The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15

heard OF the great herd of Hereford
cattle owned by the millionaire, VIM
Galloway, near Waterloo. Some time
ago he purchased Prince Perfection
at a cost of $4,000 to place at the
head of his herd. l believe you all
know about that, but there is some
thing am going to publish that many
of you do not know. DO you know
that this noted bull owned by "Bilr
Galloway is the sire of Prince Perfec'
ton 9Th, owned by Harry Mcleod, OF
Crawford county? 1t is a fact, and
saw this young bull on the Mcleod
farm, located in section twenty-five,
East Boyer township, last week. Princ e
Perfection 9th, is Of unusual promise,
both individually and as a sire and
one that any Hereford breeder would
be delighted to own. 1t is an honor
to our county to have such bull "in
our midst" The bull owned by Gal
loway was sired by the $4,000 Perfec.
ton and the $4,000 Dale. Prince Per.
lection has been a consistent blue
ribbon winner at the leading shows
CT 1912, 1913 and 1914. You will no.
tice by this that Prince Perfection 9th,
the Mcleod bull, is an aristocratic
gentleman. Harry purchased him for
long price, knowing that he was a
good individual and had the blood Of
royalty coursing through his veins,
but his ability to transmit his good
qualities to his offspring was unknown.
You may guess Harry's pleasure when
/ tell you that there are right now
on the Mcleod farm nine OF the get
of Prince Perfection 9Th and each and
every one is great prospect. Harry
Mcleod has spared no expense to
build up herd Of Herefords that
will be a credit to our state and he de.
serves to succeed. l firmly believe
that Prince Perfection 9th will make
Harry famous as a breeder and l am
going to hold him to the promise that
he recently made me, to have photo
graph taken that 1 may hang in my
office to give me an inspiration when
l want to write an article on that
great beef cattle, the Hereford.
Ice sheets contributed by a glacial
storm throughout a large portion of
the state during the fall of 1916,
smothering out much wheat, and lack
of snow covering during severe low
temperatures, causing winter killing
far in excess of usual, were the chief
causes of the 62 per cent abandoned
acreage CT the intended crop to have
been harvested in 1917. Very fortu-
nately nature has been more favorable
to the crop Of winter wheat to be har-
vested this year. March and the fore
part of April this year, being practi-
cally a period of drought, caused quite
an acreage of winter wheat to cure
out. 1t appears considerable wheat
made fair top growth and died this
spring, due entirely to lack of mois-
ture, a very unusual condition for
Iowa, as wheat found dead this time
Of the year, in most instances, is the
result of winter killing. This condi-
ton exists in the west central part of
the state bordering on the Missouri
river Upon deducting the abandoned
acreage, other than in the southwest
ern portion of the state, it is found
that the growing condition of winter
wheat is quite uniform. Based upon
a normal growing condition, normal
condition being represented by 100
per cent, northwestern Iowa on May
LIST had a growing condition of winter
wheat Of approximately So per cent:
north central Iowa 50 per cent; north
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trail Iowa 81 per cent; central Iowa
IS per cent; east central Iowa Sc per
cent; southwestern Iowa 70 per cent,
this low condition being due to en-
treme lack of moisture last fall; south
central Iowa so per cent; southeast
crn Iowa 90 per cent. Precipitation in
the form Of wet snow April goth in
the southwestern and part of the
south central portions of Iowa has
proven of inestimable value in pro.
noting vigorous growth of all small
grains, hay and pasture land. The
generally dry and cool weather
throughout the stale, has lrt0rded
somewhat the top growth Of all small
grains, but most small grain crops are
exceptionally free from weeds, show.
ing an unusually even stand and ex.
cellent color, indicating strong vitality
and root growth. and with SUI. .cient
moisture from now on and with fairly
cdbl nights oats, barley, rye and wheat
bid fair in the absence of injurious
agencies to give forth unusually large
yields.
Pure bred calf clubs have been or.
ganized in five more counties of Iowa
with memberships Of from 4G to GO
boys. These counties are Henry, Lee, !
Cherokee. Humboldt and Page, and }
each of them has group of boys |
who are owning their first pure bred
animal. The fair association is back !
ing the club in Henry county while !
in the others the financing is being |
done by banks. The boy is loaned |
the purchase money on easy terms |
and he pays it back when the calf is |
sold. The calves are fed through the !
summer and will be shown at the 10.
cal fairs in the fall. Most OF the !
calves have been bought from local |
breedes or from those within radius |
of few counties. Humboldt and
Lee have Shorthorns altogether and
the Cherokee lads have bought Here.
fords exclusively. In Henry county
all three breeds of beef cattle are rep
Prices ranging from 500 |
to SITS have been paid for the calves,
most of which are heifers.
A farmer near Manila asked me
last week to locate a young Aberdeen
Angus bull old enough for service,
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