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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

Right on the same section of land
this season one man says he has the
best crop of corn he ever raised and his
neighbor the very poorest. These men
want to get together and talk for the
benefit of the last named one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16
WORKING 300 LAND.

We are asked how best to make these
higher priced farm lands profitable. InI
most cases it means quite q radical
change of methods. This change will
have to apply to the kind of crops
raised, the use made of these crops, the
kind of stock kept and the manner Of
working the farm. The selling of raw
+, material-grain and forage crops-will
have to stop and the profits secured as
a result Of working up this raw mate
rial into some form of product which
will sell for more money. 1t will in,
volye something like systematic rota-I
ton of crops, the growing Of more
clover or alfalfa, the better cultivation
of fewer acres and the keeping of only
the best grade of stock. 1t means AM
entire abandonment of the old happy
go lucky "let-'er-go Gallagher" type Of
| farming SO common in the past. 1t Will
mean more care in the selection of all
seed sown, the determination of weeds.
the silo, some tile draining, a general
stoppage Of common farm wastes. In
cidentally it will mean the utilizing OIL
the benefits of the farm institute work,
the reading of more agricultural papers
and bulletins and some experimental
work for every man to carry on him
| self. 1t will mean not so much working
harder, but the putting of more gray
matter into what work is done. 1t will
mean regarding farming as profess
sion to be studied scientifically rather
than as an avocation to just get a living
from. Not every man will be able to-
handle 500 land with profit, and the
| ten dollar an acre fellow will have to
go west or work for the man who cam.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

We think that the turn has come in
the land craze of the past two years.
Maximum prices have been reached for
the present. More farms are being Of
fcred for sale, and there are fewer
buyers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

An Oregon farmer comes to the front
with a properly authenticated record
of crop of oats which yielded this
year 11S bushels per acre. They do
things Oh large scale in Oregon, and
possibly the crop reports are large as
well as the crop.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

On the LIST of December we are still
using very nice Wealthy apples picked
in September and packed in oats in a
barrel down cellar. We think they will
keep till Christmas at least.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

When fruit trees of any sort make a
very rapid growth, such growth is not
favorable to the formation of fruit
buds for the next season. When but a
small growth of new wood is made,
fruit buds will be developed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

We notice that when the house cats
get the sparrow habit the birds pick
up their buds and leave in short order.
By the time the cat has made about
three catches there is panic in the spar
row roost and immediate migration to
safer quarters.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

A market has been found for the
dog salmon of the Pacific coast, which
has heretofore been considered almost
worthless. 1t is canned the same as
other salmon and sold to the Japanese
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

Hops are selling for twice as much
per pound as last year. If there is a
little more froth in tho liquid hop prod
uct, it need not be wondered at.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

If the agricultural department sue
ceeds in growing the date palm in Ari-
IONA and New Mexico, there should be
some camels imported to go with them
and some Arab drivers. We then could
have the material for Midway and
Streets of Cairo right here at home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16
The corn cr.p of 1902 will surpass all
previous records, the experts placing it
at over 2,500,0oO,O0O bushels.

The lump jaw is not new disease,
as animals with "wen" were barred
for sac"ifcial purposes under the Mo-
sale dispensation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

The dogs of the state of Minnesota
are assessed for the purpose of taxa:
ton at $56s,6sS, while the sheep of the
state are assessed at $599,2S3, or only
a trifle more than the dogs. This is a
bad showing for Minnesota. 1t is
probably true that if there were fewer
dogs there would be many more sheep.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

We are asked to name ration for a
dairy COW kept by town man where
he has all her feed to buy. Give her
what clover hay she will eat, ten pounds
of corn and oats ground and bran in
equal parts and three pounds of gluten
meal per day. If there is any milk in
her, this ration will fetch it. Then keep
her warm and comfortable all the time
and warm her water for her.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16
urILIzING WASTE pLAcEs. .

