Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-31

cSSS. AT the same time IL mas lowered
the price of fresh laid winter eggs.
There is market now for cornhusks
taken from the stalk when the corn is
husked. They are worth about 81 per
ton and are used in mattress making.
After hen is 2 years old, COW II
years old, a horse 10 years old, steer
3 years old and a pig year old they
are usually kept at a loss by the owner.
War demands the best men. and the
best horses and wastes the best OF
both. One million horses are today re-
quired by the standing armies Of the
world.
Western extra butter put into cold
storage last June at 1S cents a pound
made good money for the holders.
June goods this year will not sell
cheaper.
When pork sells at S., there is no an
final Of the farm that will convert the
raw material of the farm into money
so quickly and with SO much profit to
the feeder as the hog.
1t is said that cleo gives the manu-
facturer profit Of 80 per cent and the'I
retail dealer profit of 100 per cent,
and no wonder, with gent tallow as
the base of its make up.
we 1,.of Ill a.,
once more worth from $50 to 500.
Such colt win cost to raise about $50.
"A pair ofsthem well broken and fitted
will bring all the way from 5000 to
$275.
Nature is SIN adept at offsets. In the
west just as the strawberries are get
ting ripe and the roses getting ready to
bloom along comes the cyclone season,
the black clouds soaring timid folk out
Of their wits.
Borrowing should only be born Of ne
cessity, and the ethics of borrowing are
summed up in the prompt return in
good order Of the thing borrowed, with
thanks for its use and spirit Of reci-
Drocity when occasion demands.
9 The production Of fine linens is con-
fined very largely to Ireland and this
lor tue reason tnat tnere IS round Gil.
.ate specially Htteo !or rettng ana
bleaching the fiber, a climatic condition
NOT lounu II many other countries.
Al acre VI 50 oi sweet corn pianteo
tnree Ieet one way ana SIX rect the
other, tne open space TO De devoted to
tpum1pklns' WIN make an admirable lot
~ when 70 Turn .ne snotes next Au-.
gust. lh i IS noaning oettef 70 carry
HIVES migrate not ~ q stralght line
ol nisht, put ny series OF gyrationS OF
c.rcuial sweeps, Lying So high ID the
az slut !. ~ uilncult " see them even
" . piisnt Jay. lucy san rolnd ana
.ounu - nocAs u " oi i!ore, always
'oearins lorWaru NJ Tue iine OF thelr
We sometimes think that the horti-
culturist meets with more disannoin+.
ments than men in any other business
He is the common victim of allethe va.
carries OF climate and has to fight nm
unseen host Of insect pests and too Of
ten finds when he has crop he has too
much. Of q good thing.
4 The bees have been q bnsv army
among the apple, plum and cherry
blooms the week this item is written.
Silently and almost unnoticed thew
nave nerfected the mystery Of nlont
fertilization. not q single blossom left
unyisited. No other insect does this
work SO well as the bee.
81.
! The possibilities connected with the
STOCK business IN the Dakotas are We'll
illustrated by the success OF young
man VINO Went there SIX years ago with
PoVo' Whlch ne invested N sheep. by
aitendlng carefully TO MS mock he was
ape on me iast OF april l9oo. 10 close