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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-02-20

hope that they may; have this pleasure
many more times.
The next meeting will be held at
the home Of c. II. Rannells on March
eth IT. Trr' *
FIVE REASONS FOR ALFALFA. !
L.. 1t gives big yield without re.
quiring much from the SOIL :
2. The field requires but little ex'
pense in maintaining.
/ 3. 1t produces a great amount OF
feed at the time of the summer when
the grass pastures are mostly dried up.
4. 1t produces when well cured a
valuable and healthy hay feed of high
protein content.
5. 1t gathers nitrogen and increases
the amount of nitrogen in the soil.
Here it is, l know you have been
waiting for it. after the minnows
come the whale" and it is going to be
a whale Of sale, assure you. l re-
fer to the J. H. Healey sale of Poland
China bred sows to take place at Ma
nilla, March 18th. The whale is the
largest sea fish and the Healey Poland
Chinas are the biggest of the big-type
hogs. When you see those mammoth
spring gifts you will believe what l
have told you. And those tried sows,
say boy, it will be necessary to open
two doors to get them into the sale
ring. ''Some hogs" is right. l cannot
help but feel that here is a rare oppor-
tunity to get swine either as valuable
additions to the local herds, already
established, or as foundation bred
sows for the beginners herd. In next
weeks issue shall have more to say
about this sale.
Cereals other than wheat can be
used for bread, mullins or biscuits as
one means of saving flour.
This week the Review printed cata-
logues for Frank Rainier's Poland Chi
ma bred SOW sale, which takes place on
March I'd, Hogan. Fifty head are
listed in the Offering, consisting OF 5
tried sows, 10 tried yearling sows, 20
fall yearlings and Is spring gifts. The
fall and spring yearlings are out of
such :sows as Giantess Il. by Big Tom,
Jr., Memo r. by Big Chief, Giantess
r. 2 by Fessenmeyer's A Wonder,
Daisy, A. by A Wonder A. This is the
SOW which recently sold for 81 800.
Many OF the spring gifts are by Big
Long Bob Cd. Big Long Bob I'd is
l 900 pound, September two year old
by Long Bob. His dam is Queen Price
I'd by Long Chief and he is by Chief
Price Again. This offering as whole
can be recommended to the very best
breeders, for the blood of the top
notch boars popular with the lovers of
he big.type Poland China swine radi-
ates through the herd. The offering
is made up of large and growthy fe-
males, big in bone and are OF the big
liter kind. The very top of the herd |
,oes into the sale. Frank says: This |
s the greatest Offering I have ever put
Up for public approval"
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=. SII.O
!. THIS YEAR s

winds that easily blow down
buildings have no effect on the
silo built of Abel silo tile. They
withstand heaviest wind storms
without damage. They give you
a permanent building that does
not deteriorate with age. ..a
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EcGERs' HORSE SAL e..

r. ]. Eggers' horse sale took place
Il last Friday in Denison. The attend.
ance vas good, but the prices received
3 did not resemble, the size, of the at
Tendance. The Offering was Of good
quality, but there seems right now to
be slump in the horse market. The
B stations went dirt cheap, the top price
Y was 81 ,13O, received for that good
horse Romeo. The brood mares
& brought nearer their value than the
/ stations. Two mares each brought
h $500 and another brought 1925.
S# Col. Pat Mcclure was on the block
md was assisted by Coils. Bryan and
syWendt
Fourteen stations sold for $5,42O,
making an average of 1887; twenty
fye4mares sold for 1920, an average
3Of 1863; six weanIings brought $1,165,
{ and average of 1894; a crippled mare
sold for $175 and jack for $115, max.
ing total of $16,115.
The horses were dressed in gala day
attire, decorated like Christmas tree.
with ribbons and artificial flowers.
They looked as charming as a fruit
:treegjn full blossom. Solomon in all
his glory was never, arrayed like some
of them. AS the pra1icing steeds were
led into the sale ring, they made a
handsome picture. Many were the
npssassors OF beautiful arched necks
and sleek coats, and they paved the
ground with restless feet as they
champ'd the bit. AS Pete stood with
bowed head and tear bedimmed eyes,
looking upon their proudly arched and
glossy snecks, he proclaimed: "rhe
stranger has thy bride fein-I his
gold fleet limbed and beautiful
friend farewell! Thou are. sold. my
faithful steed farewell, FAREWELL"
s The following is a list of the horses
sold. name Of purchaser and amount
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You can't go wrong if you
build it of Abel "Vitrofied Iron
stone" silo tile. Last year many
silos we're built in Crawford
county and most of them were
built of the Abel silo. tile. Strong
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1 Books SHOULD sE KEPT.