There are two things specially fitted
to utilize the waste places Of the farm
trees and grass. The low and wet land
should be surface drained at least and
converted into permanent pasture or
meadow, while the side hills, knobs
and rough highlands should be got into
timber of some sort. Fruit trees, espe-
cially apple trees, will often 90 remark
ably well on these rough places if lit
tie trouble is taken to dish the ground
around the base OF the tree so that the
moisture may be secured and retained.
AS nice little orchard as we have
ever seen in the west is growing Up on
a steep north slope. too steep fer a
team to haul an empty wagon up.
Where the hill is very rocky and the
soil poor try the conifers-the red ce-
dar and the Scotch pine. These will
grow almost any place For the wet
spots try redtop, and for the sandy
spots of the river bottoms try Hunga-
rian bronze grass. Blue grass will
cover. most Of the waste bottom lands.
but kills out badly from a summer
overflow. The waste places along the
fences are best used by leaving ten
foot headland and then seeding and
moving. The waste places on the high
ways should be used in the same man
ner
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

We are asked If it is true that when
a squirrel gathers walnuts and butter
nuts for his winter store he bites into q
certain place in each nut and if he does
this to destroy the germ in such nut
SO that it will not terminate after he
has it In store We cannot answer this
question, not knowing that the squirrel
had this trick, but if it is so it is un-
doubtedly for the purpose indicated.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

A powder or -four which will with
stand bacteria, mold, dampness and
changes of temperature is now being
produced from milk by late invention.
This powder, by the addition of water
and heat, is then reconverted into milk
of a normal quality. 1t takes five quarts
of milk to make one pound of the pow
der.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

We are going to try two methods to
protect the orchard from the rabbits
this winter. We are first going to shoot
and trap every rabbit we possibly can,
and then those which we can neither
trap nor shoot we are going to feed SO
well that they will have no desire to
bark the trees. We shall, Furthermore,
do as we did last winter--rub the trunks
of the trees with bar of cheap soap,
which with us afforded ain almost per-
feet protection.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16
DID NOT GET THE RIGHT KIND.

lid NOT GET THE RIGHT KIND.
The reports sent out from one Of the
experiment stations to the effect that
soft corn contains just as much nutri-
ment rs sound corn, only that it car
rtes 20 per cent more moisture, are
calculated to mislead. for the reason
that there is SO much difference in the
quality of soft corn. What is called
soft corn where the writer lives--corn
which was in the milk when hit by the
frost-which will be. all shriveled up
when dry, is certainly not worth half
as much as good sound corn for feed
Ing purposes and is today being sold
by thousands Of bushels for less than
half what good corn will bring. One!
man who is fattening a bull has got
him up. to $50 ears of this SOFT corn per
day, and the old brute wants still more.
The experiment station should have
got hold of some of this sort of corn
and not well filled ears just in the
dough with which to have made their
tests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

A friend wants to know why cows
and cattle will sometimes prefer the
water Of dirty and stagnant pond to
that in the running stream. We don't
know. Animals, just like men, some
times exhibit depraved tastes and ap-
petites and prefer the dirty pool just
as men prefer whisky and tobacco to
other wholesome things. The truth is
there is vein Of total depravity and
cussedness in nearly all animate
things.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

They say that in Oregon when it
commences to rain it never stops, and
when the sun gets to shining it shines
every day. Be that as it may, Oregon
has no billiards., thunderstorms, cy-
clones or 80 below, and it is the things
which a country doesn't have which
may make it very desirable country
to live in.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16
COOPERATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.

COOPERATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
A world of good might be accom-
plished by cooperative effort in any
community in the matter of improy-
ing the general appearance of the
farms, farm homes and surroundings
of any agricultural community. We
have before remarked that good ex-
ample is catching, just as is bad one.
1t is one of the very best things about
the coming improved type Of agricul-
ture that it not only places better stock
on the farm, produces better crops, but
also compels attention to the improve
ment of the highways and the home
surroundings. 1t will promote cooper
alive effort between neighbors to Sc
cure Improvement all along these lines
and prompt men to gladly donate lit
tie work for the public good. Where
this cooperative and patriotic spirit cx-
lists the whole environment of the COM
munity undergoes change for the bet
ter. Highways, hedges, fences, shade
trees, house, barns, gardens and or
chards become better cared for, adding
dollars to the value of every acre Of
land in the community as well as re-
fining the life Of the people which COM.
pose it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

