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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

We made hotbed the fore part of
March and here on the 1st of April it
is full of nice young green things
radishes almost ready to pull, lettuce,
tomatoes, cabbage, pepper and celery
plants, enough for us and lot for
the neighbors too.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

The hired man who has the knack of
taking good care of the young things
as they come on the farm at this sea.
son of the year is easily worth few
dollars more a month than the man
who can only pillow and husk corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

The compulsory brand Renovated
Butter" which the government COM
pels to be placed upon all butter so
made is seriously hurting the sale of
this product, and vast amounts of the
stuff are now. being held in cold stor-
age and are salable only at tremen-
dous loss.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

If you have sandy knoll or ridge
on the farm where grass will not grow
that is, timothy, clover or blue grass
try the Hungarian bronze grass or
alfalfa or set the hill or ridge out to
evergreens, the white, Austrian or
Scotch pine and red cedar. Make some
use Of the waste place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

A stepladder, an ak and saw should
be brought into use on the shade trees
which bury many home in dense
and unhealthful shade. Let little
sunshine in on the home even if it
does seem hard on the trees. You can't
afford to shut it out unless you prefer
to pay doctors bills and patronize the
undertaken.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

AS rule corn having more or less
of the tiinty makeup will be found
safer to plant all through the extreme
north edge of the corn belt. The rough
cared, deep kerneled dent corn which
does well through the central zone is
not safe to plant in the north country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

According to the political economy
sharps, 1T is going to cost per cent
more to live in 1903 than in 1902. Just
when these yearly additions to the
cost of living, the cost of labor and the
products of labor will stop no one
knows, but it would seem as though
the limit must have been nearly reach
ed. The man who has worked on the
same old salary paid him six years
ago Is thinking it is about time to have
either fall in prices or raise in sal
airy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

If it is possible for you to raise few
acres of alfalfa on your farm, you will
then be easily able to furnish all of
your stock with a perfectly balanced
ration and be entirely independent of
bran, oilmeal, cottonseed and glucose
meal. 1t is for this reason that every
farmer should make the effort to raise
some, If possible.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

The farmers interested in the several
cooperative grain buying associations
are discussing the question of having
their own representative in the termi-
nal markets to receive and dispose Of
their grain, the trust known as the
Grain Dealers association being dis
posed to boycott these cooperative en-
terprises, not only refusing them daily
quotations. but also refusing to handle
their consignments.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

Hagenbeck, the wild animal expert,
has produced remarkable hybrid, a
cross between Bengal tigress and a
Senegal lion. This hybrid is already
much larger than either of its parents
and. strange to say, is Of singularly
mild and docile disposition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

1t has been noticed that In those
communities where bounties have been
offered for gopher scalps-the striped
gopher-the cutworms have done much
more damage than in those localities
where the gopher was unmolested.
While this little rodent eats some of
the corn, he also destroys vast num-
Der of cutworms, and in some places
where bounties have been paid for his
scalp he is now let alone for the good
that he does.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
DEv1L1sH CRUELTY.

The reports come in from the range
country that the past winter has been
hard one on the stock and that in
some sections the losses have been as
much as % per cent. This is where
cattle and sheep are kept the year
round on the range to secure their own
living as best they may and given no
protection whatever from the billiards.
of winter. Lacking the instinct and
the hardness of the native buffalo,
which was equal to such climatic con-
ditions, our native cattle, their food
buried in snow, drift before the biz
zard into coulees or railway cuts and
miserably perish. Because with an
open and mild winter the stock will
pull through without loss and big mon
ey is thus made all the cruel risks are
taken of climatic severity which en-
tails these heavy losses. The more
wise and humane of these cattle barons
provide shelter and food for these
emergencies, but there are still hun
dreds who do not, and the failure to do
SO should be an indictable offense with
penitentiary tag to it. -
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

Nearly every woman has an instinc-
tive love for flowers, and almost any
man is sure to please his wife and
daughters if lie will do what he can to
cater to this taste for flowers. While
there are many good and sufficient rea-
sons why man should not interest
himself in his wife's pug dog, there is
none as to the flowers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

Eyergreens are very cheap. The red
cedar, white, Scotch and Austrian
pines grow well ON most of the prairie
soils of the northwest. A row or two
of these planted well clear of the
homestead on the north and west is
one of the best things which you can
do in the way of tree planting this
spring.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
ABANDONED FARMS DOWN EAST.

