The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-23
THE DENIsoN REVIEW WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1919

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18th of August, and Mrs. Bandow is
|anxiously awaiting that time SO that
she can move into the new home. A
full basement of cement blocks fur
nishes the foundation for, the home,
and there will be four or five rooms
down, stairs and four above. When
the family gets moved into the new
home. the old house will be torn down,
and the material used for other build
ings. The cost of the new house will
be in the neighborhood. of $500, and
will be a convenient and attractive
home. The horse barn has been built
on to since Mr. Bandow moved to the
place, and has q lean-to on each side,
thus making a very large building.
Mr.. Bandow has 1870 Poland China
hogs, and purchased the, first stock
from j. H. Healey. He has just sold
nine loads for s2O.05, and they aver
aged $50 pounds. He also has 20 head
of cattle and milks number Of COWS.
Mrs. Bandow is a daughter of the late
Chas. Segebart, who used to live west
of Denison. She takes considerable
interest in poultry and this spring had
$50 young chickens and about 300 old
ones. She has L. geese, and has had
good SUCCESS rWith them. The Ban
doWs rihaye. siderable fruit on their
placeaand she canned quite bit Of the
small fruit. '@
Otto Arnold occupies a farm about
nine and one-half miles south of Deni-
son on the Defiance road where he is
working 100 acres. He has in IS acres
Of corn, and good acreage, Of small
grain. He has 100 head Of shoats,
from 20 brood soWs. The hogs are of
the Duroc and Hampshire breeds and
are a thrifty lot: Twenty head OF cat
tie. among them being six milk cows,
make up his cattle herd. The cream
is sold at Buck Grove. and fair ay-
erage is received The Arnolds have
lived on the place eight years. Mrs.
Arnold came from Walnut, where she
still has number of relatives living.
and from whom she receives visits
every few days. MIR. and Mrs. Barney
Hanson and sons and Miss Bertha
Koos, all of Walnut, visited at the Ar
mold home the past week.. Mrs. Ar
mold raised 800 chickens this spring.
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Another. Arnold, Gus Arnold, oceu-
pies the place next to Otto Arnold
and this place lis a quarter section in
size. Mrs. Gus Arnold is a daughter
of Rev. H: Niewoehner, who was for
merly pastor at the Hayes church in
townships She informed
us that her father and sister were now
living at West Bend, Iowa. Mrs. Ar
mold is not enjoying the best of health
but is steadily improving. During the
month of May, she was at Rochester.
However, she raised 400 chickens this
spring, and took care of her home and
children. It is next to impossible to
get help on the farm; the Arnolds
have been trying to get married
couple but have been unsuccessful thus
far. Mr.. Arnold is farming 200 acres.
having rented a forty from neighbOr,
and he is doing all his work. He. re-
Gently sold IS head of hogs and they
averaged 225 and brought SCOTS per
hundred They sell cream from nine
cows, and the checks average around
500 per month. The family has en-
joyed a visit quite recently from Mrs.
Arnold's father and sister. sf- !,
= Mrs. Frank BakerssSEfy--k kindly gate
us some news about their farm when
We stopped there. last Friday. ! 1t Is
not always that one. can find the hus.
band Or owner at home, and 1t was this
case at the Baker home, that is Mr..
Baker was away IA the field. He Is a.
son of Clayton Baker, of Manila, and
occupies. the home place I'll East Boy
err township, sections 81 and SIS. There
are $50 acres in this place, and Frank
Baker and his father-in-law; Il. IT. Say
lor, are working the land. The Say
lors came to Crawford county from
Cedar county, near Cedar Rapids, and
Mrs. Baker said that she and her hus-
band contemplated an auto trip back
home as soon as the heavy work was
over. The Baker farm is one of East
Boyer's good farms, and the improve
ments, are good and quite extensive.
A big machine shed and garage had
just been, painted, and the house and
barn and other buildings were in good
repair. One hundred and twenty head
of cattle have the range of fine pas
ture, and 200 head Of hogs of the Pc.
land China breed were being we'll
cared for Mr.. Baker is cropping this
year, 100. acres of! corn, 20 acres of
oats and has considerable in clover
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