The corn crop this year is like good
many of the trust stocks-too much
water in it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

We do not think that it would be of
any advantage to the dairy business to
develop a milking machine which would
do the work of milking the COW sue
cessfully. 1t would only tend to place
the business of dairying into the hands
of corporations and would leave the
small farmer, to whom the keeping Of
the COW means SO much, unable to COM
pete with the big concerns
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

Without explanation it is difficult to
understand how fast mail train,
making sixty miles an hour, could kill
thirty-nine out of lot of fifty-one
steers which had strayed upon the
right of way of the road, as happened
recently in a western state. The steers
were strung out in single file, travelling
down the track in the same direction
in which the train was going. and so
the locomotive took them one at a time
until it got pretty near the whole of
them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

One of the incest ladies of our ac-
quaintance. who wears three eight dol
lar plumes on her hat and rustles Il
black silk dress up the church aisle on
Sunday, milks ten cows night and
morning, and she takes care of the
milk and makes the butter from dali
ry Of twenty-three cows and gets .
cents above the top of the market for
every pound of butter she has to SELL
The reason she is able to have such
nice feathers and such good dress is
because she milks these cows and does
this work. She is withal social lead
er in her little community and the best
of homemakers. We do not know OF
any lady unmarried of this sort
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

The early and untimely frost this
season, which spoiled nearly all the
corn fodder in the northwest, proved
to be bad thing for the surgeons, for
there was no fodder to shred, and, be
ing none, lots Of fellows have good
arms and hands who otherwise would
have been minus paw and plus a sur
geon's big bill. Our blessings come
strangely disguised sometimes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

Every flock of quail is worth a dollar
head to the man upon whose farm the
birds live just as weed seed eaters and
insect destroyers, and yet there is no
live thing on the farm which it is so
difficult to protect as these same little
friends of the farmer. They have more
than their share of natural enemies
cats, owls, hawks, skunks but the
worst of all is the town pot hunter,
who cannot enjoy life unless he is kill
ing something. t''h
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

The horse, as with man. very often
has its days cut short by poor food,
improper care and excessive work.
Seine of the most valuable and serv-
iceable horses we know are over fif-
teen years old. There are plenty of
others twenty and over which still
have lots Of work in them, while we
once owned and cared for horse
which was thirty-three years old SO full
of ginger that there was sure to be
trouble if any other horse attempted to
pass him on the road. Perhaps the
principal cause Of the early breakdown
of many work horses is overwork be-
fore they are six years old. Some men
use no sense in this matter and de-
mand full hard days work from the
three and fopr year old coits.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16


You men with brush farms which
you want cleared and got into good pas
ture and those Of you who want piece
of land for little money just study UP
this Angora goat question, the great
American brush exterminator. Five Of
these beasts on an acre will destroy ev-
cry yestige of tree and shrub life as
high up as they can reach when stand
ing on their hind legs and do it inside
of two seasons and 300 of them turned
into forty acre tract, bought at $3.50
per acre in the spring, so transformed it
that it readily sold for $40 per acre in
the fall. If we had brush farm, we
would keep goats. You want to keep
them well fenced in, however, as they
will make very short work of an or
chard or small fruit garden when they
strike it. -7----.-.-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

He was induced by smooth land
agent to buy a farm in central Mime
sofa last winter when the snow lay
deep on the grow. Snow, like charity,
covers a multitude of sins, and in this
case it covered a soggy, cold. sour and
practically untillable tract, as the buy
er found out to his sorrow when he I'M
dertook to make farm of it. He now
cusses all real estate agents, when he
should have had sense enough to have
waited and seen the land undressed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-16

