Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-24

= field, threatens to destroy the unadul-
q terated and genuine products of the
n country.
a II your dog seems out Of sorts, take
no chances with him. Shut him up at
a once or kill him.
n The war of the weeds is on or should
a be. Ten young weeds are more easily
n killed than one old one.
n The year 1857 was SO wet oil through
y the west that it came about that corn
was worth 81 per bushel and hay only
s $150 per ton.
NJ Grass is the greatest crop for years
all through the west and northwest,
VI and If all flesh is grass we ought to
n have cheaper meats before many
III months.
u Crows are becoming great nuisance
Y in some parts of the west A thousand
of them were shot in one day recently
IT. by party Of 100 sportsmen in an Illi-
ry nois county.
Largely because of the fatal barbed
ty wire fence three horses have to be
of raised to secure one perfectly sound
;e. animal to supply the large marifets.
There is a great waste along this line.
ot The output of genuine olive oil from
to- the California orchards is about $500
"a barrels, but before this product reach
IT. es the consumer thegamount is largely
increased by contamination with the
cotton fields of the south.
st The skimmilk from the farm separa-
ap tor is conceded to be worth twice as
FL much for food for the calves and the
pigs as the milk from the creamery
separator. This is a fact which is
es bound to grow in Importance.
~ The last census shows that there has
:. !" been gain of % per cent in population
%: and only gain of per cent in milk
COWS. With her steer calf no longer
es competing with her. in the dairy bust
W ness, it is evident that there is great
W prospect ahead for old Bossy.
es
Nearly all counties in all northern
states now have their farmers mu-
nv tual insurance companies. These or
ng CARNATIONS, almost without exception,
th give reliable insurance at actual cost
rs and afford the very best sort of insur-
IS ance available for the farmer
The caulifower is difficult vegeta-
he BILE to grow with us. OF fifty planted
is we will only get few good heads In
do ferior seed and too much hot weather
in during the growing season seem to be
a the cause. One needs the moist, cool
~ climate of England to produce this
vegetable at it's best.
ut The one fruit which most seldom dis
III appoints the grower is the strawberry.
us 1t will do we'll on almost any soil if
So furnished enough moisture and fertili-
ny yer. If people generally would pay
~ more attention to the strawberry and
KRe less to some of the other fruits which
SO often fail them, it would be WELL
~ Japan would hardly look at Ameri-
ass can flour in 1888, using only 1900
"a ~ pounds all told, but last year she took
-. 20 over 50,000000 pounds. Breechclouts
" and chopsticks have made way for
~ pants plug hats and baking powder
ny biscuits, and more than any other peo-
pie are the Japanese today adopting
the American type of civilization.
The birds seem to have way of lin
- iting the size of the families which
~ they rear. For instance, if six young
~ robins were Matched in nest before
W. they were full fedged the nest would
90 be too small to hold them, and the sur
plus, probably the weaker ones, would
be tumbled out and the number limited
on to three or at most four birds which
on would make fly of it.
las
re- The fertilizing of land by feeding off
as the crop grown where it was produced
,ly is but little practiced in this country
is and its value but little realized. In
ir- other lands, England particularly, the
III feeding off of the turnip, clover, yetch
trefoil and cinquefoil crops by sheep
W. is prime factor in maintaining the
,st fertility of the fields SO fed. The use
on of portable fencing makes the work of
he doing this easy, especially so with
he sheep and hogs. ,.
he
he A .discouraging and disappointing
mt fact is announced by the scientists 1t
all is now asserted that the old stockyards
smell, the pregnant odor Of summer
common to depot stockyards and feed
a ing yards which has usually been abat-
'es ed. by boards Of health on the ground