Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-09-09
Little Journeys Here and There
By ]. A. WYE
By ]. A. WYE

VIM. Kriz of Brook Park is building
an addition to his home 14x16 with
stone foundation. 1t has is foot posts
| and will be two stories high.
A. c. johnson of the town of Barry,
four miles from Hinckley is engaged
in the poultry business. Four years
| ago he was an acetylene welder in
Minneapolis He came to Pine county
to regain his health. Had no ex-
perience in poultry raising but has
gained his knowledge through poul-
try journals and experience. His
business last year amounted to $4,000.
Unlike most poultry raisers, he
sticks closely to details, using fifty
trap-nests for his laying hens, which
are all trap-nested. During the month
of July his hens averaged % eggs
apiece, some laid as high as %.
| Average in January. 10, some laying
as high as %. Had one bird two
years ago which laid $50 eggs in 365
days. Has 240 layers.
There are seven sources of income
from poultry says Mr.. johnson, viz:
eggs, baby chicks. Matching eggs,
breeders, breeding cocks, broilers,
and eight-week old pullets.
Mr.. johnson has 40 acres of land
| and considers that enough. for the
poultry business.
If you are tired of details and think
there is no profit in attending closely
to them. think of Mr.. Johnson watch
| ing his hens through the trap nests
| and taking them off the nest every
time an egg is laid. Think of the
| records he keeps. Every hen has a
number on her leg-band. The pro-
duction of each hen each day is
tabulated ON a big sheet and added
at the end Of the month. 1t is some
job. but Mr.. johnson believes that
| it pays.
Mrs. J. w. Townsend of st Paul,
daughter-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
w. Townsend OF Munich township,
has been visiting her parents. She
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Miss Ruth Townsend of St Paul,
is at home visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Roy w. Townsend of Munich
township. She will return to st. Paul
| about the 18th of September.
Frank W. Runa, three miles west
of Beroun, has just completed a new
barn 24x60. 1t has hay track and
slings and will eventually be equipped
with modern appliances.
Meet Mr.. Frank Cabak. one and
one half miles west of Beroun. He is
| the one man / have met that is
fully satisfied with this years crop.
/ 1t is the best that he has had in
| the last six years. Look at his corni
You can almost see 1t grow! His
secret is working the soil properly;
early fall blowing and an abundance
| of cultivation. This week without
frost will finish his corn. Last year
| he cultivated his corn six times.
This year the weather conditions de-
manded almost continuous cultivati.n'
SO he cultivated it IA times. In a
later issue, we hope to hear directly
from Mr.. Cabak. He knows how, and
succeeds.
The Askov-Sandstone Fair was a
great fair. And now that it is all
over and you have read in the Amer
| lean the names Of those who won the
premiums you are, we hope. more en-
thusiaStic than ever. 1t was the big
gest crowd that Sandstone ever enter
tanned and she did herself proud in
doing so. Plan to be at the fair at
Askov next year.
Finlayson will hold fair next
Saturday and on the 18th, Willow
River will entertain the people with
the sights at her fair. Each of these
places will do its best to make them
worth visiting. So let's all be there.
Have you seen the little pamphlet
issued by the Pine County Farm Bu-
reau for distribution at the State
Fair? 1t is a compendium of fnfor-
nation about Pine county and should
be read and understood by every
| local resident. / hope that the Coun-
ty Superintendent of schools will
place one of these in the library Of
each school district and that every
teacher in Pine county will familiar
lie herself with it and instill its con-
tents in the minds of the pupils. We
ought to know our state, certainly we
should know our county. Agent Ham
margren did good thing when he
published this little book.
GOOD READING
For some time / have been con-
sfdering the advisability of asking