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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07
SOMETHING TO LEARN.

American farmers would be aston
ished at the results If they should aIr,-
ply the same careful, intensive and
sensible methods to the cultivation Of
the soil and the care Of their stock
which obtain in some of the. old world
countries Denmark Holland, the Is
land Of Jersey and France-where a
little area of land Is SO treated that 1t
produces twice and thrice as much per
acre as is produced in this country,
When our land was cheap-$25 to $50
per acre-it Is perhaps true that any
sort of intensive agriculture did not
pay, for this cheap land was new and
very fertile and able to stand good
deal Of abuse which has been applied
to it without stint. Now, however, that
these same lands run in value from
$40 to $3.50 per acre there is much in
these advanced methods of European
farming we'll worth considering We
have not yet learned how to properly
feed the land-that is, to so rotate and
fertilize it that it will do it's best or
anywhere near it. Good farming will
always keep up and increase the fer
tility Of tire Soil. This but few do, and
half of the land will not now produce
more than one-half as good crops as it
would fifty years ago. Continuous
cropping with grain has removed the
humus and depleted the available sup
ply Of nitrogen and potash. We know
of several instances where foreigners
from the countries mentioned have be-
come possessed of small tract of land
here and by carrying out their old
country methods are obtaining the
most astonishing results, making more
money from twenty acres than their
American neighbors are from eighty
acres and not working any harder Ell
ther. We have much to learn FROM
these people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07
GRASS AS A MEAT MAKER.

All through the corn belt men have
placed too much dependence upon corn
as meat maker and not enough on
from grassland by grass we mean
clover, alfalfa and blue grass-is al
ways cheaply produced, while meat
made from corn has often to be sold
for less than it cost But few men I'M
derstnnd the real value of good pas
ture as meat producer, and altogeth-
er too little attention is paid to keep
ing pasture lands up to high state Of
productiveness, the most common sin
being in connection with overstocklng
them and never giving the grass any
kind Of show to grow We know of
men who would hardly be able to sleep
nights if they had a pasture which car
ried heavy and luxuriant growth Of
grass and would not rest until they
had got enough stock into it to keep
1t down." as they express it. Grass
must have some sort of chance to
grow above ground If it is to have a
good, strong and vigorous root system.
Where grass Is weakened by overpas-
turing the weeds are quick to take adj
vantage of the fact and soon swarm all
over the field to still further help kill
out the grass. A blue grass pasture,
unfed from July till winter will fur
nish one Of the best and very cheapest
winter rations for the colts and for
cattle and sheep as well provided the
snow does not get too deep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure. ut
is great surprise on account of its
exceeding promptness in relieving
pain in bladder. kidneys and back, in
male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately. If you
want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy. Sold by w. L. Sargent. Drug
riat lttumwa Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07
BIRD MIGRATION.

There is no more interesting sight to
be seen in the fall Of the year than the
vast focks Of blackbirds getting ready
for their southern migration. Grouped
in families as they were bred in the
swamps, they at first live an independ-
ent sort Of life. Later, as the fall
days come on, they commence to gath
er in small focEs, which constantly in
crease in size as the days go by un-
til just before they migrate they may
be seen in tiocks containing thousands,
wheeling with a military precision in
their fight or massing and swarming
in the tops Of the cottonwood trees, all
chattering like a lot of women at a tea
party, evidently discussing in their bird
language the time for their departure
and the route to be taken, and then the
day comes for them to go, a day just
before the coming of the snow, the
frost and the cold north wind, and cir
cling round few times to take last
look at the old home they head for the
south and in undulating flight seek the
marshes, the rice and cornfields Of q
warmer latitude. A few stray birds,
perchance the very young and inexperi.
enced ones or those that suffer from
some infirmity, linger all winter through
the cold and the storms, seeking tho
shelter of an evergreen grove in the
vicinity of some farmers corncrib.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

The Lord has been very good to even
the lazy farmer this year, for the corn,
though not planted until the middle Of
June, has all ripened up in fine shape.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

The great trouble with that much
doomed wheat country Of the Cana
dian northwest is that there Is only
work for the farmer about three
months in the year, and the rest Of the
time he has to loaf.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

1t seems almost impossible to pre-
serve any Of our game animals and
birds or our best food and game fish
by any sort of legislation. 1t seems to
be born in the average American that
all wild life belongs to him if he can
get at it, no matter what the law may
be.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07
NEW TYPES.

