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PAGE SIX yn a —o— iW THE REVIEW'S SPECIAL FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT John H. D. Gray EDITOR 1 Winter wheat planting is again tirged by the United States depart fltat of agriculture, says county 4s#nt Qulst, and farmers of Crawford county are planting a good acreage. Spring wheat is a good crop and early tills year. Dry weather is hurting ijjraijch of the clover planted in the mull grain. This will leave a large Mdfjeage of stubble which will be avail able for winter wheat. What moisture is in the stubble fields should be conserved by a good single or double disking). Tliey MQUltt thett ^e plowed as soon as pos rf$ble. Shallow early plowing is bet for winter wheat than late deep seed is essential for a good The past two years have been .vorable for winter wheat making seed scarce. county agent says there is «gu|ugh good winter wheat in the coun ts tor a big acreage if it is properly Attributed. Winter wheat is a paying crop, {frank Simpn, of Vail, threshed a field jt: 16 acres for Joe Rundlett last tlurBday which made better than 39 lqilhels per acre. It is good bright beat which tested 61 pounds to the ihel. Ida Grove Pioneer: Ida county farm are warned to be on the outlook thfc appearance of strange hogs in ie)r herds and if any such appear, to them instantly quarantined, cifjUy It they appear sick. Al in ohe herd in Ida county a ga pig was found, which was and. which immediately infected other pigs and caused their jths, presumably from cholera. The ^podlawn stock farm of northeast of lra: pop ^When I drove onto the farm of Wm. i#oldt, which is located in section Hayes township, I found Mr. Sitbldt Just returning from the pas lain vitka number of weeds he had jpUed. The name of the weed was Mi*»in»n jtn him. Upon investigation tvfhnnil to be 'Buffalo Bur. The iptiffalo Bur is rather widely distribute 2j| in the state, but not as common the 'Russian thistle. Inasmuch as ffifii weed'is an annual, it can be easily 4glferniinated by cutting off the young nts below the ground, and this iiild be done before the pods are ed. If plants are older they ild' be cut off and burned. The WeM occurred originally west of the HJtsourllriyer and was the original if flniif. nt News About Crawford County Farms and Farmers the victim of this practice, luckily everything has now been Jto rights-anil no further danger is ppialble. Several weeks ago, Mr. discovered two strange pigs in hog lot one morning. He has on pure bred Poland Chinas on his *d so had no difficulty in ree ling a red hog and a Hampshire «8Sjf had been dropped among his herd fiMT pliht before. Mr. Davis remem »h«t the night previous to this omre was ft: good deal of bog hauling It Ms place and it would have been SeMijr natter for some one to have si^ed sick hogs while this hauling gting on. The two hogs left at Davis place were only a few weeks The red hog was already sick s^on infected a winter pig and spring pigs. All five hogs soon jjm. 'The Hampshire was immedi ply quarantined and vaccinated and 'Sloped no sicknesa. The disease not spread further, as all the otli fsiga aod older animals in the Davis mm hsd been thoroughly vaccinated ifpfware cholera immune. Those that tftpk sick had not yet been vaccinated. '^ItrCiB now absolutely no disease in Hijl hefd as every animal is now im- the potato beetle. It is ten old, somewhat horny or [owishi eight inches to two feet covered With copious stellate pu efice branches and main stem, #$8n It'begins to branch, covered ^Kh ^harp yellow prickles leaves M&iewhat .melonlike fruit a ber S" but enclosed by the close fitt qpfe •••or prickly calyx which has' sug «3ted the common name, buffalo bur. v- iifp •'. —o— ?T?be fpod administration has re anestad that plans be made to follow food regulations for meals during as we do every day in our Own homes. Suggestions are that the 4Mb "eat breakfast and supper at home, Sirebf saving a waste of food by ex _. preparation and much work for women who have already prepar 'jUostt lor a number of men and will possibly have just as many e$are for on the following day. In ird' to the menu, other meat than •ioiild be served, as we are try to conserve beef plenty of po and garden products should be -the bread should be wheatless treads which may be baked the before and used to slice cold su- JS for tea or coffee should be passed Mb hotels and restaurants, the wait piittffig in one teaspoon if any is red: dessert should be simple and life little sugar or wheat. Former ^fcal* apd (pie have been used but nteei|B wiser to use fruit or in case Mii used make a one crust wheatless from fcasins or filling needing lit- i. the Polled Durham herd of cat fon ihe H. W. Meyers farm, seven Its southeast of Denlson, is a cow fb some recocd- aa a producer of calves. She is now thirteen years fand this year gave birth to twins. {her has raised four pairs of twins