The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-21
THE FARM NEWS
SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED TO THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY

lure DuSy CutllIS DdIlGy, Odlo oiiS
wheat The barley and oats are turn
| ing out pretty fair, but there is consid
cradle rust in the wheat. On las
Thursday we found Nels Jensen in sec
ton 70, Washington township, on tht
binder seat, cutting fine stand of bar
ley. His oats stood up straight, ant
the straw was long and the oats wei
headed. Nels has owned his farm fol
a number Of years. but has only liVeC
on the place for the past three years
Since moving on the place he has erect
ed all new buildings, doing the mos,
of the work himself, and he now has
| fine set of improvements. The "hOuse
| Is 22x40. and is a model for arrange
mont, 10 begin With there Is q com
lplete basement divided into rooms f6i
the heating plant, vegetable cellar anc
fuel. On the first floor there are siA
rooms, all of good size; the walls of the
dining room are panelled, and plate
rail extends ataund the .yeeta, and OK
Geiieht taste was shown in the Wall pa
| per selection. French doors lead from
the dining room to a porch 16x20. This
porch is screened, and during the heat
| ed season Is used as sleeping porch
The openings from the other rooms ARK
by means Of sliding doors. This lafae
dining room is furnished with buffet
china cabinet, beautiful rugs, dining
table and chairs, and is very comfort
able. The living room is well lighted
and furnished To add enjoyment tt
farm life a lovely electric grafonola fur
nishes excellent music. Beautiful cleo
trio fixtures hang from the ceilings
and these are kept bright and furnish
excellent light. The light plant is
known as a Western Electric plant
and lights all the buildings on the
are sleeping rooms and bath. Hot and
cold water is piped over the entire
building. Mrs. Jensen's maiden name
was Hansen. and she lived her single
life in Harlan, She liz the mother OF
three children, and Is an excellent
housekeeper, and the day we called she
was revarnishing the floors and wood
work of the home, and doing a first-rate
job of it. Judging from the number
of pies and cakes that were in the
warming oven we take it for granted
she is splendid cook. The Jensens
have been married sixteen years, and
for twelve years lived in Defiance,
where Mr.. Jensen followed the carpen.
ter's trade. Mr.. Jensen is justly proud
of the fine large barn that he erected.
Tho building is 40x64, with is foot
posts, set on firm cement foundation;
has cement floors throughout, and on
the north the cement wall stands four
feet. There is room for twelve COWS.
ten horses, rs head of lose cattle, 900
bushels of oats, and 100 tons Of hay III
the building. Cement feeding troughs,
running water and ventilators are a
part of the barn equipment. A new
garage has recently been completed.
The building is 22x4O, and will house
two cars and farm wagon, and at one
end but separated from the garage is
the chicken house. The upper floor is
used as work shop and machine
house. The building is made very
warm and cars may be left during the
winter months without draining. A
hog house with 16 pens sets on &C.
ment foundation of four feet in depth.
This building has a tile floor, is well
lighted and ventilated, and rodded with
lightning rods. In fact all the build.
ings are well rodded. One of the ex.
cellent features Of the farm is never
failing, non-freezing spring OF water,
and the water from this spring is piped
over the yards and comes through the
hydrants as cool as though from re-
frigerator. Mr.. Jensen keeps white
face cattle, and went to Theobald's for
his foundation stock. He has 30 head
on the place. He did not have good
luck with his hogs this season, there
was too much flu and pneumonia. His
J. L. Hansen, Is helping,
with the farm work, and is farming
some rented ground also. Hansen has
one-half of the township road work,
and is therefore kept pretty busy. The
Jensen's expected to drive to kimball-
ton Sunday for visit with relatives.
-[F]-
Tom Carey, of Manila, topped the
fat cattle market at Omaha last Fri
day with twenty.nine head OF Sl5-
pound yearlings which sold at $l6.!O.
Half of the lot were of Toms own rals-
ing and were Shorthorns, and TIE 9th
ers were Herefords that he had picked
up over his territory. In speaking or
the shipment Mr.. Carey said: '"They
were all put into the feed lot about the
first of January, but my own had run
in the stalk field before that and the
ones that 1 bought were also in good
condition even at that time. Since the
first of the year ] have fed them corn
and alfalfa hay, and during the last
three weeks I also gave them oil meal.
Toward the last week / ran out OF Ola
alfalfa hay and gave them some OF the
new. / don't know just what difference
it made in them, but l think that they
were softened a little by it"
Mr. Carey says that he has a world
of grass which he hates to see go to
waste and he had hoped to bring some
cattle back with him, but found Shat
there was nothing suitable in the yards
because of the light lend Of the week.
run. Except for one shipment OF heaV-
les, which are to go next week, all OF
the fat cattle have been shipped from
his neighborhood and, because or the
disgust with which many of the feeders
talk Of conditions this year, it is hard
to tell just what they will do in the
feeding line next winter.
w. r. Gessmann, over in section 81,
township, is a fancier OF
white face cattle, and has Is head on
his farm. He purchased n herd bull.
from the Hancock herd, and w. F. says
the animal is good one. We met Mr..
Gessmann over at the S. kjeldgaard
place in Washington, and he told us
something of his herd. He keeps five
milk cows, and these supply consider
able milk, enough for family use and to-
sell. About four weeks ago he ship
ped a load of fat cattle to the Laird
commission house at Omaha, and is
very well pleased with the returns. He
expects to ship in another load next
week. Mr.. Gessmann did not have ex.3
ira luck with his hogs this season, but
he has few Of mixed breeding. This
year he is working 65 acres Of corn
and Is acres of small grain. Recent
visitors at the Gessmann home We're!
Wilbur Osborn and wife. of Council
Bluffs; w. F. Gessmann and wife. also
If 4ba bluffs and Mrs Grim and two