Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-01

Rape is pre-emfnently a forage crop
FOR the sheep and better suited to their
needs than it is to any other farm
animal. Where sheep are kept there
should by all means be field of rape
Tor them.
The man who never owes any man a
dollar is to be envied. He may not
live in large house or cut a very wide
swath, but he is almost invariably re-
spected and possesses one secret Of en-
joying life.
1t should be said to the further credit
Of alfalfa that 1t makes a very fine
quality Of honey, and where tits grown
in any quantity there is almost con-
tinuity of bee food from early in the
summer until late IN the fall.
Southern pine forests have one
ecourge to face which the north never
had, and that is the turpentine maker
the methods used to secure the sap Of
the pines for this purpose being waste
full and destructive in the largest de-
gree.
An Ill bred scrub of two-year-old
steer In Missouri worth maybe $40 has
got two wealthy farmers by the ears,
and the costs in the suits up to this
time amount to $4,000 and lots more in
sight. 1t is very easy for two old farm
ers to be two old fools in case like
this. {
Argentina is the only country which
rcises any amount Of corn outside of
the United States, and this year the
crop has been good, but help ia so
scarce for the husking Of the crop that
in many sections the cattle have been
turned intD the fields to get what they
could. 4
While skunks probably kill and eat
q good deal of vermin-slugs, grubs
and the like-they still should be killed
on sight II one wishes to successfully
raise poultry. We know man who
said these brutes were among the farm
ers' best friends until one of them WIS.,
tied, his yard Of prize winning poultry
one night. Since then he has, changed
his. tune. ~ ,@.s ..
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The current price Of cotton is double
that Of the year 1899, It was raised at
Ia loss than and at an. immense profit
now. The half bale per acre, which Is
lust an ordinary crop, Is now worth
sa9 ne ,gobd crop Of a bale to the acre
go, The Negro, help which produces
Il sStsts not over 20 cents per day. we
have no crop In the north Which quite
equals this for profit. @s'4 7S'A. Il
The state of Iowa owns over 5000
Poland China hogs which are raised
and kept at the several state institu-
tions-asyfums, hospitals and peniten-
uaries. More pork and lard are thus
produced than the 5000 inmates can
consume. It Is probable that If there
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