mother also produced twins, of her daughters had twin calves year Looks like a strain of twin iucers. She is an eighteen liun pound •cow and has produced calveg. Looks like a good iiiiord to me. There is a nice bunch Seattle On this farm, about twenty Ibid of Pure bred Pplled Durhams. JJpt^ie, w^.bou^bt the farm from his pure bred Duroc swine. He sold sev father this spring, is also raising eral pigs on the local market last week for an average of ?50. —o— Ute Independent: The Independent scribe had the pleasure of visiting a large number of farms in this terri tory on Friday and Saturday of last week. There never were finer crops of all kinds in this locality and never before has the total acreage been so large, also we wish to add that never before has the farmer worked harder or put forth better efforts to produce than he is doing this season and at this time. We found some farms where the shortage of help was inter fering with the harvesting. One farm er was operating his binder and had no one to follow with the shocking. He said he would get shocked up what he had bound sometime during the night. On another farm two neigh bors were combining forces. Three men were following one binder, stat ing that they had twelve head of horses and had changed the animals three times so far that day, and from the size of the field that had been bound and shocked since morning we formed the opinion that the binder man had kept the shock troops hussl ing. It is a wonderful crop that is now being produced and the farmer is exerting wonderful energies in caring for it. Another fine spirit is also ex hibited by the farmers, in general no matter how busy he is, how short of help he may be—he is ready to sign up a check for the Red Cross or donate one of his hogs. Really, the farmer is a prince, though he is the hardest working man on the job at this time. —o— Joe 'Rundlett, who is located along the Lincoln highway, about one mile west of Vail, was the first farmer I heard of to thresh his grain this seas on. He was in town Friday with a sample of winter wheat from this years' crop. He had a sixteen acre field which gave a yield of 630 bush els, making an average of about thir ty-nine bushels to the acre. Frank Simon threshed the grain. This will be a very profitable crop for Mr. Rund lett. Figuring the wheat at $2.10 per bushel it gives him $81.10 per acre for his crop. If his straw does not go more than a ton to the acre it is worth at least $5 per ton—it brought $10 last winter. Adding the value of straw to the value of grain it brings the yield up to $86.10 per acre. We understand this wheat will be sold for seed, as it is a very good grade and there will be a demand for it. We hope to see a larger acreage of winter wheat next season than last. Each farmer should get his seed as soon as possible, clean it and treat it for smut. Should you wish to purchase winter wheat seed confer with the county agent. The threshermen have promised to report to him all grain threshed in the county, so he will be in touch with the supply of grain. —o— While driving along the farm of J. L. Riggleman, about one mile north east of Deloit, I noticed a number of immw «hh» r/" ,-«f|'' mr/'l '. THE DENISON REVIEW, Wednesday! JULY 24^ 1918.- bee hives and decided to stop and in quire if it was well with his bees. I had visited Dr. Bonney, of Buck Grove, in company with 'F. Uric Millen, state apiarist of Ames college County Agent Quist and a couple of gentle men from Charter Oak. I was told that the doctor's bees were not as busy gathering honey as they might be but noticed they seemed to have a fondness for the blossom on the end of my nose. I understand there is a big shortage of honey all over the state this year. Mr. Riggleman tells me that he has fourteen hives now and does not pay much attention to them. He gets more honey every year than he can use in his own home and perhaps—he will spare a little for my corn cakes sometime. He got started in bees from swarms that had art at tachment for the trees on his farm when they decided to leave their own happy homes. They were placed into hives and told to get busy and "im prove each shining hour." I under stand that Mr. Millen will return about September 10th and hold a bee keepers meeting in Denison. He will explain the care of Oaees, diseases, etc. He has had considerable experience with bees and knows them from head to stinger. —0— I overheard a conversation about stacking wheat last week that may be of interest to you. A certain gen tleman made the statement that wheat should be stacked if the owner plans to have it ground into flour. He said: "Wheat must sweat somewhere, and the best place for it is in the stack. The wheat that has not sweat out in the stack sweats in the miller's bin and must be left for about a month before being made into flour. If ground immediately it causes the flour to sweat and get warm, though it does no