Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-30

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We note recently the establishment
Of creamery in southern Texas and
also one in north British Canada al
most within the arctic circle.
The Scandinavians make the best
butter in Europe and take all prizes
for the best butter made in this coun-
try. 1t is of little use to compete for a
premium unless ones name ends in
son" or sen"
There is nothing rabbits are more
fond of in winter than the limbs Of the
poplar tree, and the cutting down of
such tree during the winter will
draw all the rabbits in the neighbor-
hood for grand feast.
This reads well: Two years ago only
cannon, muskets and mules were being
shipped to South Africa. Lately fac
tory in Pennsylvania received an order
for 10000 eight horse breaking plows
to be sent to that country.
Equal parts in weight of cornmeal
and bran make a very good dairy ra-
ton for the COW. If to this can be add
ed good clover hay or twenty-five
pounds of ensilage and two or three
pounds Of gluten meal, she ought to do
her best.
The new Siberian railroad has
adopted n novelty in refrigerator cars,
train of ten cars having a central car
fitted up with an ammonia refrigerat-
ing plant which maiytains the re-
quired low temperature in all of the
rest of the cars.
The use of bloodhounds for the pur-
pose of tracking criminals is generally
failure. Many western communities
have invested couple of hundred dol
lars in pair Of the brutcs, which can
now be bought for what they are
worth as rabbit dogs.
Various gold dredging schemes are
being presented in very attractive form
for the purpose Of separating the gran
ger from portion of his bank depos-
its. To tell the truth and make long
story short, the wise man will let every
one of these schemes very much alone.
The agricultural conditions in Aus
tralia are becoming very discouraging,
drought of unprecedented severity
and of five years duration having pal
sled the farms and ranches. Instead of
being an exporter of cereals the coun-
try has become heavy importer, and
the end is not yet.
About the only way to keep mice out
of the cellar is to cement the floor and
plaster the. sides, and the cellar should
be thus treated for other reasons 1t
may then be thoroughly cleaned every
spring and given coat of whitewash,
something which is almost essential to
the health CT the family.
We are asked why it is that stock
than the grasses Of the range country
can maintain life and actually fatten
on such food. The explanation is to be
found in the fact that the buffalo grass
as it cures naturally where it grows
possesses the same nutritive value as
sheaf oats.
The regulations enforced by the con-
densed milk factories as to the purity
Of the milk furnished are ironclad. If
the same regulations could be enforced
in the creameries of the country, there
would be wonderful improvement in
the grade Of the butter produced Dirt
and carelessness are the bane of all
creameries.
A large portion of the central west
had rainfall during 1902 approximate
ing forty inches, this coming mostly
during the summer months. Should
there be snowfall during the winter
months equivalent to this summer
rainfall in amount of moisture precipi-
tated we should have to take care of
1t is generally known that the largest
and finest flowers of the chrysanthe-
NUNS are produced on plants which
are only allowed to mature a single
blossom. Asking florist recently why
more such flowers were not grown, he
told us that it did not pay; that such
flowers could not be grown and sold
for less than so cents apiece, and the
flower loving public would not pay
this price.
The success of any cooperative
scheme among the farmers depends
very largely upon few smart business
men being willing to work without
compensation. We know of one case
where services which would command
salary of $4,000 year in a private
business of like kind are given without
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