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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
HIGH PRICED FoppEn.

We noted thirty head of cattle work.
ing over the dry stalks in cornfield
the other day. The owner started in
with forty head, but lost ten head dur
ing the first four days after they Were
turned in by the smut disease. These
ten head We're worth about $500. for
there We're included hundred dollar
Shorthorn bull and COW worth $50.
The fodder in that field was never
worth over $50, if worth that. No need
10 point a moral to this story.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

T When clover will do so much to reno.
waite apd redeem the farm, why don't
more men sow it? It's hard to tell. The
many don't know and won't learn;
some get discouraged and quit because
their seeding fails; the few stick to it.,
build their soils up and make money.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

Illustrating what the rural mail route
aocomplishes, we note that on a certain
foute in a western county upon which
about 100 families are served, of which
but two were taking daily paper
prior to the rural service, there are
now ninety-one daily papers taken, and
the figures show that the correspond.
ence Of these families has more than
doubled in the same time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

We saw stack of clover hay lately
30 feet in length, 16 feet wide at the
base and 8 feet in height from the
ground to the apex Of the roof. Clover
hay in that locality was worth 81 per
ton in the stack. How much did that
man lose by building his stack in this
manner?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

/ a friend tells us that he successfully
fruits his strawberry bed for five years
In succession. This may be done posi-
ibly with small bed, but where the
bed is large it is every way better to
fruit two years and then pillow up. We
lind it less trouble to set out new bed
than renovate an old one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
The Plan.

Mr. Lacey's bill proposes to allow
the secretary of the interior to select
tract of land not exceeding 1000. 900
acres, situated in two or more states,
or in a state and territory or wholly
within a territory, and set apart the
same as an experimental national irri
cation district. His idea is to make 1t
an interstate or territorial proposition
as thereby district would be selected
that state could not possibly handle,
because the land and water would not
both be within the states controlling
the work. OF course the land would
be wholly within the control of the ma
tional government and that would
make it a national proposition. The
secretary having selected the land and
organized an irrigation district, would
be empowered by the bill to use wide
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

/ A farm boy made openings in the
loft of a barn so that the sparrows
could find sheltered place to roost in
cold weather. They quickly tumbled
to the snap, and after they We're once
wonted it was an easy matter to close
the openings after they had gone to
roost and catch them with dip net.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

The aged farrow COW is Gamer by
predestination, but sometimes fails to
work out her destiny, and lot of kind
ly disposed persons in the community
are innocently compelled to eat her up
as prime steer fed beef. 1t does not
seem SO bad when a Chicago picnic
party works her up with beer and pref
gels
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

A buffalo bull recently slaughtered
IN Iowa brought its owner nearly ST..
900. The head sold for 5000. the hide
for $500 and the meat for 80 cents a
pound. In the year 1877 a drove Of
buffalo estimated at 100000 head
crossed the North Platte river in Ne
braska and We're worth dollar apiece
to the poaehers who exterminated them
for their hides.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
Lacey Conservative.

The house committee on public lands
has been investigating this question
for q number of years and Mr.. Lacey's
idea was that some experiment ought
to be tried before any comprehensive
or general plans of irrigation are I'M
dertaken. His new bill provides for
an experiment in national irrigation
and it is believed his bill may be ac-
cepted as a practical solution of the
question
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

"A western farmer suggests the re-
moval of the barb used on wire fencing
and the use of mild current of cleo
trieity generated by dry battery as a
substitute therefor, claiming that the
light shock produced by contact with
the wire would soon educate all kinds
of stock to keep away from the wire
fence
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

4 Several men whom we know are try
ing these freaks, the mule footed hogs,
hogs which have solid instead of a
split hoof. The claim is made for this
breed that it is cholera proof. 1t is best
to wait awhile and see, the chances be-
ang if the brute is hog and not a
mule that it will go the way of all the
rest Of its kind when the epidemic
nnuoc
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

/ We hardly know whether it is any
worse to sell your neighbor COW
which does not pay her way in your
dairy herd or sell her to the local
butcher for all your neighbors to have
hand in eating her up. The principal
difference is that in the first case you
get the cussing, while in the last the
butcher gets it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

A grass fed Texas steer of the new
kind sold in Chicago in December for 81
per hundredweight. 1t weighed 1000
pounds. brought SIP and wouldn't
have known what TO do with an ear of
corn had one been given it. Only the
very best of the corn fed steers of
Iowa and Illinois brought as much
money the same day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
Irrigation Fund
Meets With Opposition.