permanent damage, as the product does not become musty." Judging from the appearance of the wheat fields in Crawford county there will be ample work for the mills this year, and nearly every farmer will have wheat enough for his own use. We are harvesting the largest crop of wheat in Iowa this year the state has ever known. A wheat crop ranging from 15,000,000 to 20,-00,000 bushels is in prospect in Iowa this year, com pared with only 8,000,000 bushels last year. —o— Iowa baby beef clubs are being or ganized this month among the boys of the state. The organization is pro ceeding by counties as in former years. There is every reason to ex pect a larger enrollment in this work this season. The boys will start feed ing their calves on November 1st and will feed them until September 1st of next year. Four hundred and fifty boys are finishing this year's work in the baby beef clubs. This is a 50 per cent increase over any previous year. It is expected that over 100 of these boys will show their calves at the state fair. Last year 59 of them ex hibited at the fair and 45 of the calves were sold at the close of the exhibi tion. A similar auction sale will take place this year. A prize list of $360 is hung up for the calf club members at the state fair and $245 will be of fered at the Inter-state fair at Sioux City. Club members will camp togeth er at these fairs and special privileges will be given them. While at Des Moines they will spend a day at Camp Dodge and also a day at the plant of the Iowa Pjqdklng company).* Boys must make their entries before Au gust 1st at Des Moines and Septem ber 1st at Sioux City. —o— The Ute Independent reports that M. B. Riddle has threshed his crop of winter wheat, and it went better than thirty-dive bushels per acre. What will he do with all his money? THE ADEL VITRIFIED IRONSTONE SILO The silo built' of Adel "Vitrified Ironstone" silo tile has made good for others and it will make good for you. Yuo should have one. We will sell you the material and guarantee it for 20 years. We will build your silo and guarantee the work. We will make you a price for same which includes everything no bills for extras. The farmer must find a substitute for high priced grain to feed his live stock. The silo will solve the problem. Feed more silage and less grain. The silo is no longer an experiment. Pre pare to build one now. NORTH BROS. VAIL, IOWA Selling Agents for Crawford County MLZf ZZ7ZZEL ARingling Star Tips Only Ninety Pounds. 4l' Scales at GivS "Overt" a Chance. Many ia—fine adjective has been spoiled by being hooked up, in som» facile phrase, to a commonplace noun For example, overt. Never in my lifq writes H. L. Mencken in the New Yorh Sun, have I encountered overt save in front of act. Thus joined and poisoned it is mouthed abominably by lawyeri and newspaper editorial writers the literate fauna of a superior type avoic it almost altogether. And yet It is a fine adjective, a juicy adjective, an adjective worth knowing better. Whj not overt honesty, overt destiny, overi love? I once had an overt black eye, Earlier in this life I made overt eyes at a girl overtly red-haired, and re member her oleaginous kiss every time the barber's brush slides across my face. Let us appoint a committee to get overt out of jail. One excellent way for the people to have money enough for Liberty bonds is to stop trying to make money in the stock market. "IT jr.- I' On March 12th last, the provost marshal general of the war depart ment issued an order directing the local boards in furnishing their quotas for the army, to defer until the last those actively and assiduously en gaged 1n agriculture, even though they had been placed in class one. At the time that order was issued the war department expected to call only 300, 000 or 400,000 men before the harvest, but after the order was issued, the German offensive of March 21st be gan, with its perils to the allied cause and the war department found it nec essary to call many more men than it had contemplated on the 32th of March. Consequently, in many com munities the local boards have been compelled to call all the men in class one, even though they are engaged in agriculture. It should be remembered that men called were placed by their district boards in class one and therefore were not deferred but were always subject to call. It should be under stood also that the emergency of the present war situation is such that the nation can take no chance of delay in the mobilization of the necessary man power to reinforce the allies of the western front. The slightest delay might mean a frightful disaster. Many young army officers getting married. Good idea to know how to obey before they command. 