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PAGE SIX There is much soft corn in Iowa that must be fed before spring, as it will not-, beep for summer feeding. How ever, by sorting and saving such corn aff .will keep, by making use of the MHflT^Smnd QWltty oats and-by the pur chose of mich byproducts as middlings, ll&jif corn oil cake, hominy feed, etc. for llifea'iiext summer's "feeding, there is not a locality in Iowa where a big pig crop f^f Cjitinot be raised and carried through sfc till the 1918 corn crop is ready. There •i WOTS®?!* S THE HOG SITUATION. ji There is an acute shortage of hogs jf-v and hog products. According to the food administration the world is short nearly 40,000,000 hogs. Measured •if.. against the heeds of the United States and her allies this country should have 15,000,000 more hogs in 1918 than were produced in 1917. Iowa's quota for 1918 is an increase'of nearly 3,000,000 head over the 1917 production, which was about 20% under normal. Such an increase will not mean a surplus. It will be merely our share toward making up the present deficit and filling the abnormal demand of the world for pork and pork products. So far in 1917, 3,000,000 fewer hogs have been slaughtered at the central mar $§ kets than during the corresponding ife time last year. Our exports of hog Jig'products so far this year have been 981,000,000 pobnds, against 405,000, 000 in 1914. Next year's demand for export'and for use' in our army and navy will be still greater. H. J/Will be feed enough for the biggest pig "crop Iowa ever raised if we plan for It properly. —o— 4, THE SEED CORN SITUATION. Firgt. This year's seed corn is in worse condition than in 1915 and there .. is little old corn available. About 1, 700,000 bushels of seed corn will be lieeded to plant Iowa's corn crop next spring. The average county will need 18,000 bushels of seed corn. Second. Not over 25% of the seed mm required was saved before the freeze ipff October 6th. Part of the seed gath $11 ered before tliat date was not dry and fciM was injured by the freeze where it p||'Was not well protected. Third. Less than 15% of the seed P®C(0jn required for next year is in a perfectly safe condition. .V Fourth. Quite a little seed corn has bjeen gathered since October 6th and t&prpperly stored for seed. Some of '""'"is corn has given a-fair germination st, but-much of it is very poor. In dications are that evory ear will need fc'areful testing. fs Fifth. There is very little old corn S&jV: ts THE REVIEW'S SPECIAL FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT John H. D. Cray EDITOR Live News About Crawford County Farms and Farmers A great increase in the pork pro sss duetion is not only justified by the long shortage and the demand for pork, but by the feed situation as well. While it is true that the corn crop of Iowa and a iiumber of 'other corn belt states has been overestimated both as to quality and quantity, the nation •.«, as a whole does have, a tremendous 'of grain suitable for hbg feeding. The federal crop report for Npvem Iber, 1917, shows 607,842,000 bushels more corn, '328,732,000 bushels more oats and 20,728,000 bushels more bar lfeyt or a total of 957,296,000 bushels more qf the three crops combined than produced in 1916. The south, usually a market for corn belt grown grains, will be Belf-sus' talning this year, and probably will have a surplus of both corn and pro tein concentrates such as peanut meal and velvet' bean meal for export. Nor mally around eighty per cent of the corn crop of Iowa is fed to livestock. Practically thirty per cent of it is fed to hogs. This year it is estimated that we 'have1 fewer cattle than usual and not more than eighty per cent of the normal number of hogs on feed in Iowa. While more corn will be used ...directly as human food and in manu |S this year than usual tiie mar ^ftket will not be able to absorb without ''difficulty the great surplus thrown up on it because of the dearth of live stock. For Sale puroc Jersey Boars The famous "GOLDEN MODEL" breeding. The best feeding type known td the Duroc breed. I have some $ Dandy Good Boars left and can sell you a boar not related to any thing that 1 have sold before. Come and See Them Before Buying f$A B. W. HUNT Phone 39 J. Denison, la. *•, ri in the country^-awhat there is should "be saved for 's6edLv-01d'Seed corn has already sold for $10 a bu.Shel this fall. Sixth. It is estimated that at least 60% of the seed for next year must yet come from the fields and cribs. Germination