Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The state veterinarian of Nebraska |
reports that 10000 cattle worth $780,
600 We're victims of the cornstalk dis
ease in that state last year. Cornstalks
when cut and shocked OF put into the
silo never beget this trouble.
The manager of one of our prominent
insurance companies said
recently: IF could do business exclu-
sively among Germans l could write
risks at onefourth the price am now
compelled to ask When a German has
a loss we know it is an accident"
Stock of all kinds eat corn fodder
more readily in cold weather than
when the weather is mild. They will
also eat it up much cleaner. This fact
suggests that the hay be reserved for
late winter and spring, dlsposing Of the
corn fodder during the cold weather.
When town has but one railroad it
is an open question whether it is bet
ter to be at the mercy of the one road
or by getting another, suffer from the
competition of the new towns which
such new road is sure to bring into
existence. After town gets two
roads the more it can get thereafter
the better.
The state of Iowa produced last year
1923, 100000 bushels Of corn on what
was proved to be not to exceed 70 per
cent Of stand, the seed used being
poor. From this it is easy to compute
what a serious loss was sustained by
the state because of poor seed. 1t will
be better the coming season, for many
have learned an expensive lesson.
A reader wishes to know how late in
the season buckwheat and millet may
be sown to insure good crop for the
latitude of central Wisconsin. Taking
one season with another, it would not
be safe to sow these crops later than
July 4. OF course If there should be
no September frost the sowing might
be delayed until the 10th Of July.
One Of the interesting sights recently
at farm institute was class of thirty
boys from twelve to sixteen years Of,
age busily engaged in Judging lot Of
corn, Their work was passed upon by
an expert, who in turn judged the thir-
ty lots of corn entered by the boys and
grown by themselves. This means
much for corn culture in the commu-
nifty whence come these boys.
That seedless apple business is well
under way. Five hundred thousand Of
the trees have been propagated and will
be put on the market next fall at So
each. This bids fair to match the old
Bohemian oats and Belgian hare fakes
and is like the measles in country
community-bound to have good run.
Forewarned Is forearmed. The famous
apples of Sodom turned to ashes on the
lips.
The hardest thing to meet in the adj
vocacy of improved types of corn is the
old idea that the big ear Of corn is the
best ear, and this regardless Of the
size Of the cob, the depth of the kernel
and the proportion Of grain to cob.
Down in Missouri where the cob is
worth more than the corn for the MAX
ing of cob pipes, this old standard is
perhaps all right, but is all wrong
where the corn itself is the thing
sought.
Around nearly all of the cornfelds in
the west will be found strip Of land
at least twelve feet wide up next the
wire fence which is devoted to the pro-
duction Of worthless and worse than
worthless weeds. The up to date farmer
will seed down to clover and timothy
this strip, thereby securing clear
place on which to turn his team
when cultivating the corn, and later
will run the mower over it and get a
bunch Of nice hay. This grass head
land on farm is mark Of good farm
ing.
About the incest lot Of fodder which
we nave seen this year was lot OF
cut corn which had been sown thickly
on five acre tract of rich land and
which had been cut with a harvester
bound and shocked. We very much
doubt if there is any other plant or any
other method which will give as salts
factory results where a supply Of milk
producing fodder is wanted and where
a piece Of land can be devoted exciu-
siyely to its production. How many
tons to the acre? Well, not less than
four, probably more.
The question Of latitude alone does
not always determine the measure of
winter cold OF the ability of certain
plants to endure such extreme temper
AZURE, for in much Of the north country
the winter brings very heavy SHOWS
early in the season, which remain on
the ground all winter, making perfect
protection to many tender things. In
northern Michigan it is no uncommon
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