Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-06

le is our firm belief that no man is
altogether bad who likes to 80 a-fish-
Ing.
Poultry raisers will do well to re-
member that capon will sell for just
about as much as turkey and not
cost one-half as much to raise. Then,
they will stay at home and not bother
the neighbors, Us the turkeys will.
When one buys seed corn shelled he
offers big premium for dishonesty to
the man who sells it. The chance to
be tricky, which this affords, will de-
moralize man almost as quickly as
the chance to sell milk which he knows
will not be tested.
1t is tree planting time, and, here
is hint or two: Trim the top of the
tree to correspond with its shortened
root system, mulch thoroughly for the
first season, do not plant trees too
close together and allow for the room
which the tree will need twenty years
hence.
The planting season for all Of the
north section Of the country Is very
brief, often not to exceed three or four
weeks. There are but few crops which
do we'll planted after May Is, only
beans, millet, sorghum, buckwheat and
what may be termed catch crops. II
poor seed is planted there is almost
always loss resulting, as there is
not sufficient time for late planted
crops to mature.
The possibilities connected with keep
ing a good COW are nowhere better H.
Illustrated than where one is kept by the
resident of our smaller towns. We
know of more than one case where
such COW, usually full blood or high
grade Jersey or Guernsey, will supply
family of four with all the milk,
cream and butter needed and. besides,
bring its owner in an income Of over
500 per year. this result being possible
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milk and cream at high prices.
Another corner in wheat has gone to
pieces. The wheat raisers who had
wheat to sell have been benefited, the
poor man has had to pay almost two
gone wrong, few men have made
fortune and the country is every way
the worse of because of the rascally
business If this republican form Of
government Of ours, over which we
brag so much. could manage some way
to prevent strikes and corners it would
do great service to the people at
large.
We are asked how many kernels Of
corn in a hill will bring the best re-
suits. This depends upon two things
fertility Of the soil and moisture dur
ing the caring period. Where soil is
very poor or during a drought one
stalk in hill will yield more corn to
the acre than If there were two or more
stalks. Where the soil is very rich and
the moisture ample four good stalks in
a hill are not too many. Taking corn
fields as they average, 1t may be said
that three stalks in hill Is plenty and
better two than four.
An old corn raiser says that II sod
land intended for corn Is SO well pull
verified that the seed Gun be planted as
deep as on old land the cutworms will
not seriously injure the crop. While
they will cut the corn down, it will
of the plant that it will send up new
shoot. When it is planted shallow on
the sod it cannot thus recover. If true,
this is worth knowing, for only late
planting, which endangers the crop in
the fall, has been heretofore considered
preventive Of damage by these
worms.
Ali along the Missouri river are
ranges of clay hills, free from rock
and made up Of pure loess soil
which Is just as fertile at depth Of
100 feet as it is at the surface. These
hills are too steep to cultivate in or
binary crops, but one man at Sioux
City has discovered that they will
grow the finest Of alfalfa and Is con-
verting what has heretofore been a
poor pasture range into alfalfa fields,
which he tells us bring him in a net
income of $50 per acre. This increases
the value Of these lands from S25 per
acre to over 500. This is an instance
of the success which awaits any man
who is bright enough to put things to
their proper use.
There is something besides three ker
nels Of corn in hill Of good germinat-
ing power necessary to make good
crop Of corn. There must be available
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