Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-15

sweet potatoes and peaches and it's
meanest trusts. We Gun never forget
New Jersey.
Water, which is both food and drink
for the soil, has been found in Geor-
gia. phosphoric acid being held in such
solution as to make the water valua-
bic fertilizer.
Speaking Of valuable crops, here is
the hop crop Of Oregon, $1,000 bales of
hops worth $4400,00O, employing 49,
600 people to gather them and return
ing the growers about $500 per acre.
Last winter there was much loss of
valuable fruit trees by the field mice
girdling them. The only sure way to
prevent this loss is to take sharp hoe
and clean away all grass and weeds
from round the base Of the trunk of
the tree for distance Of two feet. 1t
Is a good idea to hill the tree up four
or five inches with earth. Thus treated
the mice will let your trees alone.
1t is not likely that even the most
destructive and wasteful Of mans
work will ever seriously decrease the
supply of our deep sea fishes. Scien-
/ lists who have studied the habits of
| the cod tell us that there are to be
found each year not less than 278,O00,-
100000 impregnated COT. eggs in the
waters Of each square mYe Of the cod
fishing banks off the coast of Norway.
1 Perishable as is the wood Of the pine
4 tree when exposed to the elements, the
stump and root Of the tree is Of the
most enduring character. Long after
the stumps Of all other varieties of
timber have rotted in the cleared tim
Der lot the pine stump holds it's own
with grip and tenacity most discour-
aging to the landowner. This is ex-
planned by the presence Of large
amount Of resinous compound to be
found in the roots Of this tree which
acts as preservative.
An interesting exchange Of farm and
| garden products goes on each season
between the north and the south. The
south sends the north early vegetables
and fruits two months before they can
be produced in the north, while in the
fall the south pakes a good market
for northern grown apples, potatoes
cabbages and other garden products 1t
| has come to pass now that there are
about two months only when this sort
Of food is scarce or high priced in the
! north-January and February.
The lands in Holland reclaimed from
| the North sea are worth from $500 to
! $500 per acre, and vet they are mostly
used for dairy purposes. That such
high priced land can be SO used is ex.
planned when we note the average pro.
duction Of the cows kept on the dairy
farms, the average yield Of milk pei
COW being 1896 pounds and the butter
yield 321 pounds. The average butter
| product Of the cows of Minnesota and
! Iowa, two of the best dairy states in
the Union, is less than $50 pounds.
The English sparrow is good type
OF majority Of the immigrants which
the country is now receiving from
abroad-clannish, scrappy, dealers in
garbage, prolific to a degree, centering
/ in the towns and cities, unattractive III
/ appearance and builders Of crude nests
and homes in cornice, church ivy-a
vagrant and unregenerate lot This
raking Sardinia, Arabia, Bulgaria, TIA.
/ ly, Hungary and other degenerate Euro
pean principalities with a fine tooth
/ comb to get citizens for this country al
a first cost of only $3.50 per head is
about worked to finish.
The first years work on the Pana
ma canal will be devoted to changing
the local conditions Of that most un
healthy place so that it may be posi-
/ BILE. for white men to live there. A
/ permanent supply of pure water Is tt
be secured; transportation arranged tt
enable the workers on the canal to b.
removed each day to the highlands
to sleep. A complete system of sewer
age is to be installed and every stel
taken possible to secure a perfect san
| itary environment. Up to this time
the canal has proved one vast grave
] for humanity. The best talent of thu
4 country is working on this problem.
The man with an irrigated farm 10
Gated in some section of almost per
petual sunshine has almost a cinch il
] an Agricultural and rtin11lt11ral 1ra "