Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

. When a dog once gets the sheep kill
AN7 ting habit he can never be reformed,
and the sooner he is killed the better.
Xs1 The Japs deserve more land to live
n on and work whether they succeed in
~ getting it out Of the present scrap or
i not.
~ The egg money received from the
~ poultry ION the farm carries with it the
~ largest margin of profit of any money
got out of the farm.
If rain should happen to be needed in
~ Kansas this year the farmers will hard.
I ly dare to ask for it in view of what
they have had the past two years.
n Most young men are ANXIOUS to get
~ start, but they want to understand
Don't that pool room, saloon and a race
track are no places at which to get it.
paid Things are looking better for the
buff beef men, and it is hoped that the two
al past years of loss and disaster are to
be followed by more prosperous year.
heat Better roads and no higher rate Of
pro- taxation come with the introduction
ring of the new method of working the
earth roads, and this is just what all
the people want.
sell
IN, The mere matter of uniformity Of
nan size and color of the eggs from a flock
per Of peGig-eed chickens is Of itself
sufficient reward for all the trouble talk
en- to secure such flock.
car
MIL Sweet corr, has slightly bisher food
lie In, value than field corn and is more
ame relished Gy I'll stock when fed in the
bEnGic CT il Il green state. 1t is for
the dairy COW the choicest sort of des-
"a, SORT.
OCT
80 -. The coming novelty in transportation
is to be the gasoline cara car which
Will carry its own motive power and
rival both the trolley and the steam
''u- car in matter OF speed. while surpass-
ttee ing them in economy of operation.
The traction engine Is coming more
and more into use on the large farms
as motive power for blowing. Some
az very remarkable and effective work Is
being done by these engines on the big
'oof small grain farms Of the north west
It
The buehirds, the wrens and the
sparrows will often have protracted
- fight for the possession of some choice
. is nnrtin, nlooo 1va 6nd n,boro e,,ob
ON, /, fr,+ 10 On +ho+ II no1s "a .boo+ .ba
'ne sparrows and let the others settle it.
a-h nrofor,o, ,o-,,, 500 ~. ~, -, 49,, 20
- johnnrcale injun pudding and rye
ny, md in,un broad Ono man in yvisoon-
got Gin ,,o,-ee tho ro;s,,,o, =. +his sor+ -
sie corn very profitable just to supply this
eastern demand
Tue An easy way to fertilize the rose
ing bushes is +, din I'M a fapy nails ~ tho
De enriched water which will stand in
els l,arryord after boovy roi, .nd nr+
Nth, it on the rose bed. The bushes will re-
!. spond to this sort Of treatment with
larger and more blossoms.
per
/ in Some women's clubs are very prac-
Il a tical and useful. One such has this
the spring made a special effort to exter-
for inmate the dandelion, really killing
size two birds with one stone, getting lot
Of nice greens while they were rid
ding their lawns of the pest
,lgn
It The milk haulers and the rural mail
any carriers will especially appreciate a
VI bettered condition Of the country dirt
SO roads. In many places this spring the
lost MILL ond oroarn ,,,oro 800 - 49,
creamery on a stoneboat, while the
carriers had to make their rounds on
nee foot if they went at all.
ling
ON Lawn trees are best ected from the
all slow growing or the dwarf types Of
red, trcos The bockberrv tho hard mon,a
MS the black cherry, the mountain ASH the
LIS wild thorn and crab apple, the cut leaf
birch, all make admirable lawn trees.
The soft maple. the cottonwood, the
the box elder and willow should never be
OF used for this purpose
her We are asked whether bees are real
1t ~ Indispensable in the process of fer
lor' tiHzing the bloom on fruit trees. Prob
ing ably not wholly. The winds and many
kinds of insect life have part in
this work. but the bee no doubt is
ttlls one Of the principal agents in securing
ing a perfect fertilization. Bees and or
lss' chards always so well together.
ten -
cen IT ia NIL right to On for the dandal