Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-09

There is no particular need OF wor-
rying about the poor farmer when a
oad of Ave $50 pound hogs will fetch
him $1Oo.
Twenty-eigAs cent wool, $3.50 hogs,
forty five cent corn and eleven cent
cotton mark the flood tide Of an excep-
ional era of agricultural prosperity.
Fresh air, pure water and cleanliness
constitute sanitary trilogy whose
Importance and value can hardly be
when viewed with ref
erence to man, beast or fowl.
II you were horse how would you
like to spend all your leisure moments
tied up in dark, damp, close stall
with your head rammed up close to the
wall and never ray of light or
breath of fresh air?
Last year SO, 1oO,0 900 acres of land in
the United States were devoted to the
raising Of hay. The yield from this
area was 60,531, 617 tons, valued at
$516, 100000. There was variation
in price from SIC per ton in Rhode
Island to 81 per ton in South Dakota.
While a fellow might not have quite
SO large bank account and cut quite
so big figure in an agricultural way,
that system would give him the most
real comfort and satisfaction which
would restrict the number Of acres he
owned to that which he could handle
comfortably himself with the aid Of one
hired man.
It Is the consensus of opinion among
those who know him well that the hog
will be clean and keep clean il he is
given half chance Barring his incli-
nation to get into an oozy wallow on
a hot summer day he shows more in.
telligence in the matter of personal
cleanliness than does the horse, COW,
sheep or hen.
A fact that is coming to be realized
with considerable financial sorrow by
stock spectators Of the country is that
our prosperity as people is no longer
dependent upon the whims Of gang
of Wall street gamblers. A furry on
change is no longer accepted as con.
elusive evidence that the country is 60.
ing straight to the demnition bowwows
Buying at home has this advantage
over purchasing from the catalogue
house: In the one case you are Gus
toner among a few hundred; in the
latter, one Of several hundred thousand
For this reason the home merchant IL
under the greater necessity and com
pulsion not only Of promising, but
giving you the greatest measure Of
| satisfaction.
It is worth knowing that the pure
food law has already begun to take eft
feet to such an extent that the loca
merchants are required to state OF
printed slips accompanying every pack
age sold the amount Of beef suet which
I Is utilized In the production Of lard
| They claim that the suet Is necessar.
during the hot months to prevent tn
lard from melting and wasting.
The success Of system Of tile drain
age depends no less upon having tn
ground properly surveyed and th
trench inspected before the tile is lai
than upon the quality Of tile used. L
view of the fact that thing well lai
should be good for lifetime, it woul
pay any one having any considerable
amount of the work to do to hire a
expert to see to it that this first PAL
Of the work mentioned is scientihcall
and properly done.
With view to making the best Of
bad bargain, the outgrowth Of bate
Of two-year-old onion seed, a friend {
the writer last year set out half Of a
acre Of onions to strawberries, givin
them the best care he could consisteI
with the culture OF half stand of o.
ions. Last fall he marketed S45 wort
. of onions from the half acre and tn
: year sold $B5 of strawberries from Il
bed thus planted. AS the strawberl
bed usually gives no return the fir
: year, the plan followed proved vel
! satisfactory one.
IT, reports in the daily press are
be believed, there is a Plymouth Rot
hen owned near Arcola, ILL.,, viii,
should certainly be encouraged in b
desire to have family Of her ow
: She wanted to sit In the hog shed
? the time litter OF pigs was born, an
not being provided with eggs, she u
I dertook the mothering Of couple
4 the little pigs, gathering one und
:, | each wing as night came on an 6