Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-18

tracts any other alliances that are
worth continental.
1t is as true OF people as Of animals
that the disadvantages of poor heredi-
ty arc usually coupled with an unfa-
vorable environment
The fourth and last spraying Of the
orchard was made this year on Aug.
and was for the purpose Of heading
off the work Of the second brood of
codling moths.
Hereafter federal meat inspection
label will not only be conclusive evi.
dence that canned chicken is not can
ned veal, but that it was fit for food
when put under cover.
Drawn poultry, game and fish may
not keep in cold storage as long as
those undrawn, but at the same time
| they constitute much more whole
some and safer food product.
1t is roughly estimated that the Hes
sian fly and chinch bug together do
over $10O,000,O00 damage to the wheat
crop annually, two pests that the de-
partment Of agriculture has been at
great expense In It's attempts to Grad
icate.
| The putting of an extensive side bill
| we know Of into permanent meadow Is
doing much to prevent the wash which
has annually occurred when the same
has been planted to corn. The crown
of the hill as we'll as the fat is still
kept in corn.
In addition to consuming supply
of fodder which is otherwise largely
wasted, sheep turned into the stubble
field destroy vast number of weeds
and weed seeds which usually come to
hasty maturity after the grain is cut.
1t would be worth while borrowing
your neighbours flock in order to have
this job done.
A little leaflet recently prepared IN
der the direction of the department of
agriculture and issued from the public
roads division states that of 15,116
miles Of public road in the state of
New Hampshire 1,175 are surfaced
with gravel and 11S miles with stone,
making a total Of 1898 miles of i'm
proved roads, or about 8 per cent OF
the total.
The 1900 tons of Chicago sewage
which is daily turned into the Missis.
sippi was held by the court which re.
Gently tried the case brought by the
city of st. Louis for damages to be
more than offset by the 100000 feet
of pure water from Lake Michigan
with which it was mixed--in other
words, that this mixture was purel
than the run of Mississippi river water
Among the annual weeds that are
giving many farmers in the corn bell
trouble this year are the smartweeds
which got the upper hand as result
of wet spell which hindered cultiva
ton at critical stage. Once rooted
the ordinary corn pillow fails to dis
lodge them, while they are usually tot
tough to be cut by the surface or knife
cultivator. They are best cleaned ou
by hand where the area covered is no
too large.
Congress has lately appropriated
100000 to import bugs which wifi de
stroy the gypsy moths, which were
brought to this country some years age
In an experiment to determine whether
they would produce silk. They didn'
pan out for the purpose mentioned
worth cent, but rather began to de
YOUR the trees Of Boston. Later the,
spread through Massachusetts, and til,
other New England states. The dam
age which has been done by them is es
tmated at millions Of dollars.
The growing scarcity of lumber ani
the substitution Of steel and cemen
for very many of its uses direct at
, tention to the supply Of coal, which Ii
, largely used In the production Of boil
, commodities. Germany's deposits ar,
estimated at 2S,000,000,0OO tons, thos,
of Great Britain and Ireland at 1893,
000,O0O,O00 tons, those of France at 10,
O0O,OOO,00O tons and Russia's at 10000,
100000 tons. North America is credit
ed with 6s1,O0O, 100000 tons, but THU
supply is generally supposed to be ia
less than the deposits found in boil
Siberia and China.
Bulletin No. 100 issued by the Ken
: lucky experiment station is devoted
to description and some account O