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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-11-16
POINTER ON FEATHERS.

Feather boas are made from white
chicken feathers curied with hot
irons.
Milliners buy white chicken wings
and tail feathers. and many white
turkey feathers, which they either
curl or let straight, and dye different
colors.
In handling turkey feathers the
body plumage should be kept sepa-
rate. and the lor:s wing feathers left
by themselves The tall feathers
should also be divided from the rest:
|1t does not take very many OF these
to weigh pound
In shipping, the tail plumage is
generally made up into a special bun
Pointers are stiff feathers from
three to six inches long.
III the feathers are guilty" Chat
II there are many stiff ones among the
pody feathers), there Is reduction of
price in the market.
chicago and Cincinnati are good
markets for chicken feathers, most of
the middle states shipments going to
those cities.
1t is estimated that Ave chicke !.
Will yield pound of feathers
Feathers for shipment are either
packed In 200 pound bales. or six-foot
sacks.
White chicken feathers bring a bet
ter price than mixed lots.
The small body-feathers, which IL,
used for pillows and feather beds. are
worth about five cents a pound for
common mixed.
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The fine tail feathers. used for
clusters. are kept separate and sell for
about forty cents pound. and the
skirt" feathers are worth nearly as
much.
The wing and point" feathers are
also carefully saved and sold to man
ufacturers of featherbone and other
substitutes for whalebone. and the
larger ones find their way to the mill
liners after being made over. cleaned
and dyed.
Some of the smaller feathers are
made into artificial bird breasts and
tails that adorn countless bonnets.
Duck feathers are worth about
thirty-five cents a pound. and goose
feathers range from sixty cents
pound for white to fifty cents for
mixed.
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that contained naturally by the soil,
because its roots are worry shallow and
take up that potash only which is in
a very soluble condition.
In the third place potatoes almost
invariably are grown on light soils
which are naturally most deficient In
potash.
In the fourth place, the chief or
ganic constituent of the potato and
that upon which Its food value all
most entirely depends Is starch. Now
recent researches have revealed the
tact that not only the weight of tu-
bers yielded by a potato crop, and the
percentage of starch which such crops
contain, Is In special way depend
ent on an abundant supply of avail
able potash, but that the condition
of the starch ITSELF and hence the
quality Of the potato. are similarly de-
termined.
The form of potash to be used for
potatoes is matter of great import
ance. Without doubt sulphate Of DO
tash and nitrate of potash are far
better than kainit for this crop and
especially SO when the application is
to be made in the spring.
as a Iuic Loo, WHEN GOOD Favored
potato Is especially desired sulphate Of
potash is to be preferred to muriate of
potash. The quantity of sulphate Of
potash which may be most profitably
used for potatoes is about one or two
cwts. per acre, or for early potatoes a
somewhat larger dressing has been
found profitable.
The potash should be mixed with
the super and applied with it some lit
tie time before planting. An expert
ment which came under my own no.
tice is worth the attention Of grow
ers:
On land with no manure the weld
was four tons, II cwt. per acre; with
incomplete manure nine tons three
and one-fourth cwt. and with COM
plete manure thirteen tons. fifteen
and one-half cwt The complete
manure used consisted of one
cwt. Of sulphate OF potash and two
cwts each Of nitrate Of soda and SUI
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SOME PoTTED HELPS.

Plants do best in the east and south
windows. and there are many plants
which do we'll in windows that get
only the morning sunshine, while
others will grow and thrive where
no sunshine can be had, If the light
is otherwise good. Few plants like a
dark. shaded window.
The compost generally used by the
amateur florist is mixture of equal
parts of good garden coil, clean sharp
river sand, and old manure, rotted
SO thoroughly as to be only light
black, or brown earth.
To a peck Of this. a pint Of air.
Stacked lime may be added, and the
whole thoroughly mixed and sifted to
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NOTES BY A WORKING FARMER

Blood makes: individuality, care
and feeding develop.
The secret OF success in stock rails
in, is superiority in quality.
AS feed for all kinds of farm ami
mails clover is nearly a perfect ra-
ton.
Market price is not always in ac-
cord with food value as determined by
the chemist.
One of the very best ways Of stimu-
lating the appetite is to vary the food.
No animal can be kept in the high
est vigor and health without certain
amount of exercise.
Cost Of production usually increases
with the age of the animal and also
as the animal approaches ripeness.
By economical feeding is meant
feeding to the best advantage. 1t
does not necessarily mean feeding at
least cost.
If farm is worth occupying per-
|manently 1t is worth adjoining and
If 1T is worth adjoining it is worth
preserving.
Excess of food weakens a work.
ing animal and disables it. It in
|duces indigestion and Is worse than a
spare diet.
The best fleece will ever be the
mark of the best sheep, provided of
course that 1t has a good thrifty form.
The more vitality you can produce
in an animal the stronger power it
has to ward off disease.
Good roads are signs of an enter
prising community but poor roads are
indicative of poor teams, poor vehi-
cles and thoughtless farmers
Fast walkers are much more needed
than fast trotters and perform much
more important part in the Industrial
economy Of the country.
1t is always the part of wisdom to
be sure before relinquishing a pass
ably good thing that you have bet
ter at command.
Early maturity and profit in feed
Ing are SO closely associated that
every feeder realizes the necessity of
securing the former to obtain the lat
ter
The larger the amount of feed you
can get healthy animal to consume
the greater the profit is, providing
you have not developed an abnormal
appetite,
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MUST BREED FOR BUTTER FAT.

