Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15

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When an agent talks budded apple
trees to you, kick him off the prem
ises.
When man marries woman to get
a cook he is quite likely to have bust
ness with the divorce court inside of
three years.
Prunis simonii, a prune shaped like
a tomato and the size of June apple,
grown out on the coast country, is on
the market this season.
We can absolutely guarantee any
likely Swedish or Norwegian girl 81
a week, a good home and a good hus.
band inside Of two years.
In the latitude where we live It is
necessary to lay the grapevines down
and cover them with earth for the
winter. When we do this work we
prune the vines.
The dreaded San Jose scale is max
ing bad work with some eastern or
chards. In Pennsylvania out Of 10000
trees in one orchard-peaches, apples,
pears, ounces and apricots-12,O0
have been condemned and ordered de-
stroyed.
The Russian thistle, which raised
such furore few years ago that it
almost bled the national treasury for
$3,o00,000 to exterminate it, has prov
ed to be very harmless weed after
all, not one-half as much Of pest as
pigeon grass, ragweed or purslane.
Corn experts are needed all along the
northern limit Of the corn belt to show
to corn growers the folly of,attempting
to grow varieties Of corn only suited
to the more southern latitude of Kan
sas and Nebraska. One season with
another, only corn which will mature
in ninety or ninety-five days should be
planted.
The influence of a good sire in the
breeding of horses will be felt for a
period Of twenty-five years in the COM
muntty where he is owned We recall
a case where thirty years ago a, model
horse was owned for a period of ten
years IN a certain locality, and today
the best horses there are the descend.
ants of this horse. This proposition is
just as true when it is inverted.
It is not often that timothy and clo-
yer meadows will give a second crop
of hay. Glover alone will do it, but
where it is cut the second time it IL
usually cut for the seed and not put up
as hay. In the year 1902 an unusually
heavy second growth was produced,
which was mostly cured as hay. In
feeding the hay OF this second crop last
winter we. noticed its great tnferiority
In nutritive value as compared with
the first cutting, and, while It was ex-
ceedingly palatable and the stock rel
ished it, there seemed to be no limit to
the amount which they would eat. The
money value of such hay is not much
over one-half that of the first crop.
We dislike to see, as we did few
days since, an invitation in local pa
per for the people Of the community
to turn out on certain day and make
bee to cut the big weeds in the ceme-
terry. OF course 1t is better to pay
this much respect to our dead than to
let the weeds remain standing through
the winter, but it is sorry state Of
affairs where the people Of a civilized
community do not provide some better
way Of caring for spot which should
command their highest respect and
veneration. If your cemetery is in
this fix get few good women inter-
ested and have them organize a wom-
ems cemetery associat ton, and we will
absolutely guarantee that they will
get. enough plunks out Of the pockets
of the Indifferent men Of the COM
munity SO that the cemetery will be
kept presentable and attractive all the
time, and no bee will be needed to
NOW weeds in September. =.
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The most tractable and lovable boys
and girls whom we know are those
who are required and taught to work,
doing such work as is suited to their
years and strength. Work for young
people is one Of the best of educators
and withal is the best means by which
to secure a good physical development
and good health. The nimble feet and
dexterous fingers of children may be
trained in hundred ways for their
own well being and as valued helps for