The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-28

Farmers of the county may be in.
terested in the work now being carried
on by Owen Rumble, Of the Denison
gardens. Mr.. Rumble has patch of
ground in the northeast part of town,
covering couple of city blocks in
area, where he is engaged in raising
garden truck. On this patch of ground
Mr.. Rumble has about everything that
grows in the vegetable line, with the
possible exception of celery. The soil
Is not quite adapted for raising sue
cessfully the product that made Kala-
mazoo famous. On Thursday afternoon
Mr.. Rumble set out $500 tomato plants
and said that he had shipped to- other
PARTS Of the country this spring some
/. 900 of these plants. He also ship.
ped almost as many cabbage plants, as
well as other growing plants. These
plants were grown either in hot bed
or In the green house that Mr.. Rumble
has erected This building is Of glass
and is 20x50! feet in size, and is, heated
with hot water system. When the
weather registered down below the
freezing point, considerable, this build
ing. was as farm as a southern sun, and
plants OF all kinds were growing. This
season Mr.. Rumble is trying out some
sweet potato plants on "a plat of
ground that is somewhat sandy, and
believes he is going to meet with sucr
cess. The peas, beans, potatoes and
In fact everything on the place looks
fine, and in lettuce, onions and radish-
es, he is filling orders every day. All
orders for city delivery that are re-
ceived before s o'clock in the morning
are delivered in time for dinner on the
day OF. ordering. The citizens OF Deri-
son should make it point to visit the
Denison green house; Mr.. Rumble will
take delight in showing one over the
place and explaining the different
plants.
F. P. and M. j. Beirne are working
the old Jacob Rusterholz place down
south OF Denison this year. This farm
contains f60 acres, and of this the
boys have in so acres of corn, 80 acres
of wheat and 20 acres Of oats. A sis
ter is keeping house for them. M. j.
was q member of the American army
In France, and only returned to the
states last March.
The VIM. Mundt farm of 300 acres
down In Nishnabotny township, sec
tions S, and 6, is being worked this
year by the son, Barney Mundt, and
he Is being assisted by Barney Brink
man, who has been with the, Mundts
for considerable time. On last Fri
day we called at this place, but Barn.
ey was helping Paul Tate haul hogs
to Denison, using his truck, and we
did not get to meet him. Barney Ger.
tainly has a pretty good sized job on
his hands. for he has Is acres of corn,
30 acres Of spring wheat. and .25 acres
OF oats to- take care Of, besides 40
head of Hampshire hogs and 1870 head
of Poland Chinas. He recently sold
six head Of these hogs for. 5000 per
hundred. At this place were. to be
found SO head Of fine looking cattle,
and they had the run OF a splendid pas
ture that was well watered.t The
Mundts have, a fine set of improve.
merts, and the. stock buildings. are
equipped with all necessary equipmen
for the handling and feeding Of the
stock. A large orchard, furnishes am
pie fruit for all purposes and consists
Of apple, cherry and plum trees, and
all kinds of small fruit. VIM. Mundt,
the father, is building new bungalow
in Denison and he and his good wife
expect to move into town in about two
months, leaving the old place, where
they hare lived SO long, to the young
folks Mrs. Mundt said she would
hate to leave the place too, they went
there when they were first married
and had spent many happy years on
the farm They just enjoyed a fine Wis
Henry Homeier and Mrs. VIM. Heiden,
of Whittier, Calf, who have been Wis
iting In this part of the state the past
two weeks, The Mundt school, taught