Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-05

1ue NcalueE prOpneLS VINO were go NE
ing to stick us with another dry year port
are very quiet just now. for Z
to 49,
The greener hay can. be put into the
stack or barn so that it will not spoil 1t Sc
the better it will be when used. hir
when
The kicking cow the breechv cov midni
and the self smoking cow ore hotter I'm same.
the feed yard than in the dairy barn.
n.4.4 almos
the menu Of society functions, having +ures
once more got into the plebeian class. +ha ~
This has not been weeder year; to- r. :
I'd. allure because u Tue continues" ing O
rain. 1t is essentially dry weather. old or
tool. od 70
,r,,o h.o,,, ,.u,ss :, ,,,.,x 49,, metht
,on+ rooo. e. ;to,r T.; . -. % try.
the country where it is too dry for tim Gro
o'A' "''o eo'eA 900 I
pount
ohe can Always ten Wheh the max dispo
country is reached by the mustard in est q
~" 9a'neius' MS p'anl mas iaculty years
Of advertising itself.
Ifa
Cement sells for So or 81 per barrel. ing [
II IL could De placed on tlis market for long
half that price, it would revolutionize woul,
building methods in this country. lend
way
Even with an average crop of corn
and other foodstuffs it will take over Aft
nine months for prices Of raw material Grade
ana meat products to get adjusted to winte
normal figures. a bas
teen
Corn sold higher than wheat the fore your
part of July. 1t is rarely that this hap
pens, and when it does it is an unnatu- The
raj and unhealthy condition of things. likely
Forty cents is enough for corn for any sheer
purpose. whic
cheal
sunday nos mlgnty poor show IN ther
Kansas during wheat harvest. Catchy
weather, scant help and big crops keep Tw
the men IN the harvest field while the good
women ana cblidren attend church and mode
| Sunday school. wbe,
a ho
| The Mount Vernon and the Candy stvIo
will be found two of the most desira-
bic late strawberries to plant and will II
carry the stra"oerry season over throy
week OF ten days later than can be oro ~
uoiio "i'noue 'heli' No 4
one G
Wniie the writer mas great respect dairy
for any and all the improved breeds of
cattle, still for family use he leans to- A,
ward the Jersey cow. Her uniform cow
kgentieness' the superior richness OF his +
her milk ana her good looks make her away
an iueai lamlly COW. her
then
We notice in our travels that it is on
those farms where the Jersey Red hogs Tb
are kept that there are the most little inch,
| pigs. This breed is about 25 per cent the
more prolific than the Poland China 4nre
This fact counts for something when cond
six-weeks-old pig Wal sell for 81 or SIS. in
| of 6(
Barley is safer crop to grow on
rich lands than oats. 1t makes less Th
straw, natures in a shorter time and up W
will produce as many pounds of nutri- er
tious feed per acre as will oats 1t is Enol
besides much kinder to the young clio ed t
yer and timothy II the field is seeded brin)
down. wha1
We have grown chard this year in mr.
our garden for the first time and mon
| find it the best thing to be had for bis
SUM- e. eens. - 10 d iei'liFe ol Tue shad
| beet family, producing q great growth n,h;o
~ nai anu .eluel is''Nes' Wnich Wheh RUNE
Try it next year. Loo
own,
The food at a popular hotel where
we recently ate a meal was all well TIL
cooked save the oatmeal and this was prep
the worst stuff to be found and all be- ougll
cause the chef did not know enough to weet
cook the cereal long enough. To be go t
rendered digestibe oatmeal should be well
cooked not less than four hours. bi
duce
A friend of ours has quite good both
garden so far as the stuff produced is
concerned, but every row in it is as VIZ
crooked as a rams horn. making his care
garden useful. but in no sense orna- know
mental He is educated on this crook 10 q
ed line, for as we go by his house we that
notice that the curtains are hung klno
askew. Dero
its I
friend of ours recently had fat same
COW to SELL Local butcher wanted her
and offered him K cents nound FOR Nc