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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
Waste OF THE FARMS
By-Products Not Utilized and Money
Lost Through Neglect of Small
Things.
BY w. Milton Kelly.


TN these days, much of the profit
and in many cases the whole OF
success depends upon utilizing the
so-called by-products to the best pos
ible advantage.
The by-product Is something apart
from the main article manufactured
and yet something that has an in
trinsic value Of Its own. For exam
pie, in the manufacture of dairy prod
ucts we have skim milk, buttermilk
and whey.
All kinds Of business have their BY
products or odds and ends In the
large packing houses there are nu-
merous by-products, and If the packers
neglected to make hair rope and to
utilize their OK tails it would make g
great difference in their dividends. II
will be found SO in all kinds of bust
ness. The man who makes the best
use of his by-products is the one who
Is most successful.
Does this apply to you? Are you
using the odds and ends of your farm
products to the best advantage that Is
possible? Are you feeding your skim
milk. buttermilk whey, corn fodder
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
LATE SOWING OF SPINACH.

Spinach greens are favorite among
| city folks and can be found on the city
markets almost every week the year
round, varying price with the season
| l devote one acre to this crop, from
which 1 have never failed to realize q
handsome profit. I SOW the seed in
drills one foot apart the latter part OF
August being careful to keep all weeds
destroyed.
Some growers cover the spinach
made this a practice, as usually have
a chance to cut some during thaw
in January or February, when prices
are generally high.
Some grow 1t under glass in hot
beds for winter trade, but l have
found that this method will hardly
pay, as the southern-grown spinach
comes to our northern markets at
prices so low that dollhouse or hotbed
spinach must be sold too low to yield
any profit.
In my experience in growing spin
ZACH find that it requires light
warm loan soil, but will grow on al
most any land that will produce q
good crop of corn.
1t is almost impossible to make the
ground too rich for it. 1 usually ap-
ply about ten good loads Of manure
to the acre, and when the leaves are
small top dress with from 100 to 125
pounds of sulphate of ammonia pei
acre.
This gives the plants that deer
green color which consumers like best
and also increases the crop consider
ably.
have found that if the seed are
sown about six inches apart in the
row better yield will be produced
than closer stand. The variety
prefer is the Round Seeded.
About twelve pounds is the lega
weight to the bushel after the dea6
leaves and the roots are taken off ant
they are washed and drained.-Wm
H. Underwood, Ozark, Ill.
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IN A SMALL PEACH ORCHARD.

After our young trees had made a
new growth they were cut back from
one-third to one-half the length of the
new wood. 1t is demonstrated that
this cutting of the annual growth in
duces low, stocky, easily-handled
tree, which is easier sprayed and the
gathering OF the fruit is more easily
and conveniently done.
When the laden branches showed
signs Of breaking they were immedi-
ately attended to and propped up with
stakes and strong wire.
Where too many branches appeared
they were thtnned out and clipped
back to about one-half their length
All dead or worthless wood and
branches growing toward the center
of the trees were removed and the
accommodations from the pruning gath
cred and burned.-F. L. r.
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animal growth, feeder may gain
much greater per cent on his invest
ment than when he goes at It blind.
The lard hog Of old days that ate
until it could not stand up any longer,
has passed away, thanks to the ex-
posure of his prof1tiess life made BY
the experimental farms.
Prolificacy must not be lost sight 81
IN the general purpose hog. It has
been observed that domestfcity tends
toward less prolificacy in our farm anil
mails. The remedy for this is to use
only sires and dams from large litters.
and these in but moderate flesh. Ex-
cessive fat produces a crowding Of In.
ternal organs that is detrimental Ia
fecundity. Other conditions may mod
lily somewhat, but the above is the
foundation of success
The rule most accepted nowadays III
to use smooth, compact sire and
rangy sows. Our experience alona
these lines has not been entirely salts
factory, the best results coming frord
using sires and dams OF similar type,
Too much diversity between sires and
dams brings litters of two types, and
when the product is old enough for
breeding one is never sure to which
side it will revert in the Offspring.
Similarity of breeding stock produces
offspring Of much greater reliability
In Its reproduction.
There is theory and growing
one among many Of the breeders and
farmers that young breeding stock is
more sure to produce early maturity
than old breeding stock While this
may be true, it is also fact that
young breeding stock does not pro-
duce the size that old breeding stock
does, and we are Of the opinion that
the good arising from breeding young
stock is more than offset by the bad
results. 1t Is much safer to use aged
sires and dams that have come to
their maturity quickly than to ex-
pertinent with immature ones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
LITTLE NUBBINs OF NEWS.

