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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12
THE DAT CROP.

Thu oat crop OF the country is yearly
increasing in importance. 1t is one Of
the most valuable heterogeneous foods
produced on American farms, and it's
use in various forms as cereal foods
for man is Increasing by leaps and
bounds year by year. fact which
speaks volumes for the good sense Of
the American people from a dietetic
standpoint. The sturdy physique and
morality Of the Scotch people have
long been properly credited to happy
combination of oatmeal and the Short
er Catechism. The production Of this
crop is not keeping pace with the In
creasing demand, and the lack of In
crease in acreage is further aggravated
by quite general deterioration Of the
product in all the latitude south OF
AZ degrees, largely owing to the use Of
run out seed grain and the attempt
i to grow the crop in forced and I'M
congenial course Of rotation. The oat
belt is commonly supposed to be synon-
omous with the corn belt, save that
oats may be raised, giving larger yields
and better quality, far to the north
Of such corn belt. While the Increase
in acreage from 1880 to 1890 was rs
per cent, or from 16,144,000 acres to
2S,320,O0O acres during the decade,
from 1890 to 1900 the increase in area
given to oats was barely 100000
acres, the corn crop crowding the oat
crop out. The export demand, because
Of the higher prices which have pre-
vailed during the past four years, has
dropped from "a, 1000, 900 bushels in 1898
to 100000 in 1903, while the average
price for contract oats on the Chicago
market has been % cents for 1900, so
cents for 1901, 81 cents for 1902 and
36 cents for 1908. The seed oats this
spring through all the territory south
Of the latitude named, or covering
what is known as the best Of the corn
belt, will be the poorest we have ever
known sown, and unless nature by
some sort Of miracle reverses the
natural law providing that man shall
reap as he sows the prospect for the
1904 crop is anything but encouraging.
We have previously urged the import
ance Of changing seed, of getting seed
grain from the more northerly sections
the northern half Of Minnesota,
North Dakota and Manitoba-and be-
lieve that therein lies the secret of
vastly improving the yield and quality
Of the crop all through the corn belt
Oats grown south Of latitude AZ arS
just like potatoes bound to run out
and detertorate. What with the smut
which may be so easily prevented by
soaking the seed in formalin solu-
tion-the use Of deteriorated seed and
the sowing Of the crop on rich land
previously in corn, resulting in too
much straw and imperfect development
Of the grain, has brought about the
poor and prontless crop Of thirty BUSH
els Of oats to the acre, weighing
twenty-eight pounds to the bushel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12
Ito be Continued.)
Homcseekers' Rates.

On the first and. third Tuesdays o.
each month the iowa Central railwa,
sells special homeseekers' round trll
excursion tickets to points in the north
west, west southwest, south and south
east. at one fare r.us 81.
Return limit twenty-one days from
date Of sale and stopovers permitted
On same dates special one-way rate!
in effect foc benefit of settlers.
Call on agents for full particulars
or address, A. B. Cults. G. P. & T. A,
Minneapolis. MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Thorpe shook his head. He was al
ready trying to figure how to increase
his cut to 3O,00O,O0O feet.
"I'll do it," he muttered to himself
after Wallace had gone out to visit the
mill. 1--WE been demanding success of
others for good many years; now I'll
demand it Of myself"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The Frenchman has learned how to
use the culls of American apple or
chards in the shape of dried apples
and manufacture dry champagne
which when sent over here graces the
boards Of our nabobs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12
GRASSES AS FERr111zERs,

There are some very erroneous no.
tons as to the value Of grasses as fer
tilizers. All the clovers are fertilizers
of the first quality. Timothy is in no
sense a fertilizer, but as much of
soil robber as any of our cereal crops.
In fact, when tits allowed to produce
crop of seed it is worse than any of
them. Blue grass is not soil fer
tilizer, but the growing of it involves
pasturing the field, and the turf when
turned over and decayed furnishes u
valuable supply of humus for the soil.
All the grasses are weed killers and in
this way benefit the land, but the clo-
vers alone really regenerate the soil.
The great cry Of the farms both east
and west is for more clover.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Florida produced 100000 boxes of
oranges the past season. The planta-
tons have largely recovered from the
disastrous freeze of few years ago,
and the crop will increase yearly from
now on.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The Jersey two-year-old COW Tonona
TX. ate during the year 1903 $62.3S
worth of high priced feed, but her milk
product sold for $3.50. She gave an av-
erage Of twenty-five pounds of milk
per day, but it was nearly all cream.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The hired man will take kindly to
cleaning up the barnyards when you
give him manure spreader to work
with, though he always hated the job
done in the old way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

A plant of alfalfa ten feet from root
to tip was grown on the Colorado des-
ert from the seed in seven months I'M
der irrigation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

