Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-09-13

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There is an entire absence of dis
ease among the hogs of the west.
Last year through the west the sack
IF oats weighed from forty to sixty
pounds; this year 1T weighs over 100
pounds.
Georgia, with twice the largest crop
Of peaches ever produced in the state,
has still secured for them the highest
price ever received.
If the state of Nebraska could only
to substitute alfalfa for sun
lowers she would speedily become the
richest state in the Union.
A poor apple is long way ahead of
no apple and this fact will justify the
of the Hibernal in the far
north country where other varieties
fail.
The domestic cat is one of the worst
pests of bird life to be found. 1t
wages an unceasing war on all forms
5vA III, ,%n ol, Is
determination
The best time to do pruning Of fruit
trees is during the summer growing
season, when the shoots are young and
tender and may be pinched or rubbed
off with the thumb and finger.
One need not expect to do much in
cultivating the soil where in wild
state it required six acres of prairie
to feed one critter. Either alkali or
short rainfall has got such country,
md perhaps both Of them.
All hilly farms are apt to suffer
more or less by erosion caused by
heavy rains, but we have in mind a
nice level farm which has been worse
eroded by the action Of whisky, acre
by acre being washed down O. FOOLS
throat.
The hoboes heye struck new lead
this summer When refused a hand
out at farmers house they Just cut
his telephone wire, when they get out
Of sight to prevent the good wife from
posting her neighbors that they are
likely to have visit from Tired Tom.
my.
The time is fast coming when $780,
100000 bushels Of corn will not suffice
to meet the needs Of this country, and
there is no new corn belt to be discov-
cred and opened up. Plenty Of land
for wheat extension, but none for corn
growing. Lucky if you have corn
farm.
1t is rare thing today to get hold OF
a well favored ham. The reason Is
that the packing house stock is not
smoked for ten days over a green
hickory fire. but is doped with some
chemical solution. The hams of today
are just fair quality of salt pork
that's ALL
The effort to replace the missing
trees in an orchard Is discouraging
One may take the best care of such
young trees. but for some reason when
the larger trees have once got posses.
sion of the ground they combine to SO
dwarf and starve the young tree that
1t rarely can hold its own with them
of apples suited to the north section
Of the central west, which territory
would include northern Iowa, Wiscon.
sin, South Dakota and Minnesota
While there may be other varieties
just as good. we would, after twenty
years experience, plant Duchess, Pat.
tens Greening, Wealthy and North
western Greening.
OF all the different crosses made with
the heavy draft sire on our native
mares that Of the Clyde gives the least
satisfaction. The cross, as we have
noted it, results in an ornery, hairy
legged, clumsy animal, good enough for
a serviceable plow horse, but sight to
behold when hitched to buggy or car
riage. The Shire and Percheron cross.
es are productive of many handsome
horses.
The most profitable hog is that one
which is raised up to the age Of siy
months on foods other than corn, the
frame to be built up on grass, clover
rape, milk and Stops, and then finished
and filled out with corn. We never
see two month pig running off will
an ear Of corn in his mouth but it looks
like a two-nonths- old baby sucking 6
pork rind. Grass made pork is al
ways profitable pork; corn fed porl
| sometimes is not