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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

would If he selected bull of different
breeding.
Like will produce like, only when
those qualities have been bred in, and
intensified for a number of generations
and it is only after these qualities have
become fixed that you can obtain salts
factory results Of procreation, even
though your stock originated from
grades.
The ordinary dairyman should con-
fine himself to breeding in fancy
strains or along family lines unless he
| is convinced that such strain or fam
lily is better adapted to his dairy econ
omy than high grades. 1t was the aim
of the original breeders to improve the
animals so that they would yield a
larger legitimate profit when put to
the test in the dairy and not to estab-
lish points pleasing to the eye or to
create lines of beauty.
| 1t ought to be within the reach OF
all dairymen to grow and breed choice
grades that for all practical purposes
would be good as the pure bred animal
| from which the cross originated
whether Jersey, Guernsey, AYRSHIRE
or Holstein and by careful mating and
selection bring UP and maintain high
standard in his herd.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

adding about two inches at time, and
compacting the same.
If it shows tendency to heat too
much, incorporate a little loan in it.
One or two layers, two inches deep. of
the prepared loan and manure can be
put on each day until the required
depth is obtained. Straw or some
mulching material is then put over the
/ top of the bed until ready to spawn
| After the temperature of the beds
has reached about 80 to 95 degrees
Fahrenheit, the straw should be re-
moved and the bed spawned. although
some growers prefer a temperature of
about so degrees Fahrenheit This is
accomplished by breaking the bricks
into pieces and planting the pieces In
rows in the bed.
The rows should be about one foot
apart, and the pieces of spawn inserted
every six or eight inches and covered
up specifically with the soil.
When spawning is completed. com.
pact the surface Of the bed all over
After this is accomplished the bel car
again be covered with straw, and ir
the course of eight or nine days the
straw Ia removed not exceeding 80 de.
grees Fahrenheit after covering, az ir
that case one 10 uksly TO lose tho crop
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

The cooperative farm associations
of credit in Bavaria loan as high as
s7o,o00,o00 per year to their members.
Last year these associations bought
fertilizers. forage. seed and other items
amounting to s12,000.000.
The farmers Of Northern Pensyl-
vania have formed a union and here
after bottled milk and other farm
products will bear the union label.
T. r. Carton. of Warrington, Eng
land, member of the most notable
plant breeding firm In the world is
studying corn growing in Iowa.
E.. B. Miner. of Oriskany Falls. N.
Y. damned a small creek on his farm,
put in a dynamo and now drives his
feed cutters, tanning mill, pump. buzz
saw and all other machinery on the
farm by electricity. 1t cost him less
than $500 to install the plant and the
expense Of running it is absolutely
nothing.
| Pennsylvania farmers are refusing
to accept free seeds sent out by their
congressman and they are clogging the
post Offices
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

mushroom culture, consist in supply
ing beds with plenty of good horse
manure. mixed with loan or decom-
posed sod. mixing about one-fourth or
one-t1fth loan or decomposed sod with
manure
Either fresh or partially rotted
manure can be used. and this should
repeatedly be we'll worked over, COM
posted and watered frequently, taking
care that 1t does not burn.
After it has been we'll worked over
and composted various times and the
heat Is not likely to rise above 1870 de-
grees Fahrenheit, 1t should be thor
oughly incorporated with one-fourth
to one-fifth decomposed loan or sod
| 1t can remain in this condition until
ready for use.
The beds are usually made up ten to
fourteen inches deep, and in these are
placed the soil and manure for grow
| ing them. The bottom Of the bed
should be supplied with six inches OF
fresh manure, well tamped down. II
should be covered with the prepared
manure and loan mentioned above
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
SOME GOOD HARDY BULBS.