tests of corn taken from the fields since frost prove there are some fields from which a fair amount of seed can be secured. Seventh. Neighboring states from which under normal conditions suit able seed corn might be secured, :ye as badly in need of seed as Iowa. Eighth. There are a few counties in northeastern Iowa that may1 have to import 'some seed corn. Every available ear of hon»e grown corn should be used as it will be better adapted to local conditions. Parties could well afford to spend twice the money to locate and secure local seed rather than import it. Ninth. The logical thing to do in most localities is tb locate all corn in fields and cribs from which some seed might be secured. Get as much as pos sible of this corn sorted and stored in dry, well ventilated places, or sorted and cribbed by itself. It must be kept clearly in mind that this corn will all need to be ear tested and that only & portion of it will be suitable for seed next spring. The high price of seed will more than pay for the work and the corn discarded in the spring will bring a good price on the market, as it will be in good shape. Tenth. The best method of pro cedure for a given county will de pend upon local conditions, but the ultimate object is all thfe s&me ji sup ply of good seed corn. C. M. Pederson, proprietor of the Evergreen Hill Stock Farm, located three and a half miles northwest of Dunlap, was a pleasant caller last week. He was here making arrange ments for the printing of his Catalog for his public sale of bred sows and dropped into our office for a little chat. Mr. Pederson is considered to be one of the leading breeders of the big type Poland China swine. He informs me that he will' sell fifty head of pure bred sows. Twenty of them will be bred to King L, his first prize junior yearling at the National Swine Show, twenty to Long Big Bob, and ten to Giant Masterpice. In Giant Masterpiece, Mr. Pederson be lieves he has a great prospect for a show hog. He was purchased for a long price at the Meyers' Bros, sale at Fontenell, Nebr. The foreman of the Review job department tells me that the catalog for Mr. Pedersritt's bred sow sale will be ready for distri bution about January 10. —o— A Wisconsin newspaper contained the following last week: "The large amount of soft corn in the corn grow. ing states of the middle west together with the urgent demand and need of the whole world for fat have resulted in the shipment of many cars of "ship per" pigs from this county. Farmers' hog buyers from Iowa, Illinois and Indiana have been in touch with the Agricultural Department, hog buyers and farmers of our county in their en deavor to purchase hogs of this type weighing -from 60 to 120 pounds through, which th,ey can market muclj of their soft Corn. A considerable num ber of purchases have been irfade and inquiries, aye daily being received. ".I It has been generally recognized A hog at Iowa State college, eating shelled corn, meat meal tankage and middlings, plus all the buttermilk it wanted, drank 32 pounds of butter milk a day, ate less than one-half as much of $2 corn, one-third as much of $90 tankage, only two-thirds as much of $55 middlings and reached a weight of 296 pounds 62 days before a hog in another pen that did not have butter milk. —o— The weather Thursday morning of last week was the coldest we have had so far this winter.. Eight below zero was reported by several. That after noon I drove over to the farm of Fred Kahl, which is located about two iniles southeast of Deloit, in search of a news item. I was rewarded by find ing Mr. Kahl at work on an addition he is making to his hog house. The addition will be 16x20. He has found from experience that it pays to have the proper ventilation and sufficient sunlight in the hog house, especially at farrowing time. He has experienced trouble from moisture gathering on the walls and ceiling and then drop ping onto the bedding, making it al most impossible to keep a dry place for the young pigs to lay on. He has decided to, do away with that trouble in the future and believes he will solve tlib problem by ventilation and sunlight. He now has 105 head of pur,e bred Duroc swine, but has never Having rented my farm, I will sell at public auction on my place in sec tion 15, Hanover township, 1 mile north and 2 1-2 miles west of the six mile' House, 2 miles north and 5 miles "east of Charter bak and 11'miles west of' 0feni3dn, on ^v' Wednesday, Dec. 19 Commencing at l6 o'clocic sharp, the following described property: 10 Head of H6rses One Belgian stallion, weight 1800 pounds 1 black gelding, 7 years old, weight 1800 1 team grey geldings, 4 and 5 years old, weight 3100 1 roan mare, 4 years old, weight 1500 1 roan mare, 14 years old, weight 1-100: 1 buckskin mare, 4 years old, weight 1100 1 buckskin mare^ years old, weight 1000 1 roan mare, 2 years old, weight 800 buckskin riding pony, 13 years old, weight 800. 