The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-11

The weather the past week has been
such that driving oyer the county
looking for news has been next to I'M
possible. The rain has been great for
everything growing, and was needed,
and everyone is thankful for the
downpour, and If these columns are
not entirely up to standard we have an
exceptional excuse-the rain, n and
mad. Withs1AAscoaaing of better road
conditions We prOmiae a. few columns
ofs''dope" In next week q paper that
YOU will read. 1t Ia not the aim OF
the writer to instrGct people how 70
farm, but merely to- relate the news
of the farm, tell what you and your
neighbors are doing. what you are
raising. We don't have anything to
sell, no oil stock or, anything of that
nature, we don't even want your mon
ey hut we do want to tell everybody
about your farm, and what you have
on 1T. D So. when you see MS coming,
don't turn the dogs loose. ...
Probably the most. important reason
why the same breed Of, cattle should
be kept in one community is that 1t
develops community interest, says the
American Hereford Journal. Commun-
itv breeding is certain to be sympa-
thetic tie binding the people together
in the accomplishment OF anything
they desire. Community teamwork is
worth much in the improvemen t Of any
country community. It teaches effi-
cheney in the care and rearing Of anil
mails. Community breeding is a very
simple thing, but the value which 1t
will be to the community is tremend-
Gus. There are many instances on
record which are proof Of its adyant-
ages! - ~ .r-.. Is
The Iowa Farmer, edited by ]. w.
Jarnagin, at Des Moines. comes to our
desk this week in a new form, that Of
magazine, with the pages 8hX11
sue. 1t is issued under handsome
cover, and will no doubt prove much
more convenient to the reader. The
quality of paper used Is decided I'M
prOvement over the old. We also no
tice many new departments have been
added to the journal, and each depart
ment is ably edited. Mr.. Jarnagin Is
one of the older newspaper men OF the
state, and is making the Iowa Farmer
one of the leading agricultural papers
of Iowa. a. AZ. 49, j.. s.1s
Corn club members are going to
have unusual incentives to work next
year, judging from the prizes which
are to be offered as awards for meri-
torious work. Armour & Co., of Chi
cago, has already put goodly sum
of money at the disposal OF state lead
ers for distribution as prizes as the
leaders see fit. The Iowa Corn and
Small Grain Growers association has
contributed $275. In addition to these
and other prizes, the usual trip to the
International at Chicago will be given
to county champions.
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The tools and facilities required for
keeping harness in repair are compar-
atively simple and inexpensive. A
work on harness can be performed by
the aid of tools required for other
considerable portion Of the repair
purposes, but there are few special
devices that are desirable. /
Many Iowa farmers have a poor
stand of corn In their fields, due to
wet weather. This means that the
yield Will be curtailed where 1t was
not possible to replant. Farm crops
men at Iowa State college suggest a
way to make these fields 100 per
cent efficient. They point out that by