VIM. Mitchell, farmer near Frank
fort, ILL.,, was arrested for allowing
Canada thistles to grow on his land
Several hundred Swedish agricul-
turists recently made a trip to Eng
land to study dairy farming on a large
scale.
The farmers Of Washington have
formed a cooperative organization for
the marketing Of all their products.
The headquarters are at Spokane.
The government will distribute dairy
cows among the Indians of the Chey-
enne River Agency In South Dakota.
Competent dairymen will instruct the
Indians in the feeding and care of the
cows and in dairy work generally
In 1891 there were 34,3S4 acres of
alfalfa in Kansas, but this acreage has
grown to $4,000 acres in 1906 The
value of last years crop is estimated
to be $1o,50o.o00.
1t Is said that rabbits in Australia
have learned to climb wire net fencing
and that thousands Of miles Of en-
closure maN prove useless.
| About one-half the popcorn con.
suned in the United States Is raised ir
Sac county Iowa. 1t brings abou
80 cents per 100 pounds and the tota
output this year will reach nearly 49,.
100000 pounds. This will require
twelve trainloads of twenty cars eacf
when it is marketed.
| Forty-four thousand acres of land IL
Laramie county. wyoming in one bod.
have recently been sold and are beini
cut up into small tracts for dry farm
Ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
HINTS ON DAIRY WORK.

It is best to develop the milk giving
qualities as early as possible. For this
purpose they should be allowed to
drop their first calf at from twenty
four to thirty months of age. If they
prove large mixers, allow them to go
to farrow during part of the third
year The first milking season should
be a long one, so that the milking
habit may be thoroughly established.
AS rule, large, coarse cows are
not the most desirable for the dairy,
and many advise having the heifers
drop their first calf when quite young
on account of checking the growth
and developing the milking qualities
instead. This requires rare judgment,
and I would not recommend 1t as a
desirable practice unless the dairyman
was well acquainted with what he was
doing. I am satisfied that we can
secure better mixers in this way when
the heifers have had the best feed
and care, and they will come into use
earlier and pay for their keeping. 1t
doesn't pay to keep lot of dry cows
around when the same feed could be
utilized by milkers.-M. r.
There Is only one right way of
cleaning any milky cloth. brush or
utensil, and that is to wash thorough
| ly in tepid water until all traces of
milk are gone, then give second
washing in water to which baking
soda, salsoda or concentrated I've has
been added and lastly immerse in boil
ing water and place where there is
free circulation of air, but no dust or
files.
A strange dog running through the
lot where the cows are kept will re.
duce the flow of milk in the evening.
A dairy COW is big milk machine
and she must be kept well oiled with
milk producing feed to get the highes
efficiency.
The dairy bull is big factor in the
herd, but he Is not the whole thing
The finest dairy bull bred to common
cows will raise the quality Of the
calves, but he cannot make them thor
oughbred the first time, as some farm
ers seem to believe.
The farmer who buys a pure-bre,
COW that has been fed and treated as
thoroughbred should be and then feed
and treats her as scrub will be dis
appointed.
], Blood will tell in cows as in an
: other animal. And it will tell in poo
: feeding more quickly than scrub VII
Iby loss of rail-.
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rightly mixed with other feeds. Many
make mistake and feed out every
thing else before they commence feed
ing the poorer feeds and complain be-
cause straw and cornstalks will not
take the place of clover and alfalfa in
their rations.
Whatever the choice Of foods may
be, feed literally. We may not un-
derstand just how milk is produced;
but we know that it must come from
the food eaten and that COW, to give
a large amount Of milk, must have
heterogeneous food.
On the other hand feeding to the
utmost capacity of COW is not usu-
ally profitable. We have not yet
reached the stage when it will pay to
practice soiling exclusively although
it can be made profitable in some
branches of dairying.-A New York
Dairyman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
FIGURING OUT THINGS.

