The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-27
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gnau
fEDlTOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers

makes the legumes, to which family
the soybean belongs, soil builders and
lenrichers. However. without inocula.
Etion, without the little white balls
and bugs" the fsoybean acts just like
any other plant in that it ceases to be
I a soil builder and draws its food from
soil rather than from the air. The
Iowa experiment station says: 1T pays
| to inoculate soybean seed, especially
on thin soils. If the seed is not inocu-
lated the power of the beans to enrich
and build up the land is lost. CONNER
cial cultures secured from seed COM
panies are the most satisfactory if d.
rections accompanying the material
are carefully followed. incubation
may also be secured by hauling dirt
from fields where inoculated soybeans
have been grown" ....
If planting with corn for silage or
h0gging down purposes, experience
has proven the practice of mixing
beans and corn in the planter box, one
third beans and two thirds corn.
In cases where the corn is too thick
or produces too rank growth, con.
siderable shade results and in conse-
Quence the beans do not do well. AS
with all crops, some experimenting
and good judgment must determine
ways and means for overcoming the
objections. ..n.5
This is the second of the series OF
articles on this plant; another, third,
and last, iof the series will appear next
week. & ~ ~ I'LL
Vail Observer: There is a movement
on foot among the stock raisers and
citizens of Vail and vicinity to organ
lie q stock company for the purpose
of building sale pavilion here at Vail:
The company, IL organized, would
erect sale pavilion where stock sales
and public sales of all kinds could be
held, the party having the sale paying
a small percentage or rental for the
nse of the pavilion. This would en-
courage many to 60 into the stock
business stronger, and then several
could & o. togethertan and hold a conbina-
ton sale II they did not have enough
stock to hold an individual sale. Sale
pavilions in other places have proven
good propositions. paying nice div1-
dends on the money invested. They
stimulate the pure bred stock raising
industry and furnish q fully equipped
and convenient place for holding sales.
Vail has become quite center Tor
breeders of pure bred stock and stock
raised in this vicinity has won repu-
tation far and wide through the
country. We see no reason why this
cannot be put through, as it will prove
to be not only a good thing for the
town of Vail, but it will also prove .
great benefit to all the farmers and
stock raisers Of this section. 5t$
Profit is not our only consideration
in war times. Business as usual is
Wheat may not be as
barley or corn, but, wheat
is necessary to the people, and the
fighting forces of our nation and the
nations aligned with us in the world
war Itis our job to produce food
the kinds and quantities necessary.
Who talks in terms of profit when your |
boy and my boy, works, fights and dies
at $50 per month? Farmers have al
ways borne their full share in the
wars OF this country, from the Green
Mountain boys of the revolution down
to the volunteers Of 1918. They will
do their share, but it is Of first rate
Importance to the nations cause that
farmers shall continue to produce at
q maximum. That is their paramount |
responsibility. 49, s,.-2
~, 10 ,3fl 80
A portable foorless rack, or crate,
10 feet wide and 80 feet long, is the |
novel and very serviceable device en-
ployed on an up to date farm in trans |
porting small herds Of livestock on the
public highway. The outfit. which is |
shown in the April Popular Mechanics |
is about six feet high, and
is supported few inches above the
ground by running gear, a pair of
wheels being located at each end. The
outfit eliminates all danger Of the herd
being scattered or stampeded.