Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-02

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Strange as it may seem, the English
man knows nothing about pork and
beans.
| Good health seems to be largely a
question of getting hold CT the right
breed of microbes.
A mortgage on the farm is good
deal like n corn on your toe. 1t is al
ways reminding you that it is there.
The man who stays at home on cleo
! ton day and husks corn has no right
to kick on the way the government is
run.
A friend killed his strawberry bed by
dosing it with heavy covering of hen
manure. A little of this fertilizer goes
a long way.
Neither church connection, wealth nor
social standing should prevent the dirty
patron Of cooperative creamery from
being promptly fired.
When mans income does not ex-
coed $1.50 per day, it comes that his
goodwife has to be "a permanent COM
mittee on ways and means.
The beefsteak and the roasts begin to
show the effect of the large crop of
soft corn which is being fed literally to
get rid of it before it spoils.
| The length of time the heifer is kept
IN milk during her first lacteal period
| will largely determine the length of
time she will give milk in future years.
The machine which will successfully
husk Corn has not vet made its appear
ance, but the machine which will pick
cotton has and is reported great sue
cess.
We have been taking up the tea
! roses, geraniums and cannas (the LIST
of November), and boxing them with
earth VIII hold them In the. cellar for
the winter.
Style in horse is wor j in the mar.
ket good money. This is the product
partly Of good blood and partly of
training. Horses and men are a good
deal alike in this particular.
In crossing railway track it is al
ways best to concede the coming train
the right of way. Some foolhardy peo-
pie won't do this and make work for
the parson and the probate court.
The hollow brick as building mate
rial is making great Roadway all
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through the country. 1t is every way
superior to the solid brick and costs
less money for structural purposes.
Perhaps one Of the very best ways to
keep seed corn is to bury it in the oat
bin; at least we know of several men
who always care for their seed corn in
this manner and never fail to have it
grow.
A man is pretty greedy and avari-
cious when he will deliberately send
the first three days milk of fresh
COW to the creamery, and he is not
only a greedy man, but a mighty mean
one also.
We feel like saying again if you do
not want to lose your hogs do not stuff
them on soft and new corn While it
may seem to be the best way to use
the poor corn, it is quite likely to prove
an expensive experiment.
If the thrift and economy practiced
ny Tue new England farmer could be
combined with the push and enterprise
OF his western brother, every such man
with Mississippi valley farm would
find eighty acres plenty of lar.
Don't be afraid to feed the pumpkins,
seeds and all, to the cows. Some old
moon prophets claim that the seeds
will hurt the cows, when old bossy has
just the right kind of machinery to
make the best possible use of them.
The difference between a thirty dol
lar grade bull and registered animal
at 500 is $40 in favor of the scrub to
start with. and with q herd of fifteen
COWS it is $500 or more in favor of the
registered animal inside of three years.
The most worthless thing which the
country produces is the young man
who at twenty-one years of age has
determined to make a living without
work and have good time. We would
almost be i'll favor of killing this sort
off.