The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
THE FARM TOUR
WAS Big SUCCESS
Tuesday Last a Big Day for Members
Of Crawford County Pure Bred
Sow and Litter Club.
80 BOYS AND GIRLS IN TOUR
Accompanied by Their Parents, The
Boys and Girls Visit Club Members
HOmes-Picnic Dinner.

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Tuesday, June 22d was a big day for
the members of the Crawford County
Pure Bred Sow and Litter Club when
thirty of the boys and girls, together
with their parents. made farm tour
boys and girls are raising. Twelve
cars each carrying five people, made
the full seventy mile trip which includ'
ed stops at eight places.
The crowd assembled at the Vail sale
pavilion as had been previously ar
ranged, and at 0:30, the caravan started
for the j. X. Bremner farm south of
Vail. At this place there was Il litter
of nine groWthy Hampshire pigs, the
property of Iroyn Bremner. That the
pigs had received the best of care and
feed was easily seen. Prof. E. Ii
Quaife, of Ames, who was chief
spokesman on the trip gave a brief
talk on hog feeding and management.
using Iroyn's pigs as examples. Prof.
Quaife emphasized size, conformation,
and quality as important in the make
up Of the desirable type of hogs. The
breeders are having to raise the hogs
which the market demands, said Prof
Quaife, and it is the hog with meat
qualities rather than the lard hog that
is in demand
From the Bremner farm, the crowd
drove to j. S. Brogan's where they in
spected Raymond Brogan's pure bred
Duroc Jerseys. There were six thrifty
pigs in this litter, all well up on their
ideal place had been provided for the
pigs. Mr.. G. B. McAndrews, of Vail,
used Raymonds Durocs in explaining
the modern Duroc Jersey type.
Leaving the Brogan farm, the route
led to the Jno. Kiniry farm where the
club member is a girl. Here too, was
a Duroc Jersey litter owned by Maisy
kiniry. Four of this litter were real
show pigs, the kind eligible for show
ing at the state fair The next litter in
spected were those owned by Warren
Chamberlain, of Vail Warren is the
youngest member in the club, and the
boy working under the greatest handi-
cap. since he is raising his hogs in
town. Warren is an enthusiastic hog
raiser He is the kind Of a boy who,
il he stays with the hog game, will
make a. success of it. 49,
Walton Rundlett's litter of ten hus-
ky Chester Whites, were the last pigs
looked at before lunch. The uniform-
ty and size of such a large litter was
the talk Of the day. Walton has show
prospects in his litter and the breeders
on the trip claimed that Walton will
make competition for such breeders as
the Ray Brown type in the show ring.
The big picnic dinner was enjoyed on
the Amos Peterson lawn northwest Of
Denison. To quench the thirst of the
travellers, Mrs. Peterson provided the
lemonade. During the noon hour.
Supt. f. N. Ory talked to the club
members emphasizing the educational
value Of club work. Supt Olry was in
favor of the country boys and girls re-
ceiving the same education as their
city cousins. and brought out how con-
solidated schools and club work fur.
nished practical education for the coun.
try children.
feature of the noon hour was the
tug of war. Clifford Richardson and
tho oldest Peterson boy chose up sides.
The sides were evenly matched and for
five minutes the marker on the rope
moved neither way. Joe Bauman.
coaching Petersons side. got that crew
to working together better than George
Buchanan could coach Richardson's
end, so Peterson and his mates won
the contest. Several races were also
run and In these, the contest was
close
Edward and John Petersen's litter of
Spotted Poland Chinas attracted much |
attention. because of the size and uni !
ioTWlty u Lne PIGS. iHe!e ile toul
pigs in each litter, and they will be
shown at the state fair this fall. The |
Petersen boys bought the mothers of |
their pigs from the A. I. Siegner herd |
north Of Vail. II the type of all the |
hogs Mr.. SeiGner sells compare to those |
the Petersen boys bought, he can feel |
that he is establishing real breed OF |
hogs in the country.
From the Amos Petersen farm. the |
To ho fnr
south of Buck Grove Mr.. Carstens
has three boys. and each has a Poland |
China litter. The boys, Emil Wilbert.
and Alfred seem to have purebred |
SOW and litter contest among them
selves. One of the litters contain six
in number, the second seven, and the
third. eight. To decide which litter is
best or which one of the boys is rails
ing the best Poland Chinas. it would
require the services of an expert judge.
The boys purchased their sows from A.
j. Barrow & Son of Manila. who breeds
the large stretchy type of Polands, so
popular today. At the CarStens farm.
Prof. f. l.. Quaife discussed in detail
the feeding OF hogs, judging and the
fitting of hogs for the show ring. The
keynote of his feeding suggestions were
to keep the hogs growing instead of
trying to make them fat. Pigs. too,
must be exercised if they are to be
shown, for 1t is exercise which gives
the hogs strength.
Raymond Bauman's litter of Hamp.
shres were the last to be visited. Ray
mond is a Hampshire booster in spite
of the fact that his father and brother
favor the Durocs.
County Agent Quist. in summarizing
the trip, stated that the only disagree.
able part of the day was the fact that
the crowd did not have time to inspect
everyone of the club members pigs.
The weather was good, regardless of
the light shower in the afternoon, and
the club members were interested
the day. The parents. too,
who joined in the trip, were interested.
not only in the pigs but also interested
in the attitude of the boys and girls
toward this work.
Parents who question the value of
the boys and girls club work should
study over the project. visit some of
the parents who have children in the
pig club this year and then decide
if club work will not be 4
big factor in keeping the boys and girls