Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20

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1t is not best to trade horses with
your nearest neighbor
damages when railway is laid out di-
ngonally through his farm.
Well bred animals need good care.
Many man falls down by buying pure
bred stock and giving it only scrub
care.
The care which is given calf dur
ing the first two months of it's life just
about settles the question of whether
it will prove profitable animal to
keep or not.
While the curculio and rot affect the
Americana types of plums to some ex-
tent, they seldom ruin the crop of fruit,
while with the Domestica plums the
reverse is true.
When woman is having trouble
with her incubator, it is good time
for the man of the house to leave her
to say things to herself which would
not look well in print.
The home market is the small fruit
growers best market. When this is
supplied and he has to pack and ship
to outside markets. the profits on his
business rapidly shorten up.
We wish to repeat that there is moth
ing so good for an orchard crop as me-
dunn red clover. By all means get the
blue grass out and the clover in as
soon as it is possible to do so.
Don't begrudge the hired man half
day off ON rainy day If you expect
him to put in extra time to get the hay
In or top out the grain stack without
extra pay. Hired men are very hui
man.
So long as man is all the time face
to face with the arbitrary law that he
shall only reap that which he has
sown, it follows that it would pay to
take more care in the selection of the
seed sown.
II dairy cows could be allowed to re-
main in the pasture during the night
and have the protection of the base
ment barn during the heat of the day
in fytime. they would give more milk.
You try this and see.
Cabbage and tomato plants may be
well protected from the ravages of the
cutworm by wrapping the stems of the
plants with piece of paper when they
are set out We have found this the
best protection which we have ever
tried.
There are many fields on many farms
than which nothing would be better for
them than a summer fallow-three or
four plowings in the summer. This is
a very effective way in which to clean
up IL foul field and put it in good
shape for crop.
We never like to see man on his
way to church driving a horse with a
raw shoulder. Common humanity takes
precedence of Generalization, and I'M
4 der such circumstances if q man can
not walk to kirk he should stay at home
and read his Bible.
The great northwest has enjoyed
three fat crops, and not only good crops,
but good prices for them. The May out
look for another good crop is all that
could be desired. with the general level
of prices for all farm products higher
than for three years past.
1t is unfortunate that the best time
in which to do road work is just when
the corn needs the most attention. AS
an argument for paying all road taxes
in cash we wish to say that no man
can afford to neglect his cornfield in
June to go and do. road work.
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Of latitude. friend living in Manito-
: ba tells us that lie raised q fine crop Of
apples last year. and we see that in
Tasmania. the southernmost cultivated
area of the earth, large amount of
the, choicest apples are raised for the
London market.
carload Of hogs weighed upon its
arrival at the stockyards in Chicago
1G.oS0 pounds. The hogs We're unload
cd. fed two bushels Of corn and water
ed and then were reweighed, showing a
gain Of 581 pounds. this gain repre-
scnting the sum Of S31 at the price at
which they were sold.
We like to see man take a keen
pride In the surroundings Of the home
I in which he lives, It matters not
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