The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18
! CROP REPORT

"a general lack Of moisture content
III the subsoil as well as in the sur
face soil throughout southwestern and
south central Iowa made it impossible
h for the corn crop to withstand the in
II tense heat, accompanied with hot
winds, upon the, dates of August Sd,
18th, 9Th and 9Th. 1t was during this
period that one of the best corn pros
poets In southwestern Iowa was in a
day or SO reduced to practically moth
Ing in some localities and to 40 or so
u per cent in others.
Many farmers in the southwestern
and south central portions of the
state are having to feed winter feed
I to livestock Livestock generally
throughout the state is in good flesh,
ana hut few cases of cholera reported.
Good rains must soon occure through
4 out the southern portion of the state
to assure the winter wheat acreage
& apportioned to that section.
Let us not be caught as we were
last year. Every effort should be
\ made to make early selection of seed
corn, sufficient for the next two years.
Your attention is called to the fact
81 that killing frosts were experienced
3 IN north central and northeastern
Iowa last year as early as September
18th and again on September 26th and
d 27th. II good seed corn can be Sc
4 cured by September 18th in your To-
cality you are implored to secure your
seed and place it in a good dry room.
d Never under any circumstances let
Il freezing Temperatures hit it, especiall-
ly while carrying a high moisture con-
4 tent Frank s.. Pinney, Iowa Field
Agent.
County Agent Quist invited ME to
Join him in drive over to Charter
Oak and vicinity last Wednesday af-
4 termoon. We visited few corn fields
in that vicinity and found the corn
4 much better than we had been lead to
believe it was. We also found that
Will King raised some mighty. fine
4 melons. That is, Quist did, for you
know Il would not lay hands upon
melon when it's owner was nearly
4 half mile away. We found time to
spend very pleasant one hour on the
farm Of E. B. Gooch which is located
B 1b miles east of Ute and miles
west OF Charter Oak. We certainly
found fine array OF superb Hereford
cattle. Mr.. Gooch has on his farm
Just about the best Herefords in the
II land, In fact, I am at loss to know
where to look for better ones. Mr..
GoOch started out by buying the best,
paying whatever price was necessary
\ III order to obtain the best. You will
find such as the Imported Farmer,
Beau Brummel, Fred Real and Perfec-
ton Fairfax blood in his herd, and for
81 all that i know there may be others.
Two years ago he held sale at Oma-
& ha which beat all previous Omaha
records, and last year he repeated the
c performance at Sioux City. This year
4 he Is going to hold sale on his farm
Y II will be held on November 9Th. At
] that time he will sell rs head besides
Il the 40 head of calves given away at
foot of cows Among those calves
are young bulls fit to head the best
herds in the land too. 1t will be a
\ great sale and a great showing of the
II very best of the Hereford breed.
Right now he has two of the best bulls
an the nation in his herd, as well as
others that are very choice. His she
I stun is exceptionally choice. If you
enjoy looking at good cattle visit to
4 this farm would be almost equal to a
visit to the great National stock show.
received letter this week from
Il the publishers of the Iowa Farmer,
Informing me that this excellent ag-
ricultural journal is now under new
management. On looking over the
names OF the men who are on it's board
81 directors, I found the names of two
acquaintances. One is that of w. A. |
Rutledge, president of the Farmers
Mutual Hail Insurance Co. knew Mr.. |
Rutledge when he answered to the
name of Walt, up around Sac City, He
was a mighty companionable fellow
too. He has grown from merry
farmer boy, who wore Rockford socks
and patched breaches, to be president |
s0f mighty big and substantial con-
Germ, Scott G. Bradford, formerly of |
storm Lake, is another name recog-
mixed. A number of years ago, when |
Congressman Thomas was seeking Of
nee, and during the time he held it, |
frequently met Scott for we had more |
or less In common concerning the
making Of the judges election sure,
etc. i found Scott strictly on the
square (eVen If he was a politician) |
and I still hold him in high esteem.
If the rest OF the bunch will measure
up to this pair, the Iowa Farmer
should rapidly grow in popularity
among our farmers. Here is looking