Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-08

II the strawberry bed is not yet COW
cred do it nj once. 1t is alternate thaw-
| ing and freezing which kills the plants.
The state of Texas has lost the large
SIM of $2l,9o00O0 within year past
by the decliYc in value Of her T,Ooo.O0o
head of cattle.
Ine fellaheen. or laborer. who does
the work Yin producing the Egyptian
cotton crop works for Is cents a day
and boards himself
The cause of the butter product of a
creamery scoring only So is quite likely
to be found in 3 forty dollar butter
maker. What salary does your cream
cry pay?
Nearly every willow post set for
fencing last summer took root and will
make a live and thrifty tree. This be-
cause of the excessive moisture of the
past season.
1t is easier to kill off the sparrows
during the winter than any other time.
They may then be slaughtered by the
wholesale by spreading out poisoned
grain on the roof Of some shed.
We saw 4 pair of Clyde yearling
mare colts lately for which the owner
paid the large sum Of $625. They came
from the very best stock in the country,
and he will find them a good invest
ment.
1t is of interest to note that one Of
the largest oleo manufacturing con-
Germs in the country Is now buying up
all the ereameries it can get hold of.
The steer as a butter producer has had
its day.
When ton Of butter is made and
sold from the farm the smallest possi-
5le amount of fertility is thereby re-
moved. far. less than with any other
product of the farm. This is fact well
worth remembering.
The gasoline engine is wagine a
steady fight on the farm windmill and
Is gaining ground all the time. The
constantly increasing price of gasoline,
however, may have the effect Of check
irsr tho 6o Is,
For genuine elaboration in manual
labor commend US to the railway Sec
ton hand. We watched one of these
men move some dirt the other day. and
he was study. He certainly had iac-
CURED the art of gauging his work to
his pay.
1t would not be bad thing for the
country if it We're so that man knew
he would die just as soon as lie got
hold of million dollars worth of
property or that when he got over 800
acres Of land he would not be able to
raise any crop.
5O.iV SSillllOll ltill Vi uelty u duI-
mails is in permitting them to live and
suffer when afflicted with some incura-
bic ailment, extreme age and injuries
Under these circumstances ii is just as
much duty to kill such animals in
humane manner. as It is to, care for.
them when we'll
II you have an evergreen grove of
young trees set out not over eight feet
apart each way the best thing you can
do is to take out every other one and
sell them for Christmas trees. Ieft7as
they are Your windbreak will be TWEEN
ty feet up in the air when the trees are
twenty-five years old.
The man who took advantage. of the
prosperous times of the past four years.
paid all his indebtedness and got
square with the world is now in good
shape to weather period of slack bust
ness and close money. Those who have
during the period named run their cred
it to the limit will have to walk the
floor.
If you have cow in your herd
which does not make over 125 pounds
of butter year she simply pays for
her board and does not bring in a cent
OF profit. A man with twenty such
cows would remain eyerIastlngly poor
in the dairy business. and the worst Of
1t is that there are more 125 pound
cows kept than any other kind
Catalpa is one of the most durable
woods grown, almost equaling red
cedar, with the great advantage over
the cedar that it can be grown In one
fourth. the time required for the cedar.
Asa railroad tie it will do good service
for twenty years and as a fence post
much longer. Wherever this valuable
tree may be grown it does seem a pity
to fool away work and time on willows,
box alders and such almost worthless
varieties.