Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-09

hlksAAs ,StISS sssssSA
E# 3 gEssg %A
$500
OF 5000 varieties of flowers only 400
possess an agreeable perfume. It's
about the same way with men.
With barbed wire at the price it is no
man can afford to keep his boy or girl
out Of school to herd the cattle.
is not very enthusiastic over the in
creased prizes of all living commodi-
ties.
What is needed In all the west and
northwest is an apple as good as the
Wealthy, which will keep two months
longer.
Smut in the cornflelds has killed ten
times as many head of cattle this fall
as were killed by lightning during the
summer.
The refuse of the sugar beet fac
tories in point Of nutritive value il
worth about one-half as much as corn
silage, pound for pound.
We are asked what constitutes a
good crop of navy beans. Twenty
bushels per acre is a good crop, we
might say an extra one.
Violent crosses are more lil-e,y TO re-
produce all the bad qualities than the
good. If you do of believe this, try
cross between proncho anl. Nor
man and see.
Angora goats are heing introduced
into many parts of Wisconsin for the
sole purpose Of clearing UP the brush
and timber lands, and they will do this
in good shape.
Every man can make more of him
self than he thinks is possible If he
will only go the right way to work.
The mass of men live and die practi-
cally rpdeveloped.
Most men pay higher tuition fees for
the knowledge which comes to them
in the school of experience than for
that which is acquired at the best col.
leges Of the country.
The common people-the farm rent
err, the day laborer. the hired man
should study the economic conditions
which have made their present share
of prosperity possible.
Flowers are ALWAYS beautiful. They
never disappoint the grower. Their
culture represents the very highest
and most artistic relation between mar
and the vegetable Kingdom.
| It costs good deal more to produce
eggs. milk and meats of any sort IL
the winter than In the pilder seasons
no matter how well one may be fixed
for doing his sort of work.
The bacon hog will never crowd out
the lard hog from the corn belt terrific
ry for the reason that he will become a
lard hog himself In few generations
as soon as he gets on to corn diet.
1t ia poor economy to starve tn,
milk cow to the point Of making he
eat up the corn fodder clean. Bette,
let her pick from 1t what she likes ant
then let the colts and the sheep fnisl
it up.
We never care to inquire very close
ly as to the fertility of the soil In any
locality where draintile factories may
be seen at every town, wet lands being
almost invariably rich lands when re
deemed.
From late Washington papers WE
note that the stockmen report a seriou!
loss Of cattle that use the mountain
pastures from bears, which make shor
work of all the young and helpless.
Of the herds.
When milk is selling at dollar 8
hundred pounds, it will cost not far
from SIS to give calf what new milE
1t needs for period of thirty days. II
the butcher will only give you 81 fol-
such a. calf, you are loser.
1t is a more sensible religious worl
to keep your cultivator running
through the crops in dry time thar
it is to pray for rain. The good Lore
has made the needed moisture avail
able If you will only go the right way
to work to get it.
The low price Of farm products ant
the increased price of farm labor have
resulted in the absolute abandonment
of many farms In England. and hun
dreds more are In semiderelict con
clifton. An English lords rent roll Is
a sorry asset these days.
At the present price Of the materials
i which make up the ration of the dairy
| COW the city milkman has q hard row
I to hoe ff no sells iof 4 oepts n pua ri