Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Modern business life is of that siren
uous type that ,wenty years Of 1t will
about finish up man, while the farm
er can keep a-gning till he is seventy.
A coating Of well rotted stable ma.
nure put on the lawn Just ut the begin
ming of winter will make the grass
both thicker and greener next sum-
mer.
In the Philippines the natives call
the American schools, CLERK shops"
this because they claim that as soon
as Filipino gets educated he knows
too much to work. We have something
Of this kind in this country.
We can all have oranges to eat this
winter. Florida will have 100000
boxes and California will have about
10000 carloads, and the chances are
that the men who eat them will make
more money out Of them than the man
who produced them.
The best all round remedy for rats
is cats. A half dozen cats, preferably
old Tables with kitten or two, IL
given ration Of new milk twice a
day will put In most Of their time in
laying for the rats. This beats traps,
ferrets, poison and all other remedies
ever tried.
Here are two things worth remem-
bering on the farm: Barnyard manure
Is worth dollar load put out on the
cornfield, and fertilizer from the poul-
try yard and henhouses when COM
posted with two-thirds it's bulk of
earth is worth So load, and still there
is lots of this valuable material going
to waste around many homestead.
We do not think that the territory Of
the eastern states and Of the central
west has any use for alfalfa save as
hog pasture. The crop will not work in
any course of rotation, and the heavy
rains of June and July often make it
almost impossible to cure and save the
first two cuttings of the crop, but 1t
has a use and most important one In
connection with the hog, and no farm
should be without five acres Of alfalfa
for it's sole value as hog pasture.
A man never makes any money out
Of a machine unless 1t Is working.
Now, the COW il q machine pure and
simple, and II she is not kept at work
there is no profit in keeping her, and
to get something out Of her there must
be something put into her, and the man
who thinks he can make money by
scrimping the feed Of his cows is very
shortsighted. The, COW should be fed
up to the limit Of her ability to assim-
ilate food If she is to be made profit
able.
Where the writer lives thousands Of
sheep are being shipped in from Mon
tana and Wyoming and being turned
into the corn fields to harvest the crop
and incidentally fatten themselves for
market. The plan works very satisfac
torily unless there IL too much rain;
then there Is some waste. Tho sheep
is dainty feeder and rarely wastes
Its food. as does the hog. This plan
has many advantages It saves the cost
Of harvesting the crop, It fer1lizes tho
field and 1t gets all the weeds cleaned
up II the sheep arc turned In early
enough.
Reports of hog cholera are beginning
to come In from different sections, and
so we may. begin to look ont for all
sorts Of fake cures for this disease. It
is Just as well to remember that in
spite of all the claims made that this
plague can be cured there is no aiscov-
cred cure for it. Tho prompt disposal
Of bill well animals, the isolation. and
starvation Of the sick ones and COM
plete change Of location seem to be the
only course to pursue when an out
break occurs, The overfcsding with
new corn seems to always invite tho
disease. and It 10 probably true that If
all hogs were fed better balanced ra-
ttoa the disease would largely disap-
pear.
We are asked what the post timber
Of the future is to consist Of, ques-
ton Of no little Importance. in view Of
tho rapid destruction of all our forests
and the almost entire absence Of any
we'll directed effort to replace them.
There Is more than possibility that
the fence post Of the future will be
made Of cement. Cement posts are
already being made and used with sue
cess. The future il quite likely to see
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