The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-02-18

purchased a sow at the b.. "A. Samuelson
4 Son sale last year for a young man
up i'm South Dakota. A few weeks af-
ter the sow had beer delivered4.to the
new owner she narrowed nine pigs, and
later neighbours dog ate two of them.
That left only seven. four boars and
three soWs. These seven pigs did re-
markably we'll under the care of the
boy, and at the fairs last fall all seven
pigs took first prizes In November the
boy held sale" and the boars aver.
aged $142, and the sows averaged 5000.
The "sale" totaled $1165, and the moth
err of the pigs narrowed eleven pigs in
the fall. 1t might be we'll for the boys
and girls who contemplate entering the
Crawford county pig club to take note
Of this item. What a South Dakota boy
can do, any Crawford county boy or
girl can almost double. You boys and
girls who are members of the pig, club,
be sure and attend the sale at Vail on
the 21st, and buy a gilt or two.
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"Bill'' Shaw. the farm news writer on
the Odebolt News, says: There is no
occupation on earth that receives as
much free advice as /. the farmers do.
Nearly every paper in the country has
more or less of this free advice in it's
columns, good, bad or very bad The
chances are that a large majority of
these writer's, who very earnestly tells
the farmers how to, and what to feed
their hogs and cattle, could not tell the
breed Of your herd if he saw it. To a
man who has spent years ON the farm,
a great deal Of this filler is a joke.
suggest that these writer's turn their
guns on the business men for change.
This might. or might not, interest the
farmers-maybe it's worth trying"
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The Farmers Elevator company, of
Jolley, has let the contract for new
concrete elevator of $4,000 bushels ca
pacity, and to cost $4,000. Peter Mel.
tract. s'#,
Still making fun OF the Ford? Some
of you farmers who wish to make a sub
stantial fence, and are particularAabout
the corner posts staying .swhenEput, y
take the wishbone from your old Ford
car, set the ends in cement, and you'll
solve the problem of substantial corner
post braces. Mike Cops, at Charter Oak
rented his pavilion last week to Fred
knop, in which to hold his sale of
Durocs, and in erecting the salesring
used wishboncs from four F'ords, and
Notwithstanding there We're ESQ men
crowding the r.ng NJ! afternoon, the
corners stood UP.
-i s I'LL
Reinbeck is q town of about thirteen
hundred souls, located in the southeast
corner Of GruHdy county, eighteen miles
south of Waterloo. about the same dis
lance from Cedar Falls, twenty-five
miles north Of, Marshalltown and forty
miles from Iowa Falls. All OF these
towns and communities have played an
important part in the development of
the livestock industry and each Of the
towns has erected sales pavilions. Rein
beck now comes forth and says Whats
Good for the Goose is Good for the
Camden and she will build a sales pa
vilion. The breeders and farmers sur
rounding the town with the help of the
business men propose to erect a pavilion
that will be worth while. Starting out
in the proper way $4,000 was raised
within twenty-four hours for the cree
ton Of, what will be rome Of the most
complete FINEST satisfactory and most
sta4esoY 3ura. .sf,he building win be of
brick construction 100x130 feet, and of
course modern >as to light, heat, con-
venience. The men back of, the propo-
sitipniare ,plBhefs, sand every cfafe ship
ped from this pavilion VIII be labeled |
IF It's From Reinbeck, It's All Right"
Denison has not yet started the ball
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A. G. Satire a we'll known breeder of
hogs, ,lsing. at. Stanhope, sold |
an IS months old Chester White boar
last week for $6S250. a record price in
Hamilton county NJ. .Satre. is the aug,
who Dried the 'Farpy sale in Vail /
recently.