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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
MANURE RETURNS PLANT FOOD

About three-fourths of the nitrogen
and phosphoric acid in the feeds con-
sumed by animals is returned in the
form of manure. The rest OF the plant
food in these feeds goes to build up
animal tissue.
The amounts of the various plant
foods found in farm manure vary con.
siderably, depending upon the kind OF
animal, it's age and the kind of feed
consumed. Professor VanSlyke OF the
New York experiment station found
that the manure produced in a year
by a horse of 1000 pounds live
weight contained 1913 pounds of nitro
gen and 43 pounds phosphoric acid.
The value of these constituents was
computed at $236O. The cow produced,
per 1000 pounds live weight, l56
pounds nitrogen and SO pounds phos-
phoric acid, with value of $29.6O For
the pig the figures were $50 and 1O4,
with value of $4,000, and for the
sheep, 119 and A, with a value OF
$24.25.
From these figures it may be seen
that COW and pig manure are the more
valuable, if they are properly taken
care of. This data should also make
it clear to the reader that it pays to
properly conserve manure.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
MELON WILT CAUSING DAMAGE

Melon growers in certain parts Of
Iowa are much distressed at the pres
ent time because of the attacks upon
their vines by the melon wilt. This
disease, which attacks melons and Gu
cumbers, can be told by the whiting OF
the leaders OF the vines. The wilt
starts at the tip of these leaders and
gradually runs back to the main plant.
After the disease becomes estab-
|lished the only treatment is to pull out
or cut off the affected parts of the
vines, say the truck crops men at Iowa
State college. To prevent the wilt, it
is necessary to keep the cucumber and
melon beetles off the vines. Plant
Psychologists have proved that this in
Isect transmits the melon wilt and it
should therefore be destroyed in the
spring and kept off in the summer
with a repellant, such as Bordeaux
mixture sprayed on the vines.
Growers whose vines have been af-
fected are advised to clean up their
melon ground this fall and destroy all
beetles to reduce the chances of the
disease appearing next year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
HARVEST CROPS WITH SWINE
Results Given Of Experiment Conduct.
Cd by Ohio station-6est Gains
| Made on Clover.

In tests made by the Ohio station
three lots Of pigs were fed 80 days
as follows: Lot /, ear corn and Glow
er pasture; lot 2, allowed to hog down
rye, and lot 3, ear corn and rape pas
ture. In addition all lots were fed
approximately one-fourth pound Of
tankage daily per pig. The respective
lots made average daily gains Of O.82,
O.57 and O.75 pounds per pig, and con.
sumed, aside from pasture, 2.66, 6.34,
and POI pounds of feed per pound Of
gain. Lot 2 was then put in with lot
I on clover and lot remained on the
rape, where the pigs were fed for 20
days. The pigs on cloves made an av-
erage daily gain per pig of 0.75 pounds,
consuming 1854 pounds Of feed aside
from pasture per pound Of gain, and
the lot on clover, O.87 pounds gain,
consuming S.16 pounds Of feed per
pound of gain.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
WEST SIDE ITEMS


Chas. Martens went to Colorado on
Wednesday to look after farm inter
|ests.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mumm, of LIE
Roy, Mimi, came Wednesday. MT
Mumm left with the Crawford county
drafted men Friday.
Gus Bennings and sister, Mrs. Aug
Bornhoft, returned Wednesday from
weeks visit with relatives at Gala
mus.
J. B. Malloy and son, James, and
T. J. Bierne went to Sac City Wednes'
day to see the races.
Miss Margaret Firth, Of Wall Lake
is visiting at the LATE Evers home.
On Thursday morning when the
West Side boys were to report at Den
ison they were accompanied by the
band and large humber of citizens
Trucks decorated with flags were pro
vided and a great number OF people
assembled on the street at a. m. to
bid them farewell and godspeed until
their safe return.
Dewey and Grace Voss, Theresa
Nickelsen, Mrs. A. w. Starek and
Ruth Frost motored to Omaha Friday
and returned Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Campbell, OF
Boone, are visiting West Side rela
tives.
Louie Schomberg and family, OF
Mclean, Neb., spent few hours with
friends here Saturday, being on their
way to Camp Dodge to see their son
Fred, who is in training there.
John Holland, of Vail, transacted
business here Saturday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mielk
on Saturday at the Carroll hospital, a
daughter.
James Mclaughlin, of Wall Lake,
was in West Side on business Satur
day.
John Moore returned Friday from
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
FIND SUGAR SUBSTITUTES FOR
eOTTLERS.

