Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-20

storm sheds for the horses Of it's mem
bers as well as prayer books for its
communicates.
No more effort and great deal more
Of zest and enjoyment are associated
with work that is done on time. Post
ponemcnt makes it mere drudgery.
The case of the South Carolina man
who refused $4,000. for a ten acre
patch of lettuce illustrates the posi-
bilities Of Intensive agriculture in this
country.
When boy is given his time at the
age Of eighteen, there is something
wrong sure-with the lad, his father, OF
both. 1t is in way the miscarriage of
American home training.
Most of us don't know how much we
have to be thankful for until we really
do have some trouble. AS a rule, the
most Indifferent people are those who
have always had an easy road to travel.
The children come in with wet and
muddy feet these days. Isn't there any
way they can get home from school
without getting themselves plastered
with mud and also running the risk of
taking cold?
Most children on the farm have pets
OF make pets Of the animals about the
place. This is good thing, for it
teaches them not only to be observing,
but also to have more tender regard
for all the animals they come in con-
tact with.
Now that spring is once more at hand
get the children interested in birds and
their ways. Put up some houses for
the wrens and bluebirds, for close ac-
quaintance with these little creatures
has wholesome influence on both chill
dren and grown folks.
A bill which has been favorably re-
ported in the house of representatives
provides for an appropriation of $780,
OC0 for the experimental work Of each
state agricultural college. The work
being done at these institutions is most
practical and the assistance proposed
most timely.
There are three things employed in
agricultural operations at times which
involve considerable danger for the
farmer. These are the herd bull, the
corn shredder and dynamite. If re-
ports in the daily press can be credit
ed the corn shredder has little the
greatest number Of victims to its
credit.
There was once man who got rich
on his farm by the, following method:
He sold all the stuff off the farm that
he could get rid Of and used the rest
for home consumption, the effects of
which both himself and his family bore
eloquent evidence. The ends to which.
some men will go to lay by little
money almost surpasses belief.
If you have a nice lot of healthy look
ing apple trees which grow well, but
never bear fruit, and you don't know
their variety, you will do well, after
giving them a fair trial, to conclude
that they are some seeding or freak
variety and grub them out The wait
ing upon fruit that never comes is a
hard trial upon ones faith and opti-
mism.
We knew of deacon in the church
once who sold lumpy jawed cow to
the local butcher to supply his patrons.
OF course the thing got out, and MS a
result the said deacon lost his stand
ing completely among many Of the best
people in the community, and all from
the desire to save few paltry dollars
of which he already had an abundant
supply.
While the fact that he is near to the
source of supply Of much Of the food
consumed makes the passage Of pure
food bill less interesting to a farmer
than to his brother in town he should
nevertheless give such movements his
hearty support, for some of the things
which he does have to purchase are the
worst adulterated on the market, and
the manufacture Of many spurious
foods cuts down the market for his
produce.
One man of the writer's acquaint-
ance who has made business Of rails.
ing horses and who has from sixty to
eighty head Of grade and thoroughbred
animals on his place all the time has
figured it out that, one year with an
other, they fetch him on an average
8 cents a pound when placed upon the
market at three years Of age. The
measure of prosperity which the gen
tleman in question enjoys proves quite
conclusively that the business is pay
ing one.
Many farmers are not satisfied
doubtless you can recall one or two
right In your own neighborhood-