54 Head of Cattle Five milch cows, some will be fresh soon eight 3 year old heifers 11 two year old heifers 12 yearling heifers 4 yearling steers and 14 calves. 30 bood Brood Sows and 35 Shoats Ten Dozen Chickens, Geese and Ducks. Ten Tons of Timothy and Ten Tons of Prairie Hay. FREE LUHCH AT NOON -'"W? that testing seed corn is a profitable I large cement feeding floor for his hogs farm practice, but this year it will be just, as soon as tlie weather will per-Ins ', an essential prerequisite (say, that's mit. a good word) to a good corn crop in many sections of the state. It will be well to make a test, of the seed wheth er it was gathered from this year's supply of soft ears or from last year's to my mind: Many have been going to crop. Unless it lias been carefully Omaha for stock cattle this fall, why stored, this year's corn, with its high moisture content which makes it stiS' 0 when buying seed corn is to secure a a bunch of feed?s which ha\e been ,,.ke variety that will do well in one's own started on corn for some time? community. —o— THE DENISON REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 1917 Every hog buyer or farmer having' kept up the papers on them. They the sale ad in this newspaper is the pigs for sale should get in touch with are a nice bunch and life only regret thing that does the business. Don't the county agent. The world is short is that he has not more of them. ,-It think of having a sale without using of fat. It is our patriotic duty to see has 'been his custom to raise about! an ad in the Review. Nearly every, that no hogs go to market in a lean twice that amount yearly, but tbis year I farmer of Crawford county is a reader condition. Patriotism demands that he is a considerable short of his usual of Llio Review and one extra buyer at an animal intended for slaughter number. He will have thirty sows I a sale /often pays the entire expense should carry the greatest amount of meat possible. —o— with litters next spring, if his present of the sale—get that man. You can plans mature. About fifteen acres of reach him through the Review. corn remains to be husked. It is —o— the intention of Mr. Kabl to build a Tjle eed corn situation is indeed As I was reading the sale ud of S. wouldn't it be a good plan for some. of our Crawford county farmers to ceptible to injury from freezing and save the expense of a trip to the city heating, is apt to be low in germina-'and freight oili cattle tion power. A tact to keep in mind ,1 0 Say, young man, did you hear the story of John who resides on a farm near Sac City? You did not? Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Several of Well, here it is: John waited a long time before he decided to get married. The lady of his choice was an old schoolmate left behind, when he came to this land of the free and brave. He traveled around for nearly a year in Europe before his located her, but sad to say, she had been married for sev eral years to another.' Soon after this poor John read the story of the man who had traveled over the world in search of diamonds, but all to iio avail. Disappointed and weary, he re turned tb'his home,'where 'lie found diamonds had been growing in his 6wn back yard, while he had been ab sent in foreign lands. John quickly grasped the moral of the story and proclaimed, "Me for home, sweet home." His pleasure was shortlived, for, «ad to tell, he soon learned that the ninety and nine maidens fair he ha'd left behind, while looking for the one that was lost to him. had been married during his absence, Poor John! Another similar story runs like this: When a certain little miss came into this world she was given the name of a flower, and that day the flowers became more beautiful. She grew into beautiful young woman hood and a certain young man feasted for a year.or two upon her loveliness, then another stepped in and took her to his home to make his life worth the living. These stories have a moral, young man, get busy. very er 9 Saturday, December 5th, at m. sharp, My Restaurant and Soft Drink Par Iat at Boyer, Iowa. Bonding 20x32, also all fixtures. 