No matter If seeds do retain their
vitality more than one year, we~would
always use seed of the previous years
growth if we could. Age with seeds
usually means impairment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

We saw ten acre field of red clover
the other day in which there must have
been at work last season a thousand
pocket gophers, for they had literally
honeycombed the field from end to end.
This fellow is great pest in the clover
fields.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12
Does your wife have a supply or soft
water? If not you should get it for her

We note that the men who most
strongly advocate the keeping Of dual
purpose cows do not keep them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The Cuban reciprocity treaty, or a
large supply, has brought around the
time when the people are getting TWEEN
ty pounds of sugar for 81. They ought
never to get any less and should get
more,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

J. A. Sheagren's sporting goods
house at Burlington was robbed OF
merchandise valued at $500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Sometimes the hired man needs a
starter just as much as the cream does
to fit it for churning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

A -four mill will. be built at Parkers
burg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

It is said that little vaseline rub
bed on the teats of a COW that is
hard to milk with dry hands will an
swer every purpose Of fabrication and
make such cows easy to milk. It is
worth trying.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

A graceful trailing vine of some sort
always adds beauty to porch or re-
cessed corner Of the house. The Vir-
ginia creeper, the rambler roses, the
moon flower, the passion flower and
clematis can each be used with much
satisfaction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

One Of the very best types Of Euro
pean agriculture is to be found in Hol-
land on lands reclaimed from the ocean
and which lie twenty feet below the
level of the ocean, protected from it by
bikes. These lands, largely in grass,
are made to produce an annual income
Of 500 per acre and over.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

A growing industry and new one
is the production of bulbs on the is
lands in Puget sound, where climatic
and soil conditions favor the produc-
ton Of bulbs-lilies, tulips, gladioluses,
hyacinths-in every way the equal Of
those produced in Holland, country
which has enjoyed monopoly Of the
business for centuries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The value Of succulent ration for
stock in winter, especially the dairy
COW, the brood SOW, the ewes and the
poultry, is conceded by all, and while
various root crops will furnish such a
ration it still can be more easily and
cheaply secured through the silo than
in any other way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

We note that the English sparrow
has a great liking for the long and
plant fbers which are to be found on
all telegraph and telephone poles when
they get the nest building fever on.
We saw dozen Of these birds at work
on one pole the other day busily strip
ping the fiber off.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Hen manure may be used for lawn
dressing to advantage if mixed with
three times its bulk of earth. 1t should
be used very sparingly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Foresight Is a most valuable trait
for a farmer to cultivate. His present
is so closely linked with his future that
if he cannot look ahead his chance of
winning success is slim. Varying pres
ent conditions compel equally varying
future ones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

It is the woman who has much to do
with the unsurpassed excellence of
Dutch cheese and Danish butter, and
the best type Of European women in
the matter Of health, strength and
beauty is found in direct connection
with the dairy business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

An agricultural journal formulating
dairy ration for one of it's readers
advises giving the COW all the wheat
straw she will eat in connection with
other foods. We do not believe that
wheat straw or sawdust has any place
on the bill of fare for the dairy COW.
There is about as much milk in wheat
straw as there is in fence post.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

One very pleasing feature of the
present spring is the temperance Of
the bluebirds in large numbers. For
several years they entirely disappear
ed, and we thought we had entirely
lost this most CHEEKY harbinger Of
spring, but here he is back again,
ready to go to housekeeping as Of old
in the box you have prepared for him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

A friend has dozen thrifty hard
maple shade trees with trunks six
inches in diameter growing where he
does not want them and wants to know
If he can successfully remove them to
another location. a tree as large as
these and presumably with heavy
and wide spreading top, as such trees
would usually have grown where they
had plenty Of room, could not we'll be
moved and have it live unless the top
was also mostly removed. AS most of
fhe feeding roots Of such tree would
be cut off in the process of removal,
1t would be necessary to cut back the
top to correspond, and in the case of so
large tree the mutilntion would be
severe shock. We have set many
shade trees out-maples and elms-and
have always had the best success by
trimming the top down to bare pole.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The Italian is the worker in the
wheatfelds Of the Argentine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

A very attractive bit of lawn decora-
ton can be made with dozen cannas,
using for the center Of the bed plant
Of the dark foliaged type and surround
ing this with others of medium height,
with the outside row made up of the
dwarf kinds. This arrangement is for u
circular bed. A dozen plants are enough
for six foot bed, and they want a
very rich sandy soil and during the
hot weather all the water they can get
They should not be set out until the
last Of May, and will cost about dol
for plants at your greenhouse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