When the bitter northwest winds
begin to get in their work out on the
prairie farm, nearly every man who
has none will wish that he had nice
grove and windbreak around his farm
homestead. But then is not the right
time to think about it. The spring is
the time to think and act. Five acres
of land devoted to deciduous trees or
one acre planted with evergreens will
do more for the comfort of both man
and beast than in any other possible
way and will further add $500 to the
valuation of any farm where planted
and properly cared for. Such a wind
break will not cost over $50 to start
with.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-12
HORSES, CARRIAGES-WA

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WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO BUY AND PAY
cash for horses, buggies and harnesses. Barrett
& Zimmerman, Midway Horse Market, st.
Paul, MINI.
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LOANS AND CHATTELS

LOANS AND CHATTELs
cc~~~cc~SS~co
RICE LOANS ON ALL KINDS OF PERSONAL
property; charges reasonable. sos Globe bldg
LOANS MADE ON HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURs
In storage and warehouse receipts, at one-haf
the usual rates. Monthly Instaliment Loan
Co., S25 Guaranty Loan
~ MONEY To1LOAN
oNs. ETC, on sHoRT NoT1cE, At CHEAP
EST RATES IN THE CITY. EASY WEEKLY
OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. STRlCTEST
PRIVACY GUARANTEED. CALL ON THE
OLD HOME COMPANY; ESTABLISHED 20
YEARS. MINNESOTA MORTGAGE LOAN
COMPANY, 3O6 BANK OF COMMERCE
BLDG, CORNER OF LIST AV S AND 4th ST.
MONEY TO LOAN ON FURNITURE, PIANOS,
HORSES, WAGONS, ETC, on the same day
as application, the goods to remain in your
undtsturbed possession.
WE MAKE A SPECIALITY OF LOANS
FROM $40 To $500. =
WE also make LOANS to SALARIED PEO-
PIE with responsible firms their plain note,
without mortgage, indorser or publicity: CALL
AND BE CONVINCED THAT OUR PLAN is
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST IN THE CITY.
PRIVATE INTERVIEWING ROOMS.
MINNEAPOLIS Loan Co.,
6O1-2 Globe building,
2O-22 4th st S.
Open Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
WILLIAMS, 418 GUARANTY BUILDING,
loans on furniture. Lianos or any security
large loans specially; terms to suit hor-
rover; lowest rates. -
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wANTED-MIsCELL
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WE BUY DIAMONDS or TRADE FOR NEW;
we pay cash for old gold or make into new
jewelry. Jacobs Jewelry Co., Al Wash. av ::
CASH PAID for all kinds Of household goods
don't sell before getting estimates from o ne
Town Market, o. "a and 20 5th ct s. Tel 1892.
CARLOADS OF HOUSEHOLD, GOODS MADE
up for Pacific coast points, making rig
saving in freight; parties moving to the coast
should not fail to consult US. The Boyd Trans
fer and Storage Co., 46 Sd st S.
TOP PRICES PAID FOR FIRsT-CLAss SEC.
ond-hand household goods Of all kinds. The
Branch, corner of I'd av and Washington.
NEW CLEAN wAREHoUsE-sto.ey your house.
hold goods; moderate rates. 18th st-3d av =.
WANTED-A FIREPRooF SAFE. ABOUT 2o12o
inside: Address, stating cash price and loca.
ton, 9767, Journal
WANTED - 70 BUY OLD FEATHER BEDS;
will pay 25c to SOC pound; mail orders prompt
ly attended to. Address L.. Baron, general de-
livery, Minneapolis.
WANTED-AN UPRIGHT PIANO OF STAND
ard make and In good condition. State price.
Address Box IL. Deephaven, MINI.
WANTED-TO BUY TWO GOOD RoWRoATs
for use at MinnetOnka: must be nearly new
and cheap for cash. c.. G. Laybourn, 211
Globe building.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON DESIRES THE USE
of q piano for the care, or vocal lessons. 23O7
Journal.
WANTED-A SECONDHAND TYPEWRITER,
cheap; Remington preferred; state particulars
- and price. 1908, Journal.
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FOR SALE-HOUSE AND LOT NEAR 26th ST
and 18th av S, near car, eight rooms, rents $l3
per month. price reasonable; cash preferred;
owner leaving city; good we'll, cellar and els
tern INQUIRE Ola 18th ay s,
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WANTED FIRST CLASS HALL MAN AND
two young men to learn waiting on table; must
have good appearance and come we'll recon-
nlended. Apply at basement office, Mime
apolis Club between and p. m.
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MOVING

