The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-01-07
farm DEP ARTNENT
WINTER DAIRYING PAYS
II WELL
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WINTER DAIRYING PAYS
WELL
Winter dairying has been found by
most farmers to have decided advant.
ages according to c. l.. Blackman,
agent in dairying, United States depart
ment of agriculture. ..
When the COWS freshen from Septem-
Der to February the bulk of the milk is
produced before the heavy spring work
begins. Winter dairying furnishes en-
ployment during the winter months
when more reliable help can be secured
than during the rush season. More
time is available and better care can be
given the cows during the winter. Cows
freshening in the fall remain on uniform
feed during their lactation period and
are not subject to the flies and extreme
heat of summer Prices in winter are
always considerably better than in the
summer. At present many farmers are
receiving rs cents per pound more for
butter fat than during July. In one
city that paid 1925 per cWt. for milk In
July the price is now 1915 per cwt.
From study of 5772 Register of
Merit Records of Jerseys, Prof. A. Z. NC
Candish of the animal husbandry de.
partment of Iowa State college, found
to January made the largest records. II
you are to practice the most profitable
type of dairying, plan to breed your
cows for fall freshening. Now Is the
time to breed to have cows freShen next
fall.
In this connection, remember the calf
Of a scrub bull is worth veal prices,
while the heifer calf of a purebred dairy
bull will some day join the milk herd
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Geo. q. Roberts, an Iowan who has
gained international prominence as an
authority on business and industrial
finance, is coming back to Iowa to talk
to its farmers about the business out
look for agriculture. Dean c. F. Cur
tiss has secured him for an address at
one of the big evening mass meetings
Of the farm and home short course at
Iowa State college February 9th to 18th.
He will have an audience of several
thousand farm men and women. Mr..
Roberts was for years editor and pub
fisher of the Daily Messenger at Fort
Dodge, later director of the mint and
now prominently Identified with the Ma
tional City bank Of New York.
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"A feature Of boys and girls club work
this year will be an exhibit at the state
fair of lambs raised by club members.
Five prizes ranging from $500 to $1.0O
will be awarded for the best animals of
each breed.
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John Hoist, Jr. attended the c. w.
Lindgren Chester White sale at Ida
Grove, going up Monday and returning
Tuesday. John will hold dispersion
sale of Chester White hogs on February
18th. at his farm west Of Denison.
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It is said that Chas. Escher of Botna,
Shelby county, realized $375,000 from
one sale of Aberdeen Angus last fall.
Mr.. Fischer is known as the owner of
the largest herd of Aberdeens in the
world, which means something to Iowa
from an advertising viewpoint. He has
a. 3000,acre ranch where he turns cat
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ANNUAL MEETING OF IOWA FARM
". 2 si BUREAU FEDERATION
Y The annual meeting Of the Iowa Farm
Bureau federation willnbe held in Des
Mpines January 9Th and 9th. Headquar.
ters will be at the Slavery hotel and the
meeting itself will be held at the audi
t0rium. While the details of the two
day meeting have not yet been com.
pleted enough is known to assure, farm
bureau workers and members that it
will be. an occasion well worth a journey
to the capital city. ;. HER = lg4yI
The opening session, beginning Thurs
day morning at o'clock, will be devoted
to appointment of committees and re-
ports OF the secretary, treasurer. audit.
Ing. committees and various other items
Incidental to preliminary work of the
meeting. III eI@L.@& W Ha
I. A number of addresses will be made
by men prominent in the work Of the
various state associations that have to
do with the business of farming and
stock growing. Fl. c. Wallace, manag.
ing editor of Wallaces' Farmer, will rep.
association. c. ]. Fawcett will tell of
the activities Of the Iowa Fleece Wool
Growers association. Knute Espe, of
Nevada, president of the National Live.
stock Shipping association, will address
the convention from the standpoint of
cooperation in livestock shipping.
Dean c. F.. Curtiss, president of the
International livestock show, will speak
for the stock growing interests. Carl
Kennedy, of Des Moines, will represent
the National Association of County
Agents. of which he is president. 9th
or speakers will tell of the work Of the
Iowa Grain Dealers association, the
Farmers Union, the. American Society
Of Equity, the Grange, etc. al, E.#
James r. Howard, of Marshall county,
recently elected president Of the Ameri-
can arm bureau federation, Will give
an address on "a Glimpse Into the Flu
ture." Since his election in November
Mr.. Howard has been called on to visit
several different states in the interests
Of the farm bureau movement. He has
also spent some time in Washington
Keeping in touch with pending legisla-
ton of vital interest to the farmers and
stock growers of the country and what
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