The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-24
SUNNY RIDGE FARM.

last week Monday l was in the
4eighborhood of Sunny Ridge Farm
Which is located four and a half miles
isouthwest OF Wall Lake, in Levey
township, Sac county. l have known
I the proprietor, J, A. Richardson, about
twenty-five years, but had not been
on the farm for two or three years, SO
thought l had better drive over and
give "Ab" the once over. '5''' 49,.
5 When first became acquainted with
Mr.: Richardson he owned less than
ten head of pure bred Shorthorn cat
tie, but today he has a large herd and
a majority of them are pure Scotch
1t has taken much work and consider.
able expense to build up this herd to
it's present size and degree of excel
slence. There are now 100 head OF
pure bred ShOrthorn cattle on this
farm and also counted fifty-four head
OF spring calves.
While Mr. Richardson has always
been on the lookout for good females,
he has fully realized the Importance
of a good sire. Today he has in Elem
wood Sultan very good specimen OF
4 the great Shorthorn cattle. l have
many times seen Elenwood Sultan,s
eire in the herd Of C. A. Oldsen, an.
other Sac county breeder, and know
Elenwood Sultan is a worthy sen ofsa
noble sire His sire is Sultan Sd, a
son of White Hall Sultan from a MARI
Princess Royal dam. Mr.. Richardson
purchased ElenwOod Sultan from u.
B, Thomas, Of Audubon, when he was
only eight months old. He was shown
as a calf at Des Moines in class Of
90, in the FREQ for all. and secured
seventh place. In the Iowa class he
carried off second place. He is now
four years old, and will weigh a ton.
He has proven his worth as a breeder
beyond the question of doubt. Last
year Mr.. Richardson sold a cow, with
a white heifer calf at foot, for $315.
The COW was eight years old and the
calf was sired by Elenwood Sultan.
The calf was shown at Des Moines
and other fairs and she was always
placed inside the money. The calf
sold last October for $500 and the
mother for $3.50. This is only one
case OF the many where this grand
herd bull has proven his worth by his
get, and it also gives an idea of the
profit made by. men who have pur-
chased stock from Mr.. Richardson.
Two weeks ago p. Vickery, of Ida
county, bought a year old bull calf OF
Mr.. Richardson, which was sired by
Elenwood Sultan, for which he paid
only $500, and it will ultimately be
made the herd bull for Mr.. Vickery's
good herd The calf weighed 800
pounds ,t-@ ( ...
Now don't think that Sunny Ridge
Farm only has one extra good herd
bull. In Linnwood Type. sired by King
Cumberland Sd, who stood third at
the great International livestock show,
and traces back to Cumberland's Type,
the bull which made c. A. Saunders
famous. Mr. Richardson paid $1,000
for this bull when he was but seven
months old, and he is now thirteen
months old. He will be used as a
cross on the get Of Elenwood Sultan.
This should produce wonderful strain
OF cattle.
While Mr., Richardson is becoming
famous as breeder Of Shorthorn cat
tie, and laying aside much fine kale.
he is as common as an old shoe, and
would advise all who wish to feast
their eyes upon a nice bunch of cattle
to make Sunny Ridge Farm visit.
The following aragraph from bull
letin sent out by the food admins
traitor should be read by all our peo-
pie: No question is more frequently
asked than why we send wheat to
Europe and stint our own people. The
first answer is that we send wheat to
!. furnish a foundation for the mixed
cereal bread that the allies have eat
q e. onh a half ond mt
to supply them with straight wheat
bread. We are now eating Victory
bread, a bread that calls for only 20
per cNpt wheat substitute, while
Euro lsince the outbreak of the war
has In war bread which contains
fro to SO per cent substitute. They
al Ing US for wheat enough to
u Is war bread. Wheat -four is
ID known foundation for bak.
Corn meal and buckwheat
fused in making corn bread and
cakes but these breads can not
ybked on as bakery products as
will not stand twenty-four hours
7dling between the oven and the
Die. American women who do their
kn baking can make good use OF
form meal, rice and oatmeal, but wher.
SJeyer women work in factories or long
/hours in the field, whether In Ameri.
ca or Europe, bakery bread must be
within their reach.
o.
Leo Staley is farming the John
Mount farm which is located two
miles south of Charter Oak. He was
I waiting for Thomas Malone to come
and assist in the vaccination of twenty
head of calves last Thursday Tom
fluked out of the job, but he was not
missed much, for there was another
fellow there who could do the job bet,
ter. Now, don't you wish you had
come. Tom Mr.. Staley told me there
have been number of cases of black
leg, and several calves have been lost
by the farmers living adjacent to
C6lrter Oak. I have been told that
apEsventitive incubation Or vaccina.
!, ton is about all that is of much avail
for black leg. It is primarily dis
ease OF calves, from three to eighteen
months being considered as the most
dangerous age, although those younger
and older are sometimes affected. An
animal very fat or very thin is pre-.