The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-08-06

,I# TIE DElNlOO
: Of the Buff Plymouth Rock breed and
has 100 old ones on the place. She
also has a few White Leghorns. Mr..
Knop and his brother-in,law, Herman
Ullrich, spent last Sunday week at At.
lantic, where they visited relatives.
We formed the acquaintanceship Of
Fred Wake, of section 28, Soldier
township, on last Friday. He is sue
cessful farmer OF his township, and
raises considerable stock, some Of 1t
being pure bred. He is a hale fellow
we'll met. ..... ~.
Lou Staly is operating his fathers
F farm in Willow township, three miles
southwest OF Charter Oak, where he Is
working 800 acres. This season he has
in ITO acres of corn and ITO acres of
oats. He keeps Aberdeen Angus cat
tie and has SO. head. He went to Geo.
Neddermeyer for his stock, and he has
some good ones in the herd. He is q
fancier of Durocs and owns 70 spring
Ipigs. He sold II head of brood sows
that averaged around $50 and for
which he received $21.35. He has just
completed a new chicken house on the
place. His brother, Paul, is assisting
in operating the farm. s... H.,
Many of the farmers OF Soldier town.
ship have finished threshing this year S
crop, and among these we mention
Richard Baak, Of section 80, who fin
ished Friday. His grain turned out
fairly we'll. Mr.. Baak had pretty good
SUCCESS with spring pigs and raised 80
head from 20 brood sows. He keeps
the Hereford cattle and owns 48 head.
He went to Missouri for his herd bull
and purchased q very good animal at
$3.50. This year he is taking care of
81 acres Of corn, % acres of wheat and
81 acres Of oats. He was born on the
place where he still resides; this farm
was built up by his father, August
Baak, and the home is in the best Of
repair. Mrs. Baak has many chickens
and 40 geese. =, $3.50
The Chas. Bartlett farm of 100 acres
in section 1,'Willow township, is, being
run this year by Fred Plagge, who for
merly lived over north of Charter Oak
He moved to this place last March and
likes it real WELL He is getting start
ed In the Shorthorn game and now has
IL head of this breed of cattle. OF this
number he milks six, and the returns
from the. sale of the cream is quite
helpful in financial way. From $50
IN &O0 ronaixra1
the cream. Mr.. Plagge had very bad
luck with his Durocs this spring, and
out Of 70 head Of pigs he only saved
20. He has in 10 acres of corn, acres
Of wheat and 40 acres of oats. Mrs.
Plagge has 400 chickens. Mr.. Plagge's
post office is Charter Oak.
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Under the caption OF what Women
Are Doing on Iowa Farms" the Iowa
Farmer devotes some space to Mrs. P.
H. Sheridan, OF Vail, and tells. what
she is doing with her day-old chicks
and 5000 egg incubator. e
Joining the Bartlett place to the
south is the 24O acre farm belonging
to J. H. Reisser, who lives in Charter
Oak, where he owns 5 acre trace. The
$40 acres have been worked by Henry
Listamann for number of years. Men
ton was made in these columns during
the late winter Of the death of Mrs.
Listamann, and because Of her death
the husband and sons have decided to
give up farming for time. They had
the farm well stocked, running Is head
Of cattle and IS head of Red hogs.
They lately sold a number of hogs that
averaged 225 in weight. John. the old
Or son, was discharged from the army
last June. He served six months in
France and was a member Of Co. NJ,
18th division. ...N .e
The many friends of James ]. Hous-
,on will be glad to learn that he is
again at home after having been at q |
hospital in Sioux City. He lives in
section l, Boyer township, on the old |
home place of Patrick Houston. There |
Ire 200 acres in this place, and James
J. had the big share Of the work to
ook after because the son, j. p, was
way in the navy, being in the aerial
orce building airships. He was dis
charged last July however, and as soon
IS he reached home he could not get
INTO civilian clothes soon enough to be-
I'm work on the farm. Mr.. Houston
ieeps some 4S head of Shorthorn cat
lie and also number of Duroc5 Jersey