From seven to twelve bushels of
apples are required to make a barrel
of cider and bushel of average ap-
Piles gives from six TO seven pounds of
the evaporated product.
Raspberries contain from one and
one-half to three pounds of seed to
the bushel.
One pint of good black cherries
weighs about one pound.
Good clusters of American grapes
weigh from one-half to three-fourths
of a pound. while some clusters reach
a pound and one-half.
A bushel of sweet corn ears in the
milk with all the husks on weighs
all the way from fifty to sixty pounds
There are about 5000 honey bees
In a pound.
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so as to make 1t profitable.
How to make the most out OF crops
that are only partially utilized on most
farms.
Manure and how to save and handle
1t for the best returns.
How to feed the by-products of the
dairy to the best advantage.
The odds and ends from the house
and how to utilize them.
The damaged fruit and vegetables
and how to use them SO as to make a
profit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
HOW TO REDUCE OLD BONES.

Save all the bones you can. Put
them into wide wooden trough 500
or more pounds at a time. Take pure
sulphuric acid (sixty degrees quality
at the rate of two carboys to ton of
bones. Mix half and half with warm
water and pour directly over them
Sprinkle over the top with earth, al
low them to remain a day or two and
upon uncovering, the bones will fall tc
pieces at the first and slightest touch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
A DRINK FOR EVERYBODY.

This little house covers well built
by a Rhode Island sea captain on the
road near his house. The old captain
was once wrecked on a desert island
and suffered so from thirst that he
made a vow that If he escaped he
would provide means for supplying
water to as many people as he posi-
bly, could. Hundreds Of farmers have
benefited by his hospitality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14

1t is mistake to put off fitting the
wheat ground till the last minute.
Have 1t all ready when the time comes
for seeding. The sense of being hur-
ried and driven beyond ones strength
is what makes it hard to keep up with
farm work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
A GOOD FARM GATE.

This style of gate is used great
deal, particularly in the South. Tho
pole on top is about eighteen feet long
and can be weighted with stone OF
anything else. II properly balanced
it prevents sagging and causes the gate
to open and close easily.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14
EFFECTS OF SEASONING WOOD.

A cord Of green wood weights 50
per cent more than when air dry. A
cord Of we'll dried wood still contains
900 pounds Of water. In the burning
of green wood almost one-half Of the
heat is lost in evaporating the water
contained in It, One-half the weight
of fresh, sappy pine is due to water.
and the kiln drying of lumber at
small expense saves 1000 to 1900
pounds Of freight per 1000 feet.
Weight for weight, a stick of pine la
stronger and sitter than. solid iron
or steel of same length and shape. :.
The short pastures this year viii
make the soiling crops mos valuable
49, A.&>r- Got any?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-14

The wheat acreage of Canada has
~4saed tho 10000 mark
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AN ENGLISH PRIZE COW.


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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25
DRINK BLURS
BRAINY MIND
TYPEWRITER COM
PANY's PRESIDENT COMMITTED
TO AsYLU LU.M--couRT IN STREET.

New York, April "a. James Bartlett
Hammond. inventor of the Hammond
typewriter company, was committed to
Bellevue yesterday for five days for ex-
animation as to his sanity. Thomas r,
Hammond, his brother, who is in the
cash register business and lives at
New Rochelle, declared that he was an
habitnal drunkard and insane, mental
and physical wreck from the effects OF
drugs and alcoholic stimulants used
to excess for the last year.
James B. Hammond is d man of 6s
years. When he. was driven UP to the
west side court in q coacn yesterday
afternoon his condition was so bad 1t
was impossible to bring him UP into
the court room. Magistrate Walsh,
with his stenographer, therefore, held
court on the curb in front of the court
house, while old Mr.. Hammond lay
back in his carriage seat with q vacant
stare in his eyes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25
GET TOGETHER
MOVEMENT ON
WESTERN LUMBERMEN PROVIDE
PLAN FOR SETTLING RAILROAD
DISPUTES BY ARBITRATION.

