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

Joe Bauman, out in section 5, Wash
ington township, is, another one of
Crawford cOunty's farmers WHO Is
forging to the front. Joe is one OF
the best farmers in his neighbOrhood,
and his crops will verify the state
ment. For instance. last year his worn
averaged better than 32 bushels, and
his wheat went with an average OF a
little over % bushels. He's got good
buildings on his farm, and he has at
different times considerable livestock.
And with all this Joe has the help of
a good wife, one who knows how to
economic and get the most out OF
everything joe was telling us how
much he received for butter and eggs,
but were'e giving the credit to. Mrs.
joe. for she looks after these pro-
ducts. And she averages about $50
per month with her butter, and about
$40 with her eggs This season she
Leghorns. 1t helps man out won
derfully when the wife makes enough
to buy all the groceries and other
household necessities. This year Mr..
Bauman has in As acres of corn, and
Lit is looking fine. although he had to
replant "a acres of sod, and says he is
willing to take the blame, he planted
too early on the sod, and the cut
worms thrived. Then he has 40 acres
in wheat, 20 acres of oats and II acres
of alfalfa. He is running % head OF
cattle, for the most part Shorthorns
and some good Herefords. and has AZ
head of Duroc hogs. His spring crop
of pigs was not SO good. because the
sows had the flu during the winter.
Just to keep out of michief Joe shelled
1000 bushels of corn recently and
hauled it to Buck Grove and received
$1631s per ,bushel for it. He thinks
that was fair price. considering what
everything used on the farm costs
these days.. Some of this corn was
of 1917 vintage. ~ VIZ
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r The farmers in the vicinity of Sol
der, in Monona county, have been los
ing, a large number Of head cattle
since last March,. the animals being
found in the pastures with bullet
hole in their heads. Although close
watch. has been kept by many, no one
could even as much as get a clew. as
to who was doing the shooting and
what the purpose might be- Early in
the season it was thought that it
might tbe work of some one having a
grudge, but this idea was soon dis
spelled. The state society for the
protection of animals was notified and
have been working on the case, and
the sheriff has been helping in the
matter These authorities recently
went to Soldier and spent a day of
inquiry among the different farmers,
and had almost given up locating the.
culprit, when just one cleW was re-
ceived. Working on this they finally
traced the matter until they had a
confession from Raymond Severson, a
boy who had destroyed the life }of sew
eralS head -of stock in this vicinity. It
was after three hours of severe qnes.
tiOning by Sheriff Harlow before Ray
mond made confession Of the crime.
1t came as thunderbolt from clear
sky ito his father, one Of the most
highly respected men of that vicinity,
and no boy in the vicinity has borne
better reputation ethan had Ray
mond, he being .antoindustrious stu
dent in jschool5iRnd obedient at his
home. Every animal which had been
killed by Raymond will! settled for
by his father. The farmers losing the
stock were ;Chasy Rusttina Chris T.
Hansen, Mr.. Tiluffson and Ole Glenn
GUS. all neighbours and friends OF the
.SeVerson family and friends of the lad
The boy, is, completely broken up ov-
Ter his crime andd through the kind
ness ofFSheriff Harlow was allowed to
remain in the, custody ,iof his father,
who will DE responsible for him until
he appears. before the county attorney
and the judge. The farmers who have
lost stock which Raymond, who is not
quite l6 years old, has killed, will
probably not appear against him. He
could not give any, reason to Sheriff
Harlow why he did it., he held no
grudge whatever against any Of the
men whose stock Me killed.
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"'The fellow w:lo looks at the mar
ket page and notes the prices being
paid for farm products jumps to the
conclusion that the farmers are hay
ing an easy time says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareif. $50 thesfellows who
reach such judgments we desire to say
go out on the farm and get into the
game. 1t is great. But not all that
glitters on the farm is gold. In the
goodaold days back when Heck was a