=
We are asked by what process thu
new varieties of strawberries and DO.
tatoes are originated. New varieties Of
strawberries are not originated from
the runners, but from the seeds of the
berry. New kinds of potatoes como
from the seeds in the seed balls and
not from the tubers. The new sorts
are propagated by the runners and tn.
bers of the plants thus originated. The
same rule as to new varieties holds
good with all our fruits which carry
seeds apples, pears, peaches, plums.
With our cereal grains-tomatoes, Gu.
cumbers, melons and squashes-with
most flowers, the origination of new
variety comes as sport or freak, the
result Of natures mysterious methods
of cross fertilization, such sport beina
selected for propagation by seeds or
cuttings from 1t. Many new things ard
developed by mechanical cross fertlIl.
Eaton where varieties are purposely
crossed by the agency of man, and no
field Of research Is more fascinating or
Is attracting more attention at the
present time, Luther Burbank of Call.
fornia being the high priest in this line
OF wonderful work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

'Ihut'S it; pull hard"
atone in this house afore, and 1 should
be dreadful lonesome If you hadn't
come" This was offered as fresh
bait.
''Pashy, I've got somethin' 1 wanted
to ask you. Do you think you could
e'-er"-
what, Perez"
II wanted to ask you"-the captain
swallowed several times-'to ask you
IL s-1.4i-.-- - 4L.~AoU
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

1t never pays to foster any sort Of
manufacturing industry which is
under the control of trust, for just
as soon as it is we'll started the trust
may buy it up and let 1t remain idle.
This thing has been done in almost
countless instances with oatmeal mills,
paper mills and many other enterprises.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

A good deal Of fuss is made over the
turkey us a centerpiece for the Thanks
giving dinner when, If people did but
know it, q six-weeks-old sucking pig
stuffed and baked, with small cob in
his mouth, can in point of palatability
and flavor eclipse any old gobbler ever
cooked. Try the pig and see-and do
not forget to put the cob in his mouth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

A friend Of ours told US recently that
he had farmed 100 acres of pretty good
land as grain farm for thirteen years
and that at the end Of that time he was
no better off than when he commenced,
and that year ago he put twenty-five
cows on his farm and has made more
clean money than he thought possible
to get out of the farm. Many others
have done this same thing and they all
give the same sort of testimony.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

A case came to our notice lately
where the profit connected with grow
ing hogs was well Illustrated. Two
shotes were bought in May at SIS each.
They were fed until the LIST Of Septem-
Der, the food all bought save the grass.
When sold they brought $50, and, de-
Quoting the cost Of the food, they made
the owner clean profit of 95 per cent
on his investment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

j When man grows crop of grain on
his farm and hauls it OF to market he
has been drawing on the principal Of
his capital and not using the interest,
been selling the phosphates, the nj
trates, the potash and the humus of his
soil. which he must later replace if he
would keep his account properly bal
anced
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

Young man, If you are in debt and
are eating up today what you expect
to earn and pay for next month try an
oatmeal diet for thirty days and get
square with the world and hereafter
pay as you go. The oatmeal will not
hurt youth fact, will be good thing
for you. A poor man has no business
to run his face for food to eat unless
no is a tramp pure and simple.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

