The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-21

| or Otter Creek townships, and you see
a farm that has the appearance OF be-
| ing owned by Il progressive, Wide.aWake
farmer, real honest to goodness farm
| er, where the front yard is the front
yard, and not a shelter for old machin-
cry and the like, where the buildings
are all in good repair, well painted, the
lawns we'll cut, and filed with blooming
flowers and shrubbery, and the trees
well trimmed where the stock yards
are filled with a better grade Of live
stock, just put it down that one of the
Schmidt boys lives there. You'll not
miss ii, for when your car stops you
will have the glad hand of fellowship
extended and the hand will belong to a
Schmidt Such place we came near
passing Friday, and we are glad we
hssitated and shut off the gas, for it
was the home of Christ Schmidt, and
we found him making a new door for
one of the many buildings. Christ owns
land in sections q and ~, Otter Creek,
able condition all the time. His house
stands In 20, and Christ made an ex-
cellent choice when he selected the
, building site. The ground is high and
commanding, and the view to the south
down the valley is ideal. A fine well
cut lawn fronts the large story and one
half house, and this lawn is made the
more beautiful by having number OF
beautiful flower beds. The yards sur
rounding the house are fenced, ana the
livestock of the farm have good pas
ture to run in instead of using the
front yard And the home is just as
neat of the ''insde as on the OUTSIDE,
for Mra. Schmidt is an ideal housekeep-
err, Christ Keeps his part OF the farm
up too, does not permit the accumula-
ton of old timber, trees: pieces OF ma
chinery or the like to lay about the
place. The barn, built NUMBER OF
today as it did when first, erected. Ihere
is room for IA horses, 10 cows ana SIX
calves, 900 bushels of oats hHd nay
above And Christ had in this Oarn
last Friday Ave head of as good WolN
horses as can be found in the county,
He had the misfortune to lose a valu-
able horse on Monday week. The AMI
NAL was in the pasture, and was either
killed by lightning or died of heart 'fall'
ure, caused by the shock The feedlng
yards on the Schmidt farm are kept in
sanitary condition, and were a Veter-
marian to go on the place he would
have no fault to find with the sanitary
conditions. Duroc hogs are the breed
kept, and Christ has 26 head that will
soon go to market. These rs will aver
age 275 pounds now. He has 125 spring
pigs. For MS fOQnQaClOn sLOck Sf1Ibet
purchased some good blood of Aaron
Miller. The hogs are supplied with
cement feeding floor, and plenty OF
fresh water. Thirty-five head of white
face cattle have a fine pasture in which
to feed, and there are well balanced
milk cows that furnish an abundance
of milk. At present Mr.. Schmidt is
without herd bull, but is looking
around for good one. Should he have
a crittcr with horns Christ does his
own dehorning, and is well equipped
for that business. He has the help OF
a son, Frank, and recently purchased
a fine Dodge touring car, and Frank
and the family take great pleasure in
having the car. A new garage was
built, and this building is rat proof.
Another thing about the Schmidt man
agement. When q piece of machinery
has been used, it is put away until the
next season, and is in good condition
when wanted Christ purchased a new
binder this spring as the one he had
used for % years was wearing. The
paint on the old machine was still good
but in 20 years time the bearings and
the like will wear. We saw a seeder
that has served on the Schmidt farm
for more than 20 years, and it is not
time to replace it as yet. This home is
a delightful one, and it is a pleasure to
visit there. |