Methods Of reducing the consump.
ton of sugar in soft drinks has been
worked out by the bureau Of chemistry,
United States department of agricul-
ture, which is now cooperating with
the producers throughout the United
States. The bureau has prepared di-
rections for making soft drinks that
include formulas that utilize substi-
tute sweet materials such as corn
strip Ordinary glucose), corn sugar,
maltese strip, honey and high grade
refiner's strip. BY following these
directions, which are being distribut-
ed among bottlers the actual sugar
content in soft drinks can be cut to so
per cent or less. A saving of approxi-
mately $4,000 tons of sugar annually,
is thus possible, it is estimated, and
at the same time the customary taste
and quality of the beverage can be
preserved. 1t is estimated that there
are 100000 producers of soft drinks in
the United States, employing 2,000,-
900 workers and having total CAPT
talization OF $250,O00,000.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
COLD IN NORTHERN SIBERIA
Ninety Degrees Below Zero Is Record
for the Whole WorId-Eighty
Above In Summer Time.

Turn up your collar, thrust your
hands to the bottom Of your pockets.
and read about the "cold pole" of
northern Siberia, where the natives
speak patronizingly about Greenland's
icy mountains and other such relative
ly balmy resorts. At the town of Verk-
oyansk, which would probably never
have had any inhabitants if the late
cars government had not sent oc-
casional patches of exiles thither, says
Popular Science Monthly, the temper
AZURE has been known to drop to 80
degrees below zero, which is a "rec-
ord" for the whole world.
While the regions about the north
and south poles Of the earth are cold
all the time, the Siberian cold pole
gives its inhabitants comfortable let
up in summer, when the thermometer
frequently climbs up into the SOS
above zero. During the brief summer
season the life-giving rays Of the sun,
which remains about the horizon day
and night for some time during the
height of the season, exert an intense
ly stimulating influence upon the veg
citation. and the ground is covered
with flowers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
NEW KIND OF CANNING SCHOOL

An innovation in methods of con-
Quoting canning schools has been de-
vised by Miss Helen Burling, county
home demonstration agent OF Cerro
Gordo county, with headquarters at
Mason City.
Miss Burling has opened every pub
lie school in Mason City and has es-
tablished canning schools, which are
open from one to three afternoons a
week. She has trained three to five
women in each community to take
charge of these schools each after
noon. The housewives in each neigh
borhood go to the school nearest them
and bring their jars and material with
them Their canning is done at the
school under the supervision of these
women who have been specially
trained. In this way the canning dem
onstrations will reach practically ev-
cry housewife in the country, as this
system is being extended throughout
the county.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
French arherymen hauling twowheeed
q e
YIELDS "APPLE OF soDoM''
Curious Plant Which Grows on the
Borders Of the Dead Sea Pro-
duces This Fruit.

The Dead sea Is situated in the
southeast part of Palestine, and is
called by the Arabs Bahr Loot, or Sea
Of Lot. It is about Al miles long, with
an average breadth of nine miles. Its
depth varies considerably. It Is fed
by the Jordan from the north, and by
many other streams, but has no ap-
parent outlet. Its superfluous water be-
ing supposed to be entirely carried OF
by the evaporation. The north
shores Of the sea are marked by the
blackened trunks and branches Of
trees which are incrusted with salt, as
is everything that is exposed to the
spray Of this sea.
On the southern shore is the remark
able mass Of rock called Udsum (Sod-
om). 1t is a narrow, rugged ridge Of
hill extending five miles northwest,
and consisting of rock salt. To the
north Of Udsum. and at no great dis
lance, is the supposed site Of the an
Gent Sodom.
On the borders of the Dead sea a
curious plant grows which yields fruit
called the apple Of Sodom." beautiful
on the outside but bitter to the taste,
and, when mature, filed with fiber and
dust.
The mean level Of the Dead sea Is
1892 feet below the level of the Medi-
terranean. The water contains from
"a to 26 per cent Of salts, of which z
per cent is common salt. A saltwater
fish put into the Dead sea perishes at
once. Owing to its density due to
salt the water Of the sea is very buoy
ant.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
CONCRETE FLOOR SAVES FEED.

