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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
Bird. and Hares.

An enterprising woman in New
York has opened boarding house for
birds, which is one step higher than
an institution for sick cats. OF course
she is miss and equally of course,
the birds are under the direction OIL
a miss" Spinsters and cats, spin
sters and canaries, spinsters and spec-l
tacles--how they go in pairs through
life. And here is a magazine givingl
away Belgian hares. jack rabbits and
other animals partly domesticated.
Rabbitries are being started all over
the country. The new fad is worsef
than the bee craze of IS years ago.
Several thousand pet animals are toI
be given away, the only condition BEL
ing that the victims of this great
summer opportunity" shall offer the
progeny of the pets to the proprietors
of the magazine at the lowest prices.
IN. X. Press. - AK II
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
WHAT HURTS A pAsrURE.

Many good pasture receives per-
manent injury by overstocking. Some
men seem to think that 1t is all right
to feed pasture off clear down to the
roots Of the grass. This is always a
mistake. This gives the weeds a
chance to grow, and when they start
the grass has no show. Close feeding
also gives the grass no chance to grow,
and we repeat what we have said here
tofore in these notes-that if you want
grass to grow alive ground you must
give the roots chance to grow under
ground. and this they will not do I'M
less the grass is given chance above
ground. A pasture should be SO used
that there is always an abundance of
grass in 1t, and there is no better way
to use 1t than to divide it and let the
stock have the run of one-half Of it at
a time. Many an old pasture can be
greatly improved by simply blowing
up and reseeding or by giving it thor
ough disking in the early spring and a
good sprinkling of medium clover seed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Through large part Of the north
west the Duchess of Oldenburg apple
will be plentiful this year. It is often
difficult to market surplus of this
fruit at any price owing to the fact
that this apple is very short lived If
you have more than you can use, make
arrangements to dry them, for they
make the very choicest kind of dried
apples. Get an apple peeler and corer,
cut in thin slices and dry on sheets in
the sun or quarter and string them
just as your grandmother used to do.
Save some in this manner and you
will thank us next winter for calling
your attention to the matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
TYPES.

Climate, food and environment pro.
,duce types. The Holstein COW is just
as much a natural product of the rank
pastures and mild climate of the lands
reclaimed by the Dutch from the
North sea as is the little Kerry COW of
the heather clad hills of Ireland. The
American cayuse is natures best effort
to produce q horse upon the desert
lands of the west, while no one would
conceive of Percheron very far re-
moved from big bin Of oats and abun-
dant roughage. The Jersey COW when re.
moved from her native isle and instead
of being picketed out given the range
of large and well grassed posture al
ways increases in size. An Arkansas
rooter brought north and given hog
conditions common to the corn belt
confinement and unlimited clover and
corn-would, in spite Of his degraded
and aboriginal ancestry, in the course
of just few generations assimilate to
the shape and type of the Poland Chi
ma Of the corn belt. A parrot brought
from Africa will almost always learn
to swear in the English language A
northern man locating south, no mat
ter If he was up and a-coming in the
north. will inside Of five years lean up
against tree, snooze peacefully while
the weeds are growing in his corn and
let things flicker with as much indif-
ference as his neighbor, the typical
poor white of the south. One parrot
years ago in New Zealand some way
found out that the kidney fat of sheep
was choice morsel, and as sheep in
creased in number in that country
there developed type of sheep kill
ing parrots, which, alighting on the
back Of the sheep, would tear the skin
open and eat the fat around the kid
neys. The dog allowed to run wild
very soon adjusts himself to his wild
environment and becomes gregarious,
like his prototype, the wolf, and, more
curiously still, will in a very few gen.
erations take on the fawnlike color
which distinguishes nearly all preda-
tory and carnivorous wild beasts. The
buffalo, if it could be domesticated,
would in short time become greatly
modified in form. It's coat would grow
less thick, its enormous fore quarters
would be reduced in size and its hind
quarters enlarged. The need to be
constantly fighting and on the run be-
ing removed, the power to fight and
run would be diminished. A black
walnut tree which grows tall and
straight on the rich alluvial soil Of a
river bottom becomes little more than
scrub tree when planted on the top
Of some sterile knoll. All this teaches
us the lesson that certain types do
best under certain conditions, and 1t is
for the wise farmer to find out what
types are best suited to his soil and
conditions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
MANUFACTURING PLANTS.

