The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-03
THE FARM NEWS
SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED TO THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF cRAwFoRD COUNTY
SUCCESS OF BOY PIG
CLI1R MEMBER

SUCCESS OF BOY PIG
CLUB MEMBER
~ A.{W. Runft, of Reinbeck Iowa, is
strong for the boys and girls, livestock
clubs. He credits q club to his success,
ana tells about 1t in a communication
to the Des Moines Register. He says:
/. I'm l9l2-13 I went into. club work in
K my county and that year grew the best
tere OF corn In the state of Iowa. / then
\ became very much interested in the
Chester White swine, as ] figured that
gChesters and corn would go very well
together. So l bought me a sow, which
farrOwed nine nice pigs. 1t cost me $50.
which was considered big price at that
time. ,
a.ssThat fall I went to the fair and
cleaned up all the old breeders in the
show ring. Then ] decided that would
80 after the business right and bought
twelve months time i had sold LIPS
worth from her alone.
Il have been In the game now three
years and held my first sale Jan. F6,
1870. I}ssOld forty-eight head at this
sale and averaged $12O.57 a head. ! owe
all my success to getting started in
club work and can never say too much
good for the club, for the boys and girls.
4 Ill. AXE up the work you like, stick
In three years time 1 have had on the
farm 25s head >vt
s-[F]-
y Tt il announced that 10000 acres of
hind, in northern Iowa will be planted
ito sugnEsbeets the coming season. Su-
gar facsQries at, Mason City, Wavery
and Belfnond viii Hbs sin sppe tony the
City did 4 very profitable business last
season, Russians with their families
furnish the labor. These people are
broughtstp the sugar beet section by the
sugar c19lpanies, butt the growers must
pay for sieir labor Ihe Russians gen
orally hfke large lies sanaaAll Of the
membertk ther4of tSfs sSuifAbk age help
in the d@tivatiaRof NE crop. sssl
s d db. SD s.s,,,s;l has. IL
his OfiidA one Of the most oddly NAL
formed Ahgs seen in that locality since
the, famous double pig was on exhibit
ton at the office Of DR., N. r., Cornell,
40 years ago, says the Knoxville Jour
hal. This latter. day monstrOsity is one
Of a litter Of seven pigs born on the
Neil Caulkins farm last Monday week.
II has a single body, one head and two
ears; however, the head is exceptional
~ large and is, so divided as, to form
two perfect sets Of jaws. two perfect
shouts and three eyes. 1t Is of the
Chester White breed.
4 FIJI
John b. Taylor and family expect to
move to Rockwell City this week, where
they will make their future home. Mr..
Taylor. tpgether with as,sOn.in-laW. Mrs.
Moe ubfjfs, has purchased Ill tire busia
ness, and they will devote their entire
time toll that line of work. Of course
Denison will always be home for John
because3k he has lived here so long, and
we expect that after he makes his for.
tune in Us Hra, business he. sEiils saturns
to Denis6s ~ssRtfssiJerf the rest OF 1lfss
days.
II The MSndamin Enterprise confirms
the folloKiA asgarding publicss sae
held neara NQhdAnin recently in which
q couple ,6f 49, played a nFominent,
n {s. sn expect p n an ordinary " ars
81 aai iex il Sf ssntiment ana human
kindnessSt hfs4he sale referred, to "a
good displA @ these good traits was
& There 10 of the dogs; the first
splds for $195pysWhen the next was put !
9h Jas. Eerlyt3he and others decided
That inasni3lNh!as the dogs belonged to
mother only aNshort time ago 1t was no
I1itre than right that they should bring
ag0otl price. The boy is Harold Stuevei
a3(d He was sick at the time. The bid
ding, was brisk, SO brisk that Upper
atOpped to find out about it. When he
found out sshe was selling the dog of a
sick hoy who had lost his mother it was
MI OH. He quit and threw down his cap
with a dOllar in it. Other dollars fell
into the oilp until there was over $33. |
the money and the dog went to the
boy Then the more or less serious bus
iness Of the sale was allowed to pro.
;s !, FIJI
TststsFOrtYstkree, dozen and eggs is the !
record fr3th i44qpWhite Leghorn hens
1itifing thE ahoith of January" said Ell |
mer. Blatrs Zoe near FOntanelle, when
selling sHSs TO Albert Chew, a produce
dealer w, lE0n tanelles
\ sss MA ]. vi slAtF1-
iaslT.he mdnx GOOD friends and neighbors
Of MI. and .1ffs. IVAN Johnson, up in |
Milford township, rendered that excel |
lent couple, "a surprise party on lastf
Tuesday evening, February 24th,s and
pfesehtet them with a fine chair. The
Sttrprise was complete, but the recip- |
tents were equal to the occasion and |
accepted the beautiful chair with the
very. best tf grace MIR. and Mrs. John. |
s0nswere to remove Friday to their new |
home in Sac county, and many were
TIE regrets expressed at the loss of |
tteetdje splendid people. They were
among the best people of Milford town. |
ship. and they will be greatly missed