Last January was the first time
Y many farmers ever made an inventory
\ Of their farming business. This year
rs the first time that many farmers
are keeping an accurate record OF
I their receipts and their expenditures.
B It is no small job either, says County
] Agricultural Agent Quist, when you
1 consider that many Of the farmers are
running business capitalized at $780,
d 900 to $4,000 or more. That is con-
servative valuation on q we'll stocked
Crawford county 16O acre farm. Wheth-
ser the manager of the farm is owner
or tenant he must make fair rate OF
interest on the money invested. plus
1 living wage or else he is handling a
MDOOr; business proposition. Some farm
Ars are profitable others are not. To
q Snow what part of the farm is making
\ IL losing you money and exactly how
auci; a systematized set Of record
looks should be kept. From these
IS soOkss the farmer can weed out the
npr0htable enterprises and develop
n dose which are profitable.
fSome OF the best money making
81 prmers are those whose incomes are
rived from various sources. The
slsanaGers of these diversified farms
nave been keeping set of record
Ssh0Oks. When their record books
showed it was more profitable to raise
baby ybeeves than it was skim milk
calves, the milk pail was discarded.
The labor Is q part Of the farm bus
4 mess. 1t can be used most efficiently
!. II farm record books are kept. For
instance In the fall in two days time
one man can gather and dry enough
seed corn to plant from 60 to ~ acres.
II the seed corn has been picked early,
L and the record books show where 10
1 bushels of seed has been purchased
for $50 the farmer will realize that his
two days spent in picking corn would.
have been worth $25 per day
The farm record books have been
neglected in some cases because the
farmer thought they were too compli-
Gated. "A farm business is complicated
without a doubt. Keeping the records
need not be. Post Offices, banks and
stores have record books adapted to
their Individual business y. II.
County Agent Quist says the farm
record books put out by the farm man.
Akement department of the extension
service at Ames are adapted to the
farm business. They cover everything |
from taking the inventory at the be-
ginning OF the year to the figuring Of
the income at the final balance. One |
81 these record books may be oh.
taiasd ~ sending 10 cents to r. X. j
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under 1917 per cent II is considered
necessary to move at once corn con.
tanning 1914 per cent moisture and
greater in order to save it, although
corn containing less than that amount
also is in danger of deterioration.
II it is necessary to store the corn,
farmers and others are urged to go
over their cribs, Sort out the damaged
and spelling corn as soon as possible,
and where necessary spread the corn
out so that the air will have chance
to circulate through it. Personal ef
fort of this sort will go long way to-
ward eliminating losses. The solution
of the situation, however, lies in start
ing and maintaining steady move
ment of the corn; to points with ade-
quate drying facilities, in keeping dry
ing equipment running to capacity, in
sending the corn marketward as rap
idly as possible, to prevent selling
pressure later when the warm weather
sets in. ,- gaigsfy 1il 4*
:; 1t is not possible to determine &C.
curately the drying capacity OF the
country, because of the unusually high
moisture content of the corn. A hur-
ried survey indicates that 100000
bushels day can be handled at the
LcTIulu fhclS, anu OVVjVVV IuOIo
may be taken care of daily by dryers
under construction. ..-'
NELSON HOLLOW FARMERS CLUB
The Nelson Hollow Farmers club
met at the home of the Nelson's. The
club was called to order by the presi-
dent, w. C. Rannells. Scripture read
ing, song and the 2Sd psalm were re-
peated by the club. Roll call. Those
absent were Rev. and Mrs. Cook, Rev.
Burleigh and t. C. Christensen.
Committee on Red Cross reported
that the Denison branch had sent
enough yarn to the club for IL pairs
of socks. Lena Nelson was appointed
to look after, the knitting. s,s.,l,:zs
Invitations from the Harrison coun-
ty fair association to the club to have
a booth at the 1918 fair was read and
owing to the fact that Harrison coun-
ty is so well represented with farmers
clubs it was decided to put the matter
in the hands%Of J. S. Quist, Crawford
county farm sagent,,7 to be presented
to the Crawford county fair. associa.
tion. s'''a 'ss'@'ss ..@ - -''&# p I
Program as follows:
REGULATIONS by Winifred Rannells, |
Charles Miles and Edna Miles. Read
ing by Mrs. Marion Cruise.
Subject Seed Corn: Every member
of the club was requested to make a
test of his seed corn in his own way |
and to report the test at this meeting.
There were several tests reported and |
with one or two exceptions the corn |
showed very poor termination. J. S.
Quist then took the floor and gave a |
very interesting talk on the seed corn
situation. Mr.. Quist brought out the
fact that owing to his experience in
Polk county and also the record of
the seed houses over the state, old J
corn will test from 60 to so per cent |
and that there was only one sure way
Ior the farmer to have good seed corn
Tor 1918 and that was the individual
ear test. Mr.. Quist said further that
Crawford county was well fixed for,
seed corn but several counties in the
state had no seed corn at all and he
urged everyone to save every ear so
hat these counties might be supplied.
rhe club was exceedingly fortunate in
having Mr.. Quist at this meeting and
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SURVEY TO AID PROMPT MOVE.
MENT or SOFT CORN.

