The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-29

Thursday is Memorial day. Let US
make an extra effort to attend the ex
ercises this year and show the rever
ence and love that we should feel to
ward the few remaining veterans OF
the civil war. Not many more Me
mortal days will the American people
have an opportunity of showing theil
gratitude and love for the surviving
heroes, as with each passing year the
ranks are becoming thinner; they are
going down the valley, one by one
There are many of our boys sleeping
In the soil Of France. but wherever
they are resting every true American
will bear them in mind and pay trib
tlte to their memory. President VIII
son in his national Memorial day
proclamation, urges the people of THE
nation to gather that day in their
place of worship and pray for the
victory of the American armies,
which will bring peace founded up
on mercy, juctice and good will. He
says this is duty peculiarly incum.
bent in time of war humbly and de.
voutly to acknowledge our fndepend.
enco on Almighty God and to implore
His aid and protection.
One hundred and five boys from the
different counties OF Iowa will get to
attend the state fair this fall as guests
OF the fair association, because they
are winners in the essay contest con,
Quoted by the association. How can
. farmer boy help win the war;" was
given as a subject. and competition
was free to all farmer boys in the
state. Cletus Owens, of Crescoe, won
first prize. The boys will be housed
In tents at the fair grounds and will
be entertained at the best restaurants
on the ground. Y. NJ. c. A. workers
will have them in charge and help to
entertain them.
Ida Grove Pioneer: James Leitch,
who came to this county as farm
hand five years ago and has been
farming on his own hook about two
years. recently sold off so head of 25S
pound hogs, for which he received
over $1,000, or $16.S5 per hundred. He
has 36 young pigs this spring and 13
old sows, also thirty head of cattle on
the place. all ages. Last fall he sold
number OF that years calves. He
Is doing nicely on the 100 acres which
he rents from Tlof Carlson in section
IL OF Hayes township. He came from
Ireland eight years ago to Canada and
came from Canada to the states five
years ago. He was in Ida Grove last
Thursday for the purpose of taking out
his second papers in aturalization.
had planned to be present at the
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Thursday afternoon, but the rainstOrm
compelled postponment until Fri
day afternoon of this week. Tom and
Jerry, the famous Crawford county
Red Cross roosters, will be there rar-
ing to go over the top. Many hand
some and useful articles will be sold
and It is hoped that there will be a
large attendance. Malone Bros. who
have sold Tom and Jerry every time
they have been sold, will be present
and the line of talk these freckled
faced orators put up at Red Cross
sale is worth going miles to hear.
Don't miss it, If the you have to mort
gage the old gray mare to get there.
Sac City Bulletin: One of the inter-
esting developments OF the season in
an agricultural way is the Hickory
Hill Poultry Farm" which Claude keir
is operating just south OF Sac City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kerr have gone into the
business of Matching chicks wholesale
and are using three incubators, each
with 200 egg capacity. They already
have 900 young chickens on the place
and within the next fortnight will have
about 500 more, besides few turkeys,
ducks and guineas. They have num-
Der of young Light Brahmas, worth
$1.O0 apiece as soon as Matched. while
the ordinary young chicks are sold az
ter Matching for Is cents apiece. The
aristocrats Of the flock came from the
GAINESVILLE. Minn... poultry farm. Mr..
and Mrs. Keir ,aso have some turkeys
of extra breeding. the gObbler coming
from southern Kentucky and the hens
from northern Minnesota. Although
most people would think 400 young
chicks would give enough work. Mr..
and Mrs. Kerr are going into the work
more extensively. New breeding pens
are being built and in the next year or
two this business will attain consid.
cradle magnitude.
NJ F.. Bundy, of Genoa Junction.
Wis, has the following to say: MY
experience. to make success Of the
dairy business, is that one must start
with such herd as he can obtain and
grow up with it. He must purchase
the best sire that he can afford. A
man can put as much money into a
sire as he has left after buying his
herd. With a grade sire 1t is neces-
sary to have an exceptional individual
to Offset the bad qualities Of the grade
cow. BY raising the heifer calves
from his best cows (Which he Will find