Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-26

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crop wi
The fall working of the public high land VIII
ways Is a mistake. of the st
August flies make the cows shrink The &
IN their. milk, no matter how good the western
pastures may be. abrupt 6
ner in
Timothy will do well sown the fore holding
part OF September, but do not SOW the was rea
clover until spring. phone.
When the young rooster begins to At mea
crow, he wants the irving pan. or. Ing dow
rather, the frying pan wants him. the prail
of the su
Cows clover and corn Win - nronar. the grow
ly combined, put any farmer in the were OF
western prairie sections on his feet marshes
financially.
We no
The census shows that Tho state AZ " traint
Iowa produces just a million dollars other a
q day in farm products for everv dav methed
in the year. Jectlons
gatherin
There are lots Of farmers who over sDrawlir
work themselves for thirty-fve years
so as to be able to spend their savings A per,
and last days at some sanitarium in settled
vain effort to recover lost health. terror A
been
weshave found the purple top swede sheep a,
turnip sown about the list Of August iacx OF
to give the best turnip for table use ana the
which we can produce Turnips make NOUS
their best growth during the moist,
Just and
II will .,vor. he hard "a mob. .o,n. when II
farmers understand that +bav IA M tom got
have right ia XIII the emma and catch fell on
tho f,sh IN +he atraano a, +ho,r r..r,o hill abo
iust when thew want to regardless AZ equity 9
state laws defining closed and open INTO q
seasons.
Riding
The katydids made their appearance Ing 4
this year earlier than usual about July in near
26, when they are not usually due till was keI
about the 10th Of August. II the old to the Il
saw holds good-six weeks to frost planned
from their coming-an early September lghtnin
frost will pinch a lot of late corn. not prop
The great objection to clover as a We ju
dry forage plant is that it is very diff toned o
cult to cure properly, the season when holds g.
1t should be cut being almost always ton wit
showery. Not one-fourth of the big matted
crop Of clover where the writer lives country
was secured in good shape this year. man Is
net Of
Spreckles has discovered new meth chisrn.
cd Of refining sugar at cost Of 81
ton against 81, the present cost to the some
sugar trust, and the process Is SO SIM 1nistak sc
pie that it can be carried out on the rape Tor
plantatfons where the raw suoar e. eat 1t.
produced and with inernensiva annli. when &
ances, through
foliage.
We have letter from good friend soon be
Of the farmers mutual insurance COM palstabl
panies who favors the payment of all
losses up to two-thirds Of the value of The q
the property DESTROYED and insured re- der will
CARELESS Of the manner in which the FODDER
fire loss occurred save in case of In winter
cendiarism. the couI
and mu
For every acre Of crops destroyed on corn 70
| the bottom and slough lands Of the CEN when "
| trail west and northwest this year by produce
the excessive rainfall there will be five
acres Of splendid crops produced on all The, e
tnose areas where the normal rainfall know J,
Is TOO scant to insure large crops in an meney 1
Ordinary year. thing to
poor 70
,"e nave Apo"H some Da1ky norses feet II
beyond the reach of moral suasion gould :
kind treatment and prayer. Nothing ciaI us,
would start an old buckskin we once resu,t q
owned but split plug of tobacco Gus act
wrapped around his bit This would
make MIN so SICK at the stomach that We hs
he forgot all his meanness in very thousan
short time. he had
| -. it Thi
80 eo 4s. - a' nv. VIC possiple De- Turkey.
-. =. ,ne - - ~ otnei "oiA " w. civilized
pays better than getting the stubble ~ =. =.
and weeds well plowed under during tnrn e.
the month Of August. It has almost all Araa.,a.
the advantages of summer fallow,
cleans the land and makes of the rub r. 800
We. DlDn oofeieu up valuable pant ioou years al
Aoi TUG neA' seaseh. versy tt
dehorni
AS Win all other unrefned and unde- societies
sirable things In this world there are an were ur
ssTessVeness ana intolerance about rism al
weeds which put one to his Wits end sides Of
to know how to manage them Now, men ri
why should a burdoek grow thrifty and took tin
lusty ana a tomato plant net four feet process
from it under same conditions, without there Ia
culture. only grow to be poor, little,
spAnoiy' u'prolucuFe tmng! Where
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Maybe some Of our readers will he nat h =