The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16

grounds in Harlan, Mr.. Barber was
the first man, / believe, to sell Ches-
ter White female for $1,000. He has
always raised good ones and he is still
raising that kind. His offering will
consist of fall bears, SO spring boars
and IL gifts, the cream Of his herd.
Don't overlook this sale for it will be
one of the very best of the year.
When Fred Sievers broke all previ-
Gus sale record not only for an indi-
vidual animal at $4,000, but also by
selling fifty head at an average of
S7O1.35, four Crawford county breeders
present brought home animals, for
which they paid long prices. They
are: Herman .Goech, of West Side,
who paid $3.50 for No. 10; Chas. Chase,
Of Buck Grove, $3.50 for No ID; A.
Harrington, of Vail, 1925 for No. 20;
J. Fl. Healy, of Manila, $575 for No
As. This importation to our county
should enhance the value of our Pol
and China swine considerably.
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: Chris
Hansen, of Providence township, is
building a new cattle yard fence that
is somewhat out of the ordinary. Chris
says that woven wire fence is not so
very satisfactory for a yard fence for
him so he is using six inch fence
boards and setting the posts four feet
apart. This he thinks will make
very substantial fence and one that
will no doubt stay in place much bet
ter than woven wire.
A car load Of dehorned high grade
yearling Shorthorns sold on the Chi
cago market October Sd for the rec
ord breaking price of $3.50, and av-
eraged- LOTT pounds. The firm who
sold this bunch are preparing some
Shorthorns for the coming lnterna-
tional show
Good Donald Sd, the first prize SEN
ior yearling Hereford bull this year at
the Iowa state fair, recently sold at
auction in Kansas City for $500.
From this sale am led to believe that
choice white face cattle are still bring
ing top prices.
Everybody knows that it is poor
4 business to tear up the highways just
as winter is approaching, that is, ev-
erybody knows this except some fell
lows who have the authority to do
the very thing that ought not to be
done. IL Maurice Curtis, of Knoxville,
is aroused over conditions that con-
front that city the coming winter. He
says that the four principal roads
leading to the city are fast becoming
impossible through the efforts OF the
government appropriation. Just why
\ sensible men will insist upon tearing
4 lip the roads in the fall of the year
and getting them in such shape that
they will be all but impossible for the
winter is one of the great mysteries.
This is the last call for B. A. Sam
nelson's annual Duroc boar sale. Re-
member sale will be held on the farm
AZ miles north of Kiron on Tuesday,
October 22d. Sale will start prompt
" at 1 O'Clock. Forty-six head Of
spring bears will be sold and they are
big growthy fellows. Twenty-four are
sired by King Orion Cherry Jr., 4 by
King Orion Cherry;~15 by Great Won
der list and 3 by COL Rajah. This IS
an extra good lot of boars of the large
type with easy feeding qualities and
many of them are good enough to head
the best herds in the land. Every
thing guaranteed to be just as repre-
scented. Mr.. Samuelson is one of our
Oldest and most successful breeders
and the offering is worthy the pres
enceS of every Duroc breeder who IS
looking for good seed for his future
crop.
Frances T. Marten informs me that
he recently sold his great show and
breeding bull, Black Benz I'd, to F. j.
Roberts, Of Atlantic, for $4,000. This
is one of the longest prices ever re-
ceived for an Aberdeen Angus at pri-
! vate sale. He is certainly wonder
full individual and his breeding is
equally as attractive. He is a son of
Belfast by Black Woodlawn and out
Of dam by Erwin G. by Black Wood
lawn; his granddam is by the celebrat-
4. ed Ballindalloch bull, imported Ed
ward r. The fact that practically all
Of the. females going into Mr.. Martens
sale at Wall Lake, Thursday, October
31st, are bred to him should greatly
increase their value, and also be a
4 magnet to draw buyers to the sale.
Wellsburg Herald: Henry Peters re-
turned Saturday from trip to var
ious places in Minnesota. He says
that the crops up there are good. Oats
and corn look about the same as here
and the crop Of potatoes is much bet
ter than here Henry says that his
brother sold car load at S. cents "a
bushel. The local price here has been
$780,
Manning Monitor: Manning is noted
throughout Iowa as a potato center
but this years crop is far below the
average-in fact it is thought that the
crop will be considerably below a hall
crop. Some farmers got from theil
patches as high yield as 100 bushels
an acre, others did not get more thar
their seed back. The merchants have
bought practically all the crop here
and after storing what they want, will
ship the rest. The price first paid was