Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23

The way COW looks at congress-
man depends altogether as to how he
voted on the cleo bill.
Not SO very long ago they used to
think down in Virginia that it would
kill q cow to house and milk her in
winter.
Twenty million rabbit skins and
100000 frozen rabbit carcasses of a
value of S1,0oo,o00 We're shipped from
Australia to England last year.
The consumption of butter has been
very largely increased by the operation
Of the oleomargarine law. 1t proves to
be almost impossible to educate the
people to use uncolored oleo.
A farmer who went to a Thanksgiv-
Ing football game said that if you want
to know what it is like just let twenty
big hogs out on soft field. then throw
them a peck of corn in the sack and see
them so fer it.
Canada will export this year butter
and cheese to the value of $30.000,000
and bacon to the value of $15,000,000.
The Canadian government is encourag-
ing the establishment of creameries all
through the far northwest territory.
In spite of rigid game laws prairie
chickens were to be had in Chicago
Thanksgiving day if one wanted to
pay S13 a dozen for them. The game
laws and the commission man of that
| city were never known to work to-
gether.
DR.. A. T. Peters of the Nebraska ex-
pertinent station has definitely deter
mined the fact that the cause Of the
death of cattle allowed to feed on sec
ond growth sorghum and kaffir corn is
the prussic acid developed by these
| plants. Thus is cleared up what has
long been mystery to stocImen.
We are inclined to think that the
high price of beef during the past two
years has had as much to do with cur
failing the dairy interests in the state
of Iowa as any other thing. 1t is SO
much less trouble to produce the beef
than the butter that when profits are
about even men very naturally quit
milking COWS.
After all, there is more in the train
ing of dog than in the breed Some
of the most useful and intelligent dogs
we have ever known have been of
mongrel breeds, but from their puppy
hood were carefully trained for certain
lines of work. There is point here in
the fact that the same rule applies to
boys as well as dogs.
The bundle carrier attachment for
reapers is in general use, and now
some bright man has SO improved upon
| it that it will set the bundles in COM
pact, we'll built shock and dispense
with one or two hands which have
| heretofore followed the machine to Go
| the shocking. This puts finishing
touch on the modern harvester.
We had the pleasure few days since
Of examining herd of forty-five
Shorthorns which a farmer friend of
ours has built up during the past eight
years. He commenced in small way
with two or three head of the best cat.
! tie he could buy and today has herd
Of forty-five registered animals, every
one of which save three he raised him.
| self. Every calf produced on that
farm will sell for $125 before it is nine
months old.
A friend who has recently returned
| from Germany. where he has been OF
q visit. tells US that in the country
community there where he was borr
modern American six foot moving
machine was for the first time exhibit
ed and tried in a field of grass. He
says that it created almost as much
CONSERVATION as would the blowing Of
Gabriel's trumpet. Doing easily the
WI IL VI tWShly luUOIcIS, luSS
with one accord wanted to smash the
machine.
The big heavy horse is now and al
ways will be in active demand. There
is no end of work to be done where
nothing but heft counts. He may bt
/ slow and poky and homely, but wher
it comes toa dead pull there are plenty
of places for him. In a way it is JUS
SO with man, for in any of our large
cities if man is feet 2 inches tai
and weighs go pounds he can get 6
good job as policeman at SIS pei
month, even though he has very lin
tied education and is as homely as 6
hedge fence.
Suppose you give that boy who has
worked so faithfully IN tha farm +hi,