ABANDONED FARMS DOWN EAST.
There is no disputing the fact that
the so called abandoned farms Of the
east have an intrinsic value far in ex-
cess of the price asked for them, which
in many cases is less than the cost of
the buildings upon them. True, the
soils of such farms may be worn out
and unproductive, but there are good
homes to live in, good water, plenty of
rainfall, nearness to the best of mar
kets, usually more or less timber, eli
matte conditions favorable to fruit rails
ing. schools and all the advantages Of
thickly settled country. Alfalfa will
grow on much Of this poor soil, and
where it will redemption is easy.
There are hundreds Of opportunities of
this kind all through the east which
are worth looking into by the man who
wants home. A good deal of west
ern financial prosperity is obtained at
the sacrifice of much that is desirable
in the way of social and intellectual
privileges.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

We are asked what plant will furnish
the greatest amount of fodder when
sown on rich land. Either corn sown
thickly or sorghum will give between
twenty and thirty tons of green fodder
per acre so grown, and that ought to
satisfy any man. Twenty five tons of
mangel wurzels may be grown on one
acre also.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28


We are going to set out new aspar-
agus bed this spring, and this is the
way we are going to do it: We will
take the plow and, going back and
forth, will open a furrow just as deep
rs we can, throwing the dirt out on
zach side. We will then put in the
lurrow so made a foot or SO Of rich
compost and cover it up with the plow.
The bed will be single row eight
rods long. We then will dig up some
Old roots of asparagus which will be as
big as a bushel basket and subdivide
these with sharp spade into eight or
ten pieces, planting these roots in a
row two feet apart on the prepared
ridge. In two years we will have fine
new bed of this delicious vegetable.
We do it this way because it is the
easiest way and takes the least amount
Of hand labor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
OsTEOPATHY.

Or. ELIZABETH NJ. THOMPSON.
osteopathic Physician.
Srauuate American School 0steopathy.
Office. 227 n. Court st. New Phone s0A.
hours. 800 to 1900 and 1:30 to 400
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
Professional Cards.
OsTEopATHY.

DR.. j. F. BYRNE.
Graduate Of American School of osteopa-
thy, kirksville, Mo.
Rooms . and Summers Building Office
hours $50 to 1900: 1880 to 400.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

Many soils rated as impoverished
and wornout simply need the restora-
ton of the humus which continuous
cropping has deprived them of. The
turning under of green crops is one of
the cheapest and easiest methods of re-
storing this humus to the soil. Any
soil which bakes and cracks after
heavy rains is deficient in this property
and should be treated accordingly. HUI
mus is absolutely indispensable in the
elaboration of plant food.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28

1t is said that feeder who is new
at the business shipped in some stock
to market recently which was only
about half finished. He sent instruc-
tons to his commission house to ship
him back carload of feeders and was
very surprised man to find among the
feeders lot of the beef cattle he had
just shipped in. This man needs. to
learn the difference between feeding
and finishing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

Sanford Express: MI. Henry
Petty, of the Petty Fruit Growing
and Canning Company, was in town
the first of last week. He tells the
Express that the frost has killed
about one-ffth of his peaches, but
that there are more than enough
left to make a big crop. Mr.. Petty
expects to put out about 80 acres III
strawberries, blackberries and dew
berries this season. He will then
have about 80 acres in berries, and
200 in fruit of all kinds. This IS
one of the largest fruit farms in the
State. Mr.. Petty received gooo
prices for his fruit last year, all OIL
which was shipped in Refrigerator
cars and reached the markets in gooo
condition. He says the prospects
for a good fruit crop this year are
fine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

