The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-11
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On driving over the county and view
ing the wonderful fields of grain, thu
broad acres Of green pastures ant
the numerous heads of livestock, ont
wonders whether the average farmel
really appreciates Iowa and the man!
opportunities afforded. The oppor
tunities for making money the pas
few years have been many, not onlj
in the price OF lands, but in the rails
ing Of livestock, and, in the market
ing of crops, and products from the
farm. Twenty-Five years ago farmers
were selling corn for nine and ten
cents per bushel, hogs for less than
$500, and everything else in proper
tiOn. Nowadays load Of hogs brings
enough to buy an automobile. Two
or three loads will make the first pay.
ment on farm, even at $500 per acre,
crops. For instance in Sac county
many raise popcorn in the summer
and with the proceeds spend the win.
ters in Florida. Some of them were
In Florida the past winter and living
high, wide and handsome. Many OF
our crawford county farmers raise
hogs and cattle, and with the pro-
ceeds buy automobiles or more land
or even visit California for a season.
And when we view all of these
things we cannot but think that the
Iowa farmer fully appreciates the
great state, and the county in which
he lives, and we believe there are but
few who would give up their homes
and cast their lot in. a new and syn,
tried locality e S@ !. Sh
We had a nice little! visit with Clars
ence Bryan, of Cedar Lane Farm, sec,
tons "a and %, Paradise townshfps
last week. tMrssBryan,41lve ons the
home place, .sthe one named above,
and has registered the name with the
county recorder There are $50 acres
of land in this farm, and every acre is
good land. Mr.. Bryan is not working
all OF the land this year, having rent
ed considerable OF it to his neighbors.
He put in 40 acres of corn, of the yell
low Dent variety, and it is doing fine.
He also has in 25hacres or spring
wheat, and 60 acres in, sweet clover.
Ten acres of this clover Seeded itself
this spring, and the crop is going to
be big. The crop of spring pigs on
Cedar Lane Farm was very good, con-
sidering conditions, and there are 21OO
head. Mr.. Bryan has only recently
started in the thoroughbred horse
business, and has a fine Percheron
stallion, Granger Boy, and he is 4of
considerable weight. Last fall he pur-
chased a thoroughbred Perch eron'
mare out in Nebraska, ,one, of the best
he could buy, and he, expects some
great results from her. Clarence is d
very progressive farmer land stock
raiser, 'sand believes in doing every
thing inca business-like manner, and
ordered some stationery, writing pa
per and envelopes, so that when he
writes a letter it will have some
weight: Many OF our farmer friends
are now using stationery with the
name Of their farm printed thereon,
and the name Of the breed OF stock
they are raising. 10 q -. &asGf E$#tf
There are a number Of breeders OF
pure bred livestock living in the cOun.
ty who have not as yet taken advant-
age OF the 'fPure Breed Directory
running on, one Of these pages. We
believe the directory is, a good thing,
It serves as a telephone directory
does, helps one, to locate breeder
Of certain stock as one would locate
3 farmer in the directory by finding
his telephone number: The expense
Is very. slight considering the amount
Of good derived. ,aia''s. -erSf E"'z
CRAWFORD MEN At OMAHA >.
frank and Joe Dozark and Carl
Kullberg, Of Boyer, were in Omaha
Dne day last week looking over the
stocker and feeder section, in the cat
Tie row, with a view to purchasing
some stun to: put on pasture, and
Frank was interviewed ,byqone of the
stock journal I'M en- gof that city. In
The interview Frank had the following
TO say: