The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-24
THE FARM NEWS
SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED TO THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY

SPECIAL PAGE DE
INTERESTS OF
NATION FARMERS UNION FAVOR
STRIKE
IA nationwide producers strike tc
combat the falling prices of farm prod
ucts was urged in call sent out last
Thursday by the National Farmers
Union to Its local unions Throughout
the country, representing producers OF
grain, cotton. wool and livestock, said
to- number 800 900. f s n 4. .g.3.s4
The proposed strike was urged in re-
taliation for what the convention con
sidered abnormal dehation in prices OF
farm products, through which it was
asserted American farmers have been
robbed Of 81. 900 900, 900 in reduced
value OF products now on hand. All
farmers were appealed to to hold this
year'a production from the market! Fun
I til profit-making levels" were restored.
The action Of the National Farmers
Union was in line with a wheat
strike'' called several weeks ago by the
Wheat Growers association of the
United States. ~ Il gsss,ss4ss3as
G. w. Hunt, of the Iowa Farm Blu
reau, declared in Chicago interview,
template a strike and was not in favor
OF one. He gave figures showing that
the cost of production was more than
the market price in several cases.
Wheat, he said, cost $1.SS a bushel to
produce, and it was selling around
$3.50, and corn costing the farmer
about 500 was selling at SO and so
cents prices are too low" Mr.. Hunt
declared. I'VE. think the farmers ought
to slow down until there is a price ad-
justment. No one is suffering; no one
Is In want OF food products. The farm
er Is willing to take loss, but he can't
lose 1t Hll."'
All kinds Of livestock does better if
given an opportunity to run in a large
pasture. rather than being closed in
q small pen. Therefore it behooves
farmers 70 have all fences made; hog
tight, %as rapidly as possible. It costs
hut little more in the beginning. Con-
finement is not natural for the hog,
The best hog raisers have learned
otherwise. Because big, fat hog
will lay around a mudhole, occasion.
ally aMbling into it to rid itself of
flies, does not indicate the hogs ma
ture. Hogs turned out in pasture
will not stay out too long in cold
me animal anR Res % moH ts
feed. Exercise is the best preventive
Of colds, pneumonia, and like all
ments Of animals exposed to storm
and Indictment weather. When hogs
are trained to exercise ana travel they
are naturally active and it is not a
hardship for them. They will be
found travelling long distances to corn
"su ns EFF Tiff
The farm sale Eof Mrs. Kate Mona.
CHAN, administrative 8of the estate OF
Michael J.. Monaghan, Is announced in
another; column of this issue. This sale
will take place on the farm 2 miles east
west and 3 miles north of West Side.
on Tuesday,, December 18th. and will
commence at 10 O'Clock. In all there
arr, III head of livestock, comprising Z
head ofsgood horses, 800 head Of cattle
and 30 bead Of hogs. In the bunch Of
cattle there are II two year old steers,
6sextrg good Ihilk cows. fair casyesI
hogs consist OF SIS good healthy spring |
shoats, 70 fall pigs, brood sows and a
Poland China boar. The list Of farm
machinery Is large, and It is all in good
repair. Then there are 1000 bushels Of
corn, 40 tons Of alfalfa and clover hay,
harness, 20 dozen chickens and many
other articles too numerous to mention.
and the usual farm sale terms are Of
feEed Malone Bros. are the auctiOn-i
GERS and WA. Mcguire is the clerk.
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John Buck, who lives on the Henry
Bauman farm in section o., DenisonI
township, shipped to Chicago last week
81 head Of Chester White hogs that
brought him pretty fair price, and
az a result he is not complaining. He
still hat 40 head Of fine brood sows on
the farm, from the John F. Hoist, Jr. 4
stock. There are t160 acres in the 4
Bauman farm and John has been work
I'M this without the help of anyone ex-
then and helps. The truth is. Mrs.
Buck does considerable work about the
farm. For instance. there are ten
cows to be MIXED daily and the milk |
HAS to be run through the separator.
Then she has 800 Rhode Island Red
chickens and number of geese to
care for. She had quite a few White
the most Of them. shipping them to
Nebraska to q customer. Mrs. is
q Daughter OF Fred Frederick, a well
known Crawford county man. who nowl
spends his winters in California.
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Rhode Island Red chickens of pure
predominant on the Alvy
township. Mrs. Champion has large 4
number of these chickens on the place,
although more than 100 disappeared
last spring. 1t is thought thieves were
for the disappearance. mil
lines past Mrs. Champion has raised II
many chickens and had her, regular Il
customers for the purchase of the
same. Che now has customers that
take all the butter she can make from
lie milk Of eight cows. The caring for
The chickens and the butter, together
With her homework. does not leave
Mrs. Champion much time In which to
rot lonesome, and she never does. Be
sides the 100 where they live the
Champions also own an so acre farm in
gections 23 and 26, and this farm the
ron. Raymond, works. Raymond is a
drm believer in purebred stock, and
has on the home place number Of fine
Duroc Jersey hogs.
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R One Of the pleasant homes in Coon
Grove II that of John Champion, who
built up new home some three years
axo. The house Is modern in architec-t
lure, az well as in convenience. Is fur
mace heated and Mr.. Champion ex.
pects to attach to the Buck Grove cleo
lric line for lighting purposes. The
An,,sn anfa well hack from the hiphwayIlJ