Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-28

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Most cornfelds are worse off will
five kernels in hill than they would
be with only one.
A boy can hardly be called lazy wher
he will work hard for an hour to gel
enough money to buy a glass Of soda
water.
Ten days spent at the worlds fair BY
your tifteen-year-old boy will do more
for him than whole year spent at the
best college in the land.
Because young bird grown to be as
big as its parents compels them to still
feed it is no reason why big, husky
boy or girl should depend upon theil
parents for food, as SO many do.
By the time the young man has
reached the age Of twenty-five he will
have practically settled the question OF
whether he will work for some other
man the rest of his life or go it on his
own hook and be his own boss.
The relation of the corn crop to the
meat production of this country is sc
vital and intimate that the prices for
meat are mostly dependent upon this
crop. There is no other cereal to take
its place in the making of low priced
meats.
One of the most ungracious things
which farmer can do is to refer with
contempt to the work of our expert
ment stations, for these stations are
doing an almost invaluable work for
the agricultural interests of the whole
country.
Once in awhile there comes a season
when June planted corn will make q
big crop, but not often, and most corn
growers have about settled down to
the belief that they had better plant
early and risk late spring frost rath-
er than an early fall frost.
The cost Of living is higher on May
1 of this year than it has been for thir.
teen years. In most vocations the rate
of wage has been increased to Offset
this increased cost of living. If it has
not been done, it should be, for most
OF this advanced cost is permanent
A farmer should make it point to
learn the names of the many weed and
insect pests with which he has to wage
an unceasing warfare. Bulletins may
be obtained upon application to the
state experiment stations. which are
complete text books on these matters.
A man can be just as dishonest in
selling bushel Of grain as he can
in looting bank or holding up rail-
way train. The man who will mix tail
ings in his grain when he thinks be
can do SO without detection would tao
kle the bank or the Pullman If he only
had the courage to do 1t.
The German exhibit Of potatoes at
the worlds fair is large one, proba-
bly, hundred varieties, but the speci-
mems shown are surprisingly small, SO
very small that they would not be mar
ketable in this country. The Colorado
and Idaho murphies exhibited near by
made the German product look smaller
still.
How many times should the corn be
plowed? Some pillow twice, some three
times, some four and some five. This
we know the more frequently the
ground is stirred during the growing
period, especially if the weather is dry,
the better the crop will be. Cultiva-
ton conserves moisture, and it is mois-
ture the corn needs.
A writer for the agricultural press In
reporting the condition of fruit makes
the statement that the wintry April of
this year will insure large crop Of
fruit by delaying the blooming period.
The crop is determined by the growth
Of the previous season, when the bios
som buds are formed. A late, cold
spring holding bnck the blooming Pc
riod Gun only contribute to immunity
from danger Of late frosts. That's ali.
On the plains OF Esdraelon, in Pal.
estine, the wheatfelds are still sown
BY hand, harvested with scythe and
thrAshcd either with Hail or with OK
en- on one Of tie ancient thresh;ng
floors. This Palestine country is sus-
ceptible Of NIL the splendid develop
ment Of California when once touched
by the wand Of modern progress, but