LII planting perennial mower Bar-
den one must spare a corner, or strip
of ground for the hardy bulbs which
come up from year to year with very
little care. excepting the general care
which flower lovers all give to their
gardens, such as keeping the weeds
down, fertilizing the ground in the
fall. and loosening the earth in the
spring time.
Scilla Siberica is very satisfactory. 1t
being one of the first bright blue flow
ers to greet u.s. for 1t comes in crocus
time. Then there Is the Scilla Cam
paunlata, or Spanish Blue Bell These
bulbs grown in masses with snow
drops, grape and feathered hyacinths
are charming in effect
My crocuses are planted in the lawn
and are done blooming before the
moving machine is run over that part
Of the grass.
i find the Roman hyacinth will in
crease from year to year If left in the
ground.
While Roman hyacinths are cata-
logued as mot hardy" I have them
here in my garden in Southern Con-
necticut, and their sweet, graceful
blossoms greet one in May time If I
give them a very light covering of
rough manure late in the fall.
In my hardy bulb border I have
some old-fashioned double white tu-
lips, and these with a few Of the Cot
tage Garden tulips Of brilliant color
ings make a gay showing all through
May.
They may be left in the ground from
year to year and need no winter pro-
lection. They are planted in the earth
about five inches.
If my border and my purse were
larger I would plant all the "liles Of
the field" as well as those of the gar
den. But those of specia: notice where
space and purse are limited are the
pure white Madonna lily. which bios
SONS in May or June, the Canada lily
which Is found in our fields and Is
bright crimson in color with dark
spots. and blossoms in June and July;
the Coral lily which comes to us in
May; Longiflorum Multiflorum, an
other pure white beauty.
Then we have the Speciosum. white
with green band running through the
center; blood red, and white the two
latter heavily spotted with darker
crimson.
The Golden Banded Japanese lily Is
one of the handsomest and comes Just
when we need it most, in late summer
time.-Julie Adams Powell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
NOTES OF THE DAIRY.

There is time between corn cutting
time and the close of the pasture sea-
son, when the cows need and should
have some form of succulent foods
The frost will have spoiled the un-
cut corn for that purpose, therefore it
is good plan to sow oats and peas
for the purpose of supplying the de-
feet and keeping up the flow Of milk
Once a COW is allowed to shrink in
her milk flow, 1t will be very difficult
to bring her up again. Corn will help
keep up the flow until frosts come,
when 1t should go into the silo, and
the oats and peas which the frosts do
not injure much will take the place of
the corn.
More winter work by the cows will
make the dairy more profitable. Why
should farmer shut UP his dairy shop
just as soon as winter comes.
There is no economy in allowing the
cows to 60 dry three or four months
right in the season when milk is bring
ing nearly twice the price that 1t
brings during the summer.
The cows must work in the winter
just as their owner does if they are
profitable.
1t is the common practice to allow
tho cows to go dry longer than it is de-
sirable. Much depends upon the indi-
vidualty of the COW.
Some will want to go dry four
months, some less and some not at all
but think every COW will need a sea-
son of rest of at least month, or six
weeks. 1t will be better for her and
her unborn calf.
! Sweet corn is better than common
field for soiling purposes but it is no,
adapted for the silo on account of de.
Iveloping too much acid.
If a dairyman is going to feed his
stalks dry, sweet corn is better thar
the field corn, but that Is too expensive
a way to feed corn fodder, its place |:
in the silo. therefore it is best to plan
the field corn,
The man who is breeding his cow
along the line of beef and butter pro
fduction is bound to lose at one enc
what he gains at this other.
There are poor cows in all breeds
it is not enough to rely upon a pedi
gree nor even upon the performance o
J ancestry. helpful as they are in select
ling an animal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
AN oPTIMIsTs VIEW.

By Helen Whitney Clark.
You nevah heahs me whine en- gro
No mattah whit goes wrong;
I puts nah shouldah to de wheel,
En- whistles right along.
De Hahdest row O. stumps I find
Hit nevah phazes me
Case 1 nevah troubles trouble
Twell trouble troubles me!
goes to wuck at sun-up,
En- wurks dee liveleng day;
Amt no use a-grumbling,
Case de wuck has come to stayl
Oars harvestin', en- haydn,
En- I specs dey'll allus be
But I nevah troubles trouble
Twell trouble troubles me!
Some folks is allus squealln'.
LAX bunch o. beachy hogs;
En- tellin' how our kentry
Is goin' to de dogs.
But reckons hit'll way right on,
End last as long as we;
So l nevah troubles trouble
Twell trouble troubles me!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
NEWS OR FILTERS.

