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

An 12O-acre farm located one mile
north of Jefferson sold for $500 per
acre. The Herald says 1t is worth II
and within few years $500 will look
cheap for a lot of Greene county farms
that can be had for much less. A
number of farms in this and adjoin.
ing counties have sold for $500 per
acre the past year and they created
1.-THE same comment that we heard
when the first farms sold for 800. No
doubt it will be the same when they
reach $500, but we have to get used
to it and pay the price, for $500 per
acre farms are surely coming to
Iowa. ... .l.
With planting time almost here,
farmers who do not have a supply OF
seed wheat for fall planting should Sc
cure it at once. The supply OF wheat
of good quality is limited. In case
seed cannot be found, the county
agent may be able to obtain it If mott
fed at once. If it is not in the county,
he may secure it through the state ex-
change at Ames. Seed wheat should
be screened thoroughly before 1t is
sowed. While much of the seed sent
in for grading has proved to be OF
good quality, other samples have been
found filled with morning glory and
Iother noxious weed seeds. +....
The National swine show will be
held this year at Cedar Rapids, Sep
TENDER 30th to October 9Th. One fea-
ture of the show will be the govern
ment exhibit of 1000 pounds OF cured
meat to be sent from the government
experiment farm at Beltsville, Md.
Farmers and others in attendance will
he given an opportunity to learn how
properly to cut up the carcass OF hog
and cure the meat. Government ex-
perts will give demonstrations in this
work daily.
While reserving space in this news
paper to advertise his sale of Duroc
swine, w. X. Dobler told me that he
would sell sixty head, consisting OF
twenty-five boars and thirty-five sows.
The sale will take place on November
I'd, in that new sale pavilion now be-
ling erected in the town of Vail. l
have been told that number Of the
live wires down that way have inter-
ested number of breeders to hold
their sales there this sale year.
A pound of meat. cost $500, butter
$3.50 and one egg rs cents in Bel
GUM now. would rather pay twice
that amount in Iowa than attempt to
live in Belgium right now. After all,
we haven't much to complain about,
when we think of the suffering else
where. What if the hot winds did
SINCE the corn a little, better the hot
winds than to have it burned by liquid
| fire and cannon balls.
twenty-five years ago they burned
straw stacks to get rid of them. Last
week saw a farmer along the Car
| roll Crawford line road spreading
straw on the stubble field to be plow-
ed under for fertilizer. Much of the
straw today is baled and brings a
higher price on the market than the
choicest hay did twenty-five years ago
Paul VIM. jain, one of the most
successful breeders OF Hampshire
swine in northwestern Iowa, called al
the Office last Saturday afternoon. Mr.
jain lives in the vicinity Of Manila
He informed me that he may take
several of his hogs to the Arion fair.
If interested in swine it will pay you
to look up the Jahn's swine at the fair,
| for he has a nice bunch Of them.
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! Raymond Brown has decided to
show one Of his herd bears, Model
Select, at the Cedar Rapids show. He
Twill also take a number OF females
! and should bring home some of the
ribbons, for he has a splendid bunch
Of Chester White swine. He will have
a sale during the month of February,
| the date has not been fixed.
| /, -O- 3sa
At the Buena Vista county fair, held
at Alta there, were 289 head of swine
exhibited. The competition is said
Ito have been keen among the breed
ers for the coveted honors. Credit
for the swine show is due to the vari-