The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-10-20
GEORGE HENNEgY TELL S OF
l..MIGHIGAN tERIiIIS .t3.ss

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Many of the readers of the Review
who live in Willow township and ada
| cent vicinity will very favorably re
member George Henney, who lived in
section 81, Willow township, for many
years. Mr.. Henney: is now living in
Michigan. and takes occasion to write
to the Dunlap Reporter and tells OF
the. Michigan grape crop, as follows:
The scattered members of the Report
er family have been rather dilatory in
accepting the invitation to write their
impressions of their wanderings and
environments and so, though perhaps
Internationally, Michigan was not In
cluded, ! will endeavor to give you
some idea of this, to my mind, most
make spring-neither does one years
residence qualify me to give unmistak-
able testimony, only in transient mat
tiers.
Situated 1872 miles east or Chicago on
the Lower Peninsula surrounded on
three sides by the Great. Lakes, with
onefOurth the area Of the state covered
with water. many Of the streams not
freezing over In winter, 1t Is not UNI
my observation has
been that climatic changes are less sud
den and severe than in sister states
farther west. The eVennesS of temper
AZURE assists and encourages the pro-
duction OF fruits and our local railroad
is properly named the Fruit Belt line.
At this writing. October 18th, the
grape crop is only half picked and the
growers are not worried over freeze,
which would ruin all on the vines.
The present grape crop is the great
est ever known and, if i had not had
experience ] could not believe
its magnitude. The roads cannot fur
nish sufficient cars to move the crop
and piekers are stopped for want of
room. One manager told me he loaded
Is cars Friday and there are four 9TH
er firms here in the same business. AT
almost. every town are located grape
juice factories, and at Lawton, four
miles east of here, there are several,
which / am told, take a tOr5a minute.
This may be overdrawn, but I have
seen 200 teams and trucks in line wait.
ing to unload. The yield is from two to
five tons per acre and sells at from ss5
to SIPS per ton. The entire cost of
production being nearly half the sell
ing price. But even at that men pur-
chased farms last fall that have paid
for themselves in full and all expenses
and left a neat balance to the account
Of the owner. Nearly all small fruits
do well as do peaches, pears. appless
etc, and Michigan potatoes and other
vegetables are considered standard on
the market. /.
1 Though good wheat is grown, thiss
with corn. oats. cattle and hogs, are
neglected in favor Of the more certainll
and profitable crops. IA
There are many other matters Of
which ] would like to speak but space
forbids but there is one thing. ] wish
to emphasize. Many 8ofy your readers
will remember q few years ago the;|
OF your schautauqua said Re-
tired farmers are a detriment to alNI
town. and as you are well supplied
with that species Of genus homo, If
anything / write should cause an exz
odus they may be sure of q sincere well
come here in Paw Paw, where all MAJ
ture joins its good people in proclains
ing .ti,is, the haven 81 Of rest for the
weary s.-ase George p. Henney -
Frank Woolston and his tenants up
at Goose pond, Wall Lake, seem to be
justified in the results obtained thissl
year. The reclaimed land Is yielding All
bumper cropeand everything has ma
ttred except a small field of winter
wheat which was drowned out last
spring. The corn crop is big and the.
crop. sp, =
Joe Prudens, Jr., sale over at Carroll,
on Tuesday, October IL, brought 4 gOOdl
average Forty.three head averaged:
s76 and the top price paid was $l97.50d
Tor a sow. The offering was the Dui
roc Jersey breed.
FIJI
Only 1000 trucks to move the house.
hold goods of 10000 New York fam
lies. But then they can always save
time by throwing their stuff out Of the !:
sky scraper windows.
I. Good many people getting arrested
Tor speeding autos, but lot more are |
yetting run over by the sspeeders. !