Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06

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CORRESPONDENCE
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Flowing done before Aug. Is is worth
for the next crop at least S1.50 pei
acre more than If done after the LIST OF
October.
Here is a trinity of farm redeemers
and improvcrs-more and more clover
an alfalfa field, If it Is possible tt
grow it. and the silo
August is flower month The cannas
salvias. geraniums. sweet peas coleus
and asters furnish riot of rich bla
zonry and lurid color schemes.
II the seed corn is selected before
frost and kept where it will not freeze
until wanted for planting, your neigh
bors will want to get seed of you.
The farmer of sixty ought to hav.
earned the privilege Of just bossing tho
work from then on and let the young
fellows do the sweating and granting.
The Japanese may be able to fight like
wildcats on diet Of fish and RICE bu1
the knowledge of this fact does MOI
make it any easier to endure the plague
Of the meat strike here.
There are some queer notions still
current. Melon growers in Georges
believe that by planting pumpkins here
and there in their melon patches they
/ get melon with harder shell.
Two or three barrels Of this Angus
road dust will be just what the hens
will be glad to get next winter. 1t i.
easily saved. Set the kids at it will
their little cart. They will think Il
great fun.
The Ruga Rugosa does not produce {
very fine rose. Still it Is better thar
none, and this stands to its credit
that there Is not day from June tt
October wien there are not bloom.
Of the bush.
Here, in the middle Of August. We
are daily gathering fine specimens Of
American Beauty, Kaiserin Victoria
Perle de Jardin and other nne rose:
from our rose gardens. the insect pest
all held in allegiance by nightly spray
ing of water under high pressure.
In Japan the landowners will not al
low a post to be set for fence To-
the reason that he wants the thirt.
square inches Of soil on which to grow
some plant. Here we give line fenc,
not only post room, but quite often
weed strip Of six feet on either side
oh, for some Japs!
The crop experts Of the government
F., forecast the 1904 crop Of corn at $500,
100000 bushels, the wheat crop at $50.
100000 bushels and the cotton crop a
11,5o0,0OO b. les. At 40 cents bushe
for the corn. 20 cents for the whea
and $40 bale for the cotton ther,
| Is added to the wealth Of the countr.
| S1,644, 100000 from these three crop
alone.
Our neighbours catalpa tree, ten year
old and big enough to make six goo.
fence posts Of unquestioned durability
| is an object lesson worth careful study
A thousand of these trees could b
| grown on one acre Of land. Six thou
sand posts at 10 cents each would b
5000, or nearly 500 per acre per yea:
Cut this estimate In two, and then th
return would discount any other cro]
which could be grown on the land.
Some cooks think they can do it, bu
they can't-make palatable dish Q
pork and beans inside Of four hours
The bean should remain in the warn
| CAiAoA aSC VI liC w Gil lOl lSSS luuu clSu
hours. The boys in the army learne
how to cook beans. They put the beal
pot to bed y the hot Goals and ashe
Of the campfire at night and revele'
on perfectly cooked beans for break
fast. Beans cooked only two hours ar
i death slugs.
We always like to watch migrator
/ flock OF swallows or blackbirds. Flo
brief nesting season there has bee
no community of interest among thes
birds, each pair Of birds mated an
rearing their little brood in a yer
Independent sort Of way. but thes
duties out of the way they gather tc
| gether, the swallows to line the tele
| phone or telegraph wires and plan 70
their long trip to the south. while til
| blackbirds sweep down in the cottor
wood trees. a noisy crowd like th
rooters at game of baseball.
While 1t is not best to have muc
to do with law. 1t Is still best to kno,
few things about 1t. Here are u fe,