The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-23
THE FARM NEWS
SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED 70 THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF CRAWFORD. COUNTY

President Of the school board, town
| ship trustee, farmer, and breeder ant
raiser Of pure bred Hereford cattle, pure
| Chester White hogs firm believer
that the farmer and stock raiser Should
exert extra efforts in production this
! year as well as years to follow, is Hen
/ ry A. Hamann, proprietor of Nashna
| Center Stock farm in sections Is anG
Is, Nishnabotny township. AS presi
dent of the school board, Henry believes
| in paying good wages, furnishing the
best equipment and demanding com
Detent teacher; as trustee he demands
that the affairs Of the township be run
the same as one runs his private bust
ness; as a breeder and stock raiser, he
believes in eliminating the scrubs. keep
ing pure sire and at least q goot
grade dam: a breeder cannot pay toe
much for a good sire of the right kind
Henry's advise to the farmer is to ro
tate the crops, keep cattle and hogs
and raise plenty OF feed with which te
market his stock. Without livestock
on the farm, no matter what the price
the farmer cannot exist to an advan
tage. Henry says if a. scrub gets into
i. his herd he Immediately culls the ami
NAL at whatever price. In another
place in this paper, Mr.. Hamann il
advertising some of his pure Hereford.
for sale, and if anyone wishes to look
his stock over, phone to Henry and he
will meet all trains with an auto. We
found 10 head of Herefords on the Ha
mann farm the other day. and the
herd was headed by that great bull
LEO Fairfax This bull is a son o.
ford Sires" Perfection Fairfax, and is
a splendid individuals; kind and docile
a splendid head and shoulders, well
rounded quarters and a back as straight
as they make them. The cows Mr.. Ha.
mann is offering for sale have calves
at foot and are.'rebred to Leo Fairfax
In the hog line, Mr.. Hamann went te
Pat Sheridan at Vail and purchased
the foundation for his herd lie has
some 120. spring pigs and 25 brood Sow:
1t was at this place we saw some eX.
ceptional barley. and in this field haG
been soWn some alfalfa. and it was wei
rooted and growing fine. In another
field was some of the best oats to be
found in the ncighborhoOd. and in still
another field of sixty.five acres, was
some fine corn. Mr.. Hamann keeps
one man steady, and during the busy
season, hires extra men, In all thai
Mr., Hamann does, he has the sanction
of his wife, and she has proven great
help to- him. BY the way, Mrs. Fla,
man mis- Perry girl, hut is glad she
came to Crawford county and to Nishna
Center Stock Farm. (
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Tom Jackman. the Grant township
potato farmer, boasts a fifteen acre
patch of good old Irish tubers that now
bears fruit as big as hen eggs Tom
boasts, having put into the ground
more than thousand dollars worth OF
potato seed, fact which proves him
to be possessed of a good and steady
nerve. Tom also has an acre of onions
that looks like seven hundred bushels
right now. The Bee family visited the
.Jackman ranch the other evening and
found his specially crops q delight to
the eye.-JcfferSon Bee.
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Dan Swanson has sold his farm in
Willow township, the north half of sec
ton 81. to Richard Lilleholm. of Mil
ford township. The Swanson farm has
long been known as one of the good
farms of Willow, and has long been in
the possession of Mr.. Swanson.
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+ Pumpkins planted in the corn fields
where a missing hill of corn is found
will make good feed for hogs later on
in the season when the corn is remov.
ed. Also a good supply Of winter
pumpkins can be gotten.
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