Successful hog feeders are nearly
unanimous in advocating the use OF
concrete feeding floors, according to
the observations of animal husbandry-
men at Iowa State college. There is
a great saving of feed, feeding is made
easier and the hogs make greater
gains. Sanitation is much improved,
thereby reducing disease and making
it easier to clean uu the animals or
marketable shape.
After the harvesting and threshing
season is over there will be time for
the farmer to put in this concrete
floor. Such floors are easily made and
are inexpensive in comparison with
the saving they make. In building
them it is we'll to have foundation
that will keep out the rats. With the
scarcity of feed and the necessity for
avoiding waste as far as possible, it
is more than ever advisable for the
farmer to have good concrete feed
ing floor to conserve feed in his opera
tiOns.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
WORTHY Of MORE MENTION
Brakeman Seldom Properly Appreel.
ated In life or Appropriately
Honored in Death.

! Following a railway accident recent'
;ly, there was great relief in official
'circles when the report was made that
only brakeman had been killed. Only
"a brakeman! And there were hum
dreds Of others waiting to fill his
shoes.
) Only brakeman His name was not
given in the Geographic report Of the
accident. He had not made name to
which the world would pay tribute.
There were only a few friends who
knew him in the railway Y. NJ. G. A;
and brother and sister in Russia.
Home. family, friends he had left in
the land Of oppression to come to
America, the country Of opportunity.
Alone, ignorant, unframed in Ameri-
can ways, he was only brakeman In
the official report telling Of his death.
/; Only brakeman! Yet it is such as
he who are moving our freight, trucks
ing the meat that supplies our tables,
hauling the coal that heats our homes,
bringing the milk with which we feed
Jour babies. Standing on top. Of their
freight cars, leaning against the wind,
with the dust of the deserts in their
faces, the roar of the engines in their
|ears, and the CRIME of the nations on
their hands, wherever you find cars,
engines, freight, SCOT, danger, there
!you will find the brakeman, toiling
isleeplessly, hopefully. uncomplaining-
'ly, with death stalking ever at his side,
to give us comforts and make our
homes happy. Yet when the. car
'couplers pinch him within their giant
Jaws or the wrecked train brushes out
his life beside the railway track, the
reports that the public reads record
the death Of only brakeman.-Mil'
waukee Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
WILL KEEP ACCOUNTS
Many Iowa Farmers Begin Cost Ac-
counting Project In co-Opera-
ton With Extension Men. -

Farmers in all sections of Iowa lave
taken up the keeping of cost accounts
on different farm enterprises under
the supervision of county agents and
farm management demonstrators from
the extension department at Iowa
State college.
This system of cost accounting has
been developed for the farmers to help
them increase their efficiency for war
production. The system helps them to
decide what and how much of each
farm enterprise should be included in
their. farm business. 1t also helps
them to increase the efficiency Of farm
labor. It is believed by officials in
charge of the work that the results
obtained will be of value in helping to
settle the agitation regarding price
fixing.
Corn, hogs and beef cattle are the
branches of farming upon which the
most accounts have been started. A
considerable number OF accounts have
also been established by dairymen
Sheep, oats, wheat and sweet clover
are other farming enterprises which
have been chosen by farmers for
their cost account projects.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31

