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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
INTERESTING FARM FACTS.

A North Dakota farmer, who has
bought his share of gold bricks in his
time, says he has never been bitten
except when he bought an article that
was not advertised in f1rst-class
farm paper. Now, when an as mt ap-
proaches him on any kind of prop
osition and cannot show him an adj
vertisement in an agricultural paper
Of good standing, he sets the dogs on
him,
The Maine hen worked overtime
last year and produced 13,S0e,00e
eggs, valued at $2.03s,00o. an aver
age of is $40 cents per dozen. The
experiment station, under the direc-
ton of Prof. Charles d. Woods, will
try to encourage the hen to produce,
by improved methods, quarter OF
million dollars more next year.
Some of the Jewish students who
| were brought to this country and es-
tablished on the experiment farms in
New Jersey under the will of the late
Baroness de Hirsch have left the
schools and may now be found sell
ing shoe-strings and collar buttons on
the East Side in New York, They
claim that it requires too much cap-
ital to start a farm. To overcome this
| objection, the trustees of the Hirsch
millions have about decided to give
free lands to Jewish youths who will
go to Uganda, Africa, and promise te
follow agriculture.
Bears and coyotes are becoming sc
numerous in northern Idaho as te
Iprove menace to live stock. The
bears carry off young pigs and the
lcoyotes are terror to sheep raisers
1.-The coyote shows exceptional shrewd
mess. They hang about the fringe o
la flock of sheep and while the herdel
land his dogs are not looking, circle
Iaround lamb, and gradually force /
Ito leave the flock. When at SAT-
distance they quickly kill and carr.
lit off.
A movement is now on foot to form
Farmers unions in every county Il
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota
tn, Dakotas, Missouri and Oklahoma
Miss Elizabeth Condell, who owns
Isixty-five acre farm between Milwau
kee and Chicago, does all her ow
work. She plowed every inch Of tn
land she has in crops this year, cul
ltivated it, cut her hay with a NOV
ing machine, raked it up and haule
lit in. She is fifty-five years old an
lin perfect health.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
RIGHT CARE
OF HORSES

The heavy mare is the best animal
for thu average farmer.
Do not go into the breeding of fancy
h rises unless you have been trained
in the business. Otherwise. stick to
the heavyweights.
Few mon examine their horses feel
as often as they should,
breaking" the colt does not NEAR
training by any means. Breaking
sometimes kills the heart in a colt
but training makes him lovable ane
useful.
If your mare is to foal in March o.
early April before grass comes, sh'
should have good care this winter
Give her plenty of exercise and do no
keep her standing on plank floor
Feed her a little flax seed or bral
mash or boiled oats occasionally.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
HINTS ON
FARM LIFE

Pretty good plan to keep record
of the doings of your cows from year
to year. At our house, or rather at
our barn, we tack card on the upper
beams of the stanchion, over each
COW, giving her name, age, date OF
beginning to give fresh milk and other
data that might otherwise slip the
memory. That is better than chalk
ing such things on the barn door, as
some folks do, or than leaving it al!
to chance.
1t is a fact that dirty milk delivered
Ito the cheese factory means smaller
yield of cheese. Ever think of that:
L. M. G. If your cows have the rur
of good blue grass pasture, they dc
not need much grain. But was II
good pasture in August and Septem.
der?
| Notified butter is generally caused
lby sudden changes of temperature. Of
irregular working, the salt not being
evenly distributed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
What Ten Acres Can Do.

Peter Henderson used to say: ITEM
acres are enough" and many persons
have proved his saying to be, true.
One morning last June gentleman
came into my Office for a short chat.
A little encouragement set him to tells
ing about what he was doing, what
he had been doing, and what he ex-
[pceted to do on his little hfteen-acrs
farm, or patch as such a farm is
often termed by those who aspire to
cover large areas.
He had just received the cash for
his last shipment of strawberries. He
had two acres in berries. One acre
was newly set and this was the first
time it had produced a crop. Tho
other acre was little past It's best
SO that neither was in shape to mako
a record, and then again this was the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
Keep Tab on the Creamery.

