The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-18

! the wheat money that will be floating
around this fall. There was a time
when Ora thought he would like to
live in town. and he held public sale
sold everything except his farm, and
came into Denison. After month OF
nothing to do, time began to drag, and
he came near nervous prostration for
the lack of something to do-there was
plenty OF work, but Ora came to town
to rest-and he didn't rest. SO back
to the farm for him, and every since
he and his good wife and two children
have been contented. And why not?
He recently shipped load of hogs to
Chicago for which he received $1,000
per hundred, and load of cattle that
he paid eight cents per pound for and
sold them for sixteen cents. One
steer, standing out from the rest, as if
to know he was from Paradise town.
ship, topped the market at $3.50, on
in actual money $249.60. Ora has left
on the farm 81 head of white faces,
and 60 head of red hogs, and the Mrs.
has more than 120 head of fine young
Rhode Island Red chickens, so why
worry?
The American Forestry says IF you
want to free the neighborhood of mos
quitoes encourage swallows to make
themselves at home. These birds
feed almost exclusively upon obnoxious
insects and they will do much toward
protecting, the orchards and other
trees from the insect pests. No better
Investment can be made, therefore,
than some houses set out for martins
or other swallows. OF the blue swal-
lows the purple martin is the largest,
the male being entirely blue above
and below, while the female is blue
above with gray breast. Swallows
are highly migratory, MOST of them
spending the winters in South Ameri-
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Farmers who desire to send extra
copies of the Review to their friends
can secure the papers by telephoning
their orders to this Office. 1t quite Of
ten happens there is something in the
paper that friends at a distance would
be interested in, and would enjoy read
in. The cost would be very light COM
pared to the service rendered.
Farmers will not need to bother with
guards on their cultivators inasmucll
as the corn has grown to such an ex-
tent because OF the rain. Since the
weather has cleared and the fields
dried cultivators have been much in
evidence, as are 4 also the morning
glories. "
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In some localities there seems to be
race on, between the alfalfa and oats,
the one trying to outgrow the other
in~length. t. .'--.,'~ =" '.' '~---->' u
he DoN'TsLIvE iNtcRAWFoRD
!. Il 4i'E Y l. i. -.-s f.
My pa amt up to date. he amt!
Our house, it needs. a coat of paint.
Our pillow is old and no good. too,
We need tractor, we sure do!
Just everything that we possess 2
Is ancient and an awful mess.
Our darned old mare is slow and lame;
To keep her workin' is shame. ,..
My pa Should buy a car, you bet,
And. let. it pull him out of debt
"A car saves time and helps a pile,
Besides, it adds a lot, of style.
But pa; he amt a bit that way,
He's happy though the hens won't lay.
i think pas brain is funny, too
It don't progress as some folks do;
1t got into rut and stayed;
You couldn't bulge it with spade.
Pa thinks in circles and, by heck
No wonder his old farm's,a wreck.
And>worst of all, pa really gloats
About the awful way he votes;
He never scratched ticket yet
I'm proud of it," pa says, "you bet"
To vote straight tickets gets my goat,
That amt the way a guy should vote!
The best man of the lot should be
Tie, one to vote for--don't you see?
1T amt the party it 'ssthe man, Vi
But pa can't'ge THIS through his can!
He'd rather vote for a cilt-thr6at, 4: Vi
Than tgiyei the other side hiss,yote..as z
My pas M and myfpa,s pa, S pa 8 :.
We're al that way, BY goshs Z l but
I'm&going to break TIPS chain Or nuts2
And pull my family from the sruts. J,
I'LL yotef'for sany gosh darned guy, N
What scornsstol graft prsteM ale. !.
PAS brain and farm they aiHi like
= mine, 4 Y t$SSS8 asisS s 3
The, kind 1'Mgoing to have some time.
Yakima Valley (Wash) Farmer.
~ "5'"' s.
What relief it is to miss the
seed corn" chorus of the local COM
mercial clubs, the plant potatoes"
song of the sidewalk farmers, and the
more wheat and more hogs" speech
es of the fellows anxious to get their
patriotism on record in the city press!
Let the peaceful stiffness reign for
ever more!
L.