Stacker" tight" selfish" and
''hoggish." ....
It seemed to matter little to these
professional takers that they had few
facts on their side of the argument
They took it for granted that the farm
er was always rich and that he was al
ways selfish. .-.
The farmers did not seem to worry
much about the charges. They kept
planting bigger crops and harvesting
bigger crops. They attended to their
own business, sent their sons to war,
gave literally to the Red Cross and
other similar drives But they made
few boasts of their liberality. 49,
| Saturday was the first day of the
fourth loan campaign. This morning
the papers announced that 'Iowa has
the honor of being the first state to
complete Its quota Of the fourth Lib.
erty loan"
The Iowa farmers and the Illinois
farmers are patriotic all right. The
chances are that by this time most
farmers have taken their share of the
new loan. They are in the habit OF
doing their work quickly and at the
right time. Instead of taking three
weeks for a little Job like raising their
share OF a loan, they do their giving
in one day and then get to work plant
ing winter wheat"
John F. Hoist, .Jr. held his annual
sale of Chester White boars on his
farm five miles west of Denison last
week Wednesday. While the prices
were not Quite as high as had been ex-
pected, it was not bad sale at that.
For some reason or other the fall
boars did not bring their worth, sew
eral selling for less than the spring
boars. They were as well bred and
had as much quality as the spring
boars, which had cost less money to
bring them forward. believe one of
the reasons for spring boars outsell-
ing their older brothers is the prac-
tice Of many farmers selling their
sows after their first filters have been
raised When our farmers become
convinced that they will have larger
and stronger filters by mating fall
bears and fully matured brood sows,
then will the older boars come into
their own. The first thing in the sale
ring was No. SO. While Gustav Lud-
wig, of Battle Creek, bought him at
$267.50, F. A. Cloud, of Rockwell City,
bid him up to $685. and then let him
go to.Mr. Ludwig. Both these gentle
men have had years of experience as
breeders of the Chester White strain
and they fully appreciated the fact
that a fall boar was worth more to
their herd than a spring boar When
a sow proves her worth as breeder
she can not be bought for love or mon
ey, and it requires two filters to firm
" establish her worth. This good
young boar bought by Mr.. Ludwig
was farrowed Sept. 4, 1917 and is out
Of litter of 9. He is a good individ-
ual as well as being from. good fam
lily. He goes to good home. Mr..
Hoist donated a spring boar to the
Red Cross, which was sold for 800 and
this amount will be turned over to the
Paradise Red Cross chapter. Forty.
head were sold at an average of
about $73. Col. G. c. Evans, the hand
some gentleman on the block, has pre-
sided at many Chester White sales in
this county and never disappoints
either buyer or seller. He is one Of
Americas most popular and capable
auctioneers. Long may he wave and
his stretch" increase.
About year ago wrote an article
for this department concerning herd
of Angora goats on the farm of Paul
Steensen, located four and a half miles
northwest Of Denison. They were used
to clear twenty acres of brush pas
ture land. After about three months
work they were supposed to have
done their work and were shipped to
Omaha to be sold. This summer it
was noticed that number of the
small bushes and scrub oak trees
were giving evidence of new life,
so a S. o. S. message was sent to
Omaha for another bunch of goats and
they have been at work clearing the
brush land. The pasture land where
they have been at work looks like
that portion of France where the Ger
mans have passed over, and If there
is now any life in those bushes there
is no evidence visible to the eye of
man. These goats do almost unbe-
lievable work in clearing land of
brush, underground and weeds. They
feed and thrive on material other ami
mails would scorn, converting other
wise useless stuff into meats and var
ious useful products. They will kill