The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-10-13

farm are 26 brood sows and $50 spring
and fall shoats. "A Poland China boar
was purchased from John Miller. We
noticed in the feeding troughs lot OF
charcoal and salt, and the hogs seemed
TO relish this Feed. They were being
fed shelled corn and had a good, clean
cement feeding floor upon which to eat
Nj Schultz has a couple Of thorough.
bred Belgian mares On the farm, and
| they are good examples Of the breed.
Nine acres Of alfalfa made 40 loads OF
hay this season. Mrs. Schultz's maiden
name was Miller, and she Is a sister OF
Emil Miller, formerly of Manila. She
has fine home well furnished and
takes excellent care Of it. fumed oak
version for the family which consists
6f the father. mother and son and a
daughter.
During our drive in Hanover town
ship we made it a point to stop at
Hans Boyens place in section %, and
we found a busy force of men-carpen.
ters building a, new double crib and
elevator. The building is to be 32x40.
with Is foot driveway and is 1913 feet
high. It stands on good cement foun-
dation, and will hold good many thous-
and bushels of corn. Emil Jepsen, the
Denison contractor is doing the work.
Earlier in the season Emil erected a
COW and hay barn for Mr.. Boyens and
this building is 4sx56 with "a foot
posts. 1t will hold 10 tons Of hay and
50 head of cattle. A fine hog house has
also been built. This Is made of hollow
tile, has "a pens and runway; is equip
ped with, sunlight ventilators and on
two sides has cement feeding floors.
There are 240 acres in, the Boyens farm,
and the improvements are ample foriall
purposes The buildings are all well
rOdded and well painted. Mrs. Boyens
has a large number Of pure Buff Or
plngton chickens. as well as many
lived on this farm for the past nine
years.
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Ed Tamm, out in section 8, Morgan
township has some fine Aberdeen year.
lings in his feed lot: they are as round
as a butter ball, slick and gentle. 1t
seems too bad to slaughter such fine
looking animals, but that's what they're
for, and while you are reading this
Tamms will be on the block and on
the tables of some OF the aristocrats
down east for he expectedtO ship out
last Saturday. They weighed around
$50. On the Tamm place are to be
found some fine Belgian horses, and
splendid Chester White h0gS. n new.
and necessary piece Of farm machinery
that we noticed on the farm was a Fair
banks-M Morse engine just purchased.
This had been running q Cyclone she'll
er. and was doing the work to the salts
faction Of Mr.. Tamm.
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"A brother-in.law of f. Fredericksen.
Claus Bielenberg, lives in section 4. OF
ter Creek township, and this farm was
also a present from the father, Claus
Bielenberg. Here we found a load OF
cattle that viii be shipped to market
very soon. Mr. Bielenberg was of the
opinion that he would ship to Chicago.
provided he could learn of good com-
mission house He wants to get some
Spotted Poland hogs soon, as he thinks
the Spotted Polafds are the hardy hogs
for him. This farm Is we'll improved
and arranged for the keeping of much
livestock.
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Chas. Tamm was busy last Friday
hulling clover. but Charles is never too
busy TO meet an old friends. He has
completed combination corn crib and
feeding floor. The building is 40x16
and is ~ feet high. The feeding floor
is covered. and during severe weat Their
the hogs may eat to their fill regardless
Of storms: likewise the feeder may at.
tend the wants of the swine protected