There is great deal connected with
the proper feeding and dressing Of
poultry for market. We were in
commission house about Thanksgiving
last year where lots Of turkeys were
arriving for the holiday trade. Most
of these birds had been taken right
from a grasshopper diet in the fields
and were lean, and many Of them
were very poorly dressed. The point
which we wish to make is that these
lean and i'll dressed fowls were almost
unstable and when selling at all did
not bring one-half the price the fat
and we'll dressed birds did. Turkeys
intended for the Thanksgiving trade
should be rounded up at least two
weeks before the killing and dressing,
kept in a darkened place and be stuffed
with all the corn or cornmeai they will
eat: should be picked dry and be clean
ly dressed. This applies to the feeding
and marketing Of all kinds Of poultry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

:
It is too bad that most men do not
realize what pest the Canada thistle
and quack grass are on the farm until
these things have got good start and
1t becomes almost Impossible to Grad
icate them. We know of an eighty acre
farm in Iowa which is now covered
with the thistle, which the neighbors
have seen. develop from just small
patch, they regarding it with as much
Indifference as though it was a patch
Of bindweed or purslane, when they
should have been as much wrought up
over this little patch of thistles as they
would have been over case of small
pox in their community. A farmer
leads a very independent life, it is
true, but his independence should be
curtailed when he makes a business Of
raising weed seed to infect his neigh
bors' farms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

A friend recently drained large
swamp on his farm, and, looking it
over with him, we discovered that he
had thus exposed a four foot bed Of
most excellent peat AS he has tc buy
all his fuel at high prices, there should
be something right there on his own
farm worth looking up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

We are Of the opinion that Mr.. Hub
bard is entitled to far greater need
Of recognition for the introduction Of
the famous squash which bears bis
name than is Mr.. Benjamin Davis for
his work in a horticultural way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

Three wet seasons - that Is, three
years in succession-bringing to the
northwest and west large volume of
rainfall during the crop season, to the
detriment of the crops in the grain
growing sections Of that territory, have
very naturally resulted in giving the
SO called semiarid sections west of It
a sufficient rainfall to insure exception
ally fine crops, with the result that
there has been great boom in. these
lands in the dry sections for farm pur-
poses, the condition Of the grasses and
crops there grown being such as to de-
lude men into buying such lands at
good prices. There Is going to be trou-
BILE, and lots Of 1t, out there when the
seasons once again swing back to nor
NAL conditions. For general farming
keep east of the one hundredth degree,
west longitude. Observance of this
rule will save many man failure and
disappointment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07
Ine burrows which a mortgage places
IN the farm are quite often to be found
as much on the face of the farmers
wife as out in the plowcd field.

Sowing and planting good seed is
one thing and sowing and planting it
In well prepared seed bed is another
and almost Of rs much Importance so
far as the crop is concerned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

It is quite an element Of success for
a farmer to adopt some fixed general
plan for the conduct Of his farm and
then stick to it. 1t may be the dairy
or beef making, the keeping Of sheep
or the raising Of horses. The work Of
the farm should be planned to con-
verge around this principal business,
whatever it may be, and It should not
be abandoned just because it does not
pay for a time. 1t is the sticking to it
that wins out every time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

Five years ago we top grated TWEEN
ty-f1ve Duchess trees one year old with
dozen varieties Of apples which are
not rated as hardy where we live. The
experiment to date is success, the
trees being very thrifty and just be-
ginning to bear. The weak point OF
tender apple tree lies in its root sys-
TEN and trunk, and we have reasoned
that if these were made entirely hardy
the tenderer varieties might be raised.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

The hog is naturally very clean an
iinal, considering that he belongs to
the scavenger tribe. when he Is given
half chance. Filthy hog yards are
often primary causes of sick and dead
hogs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-07

Judgments for a matter of $1,000
against the owner and driver are prov
Ing the most effective brake yet in
vented for the reasonable manage
ment of the automobile. 1t should be
the prime object Of the owners Of these
machines to make friends with the
travelling pubic who from the nature
Of things regard the road devils with
well grounded hatred, and it is the few
fools with machines who make all the
trouble. na
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
MINNESOTA OUT
OF THE DRY DOCK
smokestack to be Set in Place
Charleston Goes in Dock For
Last Time Before Trial.