Too many Of us do not test our
milk for butter fat, but take the word
of the creamery manager, and be-
ieye that short weights and low tests
are sometimes the cause of failure TO
get profits from the dairy. In fact,
I have known many cases where
farmers have been systematically
robbed by the managers of creamer-
les both in weights and tests.
One of my neighbors had a sep
farator and was selling his cream on
the -weigh-and- test-it" plan. He
had four cows to start with, and al
first was SO pleased with the results
that he bought four more.
Things moved along satisfactorily
for several months, when, without any
known cause, his test began to ge'
lower and there was corresponding
shrinkage in the amount of cream
Matters kept getting worse and worse
until he got Disguised and offered hi
cows for sale.
He quit the creamery, but savet
the cream from the herd for TIVE
days. When he sold his cows. tn,
cream was sold and the butter soil
for Is cents per pound and brough
for the two days s1.9S, lacking jus
/ penny of 81 for each cow per day
yet this farmer had received only $
for the thirty days previous to tn
two days the cows earned for hin
90 cents per day. This may hav
been an extreme case, yet I hav
known of others where the stealin
was nearly as great.-R. B. Hender
SON.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

able to find him, and not wishing to
return with the load, I got back on
the team, trying to make up my mind
what to do, when a man inquired
what I asked for cabbages. Being a
boy only fifteen years old, and not
knowing what such things were SELL
ing for, set the price the same as
the butcher was paying. I do not
remember whether they took them
all at the shop or not, but they were
all disposed of before going home.
A few days later, when the man
came for more steers, I asked him
when he wanted more cabbages, to
which he replied that he would not
take any more and he manifested
quite feeling of indignation about
my selling them.
We found out that the dealer ha6
been selling them at 5 cents pei
pound, thus getting from rs to 81
cents per head: quite a respectable
profit. It was an eye-opener to me
and ever after that I endeavored t,
get the highest market price for thu
goods sold.
]. P. JOHNSTON.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
BIG MONEY IN BUTTER,
car Leads shlpped From Afinnesets
aasa All Records Broken,

ana All Records Broken,
ST. raal. shipments OF butt
Ter hesa the Western states to the
great markets have broken all records
thts S,eas. During the month of July
i.sS0. sSa pounds passed through st.
Pail, and as high as sixty ears week
Aax1 been dispatched.
'TAe farmers of the west are COM
Ing to believe In the benefit of diversi=
fed farming, especially the dairying
part OF 1t. This Is true in well-set-
tied communities, where farmers real
ine that land which has apparently
passed It's grain-raising stage can be
used to decided advantage for dairy
Rarpesee.
IN Indication of this trend Is shown
BY the fae. that considerably more
butter HAS been shipped from north
era aEinnesetA than ever before. This
1oes not Include the vast quantities
consumed In the logging camps. 1t
haze been found that the cut-over lands
produce the richest grasses In the
world, and there is an abundance of
land OF this kind in the northern part
0f the state, There are millions OF
acres which can be utilized for dairy
fnz purposes.
As further evidence of the POSSIBLE
titles of cut-over land the Omaha road
haas contracted to carry 100000 sheer
Nor grazing in transit from Montana
and Oregon in northern Wisconsin
There Is no reason why northern Min
nesota, where the land Is about the
sasne and growing the same kind OF
grasses, should not be used for the
Easae purpose
Since farmers in Washington ant
other North Pacific coast states have
not turned their attention to dair!
farming, they are not able to suppl.
all the butter needed in the large
cities and numerous towns in thu
Gest, The cities and towns seem t.
xs,ow faster than the surrounding
farming country, Under these con
ditons the butter supply has to b.
obtained elsewhere, Minnesota am
adjoining states are finding in tn
western states growing market.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

"The continued run OF half-fat NUT
tons from corn fields means that
there is an element in the feeding
game that does not take stock in esti-
mates that there is shortage of
stuff In feed lots" said a sheep OPP
orator.
cit means that an apprehension ex-
lists that after January LIST, when the
bulk of the stuff begins to present a
finished aspect, there will be scram-
BILE to cash in. and glutted markets
with lower prices will result.
Every load Of this half-fat stuff
that goes to the killer now means q
better prospect for the man who is
holding his sheep or lambs until they
are in the condition the butcher needs
them"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
Plow as a Potato Digger.

