The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03

Andrew Swans has rented the Geo.
Winans farm, located two miles south
east Of Dcloit, for the past three
years. There are $50 acres in the
farm and Mr.. Swans operates it as q
stock farm principally. He has been
raising Chester White swine for sew
eral years and has been very success
full with them. He likes those big
| filters. He has one SOW which has
had three litters and has farrowed fiji
teen at each time. He has So head
of good fall pigs and forty.two brood
sOws. He believes it advisable to
hold fast to the brood SOW which has
proven her worth and not depend
upon young and untried brood sows.
Amt he right? All the buildings on
the farm viii be reprinted this year
and the horse barn rebuilt. 500.
Breda News: Many farmers were
active with their field work the latter
part of last week and quite little
wheat has been sown and covered.
Almost every farmer has sown from
five to ten acres of wheat which will
do much to help the food shortage.
Many of our readers reside in the
vicinity of AriOn and l want to inform
them that the Red Cross ladies of that
town will have a sale this week Sat
urday. Tom and Jerry, the Review
ROSTERS, will be there to crow for the
success of the sale. Why not plan to
be there too and help ON and Jerry
in their good work? God knows assis-
lance is needed, and we should all
help in the good work.
Logan Observer: The Lincoln high.
way as viewed from the train as far
east as Alnes is in very good condi.
ton. 1t appeared to be better In Craw-
ford county than in old Harrison and
there was evidence that the patrol sys-
TEN was in force there as fresh dirt
had been placed in holes that had
come in the road way Crawford coun-
ty has the highway in mighty good
shape, but it needs some attention in
this county, those who have occasion
to travel it say. 1t is likely that when
federal aid Is, applied along with the
appropriation from the county, that is
contingent in getting help from the
The appropriation is to be used be.
I"CClA NASoOul1 SulISS uAu NOOAUAAAS.
Last fall when John Hoist, Jr., was
to have a bred sow sale, laid con-
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siderable stress upon the fact that
.aohn had bred up very prolific
strain OF swine AS additional proof
OF the statements then made, l beg
permission to tell you that / visited
his farm last week. which is located
five miles west Of DenisOn, and found
that nine sows had narrowed total
of an even hundred pigs. This is a
little better than an average Of eleven
to the litter. One Of his sows this
time narrowed eighteen and another
narrowed sixteen. The one which far
rowed eighteen has now had three
littcrs. Her first litter numbered four.
teen, second. fifteen, and the third
eighteen. will give the filters as I
found them of the nine sows: 10, 16,
10. 8, Is, TO- 9, II, s. repeat they
are prolific.
Poultry in the United States produc-
es over half a billion dollars every year
to build two Panama canals.s
Ninety per cent of this, $500, 1000 900.
is produced by the small focks on the
farms OF the country and some still
think it sort Of side line. Farm
poultry is Profitable because the in
vestment is small, the cost Of labor is
low, feed is cheap, because the chick
ems utilize the waste products of the
farm, and they destroy weeds and in.
sects. One Hundred hens and a good
dairy COW are about equal in value.
Iowa records show that the average
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