We think that the owner of the sandy
farm is more to be pitied than any 9TH
err farmer. The wind whips his fields,
in a dry season he can raise nothing
and in wet one his fertilizers are
leached away and largely lost. We
could stand billy farm, fiat and
wet one, stiff clay and quite sprin-
king Of rocks, but would steer clear
Of the sandy farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The breakfast food craze has about
subsidized. Scores of concerns which
claimed for tablespoonful of parched
wheat or other grain a nutritive value
equal to pound Of beefsteak have
gone to the wall and quit business.
Breakfast food is all right. and few
Of the old standbys in oat and wheat
preparations survive, while the high
priced trash has almost disappeared, to
the great relief Of the retail grocers all
over the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Adulteration Of food products has
gone further in the line of sweets from
the maple tree and bucl1wheat -four
than in almost any other thing. No
man who handles these products is e1-
pected to guarantee their genuineness,
and if he does he is not believed.
Every state should have a pure food
law not to prevent adulteration, but to
compel the selling Of such adulterated
food products for just what they are.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12
CHAPTER XXI.

|1HE moment had struck for the
woman. Thorpe did not know
it, but it was true. A solitary,
brooding life in the midst Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

Science is doing more for agriculture
and its allied branches today than for
any other profession. In the line Of
manufacturing, mining, transportation
and engineering it would seem as
though the limit Of improvement was
well nigh reached, while with agri-
culture the field Of possibilities is ey-
cry day widening. The abundance and
cheapness of land in the past, which
made it possible and easier to draw
upon the earth's stored fertility than
to devise ways and means of conserv-
ing such fertility and increasing the
yield of farm products, have come to
full stop, and the question Of fewer
acres, larger crops, a more humane
and intelligent treatment Of the soil
confronts every farmer. Within five
years more has been learned about soil
physics, the value of improved seed
and breeds Of domestic animals, the
numberless insect and bacterial pests
which beset the crops and stock, than
during the entire period of agricultural
development in this country. This
most valuable knowledge is constantly
increasing in power and widening in
its scope through the medium of agri-
cultural journal, experiment station
and farm institute.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

The very finest quality of wheat,
oats, barley and flax that we have ever
seen produced in this country came
from the far north, where it is nip and
tuck for these cereals to mature be-
tween spring and fall frosts. The quail
ty of these cereals is not only high, but
the yield is immense in the good crop
years, but it looks like taking quite a
risk to run the chance Of frost when
the wheat is in the milk or six inch
fall of snow when the oats are well in
bloom.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-12

aosolute scorn of all others. Thorpe
passed his hand across his brow. The
same spirit was once fully and freely
his.
Inc music Of our FURNISHED ak shall
make the woods resound,
ana many lofty ancient pine will tum-
pie to the ground
AL nlsnt around our shanty fire we'll sing
while rude winds blow
On. wen range the Wild woods DER while
sa-lumberin' we go!"
That was what he was here for.
Things were going right. 1t would be
pitiful to fail merely on account of this
1diotic lassitude. this unmanly weak
ness. this boyish impatience and desire
for play. He woodsman! He fellow
with these big strong men!
a single voice, clear and high, struck
into quick measure:
II am a jolly shnnty boy,
AS you will soon discover;
To all the lodges am fly,
A hustling pine wood rover.
peavey hook it is my pride:
An ak / well can handle;
To fell tree or punch a bull
Get rafting Danny Randall"
And then. with rattle and crash, the
whole Fighting Forty shrieked out the
chorus:
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
MAN HAS RIGHT
TO WHIP WIFE
Judge Declares in Favor of
Rod at inns.
Verdict Founded on Ancient English
Law Which Upholds the
Privilege.

LOUISVILLE. June 4-Police Judge
John J. Riley recognized the old English
custom OF allowing a husband the priv
ilege OF whipping his wife. and as a
result Squire Smith. who was before
the court on the charge Of wIfe-beating.
has been dismissed
Attorney Morgan read the law as for
merry practiced in England and spoke
at length Of the privilege of a husband.
The evidence I'm the case on trial show
ed that Smith had overheard a CONVEX
sation between his wife Mrs Annie
Smith. and another man. and accord
ingly he administered a whipping 10
her and admonished her not to talk to
other men in the future
When Smith was arrested he an
nounced his intention Of basing his de-
Tense on a mans right 20 beat his
wife when she sufficiently offends. He
IS well-known farmer. and was never
known before 70 strike his wife.
7 recognize the right Of any hus-
band whose record is otherwise clear -
said Judge Riley in Diminishing the case.
TO chastise his wife where her conduct
Is offensive There is no other way
by which he can censure her properly
for certain acts discreditable to her
and 70 him.
Il would not punish this man for act
ing as he did"
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
LOCAL MENTION.
A wen-Known Man With Iron Ne