A new Illinois law allows farmers
from rs cents to 81 per mile for drag
ging roads. Under its provisions the
man who is too lazy to drag the road
in front Of his own farm will be
obliged to pay his neighbor or some
body else for doing 1t.
The Union Pacific Railroad has
adopted a weed burner which covers
twenty-five miles of road in twelve
hours and destroys the weeds. root and
branch. 1t is a gasoline machine with
blower attachments and some people
believe it can be adapted to the pur-
pose of killing weeds on farms.
There are 1912 cooperative farm
ing associations in Germany with 8
membership Of more than 100000
farmers,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
BREEDING FOR DAIRY
Unreasonable Prejudice Among Many
Farmers Against Inbreeding-No
Harm II Done Right.
IN HIS phase of breeding is not gen.
orally understood among dairy.

I'm HIS phase of breeding is not gen.
orally understood among dairy
men and there seems to be
remarkable perjudice against It.
Provided the animals are sound and
healthy, vigorous in action, and free
from all hereditary diseases, no matter
how closely related, or in what way nc
Ill affects in the offspring. need be
feared by the interbreeding.
This practice has been too long and
too persistently tried by the best
breeders of the world to need further
argument and the best cattle in Eng
land and America are the result of this
practice.
The best bunch of dairy heifers
that the writer ever saw were the re-
suit of mating pure-bred Holstein
bull with some of his own daughters
that were from choice grade cows.
However. If the dairyman can not
overcome this prejudice Of inbreeding
to maintain and improve the good
qualities in his herd and must change
his bull for fresh cross, let him select
one Of the same breed and one bred
along similar lines that the discarded
one was, SO that he will possess the
same inherent and fixed qualities as
the discarded one.
BY doing this he will be more GER
herd. the good qualities that came
from the first sire, and his blood lines
will become more prepotent than they
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
WOOD ASHES AS A FERTILIZER.

Wood ashes are much more valuable
as fertilizer than most farmers sup
pose. We have used them in large
quantities for years and never fail to
get good results.
The unleached ashes contain from
3 to 10 per cent of potash, besides two
per cent of phosphoric acid and large
amount of lime, hence they contain in
all the elements necessary to be added
to most soils except the nitrogen. If
the soil is rich in nitrogen or if this be
supplied by adding a nitrate, stable
manure, or blowing under leguminous
crops, ashes will supply the potash and
|phosphoric acid.
one hundred pounds of clean hard
wood ashes will contain about the fol-
lowing amounts of fertilizing materials,
costing. If purchased In commercial
fertilizers. as follows:
pounds potash at cents. :. 5000
2 pounds phosphoric acid at
ceii.s ................ IL
70 pounds calcium carbonate
GLime) at Nc ............. rs
so. go
At fifty pounds to the bushel this
would make the ashes worth 80 cents
per bushel or $12 per ton. They can
generally be purchased at from So to
IS per ton and sometimes secured in
limited quantities for the hauling.
Ashes vary much in composition and I
would not advise paying more than IS
per ton for unleached hardwood ashes
easily accessible. and perhaps half that
for leached ones. We have secured this
value from them in increased yields of
wheat and clover by actual trial.
In addition to their fertilizing value,
ashes help to decompose hunlus, set
ting ammonia free. They correct the
|acidity Of sour soils and check the
growth Of sorrel. They also make the
soil more porus by cementing together
the small particles thus making 1t in
better filth and preventing pudding
or hardening,
Fifty bushels of unleached ashes to
the acre makes good application. 1t
Is very valuable about trees and fruit
as the potash gives color and size to
the fruit. Leached ashes contain but
one per cent of potash hence are not
nearly SO strong and may be applied
freely. Coal ashes are not worth haul
ing s. B. Hartman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

White clover Is q fine lawn plant.
but many find that 1t dies out after a
few years. White clover, as all the
clovers, Is biennial. completely dy-
ing after the second year. If the lawn
is kept closely clipped, white clover
seed should be sown each fall or
spring to insure a permanent stand.
The same result may be secured by
r-t moving in the fall, allowing the
plants to blossom and seed.
Now is the time Of the year when
cultivation counts the most. Cultivate
with the view of keeping down weeds
and pulverizing the soil. There is q
large amount Of plant food in the
average soil, and this may be made
available for crop growth by breaking
to pieces the clods and allowing 9
large surface for root action.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
A WIRE sTRETCHER.

