The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-23

Such a seedbed cannot be prepared
store moisture, get ne = Soil III in The II
right physical condition and liberate
plant food. There must also be time
for the soil to settle after blowing Ir
test carried through eight years
early blowing as compared with shall
low blowing increased the yield ap
proximately Is per cent.
Deep blowing in July or August with
horses is slow, hard work. The many
farm tractors which are coming into
use should prove of considerable value
in this operation.
SECOND SUMMER TERM.
Iowa State College will open for the
. second summer session on July "a, the
term lasting until August II. Regis
tration for this term should be com
pleted before the Gath as classes are
scheduled to begin that morning.
Over 6c5 students, mostly college
credit people, attended the first sum
mer session. Previously. the greater
proportion Of Attendance has been
school teachers, but this year many
up lost work while in the service.
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1t was our pleasure last week to Wis
it at the home of o. G. Ruffcorn, who
lives Just two miles right straight
north of Defiance, on the main road
from Denison to Defiance. We found
this place to be one of the best farms
we have vet visited. and it is in a fine
community. There are $50 acres in
the farm, and every foot of it lays
fine, and all is very productive. The
improvements are very extensive, and
would do credit to a farm CT much
greater acreage. The house is large
tWo-story one, well painted and in eX-
cellent repair, and is modern in every
respect. Electric lighted, furnace
heated, with a complete water system,
including hot and cold water as we'll
as hard and soft water, power washing
machine with two tubs, iron, fans, and
the like. The woodwork throughout
the house is in the best of shape, and
is kept so by continual scrubnng and
cleaning. There is ample room for a
large family, each room being large
and the upper floors supplied with
bath and closets. The house sets
back from the highway in way that
gives an excellent blue grass lawn in
which there are any number of fine
shade trees To the west and north is
splendid grove and a large orchard.
The day we were at the place, Mrs.
Ruffcorn was picking raspberries, and
they were certainly nice to look upon.
A large vineyard was fairly loaded
with grapes, and the promise for
large crop of fruit was most fiatter-
ing, The outbuildings on this farm
are many and include a new barn Of
mammoth size with cement basement,
The building will hold a large number
Of horses, milk COWS, hay and grain.
Then there is another large barn for
stock big double cribs, hog houses,
chicken house, and lots and yards for
considerable stock. The outbuildings
are an we'll shaded with large trees,
and the yards drain wei. Mr. Ruff
corn handles considerable purebred
stock, and has on the place at this
time, more than one hundred head Of
ShOrthOrn cattle, and $50 Poland
China hogs, the foundation stock hav-
ing been purchased from Mr. j. H.
Healey of Manila. He also has a
number OF Hampshire sheep. Mr.
Ruffcorn's health is not very good
and he keeps two hired men, and dur
ing the harvest will keep more. Mrs.
Ruffcorn also keeps help in the home.
This year she raised $50 chickens,
but last year she had more than
800. Her mother lives at Harlan, and
the son was at that place in order
that he might attend the chautauqua.
This splendid farm belongs to Mr..
Ruffcorn's father, who lives in Cali
fornia, and he has recently visited the
son. Knowing the condition of the
sons health, he told him to sell the
place and take a rest This the son
has decided to do, and if there is some
good farmer who wants fine home
close to school and churches, with
fine roads, here is splendid chance
to get home and on most any kind OF
terms IS -,"."% D"
r. Davis owns. or rather did own
the 80-acre farm right east of the Duff
corn farm, and TO show how land sells
in that vicinity, we mention that Nh
Davis just sold this farm for 1913 pei
acre. He is now in Dakota looking al
land. The purchaser of this farm was
Ben Arenholdt. The Davis have been
enjoying a visit from Robert Crist ol
Standwood. S,
The Germans, are reported to be
wearing wooden shoes, which would
seem to harmonic perfectly with theil
heads, D..
These people who demand equal
treatment for women teachers over
look their absolute. inability to coach
the ball team. ..' g
DODGE