NJ. SS6 WAN
Is WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-The bu.
reau of markets of the United States
Department of Agriculture has under
taken an immediate survey Of the soft
corn situation throughout the corn
producing sections. Speedy handling
of the soft corn on the farm and at the
elevators to prevent further deteriora,
ton and to move it promptly to con-
sumers or dryers will be necessary to
save the crop, according to statement
from the bureau of markets today.
recommendations for the placing of
cars to move the crop will be made
to the director general of railroads as
soon as the information sought Is oh.
tanned, which probably will be within
the next four or five days. Cars as.
signed to meet the situation will be
placed at the disposal Of shippers and
will be based upon the facts secured
by the . department. Of agriculture
through the survey. rii& :@'s$s
ii Survey schedules calling for the in-
formation required today were dis
tributed to- country elevators as the
most logical approach to handling the
emergency situation. Elevator oper-
ators are required by law to fill out,
certify and return these schedules to
the Chicago Office of the bureau of
markets, SO Board of Trade, within
three days after their receipt This
will supplement first hand
knowledge by grain men, which the
bureau will station at Chicago and 9th
er points throughout the soft corn
area. Transportation experts from the
of agriculture will be as
signed to the Chicago Office to work in
conjunction with the transportation
division of the food administration.
Specific recommendations for the plac-
ing of cars will be made to the Off
Gals designated by the director gen.
eral. ~>. -..- .-...
Definite information regarding the
location, of the soft corn, the amounts
held in storage, the number Of cars
necessary for its movement and other
facts covering the situation will be OBJ.
tained in the survey. The schedules
divide the corn into that containing
over 1872 per cent moisture and that
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m p REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM. NEWS 7 y DEPARTMENT 2 \ ! J En-
John HID Gray - 7
3ss Editor ~
u Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Far111ors gssa +x-s... =
Iol.,, r. D! Gray
Editor
Editor

Bliss, Ames, 4 Iowa, or through the
Crawford county farm bureau Office.
The income tax man is going to re.
quire facts, not 5lss'I think ESQ., or
about" next year likewise the year
following. Keeping!a farm record will
have to become a habit. If all the
farmers would adopt the same kind
of q record book as much as possible,
it would be much easier for both the
farmer and the income, tax collector
when they meet next time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-02-20
A Silo is No Longer
An Experiment

THEY ARE A NECESSITY
They are built for the farmers
who know and appreciate the
feeding value of ensilage. The
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soft corn last year impressed
upon the minds of all the i'm
portance of having silo on the
farm. say
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-02-20

hope that they may, have this pleasure
many more times.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of c. II. Rannells on March
eth. '&ETE a Tfr rs
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17
Question Of Swollen
Fortunes Overcome

