The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-08-06
THE .pEN1soN REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, AUG 8. 1919

......... THE DEN
While in the navy Fred made five trips
across the Atlantic NE
The G. r. Norths have been living
in, the country. most all this season
keeping house for the boys who have
the Schmidt farm at Rocky Run rent.
ed. The, boys are doing we'll on this
place and, they have good crops this
season. Mr.. North does not aim to
work very hard although lie is as cap.
able now as he was twenty-five years
ago. His hobby this season has been
hardening, and would have had fine
garden had it been real garden year.
s.
B. w. Hunt, of near Denison, con.
templates a sale Of Durocs in Septem.
Der, and will have quite an offering.
He has some go spring pigs and 20
brood sows. He has some Of the best
blood lines of the breed in his herd,
such stock as raised by White Of Dial.
las Center, Samuelson, of Kiron, and
also some Orion stock. Royal Won.
der is a yearMng pig Of Orion stock,
and is dandy hog. Mr.. Hunt recent.
| ~ sold his farm, and is right now un.
decided as to his future movements,
although he expects to remain at Deni.
son if he can find the right kind of q
lplace. On this place we found five
acres of sweet corn and some Of this
will be used for feeding the Durocs.
The Hunts are planning motor trip
to Minnesota where they will visit a
brother of Mrs. Hunt at Donnelly, and
will go to South Dakota also, where
they will visit Mr.. Hunts brother at
Lemon. .@.
-. --ag - -a5..
This department is in receipt of a
catalogue from Messrs. r. w. Brpene
and Lee Van Houten, in which are cata
logued 80 head Of bred Hampshire
sows,. two open soWs, two fall boars
and two Hereford bulls. The cata,
logue advertises a combination sale
of these animals for Wednesday, Aug.
13, 1919, and the sale will be held on
Winding Greek Stock Farm, six miles
west Of Battle Creek. as
L z. ~ -'fs s-.@t5
John G, Harrington, living just south
OF the Catholic cemetery at Vail, las
practically new place, all of the
buildings having been erected within
the past four years. There are 100
acres in the farm, and Mr.. Harrington
is renting 80 acres besides. The house
is a square one 26x26 and contains
eight rooms, with full basement. On
the first floor one finds the living room,
dining room, one bedroom and the
kitchen, while on the upper floor are
four sleeping rooms with closets and
bath room. The building is furnace
heated, and is wired for electric lights.
The woodwork is of hard pine, and has
an excellent finish. Mrs. Harrington
is a sister OF Mrs. Pat Sheridan and
she knows how to care for a home
She, like her sister. likes chickens, and
has raised 400 spring chickens and now
has on the place between 900 and 700
Brown Leghorns.- During the season
she sold hundreds of eggs at IS cents
per dozen and realized a goodly sum.
She now has about 300 Rose Comb
cockerels for sale. Mr.. Harrington
has provided we'll for his livestock
and generally has considerable on the
place. He has 14x40 siio, bnilt Of
| tile. a barn 36x48 with room for a num-
her Of horses and milk cows, and hay
above; a good hog house, and many
other buildings comprise the improve
ments. In the barn we found fine
animal, a young Hereford bull, Jessie
Blanchard, purchased from Adam
Weiss at Manning. This animal was
sired by Old Blanchard I'd, and took
first prize money at Sioux City and was
fourth in his class at Chicago. Mr..
Harrington has sixty head Of cattle,
mostly all OF them pure bred, and he
sells good many at private sale. In
hogs the Duroc breed is kept, and the
foundation stock is Orion of the fam
Gus .McAndrews type at Vail. The
Harrington brothers, John G.. and
William, live opposite each other and
they work in conjunction all the. time;
and the stock is owned Jointly. They
had some cattle at the recent sale Of
Herefords at Sioux City, and have3two
fine Hereford BILLS that will soon be
ready for sale. The wheat, on the J.
I