IN addition to the live stock that are
already kept thereon. For a period Of
q years ! have been engaged in gen.
eral farming and stockraising where I
now reside. have been raising
horses. cattle and hogs during this en-
tire period, and for the last 16 years
I have kept from 100 to 125 breeding
ewes Of the mutton type. I have en-
deavored to produce as good stock Of
all kinds as could, and to keep them
INF the most profitable manner. have
found no other class of live stock more
profitable in dollars and cents than
the sheep. Aside from this fact, find
that can now keep as much other
stock as formerly in addition to the
sheep.
Some of my fields produce twice as
much grain as formerly, and my grass
lands are much more productive than
they were. There Is no great mystery
connected with the care of the farm
flock, but there is more to do than to
purchase flock and turn them out to
shift for themselves without proper at
tention and shelter, if one expects to
add to his bank account. Costly barns
are not necessity, but some sort of
a shed that will keep them dry is
needed. Let your roofs be constructed
Of shingles, boards, iron or any mate
rial that will keep off cold rains, sleet,
etc. I prefer a shed extending east
and west, open or partly SO on the
south side, SO arranged that it can be
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
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VAIL ITEMS
: 4aA*aa%a*****4 s

The dances given in the M. W. A.
hall "wednesday and Saturday eve
nings OF last week were both well at
tended and enjoyed.
Willie Gallagher and family motor
ed to Buck Grove Sunday to visit rela-
|tives and be present at the six o'clock
dinner given in honor of their cousin,
Bernard Finnigan, who left Friday
for Camp Gordon.
Glare and Lizzie Awkward were Sun
day guests at their home from DENT
lSOn.
A dance will be given in the M. W.
A. hall Friday evening, August 3D.. The
Vail Jazz orchestra will furnish the
music so you are assured of the latest
and best in music. Everyone invited
to have good time.
A farewell party was given IN hon
Tor of Vincent Launderville Wednes-
day evening at the Tom Meehan home
south of town. Vincent left Friday
with the boys for Camp Gordon and
la number of his friends gatherer to en-
joy good time before he left. The
Ievening was spent in music and
games. At a late hour the guests de-
parted with wishes for a successful
military career.
Quite little excitement was caused
lat the J. j. Costello farm Tuesday
when it was discovered that their REQ
touring car was on fire. The cause
of the fire was leaky gasoline pipe
and it was thought for time that the
garage and house might not be saved,
but the car was hauled out before any
thing else caught on fire.
The war savings stamp entertain.
ment and play, Mary and Belinda, N
given at the Osterlund school house IL
Milford township was well attended
and all were highly pleased with the
entertainment.
The Red Cross work rooms will be-
closed all during the month OF August
but all persons having garments
should try to hand them In as early
las possible.
Mrs. Raymond Langan, OF Clinton
visited here Saturday at the Or. j. M
|Glynn home. II
Perry Ambrose, formerly a Vail
boy, is now, according to the Register
the youngest American soldier now IN
France. Perry enlisted in the field ar
|tillery when but a boy Of l4years and
has been until recently stationed at
Deming, N. M.
Elsie shupitor was home over Sum
day from Denison.
DR.. J. M. Young and wife left on
Tuesday for a visit at the Henry En-
enbach home at Sanborn and at the
IL, H. Johnson home at Early.
Train No. 5 was about two hours
late Tuesday morning owing to the
fact that it was derailed near Arcadia.
Mrs. Ed Mitchell was passenger
Ito Omaha Tuesday.
| Clark White and family we're down
from Denison Monday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31

Il . y -g :
The many friends of the family Of
H. J. Cook, who resided in this county
for so many years, will be interested
to know of the marriage of their
youngest daughter, Abbie. The Camp
bell County Record, published at Gil
lette, Wyo., July 25th, has an extens-
i've writeup of the wedding. 1t was
conducted as military wedding with
an old union soldier as the minister.
The groom was Frank M. Dannister,
who has just been called to the colors
and started for TT. Riley, Kans., to
serve his country few days after the
wedding. The bride is well remem-
bered as pleasing young lady and
her Crawford county friends hope her
husband has fine military career
and returns to Gillette in safety.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
oTruMwA pRIER SUCCESSFUL

