Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-09

The good will Of another can Just as
readily be reused or restored by asking
service from as by doing kindness
for him.
He is the true optimist who makes
much Of the good and beautiful in per-
SONS and things about him and who is
governed by his admirations rather
than his dislikes and prejudices.
If the Greek or Roman deities ever
partook Of ambrosia that surpassed in
luscious quality the dish of deep red
Strawberries and Jersey cream the his
toric record makes no mention Of it.
The wood lot, whether of artificial
or natural planting, is best handled by
q careful and judicious thinning, which
thus gives the remaining trees more
room for growth as well oas an in
creased supply of light and moisture.
i According to report made by Con-
sui Mannheim of Germany, that coun-
try slaughtered during the last quar-
ter of 1905, $4,000 horses and 2,40O
dogs for food purposes, and this Is an
increase over the figures shown in pre-
ceding reports.
There is scarce body anywhere so
destitute and depraved but the spark of
goodness in him will flicker into blaze
If it be but appealed to in the right
way. And there is no way that equals
the placing Of confidence in such
person, however useless this may at
that time seem to be.
The man who tested his corn thor
oughly before planting will not only
get larger crop at cribbing time, but
will derive satisfaction every day he
cultivates the crop from the fact that
he himself and the land he works are
realizing a fair return on the degree
Of fertility and effort that are respec-
lively invested.
A greater measure Of satisfaction is
got out Of life by endeayoring to be
content with a moderate accumulation
of earthly goods than in the possession
Of much larger wealth coupled with a
hankering after that which is impossi-
Bile or unattainable. Wealth is more
truly measured not by what we pos
sess, but by what we enjoy.
The SOW that will fetch litter Of
seventeen pigs is usually found on
farms which have a dairy, silo, clover
meadows and raise eighty bushels Of
corn to the acre, being the product Of
a somewhat prosperous and lelsurely
type Of agriculture which does not
make it necessary for the SOW to raise
a litter Of pigs before she is year old.
Grand island, in Lake Superior, has
this year received an importation of
Swedish willow grouse from the Scan
dlnavian peninsula. Other species
brought over last year seem to have
stood the winter we'll. The gamekeep.
erS on the island have to wage contin-
ual warfare against hawks, owls and
foxes in protecting the game bird life
We sowed two strips in our orchard
to alfalfa late last summer, about Aug.
20. While a good stand resulted, the
crickets and grasshoppers pounced on
it when it got into the third leaf and
literally devoured every vestige of it.
We shall make another trial of it this
year, sowing the seed somewhat earli-
er, when other green food for insects is
somewhat more plentiful.
For the third and fourth sprayings
for the orchard this season we shall
use homemade arsenate Of lead, made
by dissolving lead acetate in water
and mixing with sodium arsenate, q
ounces Of the former being combined
with 8 ounces Of the latter. This
amount of the chemicals is sufficient
for 100 gallons of water or an equa
volume Of bordeaux mixture, which
we shall use in the work mentioned
| A homemade arsenate of this descrip
| ton is just as efflcacious as well as
CONSIDERABLY CHedpef luau paris green
Where it Is possible to do SO there i:
no way of keeping the growth Of grass
down along the tree rows in the or
chard that excels heavy mulchins
with coarse manure or straight GA
straw. This mulch will not only serve
to check and practically prevent the
growth of the grass, but will keep til,
ground in a moist condition favorable
to the growth of the trees. While mice
and rabbits might find a harbor in the
straw during the winter months, dam
age from them can be guarded agains
| by wrapping the trees with wire scree1
or wooden shields.
| no thnrn ic Of