Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21

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Warmth for stock during the winter
j just another name for food
The first thing a fellow finds out
when he goes to law is $40; sometimes
more.
The government wants blacSsmiths
md horseshoers for duty in the Philip
Zines at $75 per month.
1t costs more to put the last twenty
i've pounds on 300 pound hog than it
lid to make the first seventy-fiye
pounds.
There are now thirty-nine beet sugar
factories in successful operation in this
the state Of Michigan leading
with twelve.
While wheat is a much better bal
anced ration than is corn, still neither
cattle nor hogs will put on flesh so fast
with it as they will with corn.
We have known some otherwise very
good and truthful people to fall from
grace when they had job Of dividing
a flock Of mixed turkeys in the fall.
A man takes certain hazardous
risk when he buys land to farm in the
usual manner in any locality where the
average rainfall is twelve inches or less
per annum.
The long continued drought of the
past summer about finished up all
clover sown last spring Had the clover
been sown alone this would not have
happened.
The demand for American horses for
the Boer-English war still continues.
demand which had not little to do
with the greatly increased price OF
horses all over this country.
We have the ancient story Of Nebu-
chadnezzar being turned out to grass,
which he is said to have eaten like an
OK. If it was an October blue grass
pasture they turned him into, it was
not SO bad after all.
We cover up all grapevlnes, raspber-
ry and blackberry bushes in the fall.
While they would pull through ell
right some winters. it still is the only
sure method to follow If one wants to
be sure of crop the next year.
The wise men composing the legisla-
ture of the great state Of Ohio have
enacted some dairy legislation based
upon the theory that the sort of ration
fed to COW determines the quality Of
her milk. This legislature is behind
the times.
/ We never knew man to get tired Of
raising good Shorthorn cattle, while
we have known many one to dror
/ the other standard breeds. The Short
horns are to cattle what the Poland
I China and the Concord are to hog
! and grapes.
The most valuable quarter section o.
! land in the whole world is probabl,
that of Beaumont, Tex, upon which
are located the great oil wells. Tw'
years ago this tract would have beel
dear at $50 per acre, while today it I
valued at $4O0,O00,0O0.
If you can get load or two Of we
rotted stable manure it is the best to
dressing available for the lawn. Pu
it on this fall and give the lawn thor
ough raking in the spring. Care shoul'
be taken to use only well rotted ma
nure; otherwise q plague of weed
may result.
We have lately received samples Q
the wheat, barley and oats grown |
Liz tilDcl SoQhtiy. LhC ptDS oScoo
has been very favorable one for G.
real crops In that region, and the san
pies referred to are of EXCEPTIONAL
fine quality, much superior to the sam
cereals grown in more southern lat
tudes.
A writer recently referred to the fro
|! as painting the colors on the foliage {
the trees in the fall of the year. y
think this Is an error, for the most bea
tifully tinted foliage may always
found in those seasons when there
no frost, when the leaves ripen natur
Iy. This fact was especially noticeab
this fall.
The hundreds of farmers mutual i
surance companies are making a fiji
record. If you have such compai
] in your county, join it; if there is non
i unite with your neighbors In organi
, ing one. You get absolutely safe /
+ surance; no "nigging" when a loss
J sustained, and the premiums paid a
+ not sent out Of the county.