A farmer friend wants us to tell why
1t Is that manufacturing interests so
largely center in the east and why it
is SO difficult to secure any sort of man.
ufacturing plants for our smaller west.
ern towns. There are several reasons
which conspire to bring about this con-
dition, one, and not the least, that the
money necessary to carry on such en-
terprises is more easily obtainable in
the east than in the west and always
at a lower rate Of interest; another
that transportation facilities are bet
ter in the east than in the west; anoth-
er that in the matter of always being
able to secure skilled mechanical help
for repairs to machinery and men skill
ed in operating machinery the east al
ways has the advantage of the west.
In time the west will manufacture far
more things than it now does The re-
duction Of freight rates enables the
manufacturer to consider less the ques-
ton of being near his supply of raw
material and, more, that Of being To-
Gated near what may be termed manu-
featuring centers. Creameries, cheese
factories, tow mills, canneries, agricul-
tural implement factories, those which
use wood as raw material, such as
wagon, buggy, butter tub, pump, sash
and door factories, locate naturally in
the west, while the workers in steel
and iron. art work of all kinds. leather,
textile fabrics, rubber and the rarer
metals almost Invariably locate in the
east. 1t would seem as If it would be
greatly to the advantage of the work
ers in these factories could they live
in less crowded places, and it would be
greatly to the advantage Of the west
ern farmer and producer could he have
this valuable class Of consumers close
to his doors.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
Where conditions prevail in the south

Where conditions prevail in the south
ern states for the irrigation Of the
fields the culture of rice is proving ex-
ceedingly profitable. The crop is sown
on dry land, just as is wheat. At the
proper time the field is flooded and
kept flooded until the crop is nearly
ripe; then the water is drawn off and
the crop secured with self binder, the
same as wheat. At present prices the
land will produce 500 worth of rice to
the acre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Hog cholera is giving the Poland
China territory a let up this year, and
there are fewer reports of losses from
this source than for several years. AS
one of the practical means whereby
the hogs may be kept healthy the hog
lot should be changed each year. Plow
up the old lot and crop it and give the
pigs new territory each season; then it
is best to feed the new corn sparingly,
for this fact is well established-that
cholera seems to get in it's most de-
structive work just as the shotes are
fed the new corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Nearly all the women and girls we
ever knew had kick coming on dish
washing, but we never could see why
1t was any more unpleasant or monot-
onous sort Of work to wash dishes than
1t is for man to have to milk the
cows and clean out the barns, and men
seldom complain because they have to
do this work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

We notice somewhat curious fact
in this-that the building of storm
caves or cyclone cellars through the
west is almost wholly confined to those
localities which in the past have suf-
fered from visitation of these terrors
of the air, whereas it is a pretty well
established fact that no community
has ever been twice visited by a cy-
clone. 1t would seem as though the
storm cave should be built where the
cyclone has not been.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

It is truth which needs to be con-
stantly presented to thousands Of
farmers that bushel of corn can al
most always be doubled in value by
marketing it in the form Of meat, but
ter or poultry. The successful farmer
works up his own raw materials. Five
cent pork, beef and mutton means so
cent corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

The very cream Of agricultural pros
perity is visiting the winter wheat
growers In Kansas this year. A crop
of choice wheat, which in some coun-
ties averages over 200 bushels to each
voter, and a failure of the crop Of
spring wheat in the northwest, which
has put prices at fancy figure, in
sures the Kansas granger good fore
taste of the millennium. There are sin
gle counties in that state which will
produce over $5,0oO,000 value in wheat
alone this year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

1t does the man on the farm no end
of good to take an outing and see some.
thing of the world as it is off the farm,
1t is never time wasted to get in touch
with ones fellows. The parson, the
schoolteacher and the man of CONNER
cial or professional business usually
plan to have short vacation each
year at least, and why should not the
man on the farm?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

We came across a man lately who
had the notion that an asparagus bed
needed to be kept cut all summer. This
was bad mistake. AS soon as the
early peas are fit for the table quit
cutting the asparagus, put two inches
of rotten barnyard manure over the
bed and let it grow the rest of the sea-
son. Continuous cutting will kill out
the bed in single season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

A new law passed last winter by the
Missouri legislature raises the age at
which the citizen becomes exempt
from payment of road poll taxes from
so to 60 years. There is lots of kick
ing among the graybeards and bald
heads as result.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
BY ]. S. TRIGG.

