Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-26


There will be more draintile laid in
northern Town this season than in any
five preceding years.
A poor stnnd of corn may .be due to
early and too deep planting, swell as
to poor seed. a big crop of corn is due
primarily to good seed and secondly to
intelligent handling and care.
While in conversation with a lum-
herman lately the statement was made
that not stick of timber that had
been in the yard a year but had in
creased in value at least SIS per thou
sand.
Hay tea, made by sleeping bright
Timothy hay in hot. water, re-enforced
by a small ration Of, oilmeal, has been
found q very good substitute for milk
in the raising Of calves. While perhaps
necessary only in emergency cases, 1t
is well worth remembering.
spending two days testing his seed
corn who will stoically pillow half a
stand of corn, unconscious of the fact
that half Of every day is absolutely
thrown away, and whistle when he
cribs thirty bushels of corn to the acre.
Test every ear of corn from which
seed Is taken and eliminate this enor-
nous and inexcusable waste
We always put faith in boy who is
not afraid Of work-good hard manual
labor. Work is the best developer and
preserver Of the moral and physical
qualities which so to make up man
~ man. Show us the plodding, indus
trIous boy not ashamed of good hard
work and we will show you the fu-
ture successful man, and if he sings
while he works SO much the better.
The finest lettuce which we remem-
Der getting from our garden was from
self sown seed which had been given
an early start by the sun On the south
side of an arbor vitae hedge. This was
transplanted and set about eight
inches apart. These plants produced
regular cabbage heads. with blanched
centers, which were delicious. How
ever started, best results can be OBJ
tanned by transplanting.
II rabbits have gnawed the young APP
pie trees, but have not eaten off all of
the light green bark, or cam blum layer,
SO as to completely. girdle the tree, the
injury can to quite an extent be over
come by applying several coats Of
grating wax, II the wound is SMALL or
by wrapping strips Of cotton cloth soak
ed in hot grating wax about the tree
spirally, SO as to protect the wound
from the air and sun, We have had
trees practically restored by this
method.
We know Of a good many methods of
stacking hay, but we certainly consider
the chute method" the peer of them
all for the putting up Of thoroughly
rotten stock of hay. 1t has absolutely
nothing to recommend it unless it be
the getting of the crop into piles in
the quickest possible manner. The
ideal stack Is the one that returns to
the owner the greatest per cent of
bright clean hay when it is opened, and
this will never be found in the low,
broad, irregular pile.
With the increasing scarcity and
consequs = higher prices of lumber,
the value of cement as a substitute
for wood in many of-its uses is coming
to be more fully appreciated Where
sand is easily obtained cement is at
once available for stable floors and
foundations. The cement block is used
for the. superstructure while the ce-
ment post with wire center makes a
most effective and durable substitute
for the, short lived wooden article.
These are but few Of the many ways
In which cement is supplanting wood.
yet it is clear that the industry. if it
might be SO called, is but in it's in
fancy.
II the boys and girls on the farm
always received as much care and CON
sideration as the blooded stock, there
would be small disposition to leave the
farm when they arrived at their ma
jority. and, on the other hand, there
would be very few parents who would
have to spend their declining years de-
prived of flial regard and affection or
sheltered by the county farm. While
some children are by nature selfish
and ungrateful. there are very few
who Will not respond to considerate
and loving treatment bestowed during
childhood years in the home. Kind
ness to both animals and children is
an investment that fetches large re-