One of the >ost successful COM
munity dric S II Iowa is located at
Ottumwa. Us capacity is about 500
pounds of food material before drying
per day. Any person in Wapello coun-
ty can bring food to the caretaker and
receive it after it is dried. A nominal
charge is made to cover the cost OF
operation. The patronage has SO far
been excellent and the drier IS run
ming to capacity.
In connection with the subject of
home drying, home economics extern
sion workers at Iowa State college
announce that now is the time to dry
beans, green's Of all kinds, peas, rhu-
barb, carrots and soup stock. These
vegetables should be thoroughly wash
ed before drying.
To cook dried vegetables after they
have dried, it is first necessary to
wash the dried material. then soak
with three parts of water for one part
vegetable for II hours or over night.
They can then be allowed to simmer
with seasoning for three hours in the
same water in which they were
soaked.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
PEDIGREE OF DIRECT VALUE
Gives Record Of Ancestors Of Animals
! for Five or Six Generations-
alike Produces Like"

The pedigree Of an animal Is rec
ord Of Its ancestors, or family. The
ordinary pedigree usually shows the
ancestors for five or six generations.
The value Of the pedigree lies in the
fundamental law Of nature that "like
produces like
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31

H. P. Saggau, proprietor OF the
Denison Auto company received a
consignment of Fordson tractors last
week which are attracting consider
able attention Mr.. Saggau tells US
the tractor is great success and con-
sidered the best on the market. The
machine will do the heaviest kind OF
blowing and is capable of travelling 10
miles an hour over good roads. All OF
the tractors were contracted for be-
fore they reached Denison.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
Played Too Slow Pieces.

Wieniawski had his humorous ex.
periences-this even after he was
quite widely known. On one occasion,
relates Alexander Bloch in the New
York Times, he was asked by a
wealthy British nobleman to state his
terms for playing half-hour at his
home. They came to an agreement,
and on the evening of the musicale
Wieniawski opened the program with
Beethoven's Romance In +.
He was playing his best and deeply
engrossed in the music when he sud
denly noticed out of the corner Of his
eye the host nervously looking at his
watch. This happened several times
before the Romance was finished.
At its close, as he was bowling his
Acknowledgements to rapturous ap-
plause, the British peer caught him
by the sleeve and whispered in his
ear:
''For heavens sake, man, how much
do you expect to get through in half
an hour at this rate? Why do you play
such slow pieces?'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
DON'T SELL BREEDING STOCK
Fancy Prices Offered for Brood Sow or
!, Cow Should Not Tempt Farmer
at This Time.

Don't let the temptation Of high
prices now being offered for live stock
Or undue fear Of the prices asked for
many popular breeds mislead you into
selling a breeding COW or a brood sow
hat will drop the golden calf or llttera.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
dffAl|R]Nk
$]R()N|lK
SHEEP PROFITABLE ON FARM
More Can Well BE Maintained In Addi-
Z tion to Live Stock That Are
4 Already Kept Thereon.
(By w. F. BAIRD.)

= 10y =. -
While 1t Is not my purpose to try
to induce stockmen to abandon cattle
and pork production and engage ex-
clusively in sheen raising, do claim
that from ten t. one hundred more
sheep could be profitably maintained
on very large portion of our farms
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
Steady :. ! ROCK.

Farmer Haye-That Jones boy that
used to work for you wants me to give
him job. Is he steady?
Farmer Seede- We'll. II he was any
Steadier he'd be motionless.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31

The people who decided it was fool
ish to waste their valuable time in
the garden are now complaining bit
terly of the impossible prices asked
for vegetables, !. ii
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
Prize Mutton and Wool Sheep,

closed IL bad storms occur. Give
plenty Of pure air, dry place to lie
down, and all the sunshine possible,
thereby adding to the comfort and
thrift Of the flock and the profits Of
the owner.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
LOCAL MARKET REPORT
MOTHER BERE eRAY cS. Spx xa|i rs,

Thousands OF mothers nave found H0tnef
Gray's Sweet Powders an excellent remedy Tor
children complaining Of headache, colds, fever
ishness, stomach troubles and bowel irregulari-
ties from which children suffer. They are easy
complished by their use. Used by 1aothersJ Tor 80
g'scrs. Sold by Druggists everywhere, % cents.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-31
DEFIANCE ITEMS

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