Farmers who object to the potato
digger as not doing finished work are
finding in the pillow a method of elm
mating hard work, and securing the
entire crop, unmutilated by hoe or
hook.
The pillow is set low enough to cut
below all tubers, and the team driven
with one horse on each side of the
row. The potatoes are thus thrown
out In the furrow, and the soil so
loosened that they are readily freed
from it by using the back of the hoe
thus making "potato digging" child's
play, and cut tubers unnecessary. The
method enables one to dig two OF
three times as many in a day and moi
work hard, either.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
Lack Knack of Selling.

When was an old man, worked
for an old man who raised more veg
etables than we could use and had
to sell them. The old man had a
number Of fat steers for sale. and
when the butcher came out for one,
he noticed fine patch of cabbages
and offered 121a cents a piece.
Neither of us knowing what they
were selling for. he made a trade at
that price.
The second load carried to him
the market was closed. and, not BEING
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
CHICKS SOLD AS SQUADS.
Squads Scarce Because They Arg
Palmed OF as Quail.

The sauab market has felt a scare
fty of these toothsome birds for
some months, hut recently there has
been a better supply. Some inquis-
tive dealer has discovered that ths
market is flooded with young chicks
that are raised specially for the pufS
pose of taking the place of squads.
These chicks never see the days
light, but are raised In barns and
breeding houses and stuffed till they
are the size Of squads and them
slaughtered.
1t IS asserted that the young chick@
ems are tenderer and superior in ha~
vor. Some declare them the greatest
delicacy that ever tickled a human
palate Be this as It may. the new
Industry is gaining great headways
and eastern hotel and restaurant men
are Offering high prices for baby
chickens.
At present the demand is far ahead
of the supply, for the simple reason
that very few poultry breeders are
aware that such a demand existss
Western poultry breeders are yet In
Ignorance of the new industry. which
may in the end revoluttonize the en<
tire chicken business.
Whether it will interfere with the
|squab industry cannot yet be told.
The very fact that chickens are being
substituted for squads shows how
great is the demand for the latter.
1 It may be remembered that the
squad industry owes its origin to the
scarcity of quail. When the quail s,ip-
ply failed squads were substituted, and
)now when the demand for the latter
is ahead of the supply, baby chickens
lare pushed into the breach.
i If the new chicken business sue
leeds as well as the squads, there is
no telling what may be used when q
substitute for chicks is demanded.
There are several advantages in this
new method which should not be
overlooked. The fact that the chick
ems are marketed at such an early
age not only cuts down the expense
of feeding to a figure far below the
usual cost, but In an equal proper
ton curtails the danger Of loss from
! accident or disease.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

being fair, the alfalfa should be up IN
a week. and then as 1t grows to six
inches, set the mower at three inches
and trim the whole field of it. This
strengthens the roots and they shoot
down deeper.
The second and third time it
reaches six inches, cut it, and then IL
the season is moist, you will still get
a good crop of hay. Cut it for hay as
lit comes into bloom, and cure it in
cocks, SO the sun will not bleach 1t too
much
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
t disastrous season for berries in
THE OLD WAY.

most disastrous season for berries in.
years.
of sales with him and we carefully
took down the figures as he read
them off. After deducting every item
of expenditure, including picking and
all, the figures showed that he was
Just s1o6.47 ahead. or that he had
made clear, clean profit Of that sum
from the two acres, something over
$50 per acre clear profit.
This crop coming off in May, puts
money into the farmers pockets when
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

The colt dropped this fall ought to
be perfectly halter broken before
spring.
A Virginia man has worked mule
for thirty-five years. and says he is
just about as good as ever.
There is more prejudice than any
thing else against raising mules. They
pay better than scrub horses every
time.
Better buy horse with good, big
round foot than a small one.
Sell the geldings and keep the
mares. The latter will raise col
every year and do their regular worl
besides,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