"A Kansas correspondent writes to
know whether or not he can increase
the butter fat in the cows milk by
FEEDING certain kinds of grain. No.
when COW has been kept up to her
normal condition we cannot in any
way increase the per cent of butter fat,
that must be increased by breeding.
There have been many experiments
along these lines and it is generally
conceded by all dairymen that a cows
milk cannot be made richer by feed
ing grain feeds.
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MANURE FOR POTATOES
Some Barnyard Product Must BE Used
In Addition to Commercial Fer
tflixers.
n OR the growth of potatoes some
farmyard manure, or stable orr
pig manure. should always ha

OR the growth Of potatoes some
farmyard manure. or stable or
pig manure, should always be
used. If possible at the rate of
SIX to ten tons per acre. This is
especially useful for the physical ef-
fects which 1t has upon the soil, par
ttcularly when this Is a dry one and
the season is droughty.
The use Of a larger quantity than
the above is not advisable. too much
spells the quality of the potato and
encourages the spread of disease.
The additional plant food required for
the growth Of a heavy crop Is best APP
piled by chemical fertilizers.
These chemical fertilizers should
form a complete mixture, containing
nitrogen, potash and phosphates; but
1t should be carefully noted that in
dealing with the different crops, the
proportions of the constituents men
toned should vary with the kind OF
crop.
For the potato crop but little phos-
phate is required and in the spring 1t
is best supplied in the form of SUPER
phosphate at the rate of two or three
cwts. per acre.
constituent for this crop and should
be applied in the form Of sulphate of
ammonia at the rate of one cwt. per
acre when planting and again in the
form of nitrate of soda. also at the
rate Of one cwt. per acre. short time
before earthing up.
Potash is by far the most important
constituent for potatoes. This arises
from many causes. In the first place
the potato plant naturally contains a
larger proportion Of potash than the
great majority of plants and therefore
If the supply be deficient its healthy
growth is prevented. small tubers only
are formed and the whole plant be-
comes more susceptible to disease.
In the second place the potato is
less capable than most plants Of OBJ
tanning the potash 1t requires from
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DON'T HURRY VINEGAR.

Some one asked about vinegar. In
a cool cellar cider that has had
mother" or cider vinegar, added to
1t reaches marketable condition a
whole year sooner than when
mother" has not been added. But
vinegar should never be added to
cider that has not completed alcoholic
fermentation because the power of the
acid doesn't help the work at all.
Some farmers make a practice of
adding fresh apple juice to other vine
gar stock wishing to make vinegar
quickly 1t won't make. The SUI
gar of the juice has first to undergo
alcoholic ferment before the acetic
fermentation can begin. Otherwise
the apple juice only chec.ss and pre-
vents the working.-F. T. Risley.
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appetite,

Amateur weather prophets are pre-
dieting that the coming winter will be
mild one because squirrels are not
laying in large stores
An observing farmer in Sangamon
county, Illinois. says the squirrels in a
large grove adjoining his cornield last
year filed their nests with corn and
nuts before the first of November, but
this year they have laid in very scant
supplies. He argues that instinct told
the squirrels the spring would be
backward and therefore they laid in
supplies to last longer than usual.
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An Indiana hen while skirmishing
Tor something to eat ran across some
scattered crumbs of dynamite left by
careless Workman who was digging
well on James Jones farm. She
was discovered just as she finished the
last grain and for three days the
farmer and his wife did not dare to
go near the loaded fowl. She kept
everybody in state of terror until
hnaily the farmer borrowed a long
range rife and disposed of the danger.
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remove all rough little pebbles or

