The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-11-27
THE REVIE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John Fl. 2. Gray 8. ...+s.
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
IOWA WILL BE THERE

IOWA WILL BE THERE
Entry lists for the international
livestock exposition. to be held at Chi
cagO November both to December 18th
indicate that Iowa is going to be there
bigger than ever. With Iowa the big
gest Aberdeen Angus state in the un
ion, and having in past years won all
the grand championships over all
breeds that have come to this state
in that breed, chief interest in this
section hinges on the "Doddie" shows
and sales.
OF course, the chief interest is in
the Iowa State college exhibit of fat
steers from Ames, as that institute
has won four steer grand champion.
ships out Of 16 shows with angus
steers, and the five they are sending
to Chicago this year are expected to
uphold Ames traditions. Other Iowa
men showing fat steers in the single
4 classes are B. Ivan Banks, Delmar
Junction; S. S. Barton, Roscoe; Wat
son Davis, Castana; John H. Fitch,
Lake City, Hess & Brown, Waterloo;
Carl A. Rosenfeld, Kelley; Richard
Seberling, Mitchellville.
The entry Of E. P. Hall, of Illinois,
OF steers, is also of interest to Iowa,
as this steer, which won the grand
championship at the Illinois centennial
fair this year, is an Iowa Aberdeen
Angus product from M. H. Donohoe's
farm at SParnen. The University of
California steers, from the Pacific
coast, are also products of Iowa herds,
the foundation having been bought of
10. v. Battles, of Maquoketa.
In the Iowa list of breeding Aber-
deem Angus are Fischer & Ryan, IT.
win; r. w. Frank, Renwick; Hart
nell & Lang, Staceyville; Emery H.
Lee, Avoca; Fred ]. Roberts, Atlantic;
q. Tudor & Son, Iowa City; Turner
Bros, Dewitt, and Willow Lawn
Farm, Inc, Waverly.
Practically every Aberdeen Angus
breeder in this section will attend the
big show at Chicago this year, as the
annual meeting Of the American as
sociation, the international show and
the big combination sale are big Ere
construction events" they think they
cannot afford to miss. .5g
Old, antiquated methods are giving
way to new ideas. 1t is interesting to
note how some of us older fellows look
upon new tangled methods. Arthur
4OshOrn, of Winterset. observes that
corn is poorer in Madison county this
year than in any year since its settle
ment, except in 1894 when 1t all burn
ed up. With less corn than ever we
had before, at higher price, and with
more hogs to feed, it is not an uncom-
mon sight to see herd of hogs in a
field Of corn "hogging it down" 1t
looks wasteful. In a time when every
grain Of corn and every pound of pork
ID needed, and needed as 1t was new
er needed before, this method of feed
ing looks worse than wasteful. It
looks unpatriotic and sinful when
there are children overseas starving
for meat. A whole herd of hogs in a
big field of SLIPS corn, granting
through it, smashing it down and
burying the ears in the mud! But
the practical feeder will take pencil
and show you that it takes SO many
bushels Of corn to produce so many
pounds OF pork There are so many
rows Of corn in that field and so many
bushels in that field. He will turn his
herd Of hogs into that field and when
he takes it out you can not find any
corn on the ground, or in the mud, or
on the stalks. And he has produced
more pounds of pork with that corn
than you could have produced If you
had fed the corn to the hogs in the
feed lot. That's the new way. A lot
~ ~ ,n In K.
low it. Shades of Agricola! We Won
der what one Of the farmers who
broke up the prairie with oxen, plant
ed 1t to sod corn and next year plant
ed the corn by hand, tended it with
shovel ploW and fed the corn to one
cent hogs in a rail pen, would say If
he could see a farmer putting in corn
with tractor, and when it was ripe,
turning bunch of uniformed Hamp-
sshires into it while he takes a big
touring car and goes on trip!
II No doubt many of our readers re-
member the article wrote during the
month Of July for this department in
regard to Mrs. p. H. Sheridan and her
chicken hatchery. The new building
to house that 1890 egg size incubator
IS nearing completion. The building
81 12x27, two stories high. The first
story is partly underground. Admit
lance to the building will be gained
through the second story door, which
may be reached by walking up a short
hill. The basement, or first story
wall is made of hollow tile brick. The
room is seven feet and six inches high
and about two feet of it is above
ground. The second story room is six
feet high. A stairway goes from one
floor to the other on the inside OF
building but a brick chimney has been
built on the outside Of building and
stoves may be placed in either floor II |
desired. The basement floor is made
81 cement The plans for this build |
Ing were secured from the company
which makes the incubator and the
building is supposed to be the last
word in building construction for such l
j building. Drainage and ventilation
have been looked after as well as
plenty OF light. The entire building
IN the inside will be painted white
Ind am sure it will be kept as clean
is 'sspotless town" The incubator
will be placed in the first floor room.
( will hn cot IN az III