Don't split up every empty box you
get and burn 1t for kindling. There
are many calls for boxes of all sizes.
Stack them UP in the wagon house
somewhere and save them against
the time of need. They are nice to
feed the calves hay in, or make nest
boxes for the hens. In a thousand
and one ways, we may utilize all the
boxes we get.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

How about those calves; looking
thrifty? 1t is a good plan to feed
them a little grain all through the
winter. This first winter is what tells
the story Of their future usefulness.
A poor, half-starved calf is not apt
to make much of a cow. The chances
are against 1t. Keep the calves grow
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

Sort over the apples often in the
cellar, SO that there may be no rotton
ones left to decay and make the house
unhealthful. Really, there should
never be vegetable cellar under the
house we live in. 1t is a constant
menace at best. But it will take time
to bring this change around. Till then,
keep the cellar clean and sweet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
some Egg Tests.

Stale eggs are CLASSY and smooth of
shell.
A fresh egg has a lime-like surface
to its shell.
The boiled eggs which adhere to
the shell are fresh laid.
Eggs packed in bran for long
time smell and taste musty.
Thin shells are caused by a lack
o. gravel, ETC., among the hens lay
Ing eggs.
After an egg has been laid day or
more the shell comes off easily when
boiled.
A boiled egg which is done will dry
quickly on the shell when taken from
the kettle.
Eggs which have been packed in
lime look stained and show the &C
ton of the lime on the surface.
If an egg is clean and golden II
appearance when held to the light II
is good: If dark or spotted, it is bad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

Canada's agricultural development
is rushing forward mightiI-. 1t is es-
timated that the total wealth of the
farms in that country has increased
al per cent during the past year,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

Nearly one million foreigners came
to this country last year. and less than
90 per cent Of this number went to
the farms. The majority prefer to
sell collar buttons and fruit in the
large cities,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

When you find something good to
read. don't sit still and read it to
yourself. Read it aloud. Your wife
will appreciate it. She may be busy
about the house and not have the time
to read in daytime much. Help her
out that way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
Alfalfa Growing Suggestions

Lately a query came to hand from
hog breeder who desires bit OF
rough information on sowing alfalfa
to get the best results. His ground
is good, average black soil of the west.
He wants to plant three acres as
starter.
We advised him to plant his seed
bed in the early spring and then har-
row thoroughly, getting the land into
mellow shape. 1t should not be land
that has been foul with weeds for
years past.
In May. as the ground begins to
warm up and is well moist from copi-
Gus rains the seed should be sown-
twenty pounds to the acre. Conditions
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04

If the dairy heifers are not bred
until they are three years old. care
should be taken that they do not lay
on to much fat, as after that time
they feshen up rapidly whenever
heavily fed.
Sometimes cows are condemned as
being of no use in the dairy, when the
only trouble is they are sour Every
COW should have fair chance. That
means that she should be well fed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
A GIRLS GIRL.
when You Meet One Make Her Your
C0Rpanf0n and Friend.

when You Meet One Make Her Your
Cenpanfon and Friend.
Whenever you hear a girl called a
"girl's girl" try to know her, II you
do not do 30 already. She is sure to be
nice in the best sense Of the word. In
nine cases out Of ten you will find her
true and sympathetic, always ready to
listen to condolences ana above all,
ready to keep them as such. She is al
ways doing a kind act for some one,
and thought for herself comes nowhere
in her calculations. Such girl ia al
ways popular with Der friends and you
will hear golden opinions Of her on all
sides. There may be nothing specially
about her to attract notice; 1t seems to
be Just an Individual charm in her
nature that stamps her with this en-.
gaging characteristic. She Is generally
frank and honest In expressing an epin-
ion and her friends may be sure 1t is
a genuine one. She is at once unaffect-
ed and simple and ready to show an
interest in all her friends undertak-
ings. II you cannot count among your
friends a girl who earns this title try
to find one, and when you find her con-
graduate yourself upon your success.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
MUzzLE LOADER
TO AD0RN
PLAZA
will Be Mounted in Northeast Cor.
nor, Business Men Paying
the Expense.