The bntileship Minnesota, which has
been in dry dock No 9, at the shipynrd
Tor several days, was floatef out of
the basin yesterday and towed to the
pier. beside the big electric crane,
where she will have one of her three
smokestacks set in place. e..
While the Minnesota was in docli!f}er
ruddcr was hung and her Dilge Reels
sci. i'll place. All of the launching
packing was removed from the vessel
Just before she was docked
Will Dock Charleston.
The new protected cruiser Charles.
ton, which will leave the shipyard next
Saturday week for her official trial trim.
will be iloated into dry dock No. Q, at the
sllinyard, today for The purpose of hav-
ing her hull painted. This will be the
last time the cruiser will be dockei
before she is sent on her trial and a.
special preparation will be put on her
hull ''s j
The crew which will man the vessel
on her rim has been chosen from the
shipyard mechanics and the pilot who
will pilot her up the coast and, back
will be chosen from the Virginia Pilot
Association.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
ROYAL ARCH OFFICERS.
Elected and Installed at Regular Con.
vocation

IL hi t
Elected and. Installed at Regular Con
s vocation.
~ the regular convocation Of. ST
johns Roya! Arch. Chapter 81, hell
Tuesday evening. the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
High priest, w. r. Rogers: king
WIN. McCauley; scribe, C., o. Pugh,
treasnrer,sM. II. LASH aocrctary, Jas
ID. Winnie: trIste e.. A.. A. IIorwita.
Tie high priest then made the fol
lowing appointments: c. of H.. C. y
MtAlnihc; 2, S., S. III. RIPLEY; r. a
c. j. H.. Taylor; III. of Thll Vail, b. C
Widen; Il. nj Second Vail, C IT. Rich
iar'Isrn: NJ. of First Vail, G.! III. Thaycr:
chaplain. Jain Grccnsmith: steward
G, II. Mould; iiltr, A. p. Baum.
After tho o1lccrs were installed tho
'retiring high priest. L. Fcnno Heath
was presented with a beautiful pasi
high priests jewel SOS
p
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
School Board Failed to Hold .Ad.
& iourned Session.
TEACHERS FIR! TO BE lLIcTfD
List Was Not Completed at Last Meet
ing, and it is Necessary That the
Matter Be Disposed Of Without Fur
ther Delay.
ther Delay

The board Of school trustees was
scheduled TO meet last night for the
purpose of completing the list Of teach
ers l:r the session CT i9c5.0G, but only
Two trustees put in their appearance
ami no meeting was held. There are
still a number ri teachers to be elect
ed and. as il is very necessary That
they shonll be named without delay,
1T Is probable thai a special meeting
Of tho board will he called for one
night this week by the chairman.
Tic board. at its regular meetin.;
last week. tcoli up the election of
teachers anil elected majority nf
them. Cn account of certain questions
which arose. il was impossible TO meet
again last night.
There will he contests over several
ri The teachers Offering for reelection
and it is expected that the meeting
at which the list will be completed will
be lively one. I'll.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
Theatrical



The Gagnnn- Pollock Stock Company
continues tn attract large audiences to
the big. airy theatre hy the bay. Last
evenings performance Of "'rhe Little
Minister" with Miss Pollock in the
rnlc nf Lady Rahbie. was IL repetition
of tho success scored by the company
i'll this production.
The engagement of the Gagnon. Fol
iccK organization as the result OF the
general satisfaction given in all the
presentations SINCE the opening of the
stns'in,. has been extended In an indie
finite date. Tho vaudeville annex will
be continued throughout the engage
mcLt. AS heretofore, the olio Of spe
fiallics will lie given between the
acts of the dramatic attraction, the
vaudeville bill Icing changed twice a
week, Mnliday ana Thursday.
Tho ryrnechnic carnival advertised
fer Friday night will take place on
the spacious lava stretching the
length of the hotel and dancing lavi-
lio:I. from which many thousands may
Comfortably view the display.
Tonight and the rest of this week
Jim Maync From Eaine" will be pre-.
scented.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
Norwegian Steamer Frey Loading
ri Full, Cargo Of Wheat. iai
EVENT ON TIE WATERFRONT
Cargo of Wheat Has Not Been Ship,
ped From This Port For TWO Years
Minnesota Broke Record For Paci
ific Run-Marine. Notes.

