Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-18

as the season for them is about over
the people want them worse than ever.
What we need is an August straw
berry.
There is always time to put tools |
where they belong when done using
them. for if not done then twice as
much time will be taken to hunt them
up when next wanted. See If this |
isn't so.
The happy combination Of oatmeal
and whisky which developed the can
ny Scotsman does not work well in
this country. The tendency Is to re-
whisky ration, throwing the ration out
of balance.
That farmer who holds up the right |
Of way agent Of proposed trolley line
so that the route is diverted to some
other locality will live to regret his av-
arice as long as he lives. A man is a
fool to turn down such benefit when
it comes his way.
The statement is made that the cult
waited ginseng lacks the medicinal vir
tues priced by the heather Chinee, and
he will have none of it, so If one can
not sell plants or seeds to his neighbor,
as we did Belgian hares awhile ago,
the Jig is up on ginseng.
There is very much in common be-
tween the rat and the sparrow. Both
are imported pests of our modern civil
lization. Each possesses the power of
reproduction in a most extraordinary
degree, and each is evidently intended
as food for other and higher forms of
life.
If one will take the trouble to secure
the cuttings of the male cottonwood
tree, he will have trees which when
grown are free from the very bad hab-
it the female tree has of shedding its
lint. The male tree Is very clean and
handsome quick growing tree for oil
the northwestern prairie section.
One of the representatives Of farm
separator company makes the claim
for his machine that he can take hard
we'll water and extract soft water from
it by running it through his machine
at high rate Of speed. Maybe he
can, but we are inclined to think there
is one thing he cannot extract from his
machine, and that is the truth.
Each year emphasizes the need of a
reliable labor supply to meet the needs
of the United States, both on the farm,
in the home, factory and mill. Labor
has become SO aggressive and dictate
rial in matters entirely outside the
mere matter Of wages that If man
would enjoy life the less he has to do
with hired help Of any kind the better
he is off.
Spraying the potato plant to pre-
vent the blight has become almost a
necessity with the successful potato
grower. The spray Is what Is known
as bordeaux mixture and If applied at
the proper time will entirely prevent
damage by blight. For the potato bee
tie, which will often finish up crop
in short order if not prevented, So
luton of paris green is used.
There are not a few troubles con-
nected with farming under an irrigat-
ing system. It is no such picnic as 1t
is often represented to be. There Is the
partial or entire failure Of the water
supply and the monopoly Of what wa
ter there may be by those who have
the prior right up the stream; then
there are many places where irrigation
develops so much alkali in the soil as
, to make it utterly worthless for the
purposes Of cultivation. The truth is
that we get only the rosy side Of this
method of farming.
The best things are not the larges
ones by any means, and yet in the mat
, ter Of fruits and vegetables the pub
lie will always pay more for big things
than for the medium size. Size is al
q most always attained at the expense
Of favor and begets coarseness Of tex
, ture in both animal and vegetable It's
: sue The large potato is almost Away
, hollow; same way with the big straw
q berry. The meat of yearling steer
!. Of the young pig and sheep. is vastl.
better than that of the OK. the old ho
or wether. Size is all right for show
q but not for real utility.
n Here's an inquiry about goats-as t
J. whether it will pay to keep them on
4 northwestern farm. The goat has bu
: one use for that territory. and that
: clean up brushy land, which 1t will d
s to the kings taste A friend has
I flock Of Angoras, about 2O0-we sa'
t them recently-and forty acre brus
r pasture which they had just fnishe
r up in two years. The wool crop, o
f rather, hair crop. brings him 80 cents
D pound and averages about three pound
r to the head. Enough twins are pr