This proposition is meeting with
much opposition in the states that do
not require irrigation. A special com
mittee from seventeen states agreed
upon the bill as reported in the SEN
ate, but in fact the bill was the result
of compromise because there was a
feeling that a bill of some sort must
be agreed upon,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

hlnuS OF restaurants. have feed
walters in dining cars for bringing a
meal, but | never saw the word cleo.
margarine printed on a bill of fare and
never tipped waiter who announced
the fact that he furnished bread and
oleo with every meat order. You new.
ed find oleo quotations in the papers.
You will find six miles of butter quot
ed, but no oleo''
Is there any oleo made in Chicago
Do any of the grocers sell it? Do not
commission men handle iC? Chicago
business men are not modest. | new.
er saw modest business man from
Chicago. If oleo is such good thing
why do dealers in il not advertise it?
The reason is SO simple that it an,
swers itself. There is more profit in
it to sell it as butter. One of the very
amusing things that have occurred in
this discussion is the strenuous in
slstence OF the opponents of this mea
sure that oleo is colored yellow for the
sake of making it more pleasant to the
eye. No one contends that the yellow
color is injected into oleo to make il
more palatable. or to do anything ex
cept make 1t more saleable. Now why
does 1t make it more saleable? Be
cause it makes it look like butter. II
is ridiculous to assert that we demand
that food articles should be yellow In
order that they may be more palata
BILE Do we call for yellow bread, vel
low potatoes, yellow meat or any 9th
er yellow article except butter? I can
recall but four articles of food that are
bright yellow: Johnny cake, corn
meal mush, mustard and fine butter
We have food delicacies placed on the
table in every season of the year, OF
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
SALT C00LS COFFEE;
TRY 1T ONCE AND SEE
PhiladeIphia PublIc Ledger.

BetNween bites of the simple breakfast
he ha0 ordered the young clerk gazed ner-
vocsly at the restaurant clock, says the
New York Mail and Express. 1t was plain
he ha<, oversight himself and was paving
the way to future indigestion by boiling
his fossd. The coffee was the stumbling
block. 1t was hot very hot, but the clerk
needed it badly, and he slipped il carefully
having due regard for his mouth and
tongue. But time pressed. and with a
parting glance at the clock, he reached
for his glass Of ice water and prepared to
pour some Of the .frigid fluid into his cup.
Don't spoil your coffee, young man."
said an elderly gentleman who was eating
his breakfast on the other side of the
table 'SYou take all the good out of it
by putting ice water in it.
The clerk was at first inclined to resent
the interference but the patriarchal APP
pearance of the other man tempered his
resentment.
Let me show you little scheme" said
the eldesiy man. Taking the cylindrical
salt cellar from the table, ne wiped it
carefully with a napkin then reaching
over deposited the glass vessel in the cup
of coffee
Salt. you know, has peculiar cooling
propertiesS' he said. meanwhile holding
the receptacle firmly in position "They
put it with ice to intensity the cold when
making ice cream. 1t is used extensively
in cold stnrage warehouses for cooling
purposes, and. being encased In. glass does
not affect its power to any great extent"
AS he spoke he withdrew the salt cellar
from the coffee and motioned to the
younger mau to drink. He raised the cup
to his lips, and to his surprise found the
liquid cooled to such an extent that he
could drink it without Inconvenience
THE uses of salt are manifold, '%said the
elderly man, with the air Of one beginning
a lecture. II remember once when was
in Mexico
But the clerk, with another glance at the
clock, thanked him profusely and dashed
out of the restaurant.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
A MOVEMENT FOR IRRIGATION
AND DRAINAGE IN GEORGIA

the pillow; this leaves simply ridge OF
dirt from IS TO "A inches wide running
around the hill at intervals. If these
ridges were sufficient to hold the water
until it percolated through the SOIL they
would be all that Is required; but II the
water comes with such force as to break
through the dirt, which is usually, the
case, or If, as frequently happens. a
mole burrows it's way through the ridge,
the water rushes down these vents with
tremendous force. doing more damage
than IL there were no terrace.
Says Mr.. Elliott: These terraces made
by the piow must of necessity be recon
structed every year, requiring no little
labor. They are, moreover, seed beds TOT
weeds during the Summer, and the seeds
are blown over the cultivated land ITO
terminate tho next spring With all these
objections, this method of terracing is the
one most common.
''Terracing as practiced by DR.. Hard
man and others who have q correct idea
of the results desired is quite difler-
ent thing. His terraces are constructed
accurately by the use of the level, and the
face is made perfectly level and then
carefully seeded to grass, which is left
undisturbed from year to year until the
sod becomes firm, being, however, fire.
quently cut. The water striking such a
terrace spreads out over it, breaking its
force, and depositing its burden of soil
and sand in the grass as it passes over,
flowing gently and evenly on down the
slope below.
SIN running the terraces around the
slope, the same level is maintained in
depressions or gullies as though the sur
face were uniform, which necessitates a
curve in the terrace at such places,
up the slope This divides the flow and
breaks the force of the water which
might otherwise come with such power
as to force it's way through the most
perfectly constructed terrace. The speed
of the water being checked as it reaches
the terrace, some of the soil it carries
is deposited along the field above the
terrace, and-~the gully in time becomes
sufficiently filled by this process to al
low of filling UP and leveling over,
Though he has succeeded in terrac-
ing so successfully. DR.. Hartman hopes
to do away with the whole system by
the substitution of tile drains, running
in such directions on the slopes as will
best intercept and cut off the water suf-
ficiently. to check the washing Whether
this can be done has not yet been prac-
tically demonstrated. II is a problem
requiring the best skill of an expert
enced drainage engineer. n If terracing
and upland ditching (open drainage
bitches on the uplands for the same pur-
pose) can be dispensed with, and the
washing prevented by use OF tile, it will
mean much to the Georgia farmer"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22

