The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-12

Col. M. r. McGrath; Of Vail, came
down on the early morning train Sat
urday and spent the day In Denison.
He assisted in the sale ring at the Bart
lett sale of livestock in the afternoon.
For more than forty years the Col.
has been resident Of Crawford coun-
ty, and has friends and acQuaintances
all over the county.
The breeding season Is close at
hand, and we wish to say to the own
ers of stations that The Review is
especially prepared to do bill work
of this nature. We also call attention
that advertising of this nature when
placed in this paper has been the
means of giving the desired publicity
Horse owners are invited to come in
and get particulars as to horse adver-
Using. .s
The writer paid visit to the county
agents office Saturday morning; and
found the agent, Mr. Quist, as busy as
the writer used to be when he had a
horse hitched to a rail, and was sup.
posed to keep the straw scattered
from behind the straw carrier on an
old horse power threshing machine.
You know in those olden days there
was plenty of Wild hay, and no one
thought of saving the straw for feed.
That straw today would bring about
SIG or $1S per ton. But as to the coun-
ty agent, John Gray, over at Ida Grove,
sizes him up about right when he
says: s"The county agent should be
known as a doctor Of things agricul-
tural, for he IS to the farmer what the
family doctor is to the physical well
fare Of the farmer and his family.
He is the trusted agent, friend and
counselor of the farmers for whom he
works. A county agent is man of
agricultural education, working in
practical farm experience with an
conjunction with the farmers, agricul-
tural colleges and the United States
agricultural department for the best
agricultural practices for the commun-
ity in which he is located"
@} a s. -"
According to the Bureau Of Crop
Estimates Of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture there are
nearly as many horses in the country
now as year ago. In some particu-
lar localities horses have hardly held
their own in consequence of the auto
truck, the automobile and the needs
of the war. 1t may surprise breeders
of horses to know that there are now
in this country 0ne-third of million
more horses than at the beginning of
the war. It was expected that the
war would stampede the horse market,
and would send prices high enough to
rob the farms of large number OF
the much needed work animals, but
there was no such shock experienced.
Horses will still sell at fair prices,
and as the breeding season approach
es it might be well that farmers and
breeders of horses pay some atten-
ton to the quality of the sire. Good
draft, and even fancy drivers will com.
mand prices that will pay the breeder.
Just as an illustration of what
girl on the farm can do, and enjoy the
work, we quote the following from
down in Orange county, Va. A little
girl borrowed money from her father
to buy nine settings of eggs, SO that
she might belong to a poultry club Or
ganizei by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, and the State
Agriculture College. One setting
would have entitled her to a member
ship, but she was no believer in half
way measures. On this venture her
first years work netted a profit of 1913,
and she had three ROSTERS left. X
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Frank Rainier's sale of Poland
Chinas. held at Logan Wednesday,
proved fair sale for the owner, the
animals averaging $1O4.00 per head,
and the high price paid was $4,000.
Competition was not as keen as had
been looked for and those who at
tended the sale expected to pay more
for the animals than they did Mr..
Rainier had some splendid stock.