The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-19
THE REVUE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. u. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John II. D. Gray
Editor
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swine in Mr. Hamilton's herd next
year, for he is certainly thirty'sec
Ofd degree Spotted Poland China fan
That is one Of the first requirements
for any one who expects to succeed
with any breed. They have got to be-
lieve that the breed they have select
"a has every other breed beaten to a
frazzle. Mr.. Hamilton has nice young
herd of pure bred Shorthorn cattle
and he is going slow and growing in.
to the business. That Is another re-
Quirement for the man who wants to
succeed with pure bred livestock. they
have. to grow into It. step, by step
will bet my last winters overshoes that
Mr. Hamilton makes good )
A. J. Carlson Is located on his sis.
tiers farm in section four. Soldier
township. His Ulster Is Mrs. c. A.
Nordholm. A new hog house is to be
built and it will be 1892. The materi.
Il IL now ready for the workman, but
where, oh where. are the w0rkmen
He has field OF about ~ acres sown
10 broom corn and he was blowing it
for the first time last week. A Mr..
PeterSon, OF Battle Creek, has 14OO
sheep on the adjoining land on the
west OF Mr.. Carlson. There is half
section in this tract without buildings
and 1t contains much pasture land. A
man il employed to care for the sheep.
The land belongs to Robt. Hart. The
sheep, were being sheared last week
and will no doubt bring much fine kale
for Mr.. Peterson.
, know what Dante meant when he
said: whichever way turn IL hell"
Twas up in Soldier township and got
on onto q road which is seldom used.
I.flrst found q bridge out and had to
retrace my steps and decided to detour
% the south, but there was nothing do
Ing I'M that direction, as l found when
IIreturned to the school house, for the
south road was not open. ! then start
"a north and was travelling high, wide
and handsome until ran into piece
sOf road which was being turned topsy
torvy by the road grader. 1t was nec-
ossary for me to get out and get busy
removing the large pieces of sod for
about one hundred yards before I could
get up the hill with my mighty I'D. The
thermometer was around about 80 In
the shade. Surely whichever way
turn was hell" or something like that,
Was also my thoughts.
a Edward Krohnke has a new hog
house Just about completed on the
farm located about one and a half
miles west of Schleswig. 1t is 2Ox64
with cement floor, windows In the side
walls and south roof. The roof WIN
dows are the ventilating kind. He has
also built . garage 1Ox1S for that new
flye passenger Page touring car. Ed.
ward has the ear marks of a success
ful farmer.
fChas. Ernst was busy last week max
INK repairs to some OF his buildings on
the farm four miles northwest OF
6chleswig. A cattle shed, 24x4O, with
rs foot posts will soon be built. They
had some bad luck with the chickens
On this farm early this spring, losing
about 400 pure bred White Wyandottes
It 10 certainly unpleasant to lose so
many chickens at any time but after
4 person has fed them through the
winter It seems worse.
Matt; Iyersen shipped two cars of
cattle to Chicago last Saturday. They
were ali two year olds and he had
been feeding them for six months:
Matt IL located five miles northwest OF
schleswig.
Louie Kuehl is starting q herd of
pure bred Angus cattle on his farm To-
Gated in section eight Morgan town.
ship. He now has eight head of reg.
iatered cows. He bought them from
bis brother, Henry.
fr#, Ests... r.s' o.
Y Ed Schramm Is on his fathers farm.
four miles northwest of Denison. He
has been having trouble to get suffi'
Gent water on the farm but now he
lieves the we'll will supply his needs.
A shortage of water on the farm Is
certainly serious and. no doubt, Mr..
echramm is pleased to know that he
viii have no more trouble from that
source. ...
4 Charter Oak Times: John Thompson.
the bee man, went to Sioux City Tues
dSy morning to be present at gath
ering OF the bee men of western Iowa.
The meeting was held at big apiary
about two miles south OF Morntngstde,
where the fellows could discuss their
sharp pointed pets at short range.
Lake View Resort: Herman Gotsch,
brother of our fellow townsman. P. J.
Gotscf1, who operates q large farm
near West Side, and who was recently
called to the colors, has been given
four months furlough to complete op'
erations on his crops which are now
greatly In need Of care.
Ute Independent: Fred Lenz, OF Den
ison, was in town this Thursday look 7,
INK after some matters connected with
his farms In this locality. Fred said
the recent big tornado that passed
near Denison Just missed him by lit
tie over . mile, and that was closer
than he likes to have them come.