Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-16

thinking about next year, but that is
the only way to do If you would have
nice flowers.
That is most inconsiderate and un.
grateful employer or housewife that
compels hired help to earn money once
working for 1t and earn it q second
time begging for it. When money has
been fairly earned it in no sense be.
longs to the party for whom the SERVED
was rendered, but should be handed to
its owner promptly.
We are this year going to get two
crops from a portion Of our garden
patch-early potatoes and a nice crop
Of navy beans, which were planted be-
tween the hills in the row about June
l. The beans so planted are serving
to keep the weeds in check and will
more than furnish what we will need
for the winter.
At a recent lumber dealers conyen-
ton at Memphis, Tenn. figures were
presented which showed that the pres
eht supply Of hard wood In the coun-
try, 1,475.00O,0oO feet, would be CON
sumed In thirty five years If the pres
ent rate of consumption, $4,000, 600, 900
feet per year, were kept up and no
mems were taken to renew the sup
ply.
A Kentucky entomologist Is said to
have propagated an insect Of about the
size Of a horsefiy which he, claims
wages relentless warfare on the po-
tato beetle. He says that a dozen
Of them will keep an acre Of potatoes
free from the pest. If the fellow in
question doesn't belong to the vineless
potato class he has bright financial
future before him.
The American Farm Products COM
pany is the name Of new combine
Of huge proportions which has in view
control of the dairy, poultry and egg
output Of the entire country. The aim
will be to give the farmer larger re-
turns by eliminating the middleman
and at the same time to do away with
speculation and consequent fuctuation
In the prices Of the commodities ham
died.
One Of the most attractive Of our
common American shade trees and yet
one about which one sees very little
In the way Of concentration is the
linden or Eastwood. This tree Is a
quick grower, has a large, handsome
leaf, and, while 1t sheds a few small
seeds, makes very slight litter when
it comes to dead twigs and branches.
We would rank it for shade purposes
well up toward the elm and hard ma
pie.
A potato grower Of whom we read
the other day has solved the problem
Of the weeds which usually so to seed
In his patch after the potatoes are ripe
by sowing buckwheat just as the vines
begin to die. He puts his potatoes In
to a good depth SO that little killing is
necessary, cuts the buckwheat when
ripe and later digs his potatoes. This
gives him two crops from the same
piece Of land and, besides, the satisfac.
ton Of having his field kept free from
weeds.
With view to isolating and pre-
serving the microbes which produce
epidemic diseases among mammals in
furious to agriculture, such as prairie
dogs, rabbits, spermophiles, field mice
and rats, the department Of agricul-
ture has sent out circular letter re-
questing that any information or data
relative to such epidemics, whether
present or future, be mailed to it, SO
that the disease can be investigated
by the department specialists and mi
crobes producing it preserved.
If there is little toddler in your
home requiring constant watching and
entertainment try the plan Of build
ing little yard or pen about ten feet
square in some shady, protected place
filling 1t with sand and the childs
playthings, where he can play in hap,
piness and safety. Dress the young
ster in cool, sensible way and don't
worry every time he gets his face
dirty. The child will spend great
many happy hours there, and you
mother folks will be the gamers.
1t is doubtful If the Iowa 'splant
wizard" who has succeeded in propa.
eating strawberry that will produce
fruit throughout the summer season
has very much Of bonanza. after all
We incline to the view that, while
there Is nothing in the berry line that
beats the strawberry for its season
it would find hard shedding when II
came into direct competition with the
raspberry, blackberry, tomato and
muskmelon. When a fellow has had
four or FIVE weeks run Of any fruit OF
vegetable he's thankful that there is
something else coming ON which vii
give variety. And this Is true even
Of the luscious strawberry