The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-23


nd Stock Raiser is ChronicIed From
| in good repair. Mr.. Rath keeps 1876
head Of Hampshire hogs, and recently
sold eight head for SPOTS per hundred.
In cattle he keeps the Polled Durham
breed, and milks nine cows. His 1919
crop consists of SO acres of corn, IL
acres of wheat, "a acres of oats and
he has in IL acres of alfalfa. He has
just purchased a new Chandler car,
and will no doubt get some pleasure
as we'll as much usefulness out of the
machine. A son, Otto, lives across the
road on the place known as the John
Hall farm. This place he rents from
MS father, but he has purchased the
Henry Asmus farm, and will probably
move there after next year. Paul
Schcening, a son-in.law, has purchased
the Ed. Stahl farm, and Mr.. Stahl will
go to Dakota and look for land. The
Rath family have been enjoying a visit
from Chas. 'Rath, of Whittier, Californ.
ia, for the past two weeks. ilr
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Harry Burmeister of section IL, in
Washington, has lived on the present
place all his life. He is now operating
the farm for himself, his father living
in Denison. There are 200 acres in
the farm, and it is stocked with 100
head of red hogs of spring farrow, 18
brood sows, AZ head of mixed cattle,
and head of work horses. Twenty
five acres of Marquis wheat on this
place will make 6 OF bushels to the
acre, and there are 60 acres of corn
and So acres of, oats A good sized
tpatsh Of alfalfa looks pretty good,
We enjoyed short visit with Mr..
Henry Gehrke,- Of section rs, East
Boyer township the other day He
purchased the 80 acres where's he lives.
from Veile tSowles thirteeneyears ago,
and if he desired to sell at this time.
he would make a good big profit. His
80 acres is a fine laying piece Of land,
and he has it we'll improved. He has
some pretty good stock on the place
consisting of IA head ofscattle and SO
head of Poland China hogs. The day
we were at his place he was busy;
hauling hay. 1.fF 81 ~
Ed McCaffery has been one of the
big breeders of East Boyer township
and he has his place fixed for feeding
He is occupying his fathers home in
section Is, and there are 100 acres in
the farm. Among the newer Buildings
we mention tile hog house, that will
accommodate IS brood sows with com
fort. This house is well lighted and
ventilated and is equipped with an au-
tomato waterer, and tile floor. An
other new addition Is tile silo with
a capacity of $50 tons, and this Mr..
McCaffery fills every year. 1t is one
OF the best silos in East Boyer, and is
plastered, and has four-foot pit. Mr..
McCaffery shipped a couple of loads
of cattle to Omaha recently and re-
ceived 10 cents for them. Last year
he had 100 head OF cattle in the yards,
and now has quite few on the place.
n hogs, he has Sc young Poland Chinas
of the Healey breed and Is brood
sows. In crops he has Is acres of
wheat and some of it will go 10 bushels
to the acre. He also has in IS acres
of corn and some small grain. Seven
teen acres of corn is also planted to
soy beans and this crop is going to
prove very successful This is his
first experience with bean and If they
turn out as he thinks they will, he
will devote more time to them next
year.
Otto Rath, right across the road
from his father, on the John Hall farm
in Washington township, has sold Is
head of hogs that averaged little
better than 300 pounds and for which
he received the sum OF $2O.75 He
thought this pretty fair price. He
still has 124 head left on the farm and
has 80 head of Red Polled cattle. At
this farm we found a comparatively
new barn, large enough to accommQ-
date a number of horses, milk cows,
and a large amount of hay Mrs. Rath
has $50 Rhode Island Red chickens,
and a number Of ducks. Two daugh-
ters keep her company when she is
not busy with her household duties and
other work. T. .. a.. ,.' A.. -. &.
The old C. ID. Miller place in East
Boyer township is undergoing a num-
Der Of changes in appearance. The
house has been remodeled and VIM.
Lorentzen IS finishing painting and
decorating the home. This place is
occupied by Fred Norman, and was
recently sold to Robert Maxwell, by
Mr.. Hayes. 5a Is
Charley Bandow is fixing up a fine
place out in East Boyer township.
About eight years ago, he purchased
the Dave Zimmerman farm, and this
spring he, is having a new house built.
Messrs. Hawarth and Brandt are do
ing the work, and the house is now
waiting to be plastered. The house is
32x40, and two stories high. 1t has a
fire.proof roof, and will be modern in
every respect. The contractors are
supposed to have: it completed the
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