We noted something which pleased
us recently in trip through one of the
western states, and that was that
there were three times as many butter
tubs piled up on the depot platforms as
there were beer kegs. Whenever a
community gets around to swapping
the beer key for the butter tub it is on
the straight road to prosperity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

If man should dig a hole on a quar-
ter section farm in any Of the grain
and dairy states and take therefrom
the sum of $1,000 in gold dust, the
whole country would 60 crazy over the
fact, but hundreds Of thousands Of
men will this year dig $1,000 out of
their quarter section farms in that
territory in corn, oats and the, like, and
nothing will be thought of it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Seven colts sired by Hanover, the
noted racing sire, were sold in New
York in one day recently and brought
the big figures Of $4,000. $14,5oO, So
900, $500, $4,000 and two $1,000 each.
The automobile has not hurt the sale
of this class of horses evidently.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

z Unless business of 100000 year
is in sight the $4,000 creamery is not
wanted. Half the money should build
and properly equip in modern style the
creamery which does a business of
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
More of these $4,000 creameries have
been mysteriously and providentially
burned than any other sort.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

A famous old colored cook, one who
can cook a possum or chicken and a
pone cake toaa turn, says that if rusty
nail is put in the pot along with the
tough old rooster he will come out ten
der as spring chicken. Now, mind, we
do not vouch for this!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

The man who studies the climatic
changes, the weather and the seasons
on his own farm will be long way
ahead of the man who depends upon
the prophecies of some constituencies
weather crank.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

It seems almost wicked to kill and
broil that young rooster just as he be-
gins to get gay, but it is not half as
wicked as it is to try to eat him when
he is tough old granddaddY.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

The heavy draft horses Of Europe
are drlven without lines. In this coun-
try, when well fed on American oats,
they have too much ginger to be ham
died in this manner.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Where flies most abound there, not
far away, will be found the piles of
manure and garbage in which they
breed. A sweating pile of stable ma
nure near the house will breed them by
the million.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

Once again we notice the story that
seed, this time peas, have been taken
from an ancient Egyptian tomb and
after lapse of 5000 years have ger
minated. This and all other yarns of
a similar nature are fakes. No seeds
of any sort have ever been made to
grow when thus obtained. The impos-
sibility Of the fake always made it in
teresting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

If you have young fruit or shade
tree growing on the lawn, the ground
should be kept free from grass for a
distance of not less than three feet
from the tree, otherwise the tree will
be starved and suffer for lack of
moisture.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

There is always some one to apollo
gize and excuse the mean tricks of a
dog. In this particular the dog fares
better than the man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

The onion is a very old vegetable.
and it smells just exactly as it did 5000
years ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

A Nebraska creamery is making and
shipping a carload of choice creamery
butter q day to eastern consumers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

All milking utensils need to come in
contact with water at temperature Of
212 degrees not less than twice a day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

For those who like blackberries-and
who does not?-and who find it very
capricious and difficult fruit to raise
we want to commend the dewberry, its
more reliable and manageable relative.
The dewberry is creeper, or running
vine, easily protected in the winter,
very productive and bearing a fruit
which cannot well be distinguished
from the blackberry and equal in quail
ity to it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

A very large and successful business
has been built up in eyaporated eggs.
It takes four dozen eggs to make one
pound Of the eyaporated product and
for all purposes save cooking to eat as
eggs are usually served they are in
this form just as good as the fresh
product. 1t would seem as though
in this channel eggs Of questionable
age and repute might find a sphere Of
usefulness. The product goes mostly
to the mining countries of the far
north. where fresh eggs are Of necessi.
n an unknown commodity
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31
The spring wheat section Of the NORTH

The spring wheat section Of the north
west has to face serious failure Of
the crop this year owing to lack of
May and June rains. A failure of this
kind is in no sense to be taken as a
common thing in the territory referred
to. For 30 years past no such peculiar
climatic conditions have prevailed. A
dry fall, no snow during the winter
and then failure of the late May and
early June rains is q combination
which is exceedingly rare. The loss Of
the wheat crop this year will have a
tendency to compel greater diversity
ing of farm work, which, If generally
carried out, would more than compen-
safe for the loss of this seasons crop.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-31

The ancient lightning rod swindle
Will never die out so long as men are
afraid of lightning and there are
smooth talking agents to work the
granger. These fellows never work
country in consecutive way, but Just
drop down here and there and nearly
always find victim. The only safe
way is to have nothing to do with
strangers who want you to sign any
sort Of paper. 1t makes no difference
whether they want to rod your house
and barn, cure you of Bright's disease,
appoint you agent for some new inven-
ton or whether the scheme is any one
Of the hundred and one fakes, new and
old, which periodically. raid the gran
ger. Women are shrewder than men
about this sort Of thing, and If farm
er Will never sign paper unless he
has his wife's consent it will often pre-,
vent him from being swindleds
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