A Well-Known Man With Iron Nerve
A popular host, who has hosts of
friends. In the ranks OF the younger
business men OF Washington who are
winning success, there Is no better eX-
ample OF meritOriOus push, iron nerve.
and persistency than thar which IS pre-
sented in the business career Of Mr.. VII
liam J. Donovan the popular proprietor
OF the Baseball House 1923 Seventh
Street northwest. The appointments OF
this resort are strictly up-tO-date in cV-
cry particular. The best Ok every tiIi.s
on earth is served II Donovan = Ylarc,
and his multitude Of patrons all speak
kindly OF the rich Quality of Columbia
Club. q pure rye whisKcy
MIR. Donovan Is Il natural epicure and
he attributes his success To his unerrrinE
Judgment in the selection Of pure goods.
Mr.. Donovan : yet quite young man.
Having been in business at his present
location for fifteen years he has made
host Of friends by his congeniality and
cordial disposition. and there Is no bust
ness man IN the National Capital who
is better known.
Mr.. DOnovan's eventful experience in
catering to the desires Of men who are
prominent I'm both public life and base
ball circles. renders II next to impOssi-
I bic for him to make a mistake iE re-
gard TO what is good to drink. and COM
bined with this is the happy faculty OF
remembering the names, faces, and par
tiCular likes OF his numerous customers
and friends both political and social,
And this is the brief story Of the man
Of an iron nerve.
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
A Successful Smoke Consumer.

Notwithstanding the stringent local
regulations governing the smoke nut
sance and their impartial but strict OBJ
seryance on the part OF the Health Of
fcer. II appears that a remedy has been
found In the apparatus that Mr. A. Lis
ner. proprietor Of the Palais Royal. has
installed IN his establishment. After a
thirty days trial OF the device installed
by Mr.. William Robinson. Of this city.
Il seems evident that the public nor the
authorities need suffer more from the
smOkestacks which are a necessary part
Of almost every establishment OF the
city. Mr.. Lisner. prior TO the installa-
ton Of the Robinson device. was prob
ably the worst sufferer In the District
from the stringent enforcement OF the
smoke law. and had tried a number OF
devices. all OF which proved 20 be fail
ures. but after a test under the close OBJ
servatiOn Of the Health Office inspectors.
y has become conclusively evident to
him that the Robinson device removed
all annoyance from both the smoke and
the interference Of the authorities With
this idea for the devices have been in
stalled in the Palais Royal and the re-
suits are more than satisfactory The
results already obtained have secured
for Mr. Robinson orders from establish
ments all over the city.
Paper lanterns. napkins. J. Jay Gould's.
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
YOUNG ENGLISH N. P.
LOSES A FORTUNE
Bridge Whist Mania Invades House of
Commons and One Legislator
Becomes Victim.

LONDON, June 4.-Something between
&l5.O0O and s25,O0 has been lost at
bridge by a young Conservative mem
Der OF parliament while playing with
some OF his fellow members
Bridge IS prohibited within the pre-
cincts OF the house. although there f.
reason TO believe that surreptitious
games sometimes go on I'm corners Of
the smoke room.
The high play which is responsible for
the losses Of the member referred TO
took place at "a private residence
The matter threatens to become a
public scandal like that which centered
around the late Mir Druckcr. who was
swindied out Of nearly e25OOO0 by Ger
tain hon" members. one OF whom stlu
retains his seat
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
COMMISSIONERS ANNUL
SNOW AND ICE NOTICES

About POO unpaid assessments. levied
Against property owners under the
terms Of the snow and ice law for fail
ure TO clear their sidewalks or snow
last winter. have been cancelled. an or
der 10 this effect having been Issued
b. the District Commissioners yester-
day
This means that ar a. result OF the
law having been declared invalid recent
ly by the District Court Of Appeals.
200 citizens OF the District will not have
to pay about $3.50 into the Government 8
Golfers. although notice had been given
them that such payment would have
be made
over half hundred such assessments
have already been paid by the land
owners. but the District will have TO re-
fund the money
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
Big Cut in Oil Stoves.

500 2-burner Blue Flame OIL Cooker;
reduced TO S3.9
$500 3-burner Blue Flame Oil Cooker; re-
duced to 81 90
g 80 2-burner DANGER Gasoline Stove:
reduced to $3.50.
500 3-burner Dangler Gasoline Stove:
reduced TO S3.75.
a Eberly's Sons. us eth St NV.
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
e.Meet Me at the Fountain

The instant success of Adams new
soda fountain. at 9th and G SITS. NV. is
certainly wonderful. Everyone who has
tried IL says il IS the best soda I'm tho
city. Mr.. Adams uses only pure fruit
syrups and the best ice-cream. and ha
makes the guarantee that II you are not
satisfied with the soda at this fountain
you need not pay for II.