Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-13

The cows Of some parts of Norway
are trained to eat Goldfish, and all the
cook has to do is to heat the milk and
thicken it and they have Goldfish gravy.
The silo and manure spreader are the
two evangelists which will convert
thousands Of Improbable western
farms into an investment better than
government bond.
One Of the most promising things
connected with the timber lands of
northern Minnesota and Wisconsin is
their remarkable adaptability to the
growth of clover and timothy.
We came across an old fashioned
farmer the other day who winds up his
watch with an old Fashioned key and
won't under any circumstances let
man build grain stack with a fork.
Cement piles for bridges and build
ing foundations are now being very
successfully used in place of the old
wooden pile. Thus in another way ce-
ment IL coming to the relief of our for
est interests.
Nail some boards loosely together and
make rough trough, OF, rather, box,
and lay from end to end of the corn
crib through the center of the crib If
there is doubt as to the corn being
dry enough to keep.
Sometimes a trade can be made
where both parties are benefited. More
often one party to the trade gets the
worst of it. With too many men the
pleasure Of this sort of business is
gagged by the amount which they can
beat the other fellow out of.
That granger does not do the square
thing when he puts the proceeds of
the sale Of a load of hogs into the
savings bank SO that it can draw inter-
est while he stands off his grocery
bill until the next lot Of hogs is ready.
We have known this to be done.
The difference between the manner
In which a boy will spend dollar If
he has earned it by hard work and in
the way which he will spend it If the
father gives it to him is very marked
indeed. In the one case he knows the
40 no Io11 In, no nthoys hn
does not.
What is an acre Of land really worth
when with good care and cultivation
1t will produce seventy five bushels Of
corn2 One year with another If that
corn Is fed on the farm it will bring
not less than so cents bushel, some
times more, seldom less. If one can
borrow money at per cent on long
time and buy such land at 500 per
acre 1t would seem like fine invest
ment.
There has never been better time
than the present for the average farm
or to improve the grade of the stock
kept on his farm. Well bred and pedi-
greed Shorthorns, Angus Holsteins
and Herefords are being sold at very
reasonable figures. The sum Of $3.50
could not be invested to better adj
vantage. It does not take long to get
herd Of well bred stock when it is
gone at the right way.
With wool at 6 cents and mutton at
~ cents, the mutton breeds of sheep
can be made to return Sc per head
yearly. Five Of these sheep can be
kept where one COW can. The average
j COW of Iowa and Minnesota does moi
bring her owner return Of over $50
II she does that, and he has to do LOT
Of milking to get that. There Is, under
! present conditions, place for focl
Of the right kind of sheep on nearly
! all prairie farms.
Some farmers are always ready will
excuses for poor crops. 1t may be the
late wet spring, the dry June, be
lated spring frost, bugs and blight
windstorms and hail, lack of help. But
always in their neighborhood will bt
found some man who does not need tx
| apologize for his crops or his stock
one who, while he may fail on ont
thing, will always make success o.
/ his work as whole. This matter o.
making the farm pay really depend!
more on the man than on the soil, thu
season or any Of the contingencies as
ISOLATED with agriculture.
Eastern Nebraska has been favored
with an ample and, it might be said
superabundant rainfall the past three
seasons, and this abundant supply o
moisture has wrought out wonderful
change in tree growth, especially no
ticeable in the city Of Lincoln, wher
from q dwarfish type the result Of in
sufficient moisture Of three years ago