The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-11
THE REVUE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John Fl. D. Gray
Editor

lied a number of the other most noted
sires and the blood of royalty courses
through his herd. A number Of the
feldmen who have looked over the Of
fering have picked No. 20 in the cata'
logue to top the sale. He is spring
boar bought in dam from Thos., Walk
err & Sons, of Alexandria, Neb. He is
sired by Big Russell, a mammoth siz-
ed herd boar, and his dam was a lit
ter sister to Blue Valley Big Bone,
"the greatest herd boar we ever
raised" says Mr.. Walker. Another
spring boar that to many has as much
quality as No. 20 is No. IS in the cata-
logue. He is without doubt the best
Smooth Bob spring boar on the farm.
He is out of litter of 10 and his dam
was from a litter of 10. l am under
the impression that the four bred
sows Mr.. Byrnes will sell are four of
the best that will be sold in any sale
this season. Sale will take pace on
the farm ga miles northwest Of
Vail and miles northeast of Denison
Sale will begin promptly at 1880 p. m.
H. S. Duncan will be on the block. He
| is conceded to be one of the best Or
ator-auctioneers in the business. His
opening address will be worth the
price of either one of the swine. Let's
| go and hear it.
Owing to the fact that one of the
firm has gone to war, it has become
necessary to practically sell every
member of the Montrose Stock Farm
herd of Chester White swine, Septem-
Der 3Oth. The brood sows are sired
by first prize Joy Boy and Whitecap
Chief. The spring boar crop is the
best ever raised on this great stock
farm. The farm is located two and
three quarter miles south and one and
a half miles west of Arthur and eight
and one-half miles northwest OF kiron.
C. w. Lindgren and son, Elmer, have
certainly a great herd of Chester
White swine and here would be an ex-
cellent opportunity to procure stock
that would do your herd good.
A proclamation has just been issued
by Governor w. L. Harding calling on
the farmers of Iowa to get into their
corn fields some time between Sep
TENDER 18th and 2Sth to select enough
good seed corn for two years planting.
That is the beginning of a seed corn
selection campaign that will reach
every individual farm in this and ev.
|ery other county of the state. In this
county, as elsewhere, the campaign
will be directed by the county agricul-
tural agent, with the help Of the farm
bureau: co-OperatOrs, one of whom has
been chosen for every school district.
every farmer 100 per cent on seed
corn is the slogan for the campaign.
Following the proclamation every
farmer in this county will be reached
through the newspapers, by telephone
and by personal calls and asked to
take care Of his seed selection job at
once and to pick enough for two years.
Then, on October list, the governor
will ask the farm co.operators
throughout the state to make visit
to every farm and find out just how
much seed has been selected and what
its condition is. The result of that
census will be reported to the county
farm bureau and then to the governor.
This whole program is of utmost i'm.
portance because Iowa must safeguard
itself against any more such desper'
ate situations as it faced last winter
and spring in the matter Of seed corn.
This year the prospect for seed is
fine; in such a year enough seed ought
to be saved to take care OF two years
planting.
County Agent Coupe has sent the
following bulletin to the Carroll coun.
ty newspapers, and take the liberty
of republishing it here:
During the Iowa state fair the coun.
| ty agricultural agents were assembled
at conference lasting three days, and
among other subjects considered by
them was the recommendation to the
state council of defense for maximum
prices for corn picking. 1t must be
understood that this was simply a
recommendation as a result Of careful
consideration. After much deliberation
a committee appointed from among
the agents finally agreed upon the rec.
ommendation of the following maxi
mum prices: Z cents per bushel where
the farmer has an elevator for un-
loading the corn and cents per BUSH
ell where the same has to be scooped