Minneapolis, April 24.--What prom.
ises to be the biggest "get together
movement in the history Of Transports;
ton has just been organized by Secre.
tary W. G. Hollis, Of the Northwestern
Lumbermen's association. The plan
provides for a car service department.
association and all members agree to
submit to 1t all claims and complaints
against the railroads The department
will investigate and pass on to the rail-
roads at interest only such claims as It
deems meritorious for their part and
the railroads agree that these cases
shall be accepted in good faith as q
basis Of such action as snail seem ap-
propriate.
There are 1900 members IN the Lum.
bermen's. association covering Mime.
sofa. Iowa, North and South Dakota,
and that part OF Nebraska tributary to
the northern markets. The plan has
been thoroughly canvassed by the head
traffic officials Of twenty-five roads
serving the associations territory and
lis heartily approved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25

FAITHFUL HAVE
FEET WASHED.
SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD WILL.
BE DEMONSTRATED AT U. b.
CHURCH BY FooT-cLEANING.

s.
The unusual sight Of a minister with
towel and wash basin washing the feet
OF his entire congregation seated about
covered tables laden with bread, meat.
soup and water in accordance with the
ceremonies observed at the Lords sup
per, will be witnessed at Z o'clock Sun
day evening at tneg Moore Street
Brethren church. Following the ordin-
ance Of foot washing which is a semi
annual custom Of the Brethren church,
the love feast will be held. Preceding
the services the sermon of self examin-
alton will be preached by the pastor,
Elder G. E. Wolf Several prominent
elders from out Of the city will be pres
ent to assist with the ceremonies.
The local Brethren church Is ex-
tremely orthodox In its beliefs. The
ice was chopped out of the Des Moines
river last. winter in order to baptize the
converts of a revival in the icy waters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25
PROSECUTION
THR REA TENED
GOVERNOR WILL LAY MATTER OF.
$s,ooo,ooo EXPENDITURES be.
FORE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Harrisburg. Pa, April 24.-As re-
suit OF the Investigation by the legislar
tive commission into the expenditure
Of $S,0GD,0O0 for furnishings and decor
atoms for the new state capitol. 1t Is
probable that the criminal proceedings
will be instituted against certain per-
sons who have prominently figured in
the investigation. Both Governor
Stuart and Senator Fisher, chairman
OF the Investigating commission have
declared their belief that enough evi-
dence has been brought out to warrant
such action. The governor, 1t is said
will lay the matter before the attorney
general as soon as the commission has
made Its final report.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25
COMPANY
STOPS SERVICE
CLEVELAND FIRM THEN TRIED TO
REMOVE POLES AND RAILS BUT
WAS RESTRAINED.

Cleveland, April Thousands Of
people living along Central and
Quincy avenues were compelled 10
walk long distances today in order to
get street car transportation to the
business section of the city. The
Cleveland Electric Railway company
suspended operation of it's care on
those htorougnfares at midnight, the
United States supreme court having
some time since dec.Ied the COM
pany's franchises had expired. Since
then the company has been permitted
to operate cars on a three cent fare
basis and recently the company noti-
fled the city authorities that it was
losing money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-25
IM'NlILL- EN MINES
BRING 100000.
LOST GREEK MEN BUY oskA-
LOOsA PROPERTY - LoFLAND
AND TRUMBELL PURCHASERS

Oskalocsa, April 24.-Tne Mcmillan
Coal company's mines about ten miles
southwest of Oskaloosa were sold yes
terday While the price named in the
bill ofssale was 81, 1t is understood the
real purchase price is 100000.
II. H. Sheriff conducted the sale, act
ing for F. C. Lofand and j. M. Tim.
brell.
There were some other capitalists
besides F. G. Loffand and ]. NJ Tim
brel who were interested in the sale.
sMessrs, Lofland and Timbrell have
been associated in the coal business for
number Of years at Lost Creek and
elsewhere and are experienced and
capable mining men who will no doubt
make great success of the fine prop
, erty they have just secured.
! In addition to the land and equip
GHent owned by the Mcmillan Coal com
pany, two large leases Of additional
lands go with the deal On the rec
ords they are given as follows
H. Springer and wife to w. H.
Mcmillan, 4-12-07, coal under NE. quar-
ter and S. half, NV. 25-74-17.
Thomas Lee and wife to H. G. and
4 A. w Mcmillan, 2-7-07, coal under e.
half, Sc. and 30 acres of w half, Sc.
{ 24-74-16.
Mcmillan. Coal Co. ct al. assign the
above leases to F. C. Loffand and j. M.
Timbrell. Dated 4-20-07
The Coal Camp.
The coal camp is known as Mack"
named for the promoter and principal
owner, w. Fl. Mcmillan of this city.
1t is nicely located and the shaft is
on a branch Of the Chicago & North
western railway. The veins are good
and the coal of excellent quality. Prac-
tically all of the output is taken hu the
railroad for its own use.
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Brief + isttory
Of The Prosecution

