The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-24

|bee hives and decided to stop and i'll
quire if it was we'll with his bees.
had visited DR.. Bonney, of Buck Grove,
in company with #. Eric Millen, state
apiarist of Ames college; County
Agent Quist and a couple of gentle
men from Charter Oak. l was told
that the doctors bees were not as
busy gathering honey as they might
be but noticed they seemed to have a
|fondness for the blossom on the end
of my nose. l understand there is
big shortage of honey all over the
state this year. Mr. Riggleman tells
me that he has fourteen hives now
and does not pay much attention to
them. He gets more honey every year
than he can use in his own home and
perhaps-he will spare a little for my
corn cakes sometime. He got started
in bees from swarms that had an at
tachment for the trees on his farm
when they decided to leave their own
happy homes. They were placed into
hives and told to get busy and i'm
prove each shining hour" l under
stand that Mr. Millen will return
about September 10th and hold bee
keepers meeting in Denison. He will
explain the care of bees. diseases, etc.
He has had considerable experience
with bees and knows them from head
to singer
l overheard a conversation about
stacking wheat last week that may
be Of interest to you. A certain gen
tleman made the statement that wheat
should be stacked if the owner plans
to have it ground into -four He said:
Wheat must sweat somewhere, and
the best place for it is in the stack.
The wheat that has not sweat out in
the stack sWeats in the miller's bin
and must be left for about a month
before being made into flour. II
ground Immediately it causes the
flour to sweat and get warm, though
it does no permanent damage, as the
product does not become musty."
Judging from the appearance of the
wheat fields in Crawford county there
will be ample work for the mills this
year. and nearly every farmer will
have wheat enough for hrs own use.
We are harvesting the largest crop OF
wheat in Iowa this year the state has
ever known A wheat crop ranging
from 100000 to TO-. 100000 bushels
is in prospect in Iowa this year, COM
pared with only 100000 bushels last
year.
Iowa baby beef clubs are being or
ganized this month among the boys OF
the state. The organization is pro-
ceeding by counties as in former
years. There is every reason to eX-
pect a larger enrolment in this work
this season. The boys will start feed
ing their calves on November LIST and
will feed them until September LIST
of next year. Four hundred and fifty
boys are finishing this years work in
the baby beef clubs. This is so per
cent increase over any previous year. |
1t Is expected that over 100 OF these |
boys will show their calves at the |
state fair. Last year SO of them ex-
hibited at the fair and As of the calves
were sold at the close of the exhibit
ton. A similar auction sale will take
place this year. A prize list of $3.50
is hung up for the calf club members |
at the state fair and $245 will be Of
fered at the Interstate fair at Sioux
City. Club members will camp togeth-
er at these fairs and special privileges
will be given them. While at Des
Moines they will spend day at Camp |
Dodge and also a day at the plant Of
the Iowa Packing company Boys
must make their entries before Au
gust LIST at Des Moines and Septem-
Der LIST at Sioux City.
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The Ute Independent reports that |
NJ. B. Riddle has threshed his crop of |
winter wheat, and it went better than |
thirty4tiv bushels per acre. What !
will he do with all his money?