uting in the soil does not seem to add
materially to the effectiveness of the
mixture. If the anu is well d.
composed it will do just as we'll to
mix all together and deposit in the
soil a few days before planting, or
separately one after the other the
same day, as to mix in a heap weeks
beforehand, and will involve consid-
erably less labor of handling.
HOW TO MIX IT.
It may bet often is-nece8sary
to run through a riddle or screen
some of the ingredients. An ordi-
nary sand screen will answer very
well. Weigh out the required amount
of each ingredient necessary to make
a given part of one ton, say 500
pounds, and mix with hoes and shov-
els on a tight floor or a smooth, hard
place on the ground. Sometimes it
will facilitate after-handling if the
mass be sprinkled with water sufRf-
GENTLY to prevent flying away with
the wind.
HOW MUCH FERTILIZER TO THE ACRE.
The formulas, for convenience, are
all based on 1000 pounds of acid
phosphate, as this is the most i'm
portant ingredient.
For Corn-Very large applications
are not advised. Apply enough Of
any mixture that may be made ac-
cording to Formula No. 1 to get from
100 to 200 pounds of acid phosphate
to the acre.
For Cotton.-Apply enough Of any
mixture based on Formula No. 2 to
get from 200 to 400 pounds of acid
phosphate per acre.
For Irish Potatoes, etc.-Apply
enough of Formula No. 3 to get 300
to 600 pounds acid phosphate to the
acre.
For Sweet Partnerships
enough of Formula No. 4 to get from
200 to 400 pounds of acid phosphate.
For Cow-peas.-Apply enough Of
Formula No. 5 to get from 200 to 300
pounds of acid phosphate per acre.
For Melons.-Apply enough Of
Formula No. 6 to get from 200 to
300 pounds of acid phosphate per
acre.
r. J. REDDTNG.
Ga. Experiment Station, Expert
ment, Ga.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

Advises Home Mixing of Fertilizers.
The fertilizer tests, conducted
during the year 1902, both on cor
and cotton, do not indicate that any
change should be made in the for
mulas that have been heretofore
recommended. They are therefore
repeated without change, except in
some minor details that are intend
ed, to make them even more intelli-
gible. Attention is especially di-
rected to the modification suggested
when the fertilizer is applied to soils
that have been improved by a regular
system of rotation of crops (includ-
ing a free use of cow-pea vines,O and
liberal manuring; or to more or less
recently cleared lands; or to bottom
lands; or to any soils in which the
rank growth of "weed"-in the case
of cotton-indicates that the supply
of nitrogen in the soil is relatively
greater than on the average uplands.
Farmers are again urged to buy
standard acid phosphate, or acid
phosphate with potash, muriate Cor
kainit) and cotton-meal, and mix
according to the formulas which fol
low. By so doing they will be able
to save So to S. a ton, and at the
same time better adapt the fertilizer
to the crop to be fertilized..
Formula No. For Corn:
On the average worn and so-called
exhausted" up-lands soils of Middle
Georgia:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash go per cent 80
Cor kainit 1919 per cent 100 tbs.)
Cotton-meaI (213 2 ~ 49,. 1850
$3.50
This would analyze about as fol-
lows:
Per Cent.
Available phosphoric acid. .....7 $50
Potash .1.48
Nitrogen equal to ammonia
1850 1888
This is relatively the same as
1925. Cost, $500 per ton.
The mixture would be rendered
more prompt in effective action by
substituting, in place of 400 pounds
of the cOttOn-meal, about 200 pounds
of nitrate of soda. The practice at
the Station Farm is to apply about
90 to 80 pounds of nitrate per acre
at the time of planting, scattering a
small pinch of it not nearer than 3
or 4 inches of the seed corn.
Formula No. 2.-For Cotton:
On average worn and so-called eek
hausted" Middle Georgia up-lands:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash go per cent? Is
Cotton-meal (215:1h:O $3.50. 700
Total ..1,IIo
This would analyze about:
Per Cent.
Available phosphoric acid ......8.87
Potash 90
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
used at time of planting and later,
as in case of Irish potatoes.