6-Cylinder Haynes Automobile All hotfsehtjld goods will be sold as I am leaving the following Tuesday. Henry Thomsen, Malone, Pros, Auct. 1 jtjcal. One thing stands out as most important and that is that all the corn saved for seed should be 7~° thoroughly dried and tested ear by ear as N. Christiansen, published in the Re-• siiowiaa low gemination thrown out. view last week, thi: thought came in- soon as possible and the ears! 0 A message sent to the daily press la«t week from Green says a pumpkin has been sold three times in that coun ty and it has brought a total of ?U82. The question that now arises in my °'n® |m"ndYsCthte" if'Tpumpkin 'will*''bring li nn $6S- how much would a pumpkin pie, mother US6(1 t0 nmke bring? Uon the farmers have asked me questions From the number of rabbits I have concerning the farmer's income taXjSeen brought to town lately it leads which I could not answer and this ar- ie believe that rabbits are ripe. ticle seems tb give many of the facts —0 desired, so I advise all to look it up [_ At the farm sale of Henry Hansman, and- read •it. •r ¥bur miles northwest, of West Side, last —o— Sale .bills may be a necessity, but (Continued on Page Seven.) -t I overlook the fact that this was an Iowa ^pumpkin, which is one of the In this department of tile Keview reasons that it brought so much, and may be found an article entitled. The another reason is that it was being Farmer's Income Tax, taken from the sold for a good cause, the lied Cross. BROS, AUCTIONEERS Will cry sales in (his vicinity. Dates may be arranged at the REVIEW office. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. ARRANGE DATES EARLY AUCTION! As I am moving to Texas, I am going to sell at Pfiblic Auction on KJWA John A. Kovat, Clerk Some Good Farm Machinery Deering binder', 7 foot cut McCormick mow er Sterling .seeder with grass, seed attach ment John Deere riding cultivator Avery walking cultivator Moline walking cultivat or John Deere gang plow Fuller & Johnson riding plow Moline walking plow J. I. Case walking plow corn planter with 100 rods of wire spring wagon top buggy steel winrow hay loader Osburn hay rake 2 farm wagons hay rack and truck Success manure spreader 2 sets 1 1-2 inch harness 2 sets 1 1-4 inch har ness 1 single harness 1 set leather fly nets 1 set cord fly nets seed corn drier 3 section drag and a lot of other articles too numerous to men tion. TERMS: All sums of .$10.00 and under, cash on sums over that amount one year's time will be given on good secured notes bearing 8 per cent interest. H. C. Maack REINKING & ERNE, Auctioneers^" **1 A. F. BARBER, Clerk. mmm uymwummi issn j^ps c&f'M If You are Interested, Address B. M. GRABLE OWNER, SAC CITY, IOWA nniMMP mm An Iowa Land Bargain Tuesday, Dec. coLs. Untii January First 1 of a I O a re in in ing Danbury, lo £, a a $ 2 5 0 0 0 a session to be pi\ a 1 1 9 1 8 improvements. Cr, two blocks Ji 11 11 of an Big Closing Out Of J. Minter Having sold our farm I will sell at public auction on our home place 1 1-2 miles cast of Vail and 4 1-2 miles west of West Side, begin ging at 10 o'clock, The Following Described Property: 7 Head Horses Consisting of 6 year old gray horse, weight 1700 5 year old black horse, weight 1750 8 year o^d bay horse, weight 1450 8 year old 'bay horse, weight 1500 4 year old black mare, weight 1450 13 year old black horse, weight 1400 suckling coit. 41 Head Cattle Consisting of 22 head of cows and heifers 8 head of steers Shorthorn bull the balance is all young stuff. 70 Head Good Shoats Farm Machinery, Etc. Machinery to be Sold Before Dinner McCormick binder Deering mower hay rake, hay stacker and buck rake hay tedder ha}- loader 2 disc bar-rows tlu-'ec 3 section drag harrows 2 corn planters vrith 80 rods of wire 2 disc cultivators 2 riding cultivators: walking cultivator 2 walking stirring plows Deere gang plow Deere sulky plow clod crusher an International 4 horse engine 2 hole corn sheller belt feed grinder hand shelt er 3 farm wagons wagon and rack 3 buggies manure spreader potato digger some of this machinery is nearly new, and all in working orler. .' Miscellaneous Articles 20 tons of clover hay stack of prairie hay Some hay in barn straw stacks 3 sets work harness driving harness single harness tank heater faniling mill chickens corn hotise lurniture and other articles. Free launch at Noonj Ustjal Terms H. J. MINTER MCLAUGHLIN & TEAQUIST, W.'A. MAGUIRE, fe) it. E I an I he an is One of the best la.rr. and stock propo mm-' ons in Woodbury o. Si sr.' E 0 Aucts Clerk. I 1