The charge of conspiracy to muir
der brought in connection with the
assassination of Frank Steunenberg
former governor of Idaho, by the
ldaho state authorities against
Charles II. Meyer, William D. Hey
ward and George A. Pettibone is one
that has been agitating the courts OF
Colorado and Idaho for nearly year
ana half. Meyer was the president,
tieyWard was the secretary-treasurer
ana Pettlbone was a member of the
executive committee of the Western
Federation of Miners. When ex-Goy-
ernor Steunenberg, of Idaho, was mlr-
dered on December 80, 1905, by the
explosion of dynamite bomb attach
ed TO the gate opening into yard
OF his home, the Western Federation
or Miners was said to be very bitter
against him. The Idaho authorities
claimed that they had observed evi-
dence showing that the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners had, aided by funds
from its tree sury, financed the assas-
sination Of s;teunenberg. The thres
men still held for trial on this charge
were then In Denver, Col. Charges
Of conspiracy to murder which were
brought against them were dismissed
by the Colorado courts on january g.,
1906, or just about week after the
death Of Steunenberg. Then an at
tempt was made to get Governor Nc.
Donald, Of Colorado, to issue extradi-
tion papers to the Idaho police for
the three men, but this was refused
by the Colorado governor On Feb.
ruary is, 1906, the men were taken
out of jail and smuggled on special
train into Idaho without the knowl.
edge Of the Colorado authorities. This
caused serious trouble between these
two states On March % of this year
the case had only progressed to a
point where the accused demanded a
change Of venue, which was denied.
The case is expected to be brought to
court within a short time. Governor
Steunenberg had been governor OF
Idaho for two terms from 1897 to
1901. He lived in Caldwell s Idaho,
and left widow and three children.
Both his legs were torn off by the ex-
plosion Of the bomb and he lived only
20 minutes after he was blown up.
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quittal of Haywood and Meyer. Such
meetings can Of course, be designed
only to coerce court or jury In render
ing verdict and they therefore de-
serve all the condemnation which you
in your letter say should be awarded
to those who endeayor improperly to
influence the course of justice.
ss."sYou would, Of course, be entirely
within your rights if you merely an
nounced that you thought Messrs
Meyer and. Haywood were desirable
Citizens though in such case / should
take frank issue with you and should
say that, wholly without regard to
whether or not they are guilty Of the
crime for which they are being tried.
they represent as thoroughly undesira-
BILE a type of citizenship as can be
found in this country; type which
In the letter to which you so unreason-
ably take exceptions, showed not to
be confined to any one class, but to
exist among some representatives Of
great capitalists as we'll as among
some representatives of wageworkers,
Opposed by Both Sides.
I'm that letter condemned both
types. Certain Representatives of the
great capitalists in turn condemned
me for including Mr.. Hartman in my
condemnation of Messrs. Meyer And
Haywood. Certain of the representa- :
tives of labor in their turn condemn
ed me because included Messrs. Moy-
er and Haywood as undesirable citi-
zens, together with Mr.. Hartman.
am as profoundly Indifferent to the
condemnation in one case as in the
other. I challenge as right the sup
port of all good Americans, whether
wage earners or capitalists, whatever
their occupation or creed, or in what
ever portion of the country they live
when condemn both the types of bad
citizenship which ] have held up to
reprobation. 1t seems to me q mark
of utter insincerity to fail thus to
condemn both, and to apologize for
either robs the man thus apologizing
of all right to condemn any wrong do
ing in any man, rich or poor, in pubic
or in private life.
Insists on Square Deal.
You say you ask for square deal
for Messrs. Meyer and Haywood. So
do i. When say square deal mean
a square deal to every one: it is equal
ly a violation of the policy of the
square deal for a capitalist to protest
against denunciation of capitalist
who is guilty of Wrongdoing. and for
a labor leader to protest against the