Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-09

let, uul very successful irrigation CT;
be done with hoe or cultivator
From a money point Of view til
young man will do better to turn hi
attention to agriculture rather tina
theology.
1t has been cherry year all throug
the west this year, plenty for the bird
as well as the good wife who want
the cherries to can.
Lightning struck the great Agricul
tural building at the worlds fair lately
and for time there was another stat
exhibit-a state of excitement.
They are trying to see If they chi
make profitable beef and pork wa.
up in the north country outside of tn
corn belt out of millet seed, barley an
roots.
Twenty good COWS well cared for, tel
brood sows and 200 hens is combina
ton which will make any ordinar,
mortgage look sick In q very fev
years.
The Japs are taking lots of Ameri
can canned beef. If they get hold o
some Of the critters which were las
seen headed for the cannery it Is n
wonder they do not fear death.
There are about zoo business fn'i
ures each week ii the J-Iced States
not s pr cent Of which are farmers
Farmers do not often fail unless the,
get TO monkeying with whisky or OF
tons or land speculations.
Aushes1na ID slowly Res~ering from
the effects Of the terrible drought whic
hung like pail over the country TO
seven yeass. The sadly decimate,
focks and herds are being restored
and fair measure of prosperity ha
returned to the people.
30 far as his wool crop is concerned
The range prices in Montana and Wy
oming are close to 20 cents, nearly
cents higher than they have been 70
long time. 1t means about dolla
head income from the wool product.
The rose breasted grosbeak, or pc,
bird, as he is sometimes known, cal
have his daily fill of peas from ou
Gcrden +o'>>.1 Kim i,ec- lis good worl
in eating the potato bug. he being tn
only bird. so far as we have been abb
to observe, which will ever touch thi
pet<-
Thc'dls'hssion over the question o
tuberculosis in the dairy herd and it
concentrating danger to the human
race is dying out. AS we understan,
1t, the question was not settled wheth
er such cont: mination was possible o
not. the burden Of proof being that 1
was not.
Pedigree is a good thing in a sire
but unless it Is coupled with individual
excellence 1t is almost always disap
pointment. Like will beget like. pedi
gree or no pedigree. Good quality with
out pedigree makes lottery of breed
ing, while pedigree without quality /
playing u shell game.
The plant breeding experts of til
agricultural department have develop
ed new hybrid fruit-the tangelo-
cross between the tangerine Grange an,
the pomelo or grape fruit. This hybri,
is said to combine the best qualities o
its parents and is likely to become o
great value to growers of citrus fruits
The wife should be entitled to til
undisputed use Of the egg money o.
the farm. Some get it, and many don't
The sensible man will encourage hi
wife and daughters in the poultr
business and assist them to make it
reliable source of income for the VIC
men folks. An income Of 5000 yea
Is entirely possible from this source.
Most men can only spend limite'
amount of money judiciously. No en-,
of men with only 500 will fool hal
of it away. 1t is of mighty little us
to give men money which they hav
not earned and learned to know tn
value Of. Poverty is unpleasant, I'll
true. but it is great blessing to tn
world, for 1t keeps more men decen
than any other thing.
We know man who twenty year
ago was just section hand on til
railroad, and his pay was only Sill
per day. He had wife and four chill
dren Today he is independent ant
easily worth $4,000. We do not know
all the details Of his struggle iron
poverty to comparative wealth. but W
do know this-that even when he wa
paid the lowest wage he made 1t
point to save something, IL only few
cents per day. 1t is in the saving an,