160 Acre Farm For Sale! This is a well improved farm under a high state of cultiva tion and is fenced and cross fenced. All buildings are newly painted and hi a good state of preservation. Farm watered by a spring creelt and has good well. No waste land. On public highway, 1 mile from school and 5 miles from county seat town. Possession car. be had March 1, 1919. For price arid terms see E. Gulick, Real Estate, Denison, Iowa Or CHRIS LORENTZEN, Denison, Iowa SERVICE STATION When Was Your Battery Tested How long has it been since you had a line on the inside condition of your battery A month Six weeks If it's any more, you're taking chances. Don't you want to know it if you're starv ing your battery—or mistreating it There's only one way to tell—by test. You can make it yourself or we'll do it free. We'll be glad to show you the "How" of this sample test, and to tell you about Threaded Rubber Insulation—the most im portant battery improvement in years. Denison Storage Battery Co. 118 North Main Street One Block South of Post Office We test, repair and recharge all makes of storage batteries. Our men are factory experi enced men, and your battery will receive the expert atten tion needed to assure you long life from it. We also liavo a rental battery for your car while we are recharging or repairing your battery. Our testing and filling service is free. Have you had your battery tested lately? r«ipi rwww^* 'f WHY FARM BOYS ARE TAKEN Military Urgency Demanded That All Class One Men Should Be Called to the Colors. Many complaints come to the depart went of agriculture to the effect that farmers and farm laborers have not received proper consideration under the war department's rules of deferred classification. The law and the rules of the war department vest the pow ers of exemption and deferred classi fication solely and exclusively in the district boards and there is no author ity in any othor official to interfere with this jurisdiction except in par ticular cases. There is only the right of appeal to the president under terms prescribed by the war department. Neither the department of agricul ture nor any other department, nor any official, has any power over the district boards. They are composed of the citizens of each state and they are presumed to have the best infor mation and to be best mindful of the needs of their state and section. Citizens who feel the boards have acted unwisely should address them selves to the boards or should cause appeals to he made from the boards to the president. The department of agriculture is powerless to effect a decision by the boards or to alter the rules of the war department or to change the law of the congress. 11,1 1 1 It is denied that the German govern ment. is worrying about paying its debts, as why should It worryi over any scraps of paper. The people who think it strange that our allies don't at once march to Berlin are usually located some dis tance from the firing line. The men who spend some hours ev ery week on a cracker barrel in the grocery store think it strange that the government does not get busy and push tho war. While the United'States and its al lies .suffer for food, thousands of strong and able bodied convicts are doing such kindergarten work as weaving chair seats. i^r A irvt fii '•:%f 1 fv "ifr fi a •'J: •M ESSE §3 I -'iv •,•/•'. •y'& How can you expect to "keep the home fires burning," if you do not lay in a supply of coal? Catarrh Cannot Be Cured With LOCAL, APPUICATIONS, aa tliey cannot reach the seat of the diseaso. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in fluenced by constitutional conditions, and In order to cure it yo* must take an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi cine is taken Internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Mcdlclne was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. It is com posed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingrodlents in Hall's Catarrh Medi cine is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. All DruKSista, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. GIBSON & ROGERS DENISON IOWA ALAMO Farm Light Demonstration HEREisthefarm lighting and power plant you have been wait ing for. It is the perfected plant —a single unit— that runs with O bration or noise and requires no a a tion. The perfectly balanced unit. Al&xno Electric tTnlt running under load without special foundation* All the Light—All the Power You Need Come and see it. Compare it, in every way, with all others. Make us prove to you where it is better, and more complete—in fact, the plant you want. BUCKLEY & GIBSON PLUMBERS DENISON, IOWA TELEPHONE 280 UBiBllliaiBiBlliiaillHiliilllllBSimillBI!! IIIIIBIIimilB!!! 1 FOR SALE OR RENT Seven-Room Modern House. Also good garden of Potatoes, Beans, Tomatoes, Onions and Cabbage. Will be vacant the 12th of July. Apply to E. GULICK HIHiHllipailllflUWpill 'W' '•yiv THE'RIGHTTIRR Right in quality, in fi |price and mileage, with the right pol icy back of it. The dependable, eco nomically-priced automobile tire. Real Estate Agent Denison, Iowa J1 11 W- ft rff •w '•X- £38. lr ms, !5%" I