The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-14
FARMERS Union TO HOLD

At county meeting Of the farmers
union held at Charter Oak last Tues
day week, the date and place for hold
ing the second annual picnic was de
cided The date for holding the pic
mic isl August 19 and TO- and the plac
will be Denison. The first picnic wa
held at Charter Oak last summer ant
was so largely attended that it wal
deemed best to hold this years picnic
at more central and larger place, ant
therefore Denison was decided upon.
In telling of the meeting at Charter
Oak last Tuesday the Times says: =,
AFTER much consideration of the va
rious local unions and their invitations
the place selected was DenisOn, anG
probably the big fine Washington park
though that matter was left to a com
the park is the lack of proper facili
ties for parking the many cars that
will he there. Last year there We're
more than 600 cars in the field at one
time at the Charter Oak meeting, and
to- place theseisin the streets adjacent
tol the Denison park and then guard
them, isa problem that filled the minds
that stands in the way Of the, meeting
being held within the city limits Of
the county seat town.
The date fixed is Thursday and Fri
day, August 10 and 90. The select
ing of the date was no small matter,
for they had to dodge so many other
things that had already been arrang-
ed and announced. The one thing
they wanted most of all to- avoid was
the county fair, as they all wanted to
attend that, and all wanted to attend
the big picnics.
They propose to have. all kinds of
clean sports and amusements, and q
committee was appointed to look after
that part of the entertainment. The
committee has its eyes on the Groth
boys, if they can be secured, for, be-
ing a. Crawford county product, the
bunch believes they are er1titled to
first chance.
The committees of most interest to
Charter Oak people are the follow
ing:
{On location-Roy Jones, Asmus Pet
ersen and Pete Petersen.
ION music-AsmIs Petersen.
ION merry-go-rOund--Nick Naeve.
On advertising-Theo. Blume.
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While in Soldier township last Thurs
day we took occasion tO.call on Fred
Knop, the big breeder of Duroc Jersey
hogs, and found him nicely situated on
the christensen farm in section %,
where he has many more convenien-
J CGsS tITttn ne Ill HIS
ton. He is amply provided with
buildings for his pure bred herd of
hogs, having good sized tile hog
house to be used at narrowing time, and
and many smaller houses for the
younger hogs. The farm is also
provided with sparkling spring water
that runs through the pasture and
hog yards. Fred is working $40 acres
and keeps two men through the sea
Ia haS
seaf this spring, and has just commen-
ced to- pick up and expects to soon
begin the fitting of his show herd that
he will take to the state fair. He
has engaged seven pens at the state
fair, and says hes intends to makessthe;
DurocsS breeders who attend the fair
take some notice of his herd. He has
on the place right now ITS head of
Dilrocs. and among the herd headers
are Ideal Sensation, an animal well
worthy of the name, An expert stock
man told Fred the other day that this
animal had legs and feet that We're
worth a million dollars. Another
fine herd hog is Iowa Cherry King, an
animal that Fred paid Grant Hook.
another fine animal Giant Model, 5Jr.,t
the hog that took honors over at Har-
Ian last fall, and also at Sioux City,
All of KnOp'S hogs are OF uniform
color, being of dark cherry red, and
they all match up in size.
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Among the younger breeders of pure
bred livestock of the county is r. II.
Mccullough, over in Milford township.
section 81, and he has some very
good examples of the Duroc breed of
hogs, having purchased his foundation
blood from such men as Bert Nc
Andrews and Ken Dobler. His herd
is therefore known as the King Orion
Cherry, Jr and the Pathfinder's
Model. He has on the place some ioo
head, and each animal showed quality
in. it's makeup. There are IA head of
brood sows that match up with the
average of the county. Ray also has
the Shorthorn breed of cattle, and at
the present is milking six head of
cows. and aside from the milk and but
ter used on the farm, the cream checks
will amount to about $15 week.
while he has tractor he keeps four
work horses and team Of mules that
will weigh around q hundred pounds.
He is working 70 acres of corn and
has in 40 acres of small grain. Mrs.
Mccullough is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Brockelsby, formerly of Vail.
but now living in Rockwell City. and
the parents visited at the Mccullough
home last week. III. Mccullough, !,
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the present time makes daily trips to
the farm, and acts as a hired man,
and he. fills the bill at that.
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This department received a very
pleasant call on Monday morning from
Eiloch Olson, now Of Omaha. Mr.. o.
son lives just mile south of Krug's
park in Omaha, where he owns five
acres Of very productive land, and it is
with modern house and many
other buildings. The house is just two
blocks from the paved street, and of
course the car line runs to Krug g
park. The little farm keeps Mr.. Olson
busy, and this season he, picked and
sold 200 market baskets full of cherries:
Mrs. Olson canned 200 quarts for the
family Mr.. Olson gave to the neigh
lJors IS baskets, and all from 40 trees.
There is an acre and a half of tame
grapes on the place. and Mr.. Olson says
the vines never hung heavier with fruit
than at this time. He has built new
chicken house, and expects next year
to- devote some time to chickens. The
81 like their new home very much
Ind extend a cordial invitation to their
Crawford nty9friends to visit them
when IN the city. On the Fourth they Z
from Denison Peter Finn
md family, Herman Andres and family
md Carl Andres and family Mr.. Olson
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