remove all rough little pebbles or
other trash.
Do not use fresh, or half-decom-
posed manures of any kind for gen.
eral potting Use only the thoroughly
decomposed. Bone meal Is best
for some plants, and your florist will
both supply you with this and the
advice as to how to use 1t.
Before using any pot, soak it thor
oughly that 1t may not draw the
moisture from the potting soil. See
that all pots are well washed inside
and out. before using.-Helen Watts
McVey.
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Some Kind Of hay and without sufH-
clent exercise they are very ant to
'purn-out on the grain ration nrettv
soon.
Ihelr digestion is likely to become
impaired and If such is the result thew
VII ''hecone emaciated; in fact their
sntlfs system will become weakened
ana tEey Wall be unable to perform
last work or violent exertion as thew
should siAes
II IS very important that we allow
our horses, while not at work, the run
VI pasture, whether there is avail
apie Ieeo IN 1t or not. BY SO doing
they are given a chance to obtain
suncient exercise and by feeding them
Limited amount of good, clean hav
Ia conjunction with fair mainten-
anee ration Of grain, they will be kent
IN an excellent condition.
Ihose that are required to work
steadily must have three meals reeu-
iar1y each day If they are to be kent
In good working order.
Inelrs evening meal should be q, full
meal. as they are then at rest and
aple to digest their food at leisure.
AZ least half an hour should elapse
AFTER they are put in the stable before
tney are given their evening meal.
IS important that we practice
regularity in feeding, as the horse re-
CURES his food at the same time each
day and II we disappoint him by q
failure to feed him at the required
time he Is worried thereby.
Thus the result is likely to be ,oss
OF some kind. Too much food at q
meal or too long abstinence between
meals, followed by voracious feeding
Is very apt to bring on collie and in
digestion.
Good pure water is essential and
should be given before feeding.
Inc morse prefers salt where he can
get 1T at will rather than have n
forced upon him in his feed, at irregu-
lar intervals. Some make a mistake
IN putting salt in the horses trough
each time they feed him.
The best way to provide salt for
the horse and other stock as well. is to
place small box for that purpose
near the feed trough. 1t is very i'm
portant that we freely use the brush
and curry comb and never neglect To
give the horses legs and feet good
care and attention.
Even careful grooming Of the ex-
tremities will amount to little IF
horses are compelled to stand In
filthy stables.
Clean stable floors are essential to
sound feet and limbs on horse and
what is the animal good for without
THESE There are very few horses
that have sufficient care given to their
legs and feet.
We could spend a whole day in
brushing horses hair, name and
tall and yet he might be permanently
m1uroo because of the negligence of
his feet and legs.
Without sound feet and limbs the
most beautiful looking horse would
be worthless
While our horses cannot speak
English. yet they have language
plainly understood by every race on
earth.
II we give them good food and kind
attention, they will be pleased to make
this known wherever they go.
If we give them poor food or me-
elect them in any way. they make
1t known to every man, woman or
child they meet.
We cannot possibly prevent them
telling to every one exactly how they
are fed and cared for. People often
judge largely of our true character by
the general appearance of our horses.
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haf-nch
the end to the opposite
which
which onaed The front
The through which the swi nped
the circle Of large bucket This
legs nailed to the SIDE and reaching the floor
mad servef any number Of
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Crops do not depend SO much upon
the kind of soil on the farm as they
do upon the kind Of man that is on
the farm
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King of the Rovers, an imported
Angus bull, owned by the Ohio Bx-
pertinent Station. This animal is one
OF the finest specimens Of the breed
ever brought to this country.
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some kind Of hay and without suff1-
Gent exercise they are very apt to
turnout on the grain ration pretty
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-19

y X n 4 = ff1l - ~ |"i
iBrpos I'm bridge, When the Florence.
Ipassed sandsr he Old bridge The Glare.
lnont was not 700 feet astefn, S6dth!s
tdistaHs narrow dsGs both feltthes futI
Selects of the e6b tide. = q 4
he mate had tie wheel nov. and
the captain. With the navy revolver!
resting on the pilot house window
ledge. watched the other boat Dode;.
Ing the great ferryboats, the chase kept
on until the Florence entered the But.
tsrmilk channel. TIE Clarelnont came
abreast not twenty feet Of her star
board beam. (,
sThe captain leaned ont Of the win.
dow and pointed the revolver at Wolf.
steen at the wheel Of the Florence.
Signal to stop your engines or I'll
put hole. clear through you." he
shouted. J,
Wolfsteen took one look at the deter.
mined man behind the gun, aud he fair.
Is yelled with terror as he rang to
stop. The Florence came to a halt Just
OF the gap In the, Atlantic basin, and
the Claremont ran alongside. Captain
McSelll led the boarders, who were
armed with whatever they could pick
up. They met with no resistance.
Tile them hand and foot" said Cap.
tain McNeill, and 1t was done. Then
the two boats returned to the Quay
street pier. where the prisoners were
handed over TO policeman.
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.MolI.pes,a,,e w ,.,
Fairmont West virginlan

