The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-08-18
THE FARM NEWS
SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED TO THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
CHARLEY CHASE TELLS OF HIS
.QS MONONA FARM

This department is in receipt of thu
following letter. from Mr.. Chas. E
Chase, formerly living south of Bucl
Grove, where he resided for years. Ht
: moved to Monona county last March
and 1t would appear from his letter
that he and his family areimuch pleased
with their. new home. The Chases
have been readers of the Review since
away back in 1881, and they still en-
joy reading the paper. But read the
letter:
OAK RIDGE FARM
Castana, Iowa, S122O
Mr.. E. F. Tucker.
Denison, Iowa.
Dear Tucker:
You will no, doubt be surprised to
hear from me, but as it is raining feel
sO.good that / have to do something.
We were in need Of rain very much.
We are located four miles east OF
Castana, on the main road from Ute to
Castana, a town of 800 people, having
two banks, three general stores, three
hardware stores, two implement deal.
ers, three garages. one drug store, two
butcher shops, one elevator, electric
light plant, three churches, one hotel
restaurant, nice big hall and beauti.
full park. The town is situated on a
hill overlooking the Maple river valley
and surrounding country for miles
around in every direction
Last fall an election was held, the
voters voting on consolidating a district
for school. The first vote was a tie, so
they held another election and the prop.
osition carried. The district comprises
~ sections. On, May 8 the taxpayers
voted $4,000 bonds to build on to the
present high school building, which
think was a mistake as it will only be
a short time until the building will be
inadequate, where IL they had voted
enough to put up a new building alto
gether the cost would have been less in
the future, and we would have had
something permanent. But anyway, 1
think it will be much better than the
old system of country schools, which
were getting very unsatisfactory to say
the least.
We like the country and the people
here very much. While we are right
in the hills, we have bottom roads to
Utef Mapleton and Castana,J and no
hills to haul over. Our farm which con-
tains 464h acres, Is mostly in blue
grass pasture. There is some timber, of
oak, walnut. red and white elm, hick.
Ory, iron wood. bass wood and cotton.
wOod-lOts and lots of it suitable Tor
saving into cumberland the coal short.
The farm land, of which there are $50
acres broken now, is nearly all bottom
land, not subject to overflow, and lies
on both sides of nice running stream
that never fails for plenty Of water for
the stock summer and winter. The
worst difficulty with the land is that 1t
Is too rich for small grain, but l wish
you might see our corn and potatoes.
We have in so acres of corn; the oats
were fine, but the wheat was poor on
account of the blight. @
Cattle and hogs are doing fine, and
hey should, for they have $40 acres to
run$on. We have 65 registered Polled
ShorthOrns. The herd bull HaZelwood
l9839x82903S. Is, a Wilson bred bull, |
sired by Hazelwood. Duke and dam Vic. I
.0Eta Queen, by Royal Lavender. We
also have Is spring and summer calves
ind have. $50 registered Hampshires-
'aised 80 spring pigs and have 45 young !
mes Just narrowed. These are sired by |
Nrueger Lookout 1917, by Stadels |
Lookout Lad 36lS7 and these are as
licei pigs as we ever raised.
Come up some time this fall and we
will go fishing and duck hunting. Wei
ire only seven or eight miles from the
3iolx bottoms, Is miles from Blue
lake and IS miles from the Missouri
liver. We enjoy getting the Review,
is II has been in the family good 4
many years. You folks could probably
ell how long by the old records, as my |
ather took 1T ever since we were in
heE county, and we came to Crawford
81, Very respectfully,
CT. Chase