Pittsburgh, Pa. April ConHcription
ot Incomes cannot progress much beyond
lts present scope without interfering too
seriously with production, asserted Sam. :.
ucl uniermyor New York lawyer and the
governments lesal, expert on the inter.
probation Of Income and excess nroft tar
lnwH, IN an address he delivered here in
tho liberty loan campaign
Tho Income tax he declared would
ylold far IN excess Of what had been an
ticipatcd, M. rntermyer also said that
American finance had entered n new era.
the ckigencleA OF which we're fast dis
posing OF the once ttouboaopie qucAtion
~ swollen fortunes that American cap.
iial after the war would md It's inrgeat
work outside the country. Its predicted
That In the United states n consldsrsbl
share OF capital would have 10 20
through taxation, toward the support of
HociaiiHtic institutions that the great hody
of thr people Who do the actual lighting
IN this war would demand OF the gov.
tfnmcnt hccaliiuE that for twenty six
tenra he had been h consistent champion
OF The Income tar at time when II was
regarded as - reproach and soeialiatit,
assault upon property rights. Mt Inter
myer Haid he had no tender regard for
th" inviolahltty Of great incomes
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17
Chief Director of Military Operations at War
Office Reports That Probably All of Wyt-
schaete Has Been Captured by
English Troops.
Counter Attacking at Meteren Successfully, the
Allies Drive Teutons Half Way Back to
Bailleul Lines Advanced and I'm
proved Toward Neuve Eglise.

London, April 1.-THE greater part of Wyt-
schaete, and probably all of it, is in the hands Of
the British, Maj.-Gen. F. B. Maurice, chief di-
rector of military operations at the war office an
nounced today.
Counter-attacking successfully at Meteren.
and south of that place the British have driven
back the Germans half way to Bailleul. They
have advanced and improved their lines in the
direction of Neuve Eglise.
"The news last night and today is better"
says Gen. Maurice. "While am not able to say
definitely that Wytschaete is entirely in our
hands, we hold the greater part and probably the
whole Of it,
GAS mentioned in Field Marshal Haig's COM
munique, we made withdrawal to a new line in
the Ypres salient. The withdrawal was decided
upon on Sunday. It was carried out partly on
Sunday night, and completed on Monday. It is al
regrettable military necessity which forces us tO|
give up ground which we won at such heavy cost.
On Tuesday the Germans were still shelling the
trenches which we had left the day before
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London Disappointed
AT Withdrawal al Ypre.

London. April lT.--Althousa the
ofiirial report from The battle front
this morning does not record any
further German advance anO has
several encouraging features. the
public here learned with disap-
polniment Of the withd avail of the
troops ho.ding the forward posi- .
u0ns TO the eastward OF Ypres. The
iprcs salient has long stood In
popular Imagination as mCnu-
mept 20 British valor. and dos sed
tcnscity iu the face OF repeated
and almost overwhelming On
slaughis OF the enemy. Nothing j.
known as To the extent OF the
Withdrawal In this region ar the
position OF the new I'm. mentioned
by Field MArshar Hsis
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17

London, April II - The battle in Flanders is raging
today with incredible intensity teegraphs the correspon
dent of Reuters Limited at the British army headquar
ters in France AS far the latest reports enable the
correspondent to judge the battle going in favor of the
British.
Notwithstanding the desperate attacks Of the Ger
they have gained further ground since Tuesday
morning and apparently they have lost some
During his three years experience in the zone
the correspondent says he has heard such terrific
and unntermitten general fire has gone since Tues
day afternoon and when he filed his dispatch this morning
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The statement follows:

Yesterday evening we delivered a
successful counter attack in the
neighborhood OF Wytschaetc. At Me-
teren also our counter-attack restored
the situation and the village remains
in our hands. Throughout the after
noon and evening yesterday repeated
hostile attacks north of Bailluel were
repulsed with loss to the enemy.
Bodies OF German infantry. advanc-
ing in close formation. were caught
under the fire Of our 'roops AT short
range and suffered heavy casualties.
We secured a few prisoners
The enemy also endeavored 10 de-
velop an attack yesterday afternoon
east OF Robecq. following the bonn
bardment already imported but his ad-
vance WAS broken up by our artillery
Are. In consequence Of the progress
made by the enemy on the Lys front
our troops. holding our forward posi-
tious .lest % Nprcs have been with
ltaWu 20 "a new line. The Withdrawal
was ,arred out deliberately. without
Indifference bV the nemy. Yesterday
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17

Basel, Switzerland, April 1.-THE
tone of the Austrian and German press
indicates that a profound impression
has been caused In those countries by
the downfall OF Count Czernin. The
German people and the German cle-
ment in Austria resent the retirement
Of the minister and after his resigna
tion was Announced began a vigorous
campaign for the appointment as sue
cessor of former Premier Tusza, Count
Andrassy, or another Hungarian whose
views agree with theirs.
The Mttag Zeitung Of Vienna says
Count Czcrnin's fall was due in part
to lack of agreement with the emperor
in regard TO Poland and his attack on
the CZechs.
The same elements which dcpIorc
the fall OF Count Czcrnin are begin
ming TO attack the German foreign
minister. DIR. Won Kuchlmann. on the
preteyt that he did not protect Ger
many's economic interests sufficiently
in the treaty of Brest Litovsk
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17
METEREN RESTORED TO
BRITISH; COUNTER BLOW
AT WYTSCHAETE SUCCEEDS

