The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-11-20
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
49,. John H. D. Gray
EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
IT, and Farmers
John Fl. D. Gray
EDITOR


the war stricken people over there
essary that food conservation be prac'
ticed, though the war is at an end, is
the warning sent out by home eco
nomics teachers Of Iowa by Dean
Catherine J. MacKay, of Iowa State
college, home economics director OF
the state food administration. eve
must not fail to realize that peace
does not allay hunger says Dean
MacKay. For months to come $4,000,
900 people in Europe will not have
enough to eat unless someone sends
them food. The people of the United
States owe solmn obligation Of
standing by these stricken millions
until they have rehabilitated their
devastated lands. ~ VI.
Those who keep stock should re-
member that cattle uncomfortable do
not do we'll. Mich cows left out in
the cold will not make economical use
of food. Their highly developed nerv.
Gus systems are very susceptible to
sudden changes in temperature. This
should be borne in mind in the fall
when the first cold rains and cold
winds come. Protection from these
will prevent the reduction in milk
flow which they always cause. Do
not waste feed by letting your cows
stand out in cold winds and rain. The
same is true Of young stock as expo.
sure is always expensive for the keep
er. Do not delay putting up the cat
tie in comfortable quarters. {a'
4 Waterloo is to become the Belgian
horse center of the United States, for
that city is to be the permanent home
of the international Belgian horse
show, an event which will be held
each year in connection with the dairy
cattle congress. The first horse show
will be held next fall. 1t will bring
Belgian horses from all parts of the
world. One of the conditions i'm
posed upon the city in securing the
annual show was the erection Of a
barn to house 300 horses and to pro-
vide an attractive premium list. Plans
were perfected for the location OF the
show at a meeting of breeders from
the United States and Canada at Des
Moines several cities were Compel
itors for the honor.
WASHINGTON, D. CeNov. 15-The
November price basis of a minimum
of $3.50 for hogs will be continued
for the month of December under an
agreement reached by the, food admin
istration, a sub committee of the ag-
ricultural advisory board, hog raisers
and packers. The food admfnfstra-
ton in announcing a continuation OF
the present price basis said it is high
ly desirable that the lighter weight
hogs he held back for the next thirty
days. If withheld at this time, it was
said, the possibility Of breaking down
present price levels because of ex-
cessive receipts of the lighter weights
will be avoided.
Friday, November 22d, Ed Duncan
will blossom forth as a real close to
goodness auctioneer, when he will be
OH the block at the Poland China
swine sale of F. L. Mari. Mr.. MARI
has been breeding these good swine
TOR number of years and has great
of spring male pigs to be sold
on his farm located miles northeast
Of kenwood Sale will start at one
o'clock Those who have not procured
their male pigs will do we'll to attend
this sale for the quality OF the Offer
ing is very good. ia
Lake City Graphic: On last Friday
Mrs. Fred Young sold to J. w. Haley
a consignment of chickens which
brought the sum of $17S.10 and on
Monday another load which brought
s59.7S, making in all the neat sum of
S237.S3. Mr.. Haley has been in the
poultry business for sixteen years
and says that this is the largest
amount he ever paid to any custom
sr at one time. Mrs. Young still has
about hundred chickens left on the
arm. g
Because of the acid content of cram
berries, sweetener such as sorghum,
cane or corn syrup can be used even
more successfully than with other
ruits. They can be combined with
,ther fruits which are sweet, such as
apples, figs and raisins. either to ex-
end or modify the cranberry flavor or
o add sweetness to it. In this way
me may have this valuable winter
ruit without emptying the family SUI
gar bowl to sweeten them.
a.
An Iowa man, or rather Iowa men,
lave purchased the grand champion
Chester White boar at the last In
Llama state fair, paying $1,000 for him.
leonard Heisel & Son, Of Cedar Rap
DIS, are the men who bought the
,oar At the National swine show R.
;. Craft, of Gearing, purchased the
Chester White junior yearling boar
tajah's Giant, from B. M. Boyer &
IONS, for $1,000.
Iowa's corn crop will average thir-
y-six bushels. per acre of SO per cent
uality, Frank S. PinneyA field agent
or the department Of agriculture, es-
mates. Iowa's total YIELD is esti-
mated at S7,612OOO bushels as com.
ared with 41O,7O0,0O0 bushels last
ear. ..... .-. /
w. C. Schwarz has just completed