LADIES IN DOUBT PLEASE CALL OR wRITE
DR.. BLY,. p 18th vt s. New book Csc.
ELECTRICITY, osTEoPATHY AND sC1EN-
= ttfc massage 9O4 Northwestern bldg. 322 Hen
nepin av, near 4th st. Mrs. DR.. F. G. Mckay.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS

oWEsT RATES TO AND FROM EUROPE.
Wenhan's Gen. Agy, 302 Me- av. Minneapolis.
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INSTRUCTION

MANDOLIN, GUITAR, BANJO, PIANO TAUGHT
by experienced lady teacher; cheap rates for
September. Al 10Th st n.
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BOARD AND ROOMS

ROOMS WITH BOARD 1920
Nicollet ay.
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BOARD WANTED

wANTED-RY FAMILY OF FIVE PERSONS
rooms and table board for the winter; must
have convenient location and frst-class SER
vice Address with fill particulars, 230O,
Journal.
wANTED-FAMILY OF MEANS TO TAKE BOY
and send to school; will work for board and
ROOM 1851, Journal.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-10

ca. To-days sterling exchange market
here was firm. In spite OF additional
offerings Of loan. bills. and another
days large foreign demand both for
wheat and cotton. but the sterling rate
at Paris reacted ~ centimes, thus
raising the gold export level OF ster-
ling. 4 ~ ~
The call loan market was not quite
so stiff. owing partly 70 the almost to-
tai lack OF demand. but so and 30 days
loans we're made al per cent and
for four months both six and eight per
cent. paid. The difficulties az borrow
ers OF courre. vary with the grade
Of their credit and Of their collateral.
Holders OF stocks are very ioath 70
market on the other hand, there rs
little Incentive 10 pay aboYe per cent.
for money 70 hold .raiir0ad stocks AZ
prices which Yield generally less dian
The bopd market was ittis more
than nominal and the movement vas
Irregular. Total sales par value ST.
e55,00e. EDited States On 81 coupon
advanced y and ne registered deeiin-
- q per cepf an the last cali
Total Gales ~ stocks today were
2i3,f0e shares, inolpalnK Alcbison, ~
so. Denver and RIO cranoe, tfooo.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-10
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Dec. 9.-To-day's trans
actions in stocks were smaller than
those of yesterday. Only a. few got
as much as a point away from last
nights close at any time during the
day. There was b slight advance In
the Iporhing in sympathy with special
rnovemerits in one or two stocks. but
a decline In the afternoon carried the
level of prices a fraction below last
night all around and the market closed
easy, but very dull Quite an active
speculation III Sugar was the principal
influence. in. saving the. days dealings
from actual stagnation. The move
ment was accounted for by the an
nouncement during the day of an adj
vance in prices OF refined sugars. At
ter this. Announcement the stock react
ed. The emphatic disclaimers Of recent
turnors OF a compromise AMONGST the
warning copper factions and d late
decline In the London copper market
to-day combined to cause a decline la
Atnaigainated. The movement Of these
two stocks had an important SYM
pathetic effect on the whole MARKET
owing TO the preponderance OF the
dealings IN them. In the late week
ness Louisville and Nashville was com
spieuous for a drop Of ~ below last
night
Today's deyeloonients IN the money
MARKET offered 10 prospect Of early
relief, ana until that PROSPECT appears
no revival IN Speculation ~, expected.
Tie eub-tfeasury took from the money
market yesterday. tLfis.Coo. bringing
its total absorption since the last bank
statement W - f2.5Sf,000. The subs
treasury also had q credit ~ the clear
ing house fbls morning, Indicating q
continued drain from The money msFr
kef Late in the day rumoff were
Vitbcut combination, n "A fur-
ther shipment o. gold b south 1mei-