The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-14
much more since he moved onto the
place in March. lee. la. y

much more since he moved onto the
place in March. la. !.
Hired help scarce? You can get II
| if you want to pay the price," said
Louis Wellendorf, of section 10, Nor
gan township, when we stopped at his
place recently. II have pretty good
help, ! tell you, but l pay him $50 pei
month and feed him good, sleep him
well, and treat him as one Of the
boys" Mr.. WellendoTf is farming FAC
acres. of fine land and is one Of the
stockholders in the new bank at
Schleswig, and hhe says he made it by
farming and paying attention to bust
ness. On the place we found 80 head
of Aberdeen Angus cattle headed by .
fine bull purchased from the estate OF
the late DR. Conn; 100 splendid spring
pigs, and some fine mich cows. For
these animals Mr.. Wellendorf has a
barn 4Sx50 with, cement foundation,
and one Of the easiest operated water
systems we have run across. It is the
o. K. automatic system and there is
always plainly of water in the troughs.
Out in the hog house is an soiler which
the hogs just fight over. And believe
us, they do too, because we witnessed
the scrap. It is wonderful how soon
the hogs learn what this oiler is for,
and how they do like to use it. Eight
years ago Mr.. Wellendorf bought this
farm for 500 per acre and has since
refused $3.50. He has about so acres
in small grain and IS acres in corn.
He is trying new stunt, for him at
least, this spring, and seeded down 20
acres in sweet clover. He says he
believes 1t is going to make fine
feed.
John 'Bendixen, in section II, Nor
gan township, has established a home
for the Hampshire hog, and he treats
the mother swine so well that he has
$50 spring pigs, and the white stripes
around the body Just back of the Shout
der surely distinguishes them from
any other breed. John is running 800
acres. 240 he rents from Chas. Rein
king, and 80 acres he rents from an
other party. He has lived on this
place for the past four years and has
this year, left in his contract He is
paying seven dollars an acre., and
keeps two hired men at SIS per month
each and everybody works on the
"old time" He has 20 acres in spring
wheat, Is acres OF barley and will
have 100 acres of corn Mr.. Bendixen
runs quite a few cattle, and seems to
be getting his share of this country's
goods, and without the consent of
anybody he pegs right along.
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The, reader may not know it, but
one can drive for quite a way over in
Morgan township, and never leave the
land owned by Jurgen Krohnke, or one
of the boys. When we were out
through that township last week we
were at the place where Herman
Krohnke lives, but he was over in
Schleswig and we did not get to see
him. but, we, made the acquaintance
of his wife,, and she knew as, much
about the farm as Herman did,, no
doubt, for we were able to gather that
he was working 800 acres, had about
40 head of cattle, had in a. lot of small
grain and was going to plant 80 acres
of corn, Mrs. Krohnke has 80 young
chickens, and was taking care Of con
siderable milk. The, Krohnkes have
lived on this place the past three
years: Just acruss the roads.is= the
school house, and Miss Hattie Rickett
is the teacher. She has 10 scholars,
and at recess they were at the old
game of RUN, Sheep Run, Miss