The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-14

farm were in keeping with those men
toned. Anyone ought to be satisfied
to lead rural life with such sur
|roundings.
| We made the acquaintance of Fred
Schultz of. Section 10, Morgan town
ship, the other day. Mr.. Schultz has
long been resident Of Crawford coun
ty, and we had seen him a number OF
times, yet we did not know him per
sonally. When we called at his home
we learned that he had been Ill for
some time and does not get out OF
doors very much, yet he oversees the
work of the entire farm. He is liv'
ing on the farm his father purchased
away back in 1879 when he came here
from Clinton county This farm, and
some of the land adjoining, was pur.
chased at that time for $11 and SIG
per acre. Now Mr. Schultz can get
close to $500 for it any time before
breakfast. There was, time when
this gentleman owned considerable
land UP around Schleswig, but he be
came discouraged in dealing with SO
many different kinds of tenants, and
he sold off all except the farm where
he lives. He has two sons at home,
therefore he does not have to rely up
on hired help altogether. Last April
he shipped a car load of hogs to Chi
cago, for which he received $2O.40 per
hundred, and he still has a number
of fine ones running around the yards.
He is also running in the pasture some
so head Of Aberdeen Angus cattle, and
they all looked fat and sleek and were
well cared for. There are $50 acres
in the home place and Mr.. Schultz
has fine set of buildings of all kinds.
He had just installed Round Oak
furnace in the home. and said he ex-
pected to pass the coming winter in
greater comfort than ever before.
When we were at his place we found
Mrs. Schultz and her daughter. busy
painting the Kitchen and living room
woodwork. and while they did not
claim TO he experts at plying the
brush, they were doing q good job.
IA Il One of the leading stock raisers and
feeders of Morgan township we found
to be Henry Lentz, who lives in Sec
tion H. Over in a splendid pasture
we found 200 as fine ewes, and almost
as many lambs, as one cares to gaze
upon They were westernerss and
had been shipped in last fall, and had
LANDED in March with the best of sue
cess Mr.. Lentz had expected Louie
lNaeve to come along about the first Of
the month and relieve the sheep of
any surplus wool they might have. He
says Louie is the best man in the
county when it comes to getting the
wool from a sleeps back. The first
day of July these sheep will be ready
for Chicago, and will be shipped to
that point, and Mr.. Lentz anticipates
a good margin of profit on his invest
ment. Mr.. Lentz keeps the Poland
China breed of swine, and only re-
Gently purchased couple of bred
sows from C. NJ Peterson of Ever
green Hill stock farm at Dunlap. He
also purchased three bred sows from
John Andersen at Irwin. He has had
exceptional luck with his pig crop
this spring, raising, 800 pigs, and. they
certainly were nice to look upon.
Many readers of this department may
remember that last fall we had an
item relative to the top price for land
in Morgan township. The item re.
ferred to Mr. Lentz when he paid
Henry Bielenberg $315 per acre for
the farm he now lives upon. Many
thought he paid too, much for the land,
but he has had numerous offers of
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