This IS made of a hardwood log
about three and one-half feet long and
six inches in diameter. Two one and
one-half inch holes should be bored in
the roller at right angles several inches
apart through which hand spikes are
to be inserted to wind up the wi
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

The most beautiful thing in the
world is wholesome, sweet-tempered
girl whose cardinal points are cleanli-
ness, neatness, and politeness-whose
natural lovableness is so irresistible
that people swarm around her like
bees around honeysuckle. She is a
tonic to the i'll and unfortunate. She
is the enrolment of health and Joy
and her friends are legion
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26
HINTS ON HOME LIFE.

Politeness that is bred in the bone
and is In constant use creates in the
character resemblance to flower
whose beauty and perfume pervades
the atmosphere in which it Develops
and is constant help and benefit to
others.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

Argentina. which is becoming for
nlida bic rival to the United States in
wheat and cattle, has an area Of
l.135,o0o square miles This is equal
to that part Of our country east of the
Mississippi, with the Dakotas Minne-
sofa and Iowa thrown in. There are
$4,000 miles of good railways in Ar
RAntina.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

tives is to keep the plants growing
vigorously.
After a solid head is we'll started
the worms confine their work mainly
to the loose outside leaves. where they
do comparatively little harm and can
be more easily routed.
The cocoons will be found in late
summer and autumn suspended on
the side of implanted buildings or
board fences and can be destroyed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

This girl is the one who loves and
helps her mother--who sings at her
work-who caresses and cheers her
father, looking after his comfort-who
works instinctively and quietly without
ostentation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

Another discouraging proposition is
a young person without ambition To
allow ones energies to stagnate in the
very dawn of life is almost a crime and
still it is the easiest thing in the world
to debut the trouble is that it doesn't
produce any dividends and to those
who are in danger of doing this say
Get out of the rut! even If 1t is a
little difficult to climb the hill. do it
anyway and learn what is going on
around you. You will see the workers
everywhere and the sight should in
spire you to join the army. Open the
windows and doors of your hearts and
let in the sunshine of heaven-plant
flowers, decorate your homes outside
and inside. Show your parents every
day that you love them. by some little
loving attention. and by practical eff
fort. Be gay. The world Is beautiful
you are young and throbbing with life
and strength. So send out to others
the magnetism OF your good nature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

| suppose there is no greater good
IN this world than love, kindness and
the consideration Of others in the
home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

She thinks her people are the finest
people in the world and they adore her
as she deserves.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-26

Regina, magnificent full blood Jer-
sey, bred and raised in Texas. South
'ern farmers are rapidly improving
heir dairy herds through the introduce
ton Of cows of this kind.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20
Our japanese Problem
Boston Transcript.

In a
Of
leading dpleasure
membership
ea there
and
performed would not get
wuld The
Americans archipelago
steadily record that the
Is
the geographically
OF
dwindin numbers But The abor
ed
and be
Of
efor In doubtless
regard 10 the
the German have
by much
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20

The following verses were read a
Horatio c. King.
INSCRIBED 20 Rear, Admiral JOS 3
Coghlan, L s. Al
Now, donse my giiua,' the bosn said;
And shiver my tiubers rhro',
Fore III believe that Admiral Joe
Is actooaIly sixty-rwo,
By navy iaw I believe it's writ
That hes q nautical wreck
Why. blow your eyes, he's just as spry
AS the youngest kid on deck
Il sailed the sea with him, my lads.
Way back in g.
4 sprightly youth and fun of fur
AS ever I've seen. or You;
IT'S forty years and four since then,
But time don't count by years:
He'll hold his own. sure, every time,
With the strongest OF his peers.
Il saw him in Manila Bay,
On the Raleigh. don't you see,
When Dewey made the Dagoes kneel
To the nag of liberty,
He did his part most calamity,
And when the sun went down
4 dladem of richest worth
Shun1ed the Spanish crown
And now they say he's out Of date
And not his royal self.
And ali the state can do for him's
To lay him on the shelf;
But, 1u5Ders all, III have my say.
And tell them swabs the truth,
That Adrn'I Joe the secret has
E Of most perpetual youth.
so, here's to You, my Admiral,
With Hoch and royal cheer.
And may you wear your nat'ral hair
TIL you reach q hundred year;
And when old Time has lost his Job.
III bet keg Of beer
That you'll he round &c take his scythe
And start new career"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20

