The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-30

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drained A complete water system
supplies water for the entire place,
and there is fine running water III the
pastures. The houAe Is very large
one and is for the most part all mod.
ern, Mrs, tHollander's maiden name
was Klotze and she formerly resided
at iHolstein: She has brother in the
new bank at Schleswig, and another
brother, Fred Klotze, is helping Mr..
HIGHLANDER on the place. This brother
is graduate of the Agricultural col
lege at Ames, having graduated as an
engineer, and he is, spending his vaca.
ton on the Hollander place. He was
assisting with the hay last Thursday,
and was not suffering any particular
discomfort on account of the weather.
He claimed to weigh $50 pounds, and
the farm, scales being handy Mr.. Hol-
lander weighed him, and he tipped the
beam at 302 pounds. He is the picture
Of health, and as all fleshy people are,
in the best of nature. Mr.. Hollander
had on the place 1913 shoats and SO
brood sows. He had just sold 80 head
on the Chicago market that averaged
327 pounds and brought him s21.60.
He has between SO and so head of
Hereford cattle, and at the head is q
fine pure bred Hereford bull purchased
at Chicago, and for which he paid $500.
The milk from his cows averages about
$500 per year. Mr.. Hollander was fav.
ing the help of his brother, Mick, who
was discharged from the army on
March 18th. Nick had enlisted the
18th of August and had been at Camp
Forest, then to New York and had
spent five months in France with the
46Sth engineering corps. Tie Hol-
landers have rs acres Of corn, acres
of wheat and 30 acres of oats. June
30ti he sold 46 head Of cattle at $14.50;
it just so happened that he struck
bad market. Mrs. Hollander reaises
Brown ;Leghorn chickens and this
spring has 400 chicks, and about 400
old hens. She has sold 5000 eggs at a
good price. This week she was enjoy
ing q visit from Miss Hattie Sindt, OF
Holstein. 4 ~
another Goodrich wnshipscitizen
expects 70 move to Denison III the
near future. Louie Schmidt, of sec:
ton 5.S5 Goodrich township, has pur.
chased the home at the corner OF High
and Saunders streets. It's going to be
pretty hard for Mr.. and Mrs. Schmidt
% give up the old place out in Good
'ich, where they have lived for the
1ast 36. or 81 years. This place Mr..
Schmidt purchased soon after coming
o Crawford county from Clinton co,lnr
y, and he has worked hard and faith.
ully in building it up. There are 1862
lcres in the farm, and every foot OF
he farm is productive; and all the
buildings are in the very best Of
hape, all well painted and rodded.
The home is q very large one, and has
he appearance of having been built |
within the year, it has been so we'll
:ept. Mrs. Schmidt takes much COM
ort in her home, and says she is go
ng to miss it very much when she has !
o move. The house is a nine room
ne, the rooms are all large, and very !
omey. The furniture is the best |
loney will buy, and the floor cover
ngs and the hangings are expensive
nd beautiful. Mrs. Schmidt's one
eight Is her flower and vegetable gar
en-, and every evening soon after the |
un goes over the brow of the hill, or
efore it appears in the east in the
forming, she is out working in her be. |
wed gardens. And they look it-not |
weed oabe found, and countless beds |
blooming plants of all kinds, flower
oxes everywhere, ferns, ported plants,
'indow boxes all go to beautify the |
lace. A splendidly kept lawn is as |
reen as though showered each eve
ing Not a.dandelion nor weed of any
ind finds roofing place in the lawn.
md her garden Of vegetables is the |
IVY of all passersby. Mrs. Schmidt |
avs her grapes will be splendid |
rop this season. and she will also
ave an abundance OF fruit. After |
aging a visit to- her home we don't |
,onder she hesitates in leaving. We
ound Mr.. Schmidt and force of men
uilding cement floor in corn. crib |
'hen we called. and they we're regu- |
II cement mixers. too. Had.a gas en-
Inc and mixer, and were doing good |
cb. Mr.. Schmidt has 1926 Poland |
'hina pigs, and these have, the run Of |
me yards. Near the hog house he has
'uilt a cement feeding floor. and this
$ always clean, and after every rain
$ washed perfectly white, $50 well it
rains, Louie purchased some good
'oland China stock from u HenryA
schroeder, one of his neighbors, andd
le had 20 brood sows. However, neil
disposed OF these very recently; they'll
314 pounds and he received
1880 for them. In cattle he keeps
he Shorthorn breed, and has at, the
lead ine.'bull of pure breeding; this
.nimal he purchased of Frank Weed: Il
Il Herring. The Schmidt farm wall
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