On fresh, soils and on bottom lands,
the proportion of these two elements
(potash and ~nitrogen) may very
properly be diminished by 25 to so
per cent, especially when light ma
nuring is intended. In many cases
when only a light application of fer
tilizer is intended on such soils, acid
phosphate alone will answer This
is especially indicated when the
tendency to luxuriance of tweed" and
late and imperfect maturity of the
seed is manifest.
In all the formulas the phosphoric
acid is mainly supplied by acid phos-
phate, which is the cheapest and best
source of this most important (be-
cause most needed element. The
potash is suggested in the form of
muriate of potash, because that is
usually the cheapest form in which
potash is procurable. For use on
corn, cotton and peas, it answers the
purpose admirably; but for Irish and
sweet potatoes, tobacco, and possibly
some other crops, it would be better
to substitute sulphate of potash, or
cotton hull ashes, or even common
wood ashes (when available). But a
farmer should be careful not to mix
ashes with acid phosphate, unless all
the ingredients be perfectly dry, be-
cause of the danger of the potash and
lime of the ashes causing the rever-
sion of the soluble phosphoric acid.
The same caution should be observed
not to mix ashes Cor lime) with de-
composed (rotted) stable manure.
There is no objection, however, to
mixing these caustic. ingredients with
cotton-seed meal.
In some of the formulas, the nj
trogen is presented in the form of
cotton-meal; in others, in the form
of nitrate of soda. In the latter case,
/. e. in Formulas 3 to 6, the nitrate
of soda is preferable, because it acts
more quickly.
Whenever, for any reason, it is de-
sired to substitute one ingredient for
another, to supply the same element,
it may be done on the following basis:
1. For each 1 pound of nitrate, 2
pounds of cotton-meal, or 5 pounds
of whole or crushed cotton seed, or
273 pounds of cotton-seed kernels
("meats") or 1 pound of high grade
dried blood may be substituted.
2. For each 1 pound of cotton
meal, p pound of nitrate of soda, or
2@ pounds Of cotton seed, or IA
pounds of cotton-seed kernels
C"meats") may be substituted, or -
pound of high grade dried blood.
3. For each 1 pound of muriate of
potash, 4 pounds of kainit, o pound
Of high grade sulphate of potash, or
1Opounds of dry unleached hardwood
ashes, or 2 pounds of cotton hull
ashes may be substituted.
STABLE MANURE CoMPosTs
In all of the above formulas, ex-
CGDtl0U No < Ctob1o 1oo,-,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

A battleship that-is five years olu
is as out of date as an egg 1rleu
three hours ago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

w." C" ~ 49,
toes:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash 60 per cent $50
cor preferably, sulp. of potash
$50 pounds.)
Nitrate of Soda ...:.......... APO
IOtal .......l,6IO
The above would analyze:
Per Cent.
Available phosphoric acid. .8.38
Potash =. .7.48
Nitrogen
(Should cost about $4,000 per TOM
Formula No. 4-For Sweet Pota-
toes:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash GO per cent? 500
Cotton-meal (213:113:O ......1,1OO
1OIal .Z,OOO
This would analyze:
Available phosphoric acid 800. $40
Potash 1924
Nitrogen 1896
(Should cost about $4,000 per TOM
Formula No. 5.-For C~ow-peas:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent. av)1,OOO
Muriate of potash go per cent? 100
Total .1,lOO
This would analyze:
Per Cent.
Available phosphoric acid ......12.73
Potash 4.54
(Should cost about $14.OO per ton.)
Formula No. 6.-For Watermel-
ons, Cantaloupes, etc.:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash .....,.. $50
COR kainit, 1000 pounds.)
Cotton-seed meal 1000
Cor cotton-seed meal 500 and
nitrate of soda 25O.)
Total .Z,Z5O
Cost about $4,000 per ton, and if
using muriate, cotton-seed meal and
nitrate the analysis would be about
500: 100: 1862.
Formula No. For Garden Veg
t etables generally:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash 60 per cent $50
Cor kainit 1000 pounds.)
COtton-seed meal, 213; ~; l.. 1880
Cor cotton-seed meal 1000 and
nitrate of soda 25O.)
Total -. 800. 2,75O
Cost about $4,000 per ton. Using
acid, muriate and meal alone would
analyze about 500; 400; 200.
This formula is suggested for the
broadcast dressing of the garden.
and the whole of the formula may be
applied to an area of one to two
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
STABLE MANURE CoMPosrs

In all of the above formulas, ex-
cepting No. 5, stable n NAV
enter as an ingredient, without nee
~essarily displacing any one of those
already named and without material
ly altering the proportions. The
stable manure may be used in any
convenient or desired quantity. Com
posting several weeks before distrib-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17

the cotton-meal may be reduced from
one-third to one-half in either of the
foregoing formulas. On thin, piney-
woods, sandy soils, the muriate Cor
kainit) may be increased by from
one-third to one-half more.
y X X
Formula No. 3.-For Irish Pota-
toes:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA per cent?. 1000
Muriate of potash 60 per cent $50
cor preferably, sulp. of potash
$50 pounds.)
Nitrate of Soda ..:......... APO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-17
FERTILIZERS FOR SOUTHERN
FARMS.