!: For the first time in about two
s:years, q steamship Is loading cargo
,{of wheat at This port. The vessel is
3tthe Norwegian steanler Frey. which
saairivcd here from Norfolk Tuesday af-
@ternoon Immediately after her ar
3irival the Frey was locked on, the
Alno: Ii side IF Chesapeake and Ohio
22Ssrain pier No. 5. @hcre QUO bushels
fiof wheat are being dumped into her
s. hold from elevator A. The cargo of
Nwheat is consigned to liavre, France
it:r Which port the ship will sail this
week.
q 1t has been about two months since
4 a full Cargo of grain WIS shipped from
this port. hut SO long has IL been since
e FIJI cargo of wheat was shipped that
4syletal Of The oldest shipping men
when asked by n reporter, said they
5coult! not remember the occasion
i Some said 1t was four, others three hut
I at The custom house ii was learned
that it was two years ago when thr
I: last wheat cargo was taken ont Of this
!. port.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL EXCURSION.
Presbyterlans Going TO jamestown or
the Louise,

Presbyterlans Going to jamestown on
the Louise.
The Sunday schools of the first and
second Presbyterian churches of this
city. will give an excursion to James.
town today The party will be taken
up the. liver OH the steamer Louise,
which vii! be towed by tug boat and
there Will he no fire aboard the
steamer
1t is expected that fully 500 people
will go mp to jamestown on the steam.
or which will start at tho chesapeake
and Ohio passenger pier this morning
at q ~ O'Clock. Tho day will be- spent
a. jamestown and at 4:S0 O'clock the
party will start ON the return trip
reaching this city about o'clock this
evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
MEETS AZ TRINITY CHURCH.

Women's Foreign Missionary Society
OF Richmond District. NJ
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society Of the Richmond district will
hold Its annual convention here today,
Trinity Methodist church being ehe
place of meeting. The, first session
will;Re. hsld this morning at 10 o'clock
| At moon luncheon Will be served by
I, theflladles of the church and an after.
noon. session will he held ut 1 o'clock.
Only. regular business is to. lie dis
posed Of by the society. as no new mat.
tiers OF Importance are on the calendar
forfthe convention.
The preliminary meeting OF the con
vention was held last night Mt Trinity
church, instead of the usual mid-weell.
ly prayer service.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
SURVEY or THE DAvENTRY.
Steamer Soon VIII Be Ready to Leave
Shipyard.

A survey of the steamship Davcntry.
which was recently. entered into Amer
icans registry. will be mnde at the
sllipEarA in a fc@ days. by the Gus:
fdms' officials here. The Dayentry was
formerly British steamship and her
measurements were made according
10 the British methods which are ,lifi'
f1efent from the American method of
measurements. The vessel has already
8ihsen listed in the American merchant
marine. 8 6asG va esq $3 u
;sSt,A lesl of the boilers and engines Of
the steamship will he made as soon as
the survey is completed and when the
test is concluded The ship will he dock
ed for painting after which she will
Sail rdr7Newi Ycfk. 81 t9s
ss The vessel, will, it is understood, ply
sssafgt of New York in tho ocean freight
To PORTO Rico. fsis ~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-15
LETTER TO ARTHUR LEE,
Newport News, Va.

Dear. SIR: Che 'hte president of tho
Croton River bank, Mt Brewster, N Y,
built the finest house in. all that re.
slon. I'M 1884. and painted it with lead
and-oil at a cost of $400--thc honsc
cost SCI 900.
In 1SS7-three .years-he repaintcil
II with Devoe Mt cost OF $3.50. In
1897 this paint was in good condition.
Lead:anl-oil. $780,, three years. De.
voc $3.50, ten years. Yours truly
IS + w DEVOFi e co
p. w. Caldwell sells our paint.