The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-04-30
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3. This department received very
pleasant call from A. /. Seiger, who
lives 4 81 miles north of Vail, on
Thursday last. Mr. Seger had driv'
en- down to Denison to attend to some
business matters and said he could
not resist giving the Review call
While in conversation with Mr.. Seiger
we learned that he Is breeder and
raiser Of Spotted Poland China hogs
of pure breeding and has on his l6O
acres some Of. the very best blood
strains Of that breed. At the head of
his herd is to be found Gates Lead
err" three-year-old boar purchased
from j. d. Gates. down in Missouri.
On looking up the record of this ami
NAL we find he is one Of the best ever
raised by Mr.. Gates whose reputation
as breeder Of Spotted Polands dates
back good many years. The animal
now weighs 800 pounds and when in
condition will weigh 1000 pounds. r
Mr.. Seiger had purchased a very
fine animal from the same Mr.. Gates
some time before purchasing Gates
Leader" but last March the boar
killed himself when he attempted to
jump over fence, and broke his neck
Mr.. Seiger says on that day he had
just turned the animal for another
one and was getting $500 in boot
money. 1t was certainly bunch of
hard luck to take, but Mr.. Seiger takes
the bitter with the sweet, and imme-,
diately went to work to make where
he lost. . .-
In his herd of thirty-flve pure bred
swine he has a SOW from the herd OF
Chas. Taylor, Of What Cheer, Iowa,
and originally from the Burk & Sh1rk
herd. Then he has. a few sows from
the Shaver. & Frye herd. These anil
mails are Sired by Duke of England
3D." out Of Duke of England l559,
a great boar OF the breed Mr.. Seig-s
er has 1875 spring pigs and will mt two
show herds for the fair circuit this
fall. He is much in love with the
Spotted Poland and says they are
very hardy hog, easy to keep, ana are
growing in demand the more breeders
become acquainted with them.
According to the United States de-
partment Of agriculture bulletin just
published there is much more to feed
ing old Dobbin than simply giving him
a little corn or oats and then allow
ing him to fill up on whatever klnd
Of hay is available Close observation
is needed more in feeding horses than
any other scass of livestock, say the
Horses of the same
weight may have different feed re-
which make It necessary |
to study tie Individuality OF the am,
mails. If the horse is not doing wen
on a ration slight change should ne
matie,,s but any abrupt change may I
cause. digestive. disturbances, IL . fur;
nish .energy for work the horse must
bel fed in excess of what IS needeu lot
bGfify maintenance The amount OF |
feed4 needed for working horse IS
about two-thirds more than fora horse
nat working. ~ nv $500 ~ -
IhulLDs HERD FROM SCRUBS /, 4
After ten years of experimentation
with herd of scrub cows, brought |
from, the Ozark hills regions OF Ar
kahsas. the Iowa agricultural expert
mont station has announced results |
In a breeding and feeding test that |
prove more CUlCluS1NCly lAeItA AAe@S -.
been proved before that good DULL
plus good feed and good care used con
tinuously through several generations,
win mean Increased milk production
and more profits for the farmer
These results mark a milestone IN
dairy progress In the United States.
They offer the first definite proof to
back up what the farmers and ex-
pertinent station men have long be
lieyed in regard to building up herd
By good sire and good feed and care
This experiment, known around the
college campus as the Arkansas COW
experiment, was begun in 1907 when
Hugh G. Van Pelt, atthat time head OF |
the dairy husbandry work OF Iowa
State college and agricultural expert
ment station brought herd OF SCRUB |
cows and calves from the Ozarks.
Since 1870, H., II. Hidden, A.. C., NC
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