The Georgia Experiment Station Sug-
gests Formulas for Common Crops and
Advises Home Mixing of Fertilizers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-14
PENSION SYSTEM DEFENDED.
Union Veterans Union Supports Commits
sioner Ware.

,,--,-,.+or Nav 1s (SpeciaD-The regular
tional organization Of the Union veterans Union
through its cormander-in General fIaIAiih
p hutchinson Of Rochester, n. Y, has issued an
-. Letter. m Pension Commissioner Ware, ex-
resstne its confidence in the administration OF the
pension Bureau. The letter has oeen Sent 10 Pos''
90 veterans throughout the country Inc state
.n+ NJ the position of the regular organization Is
- % and q rebuke Of the recent attacks of
ca,ers1 p G. Dyrenforth OF this city, formerly
the head Of that organization ana at present inc
leader of what is called rump 1acuon Oh INC
T-rtop General Dyrenforth arraigned Comms-
ter Ware as being inimical to the veterans ana
.sssrted that he was backed by d large NUMBER Oh
veterans The regular organization, heaoeo oy
General Hutchinson Joined issue with the ruIIlp
faction in the following letter to the Pension bu-
reau:
The Hon. Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner Of Pen
SIR Of NJ Mani aten NSRh RsTPs Rseh
sets New-York, Kansas Iowa ONO a IG [1Ihy
Dersons as published in newspapers OF " asf ne
ton. Boston NewYork and other sections OF eI tiee
nSent Of the Pension Department OF the gqEnii an
TnenL 10 Union worthy organization of veterans
and 10 speak the sentiments OF tlg com and
o pdaades of Maine Massachusetts. New OK TX,
kansaf s 'rsanfzation to cognizance Of and
uke these false utterances by general oroT 1c6
anner rs may be deemed most fitting o5sr
Because of the god name ano IaLe n ~ am
winch ~ ~ 70 write YOU personal letter as you
coz tb one most entitled 70 be aPPrised q -nia5
eac,e in the case While the Union ketetaI4s
aos1 earnestly wishes and iabors Ior the te~s
prosperity and happiness 81 eaGn and viii use all
Sf means to protect him from Of
+ illegal treatment by the CofInnlsslo.i -
feneions or any other department organ "a jond
company; II 1 a Commissioner Ware or the
anagement Of his Office and Is not erns 10 the
OF conventions or the great 10
ns4tes Nor do believe or have h for such
purpose ,....nces IL may be deemed
Under the clrcut a. saw that / the regularly
Iected and duly recognized W rafer yon
Major generals Paek aayes Of g. H Daie
AhLani, "a ~ BOSTON Mass and r A sitepieI1sot
Of okio sa9 Tes os Stale George
Inent of Rochester n, Y and l. stree Conn., Ul
3S..,ash1netnn D. c.. each or wnoiu - - S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-14
MILITARY ORDER OF THE CARABAo.
General Chaffee to Head Society of Officers
Who Served in the Philippines.

Washington. May 15.-The ny officers in Wash
i7gton and those who here attending the
meeting OF the General STAFF at the Army and
NAVY Club have perfected the organization Of a
anch Of the Military Order Of the Cardiac. Cen
rrsl Chafee is to be the head OF the organization
IN the United States, and the membership will In
clUde many other officers of high rank The
parent order was organized at Manila. and is COM
posed Of officers who served in the Philippines
n the fighting period. AIRY officer is eligible who
was there before July 1912. when President Roose
welt declared pe-ce restored in the islands After
the Chinese expedition. the officers composing 1t
were nearly all sent TO Manila and they organized
The Military Order OF the Dragon, TO denote
Chinese service. Some jealousy was shown by
those officers who did not have an opportunity 70
IA Ike part in the Chinese campaign. and some or
them organized the Carabao society.