Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17

The good horse and the good boy are
uite likely to both belong to the good
nan. They are one of his earthly re-
Yards. /
1t is of small profit to work hard to
olant 50 worth of garden seeds and
hen depend upon scythe to keep the
,arden clean.
We SOW radishes every ten days
rom early spring up to July and then
again in September for fall use. In
his way we always have them nice
md tender.
All living things have their uses, we
are told, but we know of some dogs
and some men whose unitarian rela-
ton to the world could be made prop
er subject for debate.
At the average prices for pasture and
feed COW must make at least 100
pounds Of butter in year to pay for
her keep and care. Unless she will
make more than this q man is worse
off with her than without her.
We have been selling lot Of pota-
toes this spring for S1.20 per bushel.
This is the most extravagant price for
we, have ever known. No
body can afford to eat them at this
price, and only their use for seed JUS
titles it.
The sprouted kernel Of oats is a ten
der thing, and it is probable that the
early sown crop Of the west, subjected
as it was to very severe freezing after
termination, is seriously injured.
Wheat and rye will stand what oats
will Lot.
There is much agricultural prosper
ity through the hop growing regions
Of the Pacific coast, crop Of 1000
pounds Of hops to the acre, worth %
cents pound, being one Of the causes.
A gross return Of $500 per acre for
field crop is a very big thing.
The actual cost of growing, shipping
and delivering to the retail dealer in
the central west of box of oranges
is 1920. From this it can be seen how
improbable the crop much have been
to the producer the present season.
The average price in New York city
has been $1.S3.
A hotbed which only took couple of
hours to make was by the middle Of
April furnishing us an abundance Of
nice radishes and lettuce, while there
Were, besides, several hundred tomato,
cabbage and pepper plants. cauliflower
and eggplants, enough for our own
use and some for the neighbors. Worth
doing? Well, we should say so.
Very high prices for any farm COM
modify one year will almost always be
followed by low prices for the same
product the next year, the average man
being fierce to buy high priced seed
and plant largely, thereby Cutting the
market. The best time to take up the
growing of any special crop is when it
is selling below the cost Of production;
then the same man will not touch it.
The birds are not always wise. A
few days since we noted pair Of spar
rows engaged in constructing nest in
crevice between the big rocks form.
ing the abutment to bridge crossing
q river. The first rise in the river will
inundate their nest and destroy 1t
Theoretically these birds should have
known better, yet, after all, they were
no bigger fools than lots Of men we
know.
In certain town where ample pro
vision has been made Tor supplying
the horses with water from watering
troughs SO serious has been the los
Of horses from glanders, which disease
has been traced to the use Of thes'
public watering troughs, that the cit,
council has ordered their removal.
is easy to see how one diseased ANNA
could do vast deal of harm in thi
manner.
Not far from where the writer live
forty men applied for vacancy in tn
position of principal Of the schools Il
town Of 1000 people; there wer
eighteen applications for the positio!
of policeman in another town, while
storekeeper who wanted a clerk an
bookkeeper had twenty-three applica
tons. At the very same time Their
were scores of farmers wanting to hir
men at good wages, and they could nc
get them.
1t is of considerable interest to kno,
that the bacteria associated with tn
growth of sweet clover are identics
with those connected with the growt
Of alfalfa and that the soil on whic
the sweet clover grows is just as goo
for the purpose of inoculating f1el
Of alfalfa as though it had been pr,
cured from a field where alfalfa wa
well established. The sweet Glove
may be found in abundance along tt
railroad rights Of way and by the roat