The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-30

hSS>AN 49, SAAIvvs WG>ASA0DTA
purchased for SIS per acre and nov
he could take better than $500 If HI
desired. When he moves into town hi
will turn the farm over to his son
VIM. F. The Schmidts have four chill
dren, three girls and one boy. There
is only the boy at home, however, az
the girls have married and have homes
of their own.
One may drive for considerable dis
lance through Goodrich and Otter
Greek townships and never leave the
|Schmidt holdings. There are Louie
Joseph, Christ and Mrs. Henry
Schmidt, all land owners, and have
much land occupied by their children
We found George Schmidt, son OF
Mrs. Henry Schmidt, at his mothers
place, picking cherries, on last Thurs
day. And the cherries were the best
grown in Crawford county. They
were the big black red cherry, the kind
one finds In the stores that have been
shipped in from some cherry country.
George lives in section 80, Otter Creek
where he has 12O acres. He keeps 40
head of Shorthorn cattle, and has IS
head Of Poland China shoats and i8
brood sows. These sows he just dis
posed of to good advantage. He has
the usual amount Of crop. this season,
and says his potatoes are going to be
of very good quality. Louie Grill and
Louie Schmidt will do the S,reshing
at this place as they have just purchas-
ed new outfit They have Racine
20-inch separator and Fordson trac-
tor, and say the machine will do the
Mention has been made in these col.
umns from time to time of the Poland
China hogs owned by Chas. Specht.
But that was when Charley lived out
In East. Boyer township and was not
as well equipped to handle the hogs
as he is now. Charley now lives in
Goodrich township on 120 acre farm
Of his own, just north of the Goodrich
center school house, and he Is fast
making regular stock farm out Of
the place. He is getting the land seed
ed and the fine herd of hogs have; a
splendid pasture to run in, Last Thurs
day we made a visit to this place, hut
Charles was helping, the neighbors
thresh and was not at home. We soon
found that Mrs. Specht knew as much
about the herd CT hogs as did her hus-
band and she took the trouble and
time to show the, different pens and
animals. One Of the really good hogs
to be found on the Specht farm is
Quartermaster.s an, SO0.pound hog as
two-year-old. This animal was bred
and raised by F. H. :Hassler, of Man
ming, and is one Of II ipgs, of which
Mr. Hassler raised five boars and five
sows. He is sired by Grandmaster.
has cililds DISPOSE
ton, so gentle he seems, is possessed
Of long finely arched back great
deep sides, stands veil upon his feet,
has large bright eyes set in broad
and is Of the type of Poland
Chlnas that is s0smuch desired by the
breeders Of this breed Of hogs. An
other hog that Mr.. Specht likes very
much is Black Price Model, a March
=, 1919, pig. This pig was purchased
of w. ]. Graham Of Howard, Lake,
Mimi, and is onesof IL pigs narrowed.
HIS sire is Black Price, and dam is
Fair Miss, one OF Peter Mouw's fine
sows, and rated at $1,000. Mr.. Specht
has something like so head OF young
shoats, sired by Quartermaster and
Gertsdale King, now on the H. P. Sag
gau place south of Denison, and he has
eleven brood sows of. excellent breed
ing, some from Col. Jack, wonderful
boar One SOW that Mr., Specht partic-
llarly likes is Col. Jacks Wonder
Maid, farrowed March 2, 1918, and she
Is a beauty. Size was bred by Sievers,
Of Audubon, and Mr.. Specht purchased
her Of Godfrey Reher. also CT Audi.
bon. The brood sQws will weigh from
0OO to 700 pounds and are all healthy,
easy on their feet and very active.
The shoats are ip,.thes pink of ,condi-
tion, not runt III the whole bunch,
and they show cara Last winter Mr..
Specht was i'll for some time, and the
care Of these lagss fell upon Mrs.
Specht, and she proved. equal to the
occasion. and they all came through
the winter in fine shape. Aside from
caring for the, hogs and; doing her
homework, Mrs Specht raised 300
pure Rhode Island Red chickens. She
recently sold 81 Old ones that weighed
i've Wounds apiece, md for which she
received $96. IL. Qpesof the new huild-
ngs contemplated byI Mr.. Specht this
year will be anoth az hog house.
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