Another old and ancient muzzle
loading cannon, which saw service
many years ago. is to adorn the plaza
1T will be mounted In the northeast
corner of the square, the business
men whose offices and places OF
business are in that immediate vicin.
ity paying the expense of mounting
the gun The old gun Is to be remov-
ed from the ground at that corner OF
the plaza, where it has served for
years as corner post.
Workmen were engaged yesterday
In laying the foundation Of cement,
and when this is done the gun will be
removed from its present resting
place, the rust clipped off, painted
and mounted. Men are also engaged
IN preparing to mount the other gun
at the northwest corner of the plaza.
where the foundation has been laid
for some time.
The Board of Works has four large
cannon at r. u. Lee square which
have been painted and prepared to
be placed in position there, but there
is no money to continue the work.
The foundations have also been plsc-
ed. but in order that the guns may be
mounted citizens will have to sub
scribe the money which, however
will not be a large sum.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17
AN IDEAL WOMAN.
The "TypAcal American Lady" and
Her Home Induenoe.

The "TypAcal American Lady" and
Her Home Innuenoe.
The home life of typical American
lady is the sincerest index of her ego.
In it she indelibly expresses herself.
Here ii is that she exercises to the
maximum her potentially and that
her personality scores. Presumably
she is wife and mother. Her agei
Pouf! A lady of cleverness nonpiuses
time.
She is her sons best girl, her daugh-
ter's chum, q hostess sans reproche.
She rules her home with THRIFT and
skill. Her husband safely trusts In
her, and her price is above her birth
stone.
Pretense never finds foOthold In a
lady's menage. Display seems to her
well poised mind not only belittling,
but savage. She never confounds lit
ter with furnishing or junk with art.
Her house Is beautiful, it's atmos-
phere fine and clear. She is never
too busy to listen to her hoy" or
advise her "girl" or read to their
father. Young people en- masse de-
light in her. She is their ideal mother
and friend. Laughter Is never hushed
In her home. Music Is welcomed, and
budding merit Of whatever sort finds
in her an earnest and sympathetic ear.
-Minna Thomas Antrim in Lippin-
colts,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-17

DR.. c. B. McKinnon. of Milton, was
in the city yesterday shaking hands
with his many friends
Miss Margaret Johnson left yes.
terday for Bayonne, N. j., to visit her
sister, Mrs. l.. w. Morse.
DR.. Campbell, of DeFuniak Springs
Is In the city visiting his daughtef
Mrs. W. A. Monroe.
A. L. McCallum and A. Fleming of
McKinnonville were in the city yes
terday.
Mrs. Morgan Landrum of Birming-
nam, is visiting her mother-indaw
MIS-. Landrum on North Barcelona
street
W. o. Keeling, engineer and ma
chnist left yesterday for Milton to
make repairs on the new ice factory
At that place.
John G. Oliver, buyer for VIM.
Johnson & Son will leave Saturday
Tor New York and the eastern mar.
kets to purchase the fall stock OF
goods for this firm.
Among the prominent visitors to
PENSACOLA yesterday was a party
composed of w. c. Mclaughlin and
george Folmar OF Florala; J. W. Fol-
uiar, OF Goshen. Ala, and u. J. Sum-
merlin, Of Campton, Fla.
Victor Sulis, q mariner, about "a
years of age, who has long been a
suHerer from vulvular disease of the
neart, died yesterday afternoon at
inc Marine Hospital, where he was
aEen Wednesday afternoon in an al
most dying condition.
n. NJ. Swasey, who has been devel-
.phg the Perdido tract, owned by
,ne Pensacola Investment Company
elt Yesterday for Arkansas where he
ssApects to interest large number OF
..a'niiles and have them come down
+" locate here next winter.
one Of the jolliest parties of the
.ason spent Wednesday evening at
sne lie saving station. The party
pt as gwen in honor of Miss Angel, of
%StIIningham. who is visiting her aunt
Texar. VII 'ou
Inc Journal Office is in receipt of
. ., basket of fine grapes from the vines
" VI emanuel ]. Quina, of 1926 East Ro-
nS Sna street. Mr.. Quina has six vines
toocn he says have produced over
r rVVV punches of grapes this season
niS Is a remarkable yield, but it
c1,, ,n what Florida soil and
>''niate will do in grape production.