Fairmont West Virginian Il.
we being friends and present at The
wedding Of Miss Martha Destatte and
Mr.. Oscar Moll. We SEND this for you
to publish In your paper
Their home on Virginia avenue was
beautifully decorated in green and
white, the flowers being pink and white
carnations and white roses, with as.
paragus. The dining room was the
main feature OF the decoration. Hang.
ing over the table was beautiful wed.
ding bell made Of pink and white car.
nations with asparagus. the branches
OF asparagus starting from the bell to
the four corners Of the table, with
white carnations mixed in the green
this making very beautiful effect in
the decoration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Mol will have
to delay their wedding trip on account
OF Mr.. Mol being member Of the
First Regiment band. which leaves
this evening for camp at Charleston
and from there to jamestown exposi
ton. He will lie absent for shor.
time. after which they will travel over
several States.
The bride and groom will make their
home with the brides parents, as the
bride Is the only child.
The happy couple was given a jolly
serenade by the First Regiment band
as Mr.. Mol is an active member Of
that popular organization. a host Of
friends extend to them their best wish
es and congratulation.
! Friends Of Bride and Groom.
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r. ~ q
weather was cool and cloudy a. n:
Perry: y
Reed RoaHe The weather was
'eSeeed lagly VET with very little sun;
shine: Very heavy rain fell on the
18Th E s; Ball. H "a ~
Sutton. BfaSt on over six inches; oi
rain has be- fallen during the past fifteen
Jays; Z, All Al. outdoor work has been de;
layed ~ E 2. Baughmsn.
Williamson. Mingo-The weather
was cool, cloudy and showery. Heavy
rain fell on the 18th and 18Th, making
a crest stage OF 20 feet in the Tug
river on the 18th. There was heavy
hail storm on the 10TH. F. iKeyser.
H.. c HOWE,
15 Section Director.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-19
Prof. Thompson
IGoes to Iowa
TAKES POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF
MUSIC AT STATE COLLEGE
AT AMES.

M0RGANToWN, June 10. : Prof.
Alexander S. Thompson, head Of the
vocal department o fthe University
School of Music, has resigned, and
will go to the Iowa State college at
Ames. Iowa, where he has been ap'
pointed to the position Of director OF
maslc. Prof. Thompson goes to Iowa
on account of the salary being much
higher than that which he receives in
the W. V. U. He wifi probably re-
main here for the summer quarter and
go to Iowa in August.
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'gTEA|!.:AI 1f!g.GB|9All
Bold Deck g i Hands :. q Urn Pirates
lnsReWsY York Harbor.
EXCITING CHASE DOWN 81 Y.
Sister Tug In Pursuit-Two Putting
Vessels Create Great Excitement,
Dodsins Fsrrybonts, Steamboats, and
Miscellaneous Graft.

d e. Z . b
Dolcing ferryboats river steamers
and other craft that dotted the East
river, the tugboat Claremont, with ev.
cry ounce Of steam on That her boilers
eoald stand, chased her sister boat,
the Florence, for six miles down the
stream the other night. The Florence
had been cut out and stolen from her
berth at the foot OF Quay street by
Lars Larsen and orlas Wolfsteen. two
Of her deck hands, and Captain Charles
MeNelll, at the wheel Of the Clare.
mont, was after them.
II was one Of the most exciting
chases ever witnessed In New York
waters. Both boats are the property
Of the estate OF John Mcneil, who
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sleilian Club.

The sleilian Thimbie Club held a
delightful meeting last night at the
home Of Miss Gertrude Waters. on
Market street. The meeting was well
attended by the members and there
were several Invited guests also.
Choice refreshments were served by
the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Rebecca
Robinson. The club will be entertain.
ed next Tuesday afternoon by Miss
lNettie Bartlett in her studio, when
she Will give them some instruction
In the art Of stenclling.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-19
Graduating Exercises.

Y Quite q number OF people ASSEMBLED
att he Miners Hospital yesterday ev.
s;-ening to witness the graduating exer.
cises. After IAN address to the grad
yates by Dr.$Jamlson and prayer by
Rev. Bent, the diplomas were present
ed by DR.. Mcdonald TO the three young
1ady; graduates, Miss Mary Mann, Miss
Jessie Kuhn and Mrs. Mary Edna
. Steele. After short addresses by Rev.
stoetzer and Rev. Bent an elegant
course Of refreshments were served.
The affair was a very pleasant one
throughout and was highly enjoyed by
all present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-19
JUDGE eoFF PLANS
\ i,SSss BIG IMPROVEMENTS
Home Furnishing Company Building
VIII be Enlarsed-Will Also Build
! New Residence Property

/, ( ct3lLI LA RI June 10. - Judge
COT has ordered a big addition built
to the Main street business house nov
occupied by the Home Furnishing Co
The three story addition is TO be erect
ged at the rear Of the building to acY
eommodate the demands Of the big
furniture store.
& Judge Goff has also ordered plans
for a new residence property to be
made up BY Architect E, J. Wood, both
improvements OF be made this season
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