According 10 a Birmingham news
paper. quoted by Consul r w Mahin
q new drug. called stovaine. has come
into use in England and abroad. 70
prevent pain in surgical operations II
does not produce Inconsistencies. a
patient who has nerves strong enough
can watch a surgeon operate while un-
der its influence. Stovaine is injected
into the lumbar region of the spinal ca
nal and acts on the roots Of the nerves
entering the spinal cord The injection
produces a certain amount Of shock as
well as occasional sickness and head
acne How long the effect Of this an
esthetsc viii last is not stated, nor
whether further injections may be
r-1ade during an operation Presum-
ably, the duration Of the effect is not
great and only one injection is deem
ed prudent. for a recent instance is
noted OF z surgeon speeding an opera
ton 10 the safety limit in order 10
outstrfp the recovering nerves
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20
EXCEPTION TO BISHOP HARRIS

Rev. Bishop n - Harris. ID. D..
IL D., in charge Of the Methodist
Missions Of Japan and Korea. VIII be
a through passenger IN The coptlc to-
morrow II the steamer enters port
in the morning and sails In the after
noon a reception viii be given 10 the
Bishop by the Japanese IN the River
street Methodist church at go p. m.
bur IL the steamer stop permits IL the
reception VIII be held In the evening
at 7:3a The public generally - tn
vited
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20
MAST AND HIS CARTOONS.
fcentinued from Paae Four,

- will accept it. If e ssalss fo fas so n ..
ought man. likely
any more L can d IT,
You you boosblaeE be asked
polishing q conklngs
Mast nodded unhappIy
terribly.
altogether way
you thought
party disgrace, tragedy
1884, he began
advised come
and did Meantime they had heard
bring
araeid good faith Gentlemen said I pledge You nv word as
Garfield that PROMISE
to see it carried out
among Ckn Pats should
patronage they
for the ticket Grant back from the West
Conknng Conkng agreed
happened after the election But there
know Il is went Albany again did far
dignity Pat
oneate Albany
that last time because they sent for me to come went their order
and explain had made good pledge
finished the streaming down his cheeks
merrill and already hh
pledge andhi huniia alton he eouldno calmly
eonkling
episode President Arthurs ve
eonEling
campaign s4 great episode
the las
tool
general policy
eff be
personal every point Of
Blalne's which
Mast of
Mast .amhated' him the
led
could
But Weekly partisan
Els annual Christmas hailed and
the
When certain Of parties
produced splendid
had
ervices the
of
ltion the Of . private zen-
Mast
rider warfare had
lad published Oh
influence
BEGINNING the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20
WHAT'S THE USE?

whats the use OF hurrying. and wor-
rying. and scurrEing?
Cease your labor, tired neighnor. come
a while and play.
What the use of plundering. and thun-
dering. and bIundering2
Stop a while and learn 10 smile, and
think Of yesterday
What's the use of busting, and h1st-
ling. and rustling2
Figures lie, and riches ny. and death
alone IS sure.
Quit your game Of grabbing, and nab
ing. and stabbing.
None so healthy, none No wealthy. as
the happy poor,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-20

4 native woman from KakaskO was
brought 20 the police station yesterday
ard was examined for insanity. Judge
Whitney making q special visit 20 the
station 10 commit her 10 the asylum
ard allow OF her being taken Al once
and placed In competent charge The
woman had torn an her clothing on
and was wandering denented around
Eakaako when arrested At the sta
tlor she refused 20 wear her clothes.
becoming violent a. any attempt MADE
70 cover her DR.. Emerson pronounced
her violently insane her commitment
following his report