sary legislative machinery to give tile
drainage the recognition and encourage
ment from the state which 1t merits as the
agent destined to play 50 large a part in
the advancement of agriculture in Geor-
gia.
1.-The good effect of the drains was plain
ly visible. too during the drought from
which Georgia and other southern states
suffered the past summer while the north
and east were being fiAoded The lire of
the drains was plainly visible to one look
ing across the fields, by the better appear
ance of the crops over it. These are all
incontrovertable arguments which no
thoughtful man will attempt to combat
but instead will hasten to profit by what
his observation has taught him. This is
the case with many who know of the
drainage work on the Hardman lands
They are anxiously inquiring for some
one to lay out their drains, and, for infor-
nation as to size and price of tile and
where 1t may be obtained. Among these
Is Mr.. James NJ Smith, of Smithsonia
Oglethorpe county, the largest land owner
In the state, and possibly in the United
States" y"
Mr. Elliott's article then goes on to deal
with the subject of terracing. and again
uses DIR. Hardman's experience to good
advantage.
The underlying principle of terracing,
he says, is not the detention of the water
on the terraces, but simply the arrest and
distribution of 1t sufficiently to lessen its
force and spread Il out so it will do no
harm. This principle is not perfectly UNI
derstood by many who practice terracing.
They have the mistaken idea, says Mr..
Elliott, that the water should be held on
the terraces. and when that is found to
be impossible they conclude that the
whole system is worthless. The method
in use by those who have. this Imperfect
idea of what is desired Is the forming
of the terrace by turning a furrow with
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
THIS CLOCK HAS STOPPED
BUT TWICE IN FORTY YEARS
Exchange.

I
The clock in the office of the clerk of the
supreme court Of The District of Columbia was
not running last wednesday, relates The Wash
ington Star. Innocent as the statement may
seem, the fact thai the hands were not making
the circuit of the dial caused something akin
to excitement among those who regularly have
business about the city hall This result was due
to the fact that the clock. which is of the eight
day, calendar pattern, has stopped only three
times since 1t was. first placed in position on
the marble mantle of the clerks office, nearly
forty years ago.
Every Saturday from the day the clock
was purchased in 1864, the clock has been
wound by r. J. Meigs, Jr., assistant clerk
and every secular day at noon through all
those years 1t has been carefully observed and
any variation from observatory accuracy cor
rected. one of the three stops referred to was
due to the breaking of cord by which one
of the weights was suspended Another resulted
from a slight disarrangement of the calendar
mechanism, while the third the result OF
the timepiece being taken away to be cleaned.
The stopping of last Wednesday was the inten-
tional act OF Mr.. Meigs. In some manner the
calendar gained one day, so the custodian OF
the clock called a halt of twentY-four hours
in order to set things right.
According to Mr.. Meigs, the clerks office
clock has been out of commission not more
than ten days in thiTxy-eight years.
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CONGRESSMAN FURNISHED
WITH HARDMAM'S BILL

Assistant Secretary of State Rowe Price
Thursday forwarded to members of the
Georgia delegation in congress copies OF
the resolution passed by the legislature
requesting the Georgia congressman to re-
quest the agricultural department to send
drainage experts to Georgia The reso-
luton was introduced by Representative
Hardman. of Jackson.
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The Case of Venezuela.

cessor Castro, is not so deeply copcerned over
the earnings Of English bondholders.
In 1897 Bruznal-SeTra minister of state, eff
fectfsd a compromise with German creditors
refm ded tlp3 debt and created a sinking fund
for serni- auauai payments. This was repud1-
ated or olssegarded by succeeding administra-
lions, -anG during revolutions the treasury has
been looted and public claims utterly for
enften,
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1t is said that butter was unknown to the
ancients, hut It is hard to make patrons of
cheap boarding houses believe 1t.
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1t is the worst cigar.that is entitled to first
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Kentucky giant OF the same time flung
away his life at the battle of Murfreesborc by
stepping to the front and bombarding the blue
coat skirmishers with showers Of stones ana
olasphemies. Think We can frighten US be-
cause our ammunition is gone. do youg Blank
blank your souls; come on. and in lick the
whole of youi Sheo. What soldiersi Can't BIT
q barn gate If you can't hit me sTryN again.
and so on. tin Michigan sharpshooter did
try once too often.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22

St Cyr. a Canadian lumberman's son. was
not as tail as his father, but even in his
early teens amazed his neighbors by his dead
lift performances. he could jerk out large
screw bolts, after BIT Of preliminary shaking,
and ii his 18th year disl0dged a saadbound
wagon which two stout horses had been unable
to stir The teanster was on the point OF
tightening his load OF bricks when ST. cyr
awled under the wagon bed and. slowly MS
ing not only lifted the cart. but pushedfit for
ward far enough for the horses to do the
rest