Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06

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Oh, Herefords and cotton bid fair to
become the three staple products of the
state Of Texas.
The lima bean is one of the most
delicious vegetables raised in the gar
den, and we wonder why more of them
are not raised.
The main secret in transplanting ev-
ergreens is to see that the roots are not
allowed to become dry even for min
ute. Once dried, the tree is as good as
dead
A friend Of ours engaged in the small
fruit business tells us that he makes
more clean money out of his currants
one year with another than from any
other. fruit.
Corn sold for G5 cents the week this
is written mot, that the farmer got any
such price, But the shorts who had
sold what they did not have to deliver
hadlto pay it.
The west will have to brag on its big
crops when the east brags on the good
roads of that section. Good corn land
Is poor material out of which to make
good road and always will be.
When the new things in cabinet work
made from the rich and rare woods of
the country's new island possessions
come on to the market, there will be an
artistic surprise for the people.
A friend Of ours fed so head of cat
tie the past winter. He fed for seven
months. and. figuring his feed at last
falls prices. he made $7O0, which is
really only a very moderate profit.
Twelve million dollars is large sum
to invest in the effort to raise body of
water 30 feet. but that is what English
capital is doing with the dam across
the river Nile at Assouan, in Egypt.
The possibilities connected with fruit
culture on the Pacific slope are almost
beyond comprehension. Enough prunes.
grapes, citrus fruits. could be there
produced to supply the whole world.
1t is said that some farmers in the
corn belt are trying to raise just as big
ears Of corn and just as small eggs as
possible. When eggs are sold by
weight instead Of count, this will stop.
Two good things to let strictly alone
Just now-stock In Texas oil wells and
Colorado gold mines. If you don't
want to see good farm drop down
into hole in the ground, let these
alone.
After the man with narrow tired
wagon has cut holes in the highway
two feet deep it is asking good deal
on to go over the road and smooth it
down again for him.
We would not feed cow bran when
she has full ration of blue grass. If
supplemental food is given. we would
make it of ground corn and oats. The
blue grass is almost perfect milk pro-
x ducinr rp tim Of itself
This season for the first time we no.
tice that the sparrows. having pre-
empted every available nook. and cram
ny around the buildings for nesting
places, have gone to building their
homely nests in the trees.
The only way in which to have really
fine lettuce is to transplant the plants
when In the second leaf on to good. rich
soil and set them out foot apart each
way. You will then get fine and tender
lettuce heads of enormous size.
The state of Minnesota now pays
bounty Of SIS on the adult female wolf,
50 on female cub. Sc on adult male and
male cub So. This arrangement places
the life Of the mother wolf in more
danger than it has ever been before.
A deep. good cellar. with cement
walls and floor. is one of the most use
full rooms in the farm home. The hole
in the ground where are generated
many bad smells. called the cellar,
should give way to something better.
The hired man of the farm today, get
ting his SOS or $50 month, board and
washing and the keep Of horse. has q
decided advantage over the dry goods
clerk who gets but $25 month and
has to board himself, while he works
il hours a day.
The smooth tongued agent Of a nurs-
cry was mean enough to sell to an ig-
norant farmer, and the farmer was
green enough to buy. dozen SO called
tree strawberry plants OF shilling
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