The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

not the good book say, Lead US loI
| into temptation?
When l stopped at the farm OF j. H.
Healy last week l found two OF his
brother farmers looking over dandy
bunch of spring Poland China boars,
and it did not take them long to buy
two of them. Mr. Healy is running
an ad in this issue, calling attention
to his bunch of spring male pigs which
he is selling at private sale. He will
not have boar sale, but will have no
trouble to sell them at public sale,
now that he has advertised in the
Review, because this newspaper coy
ers Crawford and adjoining counties
as no other county newspaper can
cover it. No breeder, who desires to
sell his stock, can afford to be with
out the support of the Review. An
advertisement in this newspaper will
be read by the man who is need or
the stock you have for sale.
! County farm bureaus, 725 strong,
with a membership of over 100000,
are bringing to the United States de-
partment of agriculture and the state
agricultural colleges the organized
help of patriotic American farmers in
planning and executing the agricultur-
al production and conservation pro
gram During the last year, with the
help of the department and the col
leges, 479 new bureaus were organ
lied to meet the war needs, and the
membership increased from $4,000 to
it's present figure. In the new county
farm bureau is found local agency in
which the entire extension movement
of the county centers and where the
county agent, the home demonstration
agent, the leader Of boys and girls
club work and the farm management
demonstration work hand in hand with
the farmers and their families In all
matters relating to the advancement
of agricultural, home and community
life. .,sa. .-,-... .,....
Ida Grove Pioneer: Milton Goetsch
proprietor of the White Valley farm,
Monday brought into the Pioneer Of
flee the first ripened ears OF field corn
seen this year. These two ears are
one of the white varieties and aver
age ten inches in length and firm and
we'll filled out even to the tip. If all
of his corn is like this, it will be very
soon out of the way of frost, and heat
as WE'LL Some persons claim that the
recent hot winds will have the effect
of hating the growth of the tips Of
the ears and leaving them untitled,
but this is not the case with Mr..
IGoettsch's corn If any of our farm
Ter observers find that their corn has
sfbeen affected In this manner, we
should like to have them bring in some
specimen ears.
C. M. Peterson has moved one Of
the hog houses from the set Of build
ings on the farm located on the south
side of the road to the farm just
across the road on the north side. A
very large barn and hog house will be
erected on the south farm. His farms
are located four miles northwest of
Dunlap, The barn will be so arranged
that he can hold his hog sales in the
barn. The hog house will be located
on side hill and the building will be
two stories high. The second floor
will be on a level with the barn floor
and hogs may be driven from the hog
house directly into the sale ring in
the barn. The barn will be 36x40. He
has another very good barn located
near the location of the new barn. The
new hog house will be 24x40, two
stories high, as | stated above. The
lower floor will be made of cement
and the side walls, up seven feet high,
will be made of hollow tile brick. The
side walls for second story will be
frame. An abundance of ventilating
windows will be placed in the build
ing to furnish both ventilation and
sunlight. He is at the state fair this
week and is showing Giant Master.
piece, junior yearling. Some who
have seen him pronounce him at least
the equal of King L. who carried off
! first prize at the National show last
year. Mr. Peterson certainly raises
good Poland China swine and his bred
SOW sale, about February 2Sth, should
attract buyers from many states.
Ida Grove Pioneer: Alongside Of
prospects for almost record breaking
crops in Ida county this year, comes
the report of an almost total failure
of the new seeding, which has been
practically all burned up by the
drought and hot winds, now so hap
PLY ended. However, the rains have
come too late to save the new seed
ing, while the old seeding has been
hard hit but may, survive now that
plenty of moisture has come. Some
persons may think that the loss of a
seeding or two Of grass or clover is
not so very important, but in reality
this is very serious loss and will not
only almost break up the crop rotation
system in some places, but will neces-
state the cropping Of good many
more acres next year than otherwise
and that, too, in face of the shortage
Of farm help. No one can figure the
loss in fertility to our farms that will
be very difficult to replace and will be
that much more of our farms being
hauled off and out of the country,
mined and sold from our farms to add
In time to the depreciation of our
farms and to the robbing of future pos
terity. Our great great grandchildren
will suffer for our sins, sometimes un-
avoidable, of course, as in the above
case
Two weeks-September 18th to Sep.