Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19

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The foliage of the soft maple will en-
dure the degrading influence of soft
coal smoke in our cities better than
will the elm.
Nearly all men work and work hard
for money, but 1t is only the few who
are wise enough to SO manage and plan
that their money will work for them.
A dollar rightly used is one of the
most Industrious workers in the world,
One will more often hear good
things said of the Red Polled cattle
as dairy animals than as beef animals.
There is no question about their being
good mixers, and they perhaps come
as near being typical dual COW rs we
will ever get in this country.
In test made at the Oklahoma ex-
pertinent station it was found that
twenty three loads Of manure put on
one acre Of land in two installments
during seven years gave 66.43 bushels
more wheat and Of better quality than
an adjoining acre which received no
fertilizer. Both fields were in wheat
for the seven years.
The corn canning season is on, and q
very fine crop is ready for the Gamers.
Where the canneries are located every
man, woman and child is busy at good
wages. Many Of the canneries ure now
growing their own corn, they being
able by SO doing to better regulate the
timing Of the planting and harvesting
of the product, 80 securing better
quality Of their finished product.
No pedigree. no matter how gilt
edged, is any excuse for keeping an
ugly bull around the premises. We
know Of one such animal which the
owner has to keep Gagged up like some
wild animal and the care Of which is
more dangerous proposition than smolz-
ing in powder magazine. We told
him the last time we saw the owner
that he would yet figure in tragedy
wherein dead bull and dead granger
would be the principals.
Argentina can make and place upon
tho English market pound of good
beef for 8 or 4 cents less than can the
beef raiser Of the United States. Cold
storage methods have practically elimi-
mated the matter of distance, and the
Argentina beef. travelling the $4,000
miles in thirty days, arrives in Eng
land In the pink Of condition, all the
sweeter and tenderer for the long trip.
AS there is no limit to the amount
which Argentina can supply, it looks
as though we should lose our market
and John Bull get cheaper meat.
If a colony Of grackles seem disposed
to make their home and nest in the ev-
ergreens on the lawn and round the
homestead 1t will be well to discour-
age them from so doing. for they are
very dirty bird, even If the plumage
Of the male bird Is exceedingly lus-
trous and iridescent Us he marches in
stately way across the turf They
build a rough and tumble sort Of nest
after the manner of their kind-the
crow family-and drive away other
and more desirable species of birds. A
few discharges of gun among them
when they are looking up their resi-
dence will drive them of, and 1t Is
wise to do SO.
This is the season Of the straw pile
the thrashing season. Some of the
straw is well stacked and will be avail
able as good feed and bedding next
winter. Much Of 1t is just dumped
WIFI = tuS bcpuldIOI 5HuSS II. SlTuW Is
we'll worth saving and caring for.
Where a city market is accessible it
is worth from So to IS per ton. 1t is
worth 50 per ton right on the farm to
form the basis for barnyard fertilizer.
Years ago it was all burned up as soon
as the machine got through; now it is
allowed to rot in pile, aside from the
little which is eaten by the stock.
Where it can be done, the grain should
be stacked near the farm homestead
and the straw all used as bedding and
fodder during the winter in the barn
yard, for ton Of barnyard manure is
worth dollar at least to any farm in
the west.
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y What may be termed the boef horse
70 the horse for the average farmer to
raise-the horse which at four years
of age will pull down the scales at
1000 pounds-for the demand for the