London, April H. The British have recap
tured Meteren, on the northern battle front, by a
counter attack, it is announced officially.
The British positions before Ypres have been
withdrawn to new line.
South of Arras the Germans were driven out
of British trenches into which they had forced
their way. Early this morning the German artl-
lery became more active south of the SOmme.
The British made successful counter attack
in the neighbOrhoOd of Wytschaete. Repeated
German attacks north of Baeul were repulsed,
the Germans suffering heavy losses.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17
Thirty-seven Lives Lost
When American and British
Steamers Collide, Home
Coming Grew Reports.

- An Atlantic Port, April ~
Thirty seven lives were lost when
the American steamship o. B. Jen.
nings and the British steamer War
Knight, both laden with naptha and
inflammable oils. collided Of the
British coast March "a, according to
members Of the crew OF the o. 3.
Jennings, who arrived here today.
All who perished, with one esccp-
ton, were on the British vessel.
They were burned to death by bIaz'
ing gas and oil.
Those who survived the flames on
the War Knight were rescued in
the nick Of time by destroyers, Tor
soon after, while the blazing hull
was BEING towed toward shallow
water, it struck = mine and was
blow up.
The destroyers went TO the rescue
through n field OF blazing oil and
took OF also the crew OF the Jen-
,inas. A number OF the crew OF tho
American ship, however. we're badly
burned and had TO be removed to
hospitals after being landed.
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COLD DAMAGED COTTON
Low Temperatures in South
Hurt Crop.

Washington. April i7.--Cotton was
hurt by low temperatures during the
week ending yesterday. the national
weather and crop bulletin today an
nounced.
"Thc unseaaonably cold weather that
prevailed in the southern states was
detrimental TO cotton" says the re-
view. Considerable vas killed by frost
from Texas eastward 90 western Gvor-
gia. and much replanting will be ncCos-
sary. Planting was in progress as FAR
north as southern Oklahoma and
Tennessee The early planted has a
poor stand generally IN Texas The
stand continues generally excellent IN
Georgia and the plants are Rermina-
ting on tho lower coastal plain ia
south Carolina I.ielc or no rain fcll
In the cotton beit. except IN central
and northern Texas. OKLAHOMA and
portions of Arkansas
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-17
SUPPLEMENTARY DRAFT
CALLS ISSUED BY CROWDER
Over 5000 Men Wanted for
Signal and Engineer Corps.
200 Tonnesseans Called.

Washington. April IA supple
mentary draft call for 6,6iD men fot
The signal and engineer corps Ia a
port between May aud y was lhsufd
today by Provost Marshal General
cfowdcr. The orders provide that $40
of tho men shall report at Fort
Wayne. Mich. 2b0 at Camp Sovlrr. n.
g. t.1Gi at Fort Sheridan. H.. 2,b90
nt Camp McArthur Tex, and $40 at
Fort benjamin IIarrisoN Ind Those
who win report at Fort Wayne all are
negroes
For the Fort Wayne contingent,
virginia VIII furnish 81 North Car
olinn. zoo. Kentucky iG3. Maine. g.;
Vermont. . For camp Scvicr, South
Carolina, 100. l'loridh, 100, For Fort
sheridan Tennessee will furnish zoo
Goorgin. 76i. Mississippi. TOO Ala.
bnma. 200. For camp Macarthur.
Texas viii furnish 900. oklahoma.
$50. ArkanhaH 900. Louisiana. 500,
For Fort benjamin Ilnrrison' Ken
lucky $50, Indiana, 500.
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afternoon parties OF his troops ad-
vancing over our old positions were
caught by the fire OF our outposts
and destroyed.
"On the battle front south OF Arras
parties OF German inf .ntry. who had
entered our trenches opposite Boy
elles. were driven out yesterday aft
ernoon with the loss Of sevcra' pris-
oners. Our line in this locality has
been completely restored.
The hostile artillery ACTIVITY in
creased considerably early this morn
ing on the British front south Of the
Somme"