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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
sILAGE FOR BEEF STEERS
Of Great Value and Helps in
Fattening Ration When
Hay Is Scarce.

Silage has proved to be of inestima-
bic value in the feeding of dairy cattle
and some feeders have been successful
in using it as the ration for beef steers.
Experiment stations have investigated
it's value, but as yet there is doubt in
the minds of some as to the wisdom of
using silage to any extent in the fat
tening ration.
The Indiana station authorities after
using silage in ration in fitting steers
for market found it of considerable
value and give it as their opinion that
when hay is scarce the feeder could
make good use of the corn crop BY en-
SLING it and feeding it to his fatten:ug
cattle.
One of the best cattle feeders in
Ohio has been very successful in feed
ing silage to beef cattle and is loud in
his praise of this succulent feed. He
has built several large silos especially
for this purpose.
At the Illinois station few years
ago test was made in comparing
silage with shock corn in wintering
calves and it was found that the silage
fed steers We're in much better thrift
and flesh at the end of the experiment
than the shock corn fed steers. On this
same point the Missouri station OBJ
tanned such meager results that no
definite conclusions could be drawn
Silage increases the carrying ca
pacity of the land and for this reason
it would, if possible, be well to use it
more largely for feed.
The Virginia station fed four $780,
pound steers for $50 days on the prod
uct of less than an acre in the form of
silage and the steers gained over 200
pounds each during the time. This but
demonstrates to what use this food
might be put if it could be proven
definitely that it is good adjunct to
the fattening ration.
The writer has seen excellent results
from the feeding of silage and believes
it could be used with profit by more
feeders. One of it's chief values is in
supplying, succulence and making the
remainder of the ration more palatable
In this respect it can be likened to the
fruit and the vegetable part of the hui
man diet. 1t has cooling and laxa-
tive effect upon the system and aids in
keeping the animal thrifty. While it
may not be best to feed 1t in any
quantity to steers in the latter stages
of the fattening period it is surely of
value in the ration of younger cattle
and when steers are first put upon
feed.
When it is considered that by ensil-
ing the corn crop its entire feeding
value is saved and the crop is stored
in more concentrated form and is
easier fed, it seems that feeders would
do well to learn more about it's value
in feeding beef cattle. If it is profit:
able it is time we were knowing itsand
making use of a feed which many now
suppose good only for dairy COWS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

is somewhat different from that of the

Is somewhat different from that of the
meadows.
Where there has been some difficulty
IN securing a good stand of grass
have found that to let the bushes grow
for four or five years, but to keep down
the weeds, will cause a good stand of
grass around the small trees and
bushes where out in the open fields the
catch would be light
This method is best on rolling or
hill land. After fair stand of grass
the bushes and small trees are easily
disposed of. When the flow of sap is
at its height during July or August
skin the bark from two or three feet
of the body of the trees and they will
die and will put UP very few sprouts
and what sprouts they do send up are
readily eaten by sheep or cattle
On the thin or CALLED places scat
ter a few seeds of sweet clover (mil-
lotus alba). This is one of the finest
soil reclaimers l have ever seen, the
bluegrass taking rapidly where it
grows.
Move off the loose or surface stones
into the ruts or hollows and burn out
the stulnrs.
There is good money for the man
who makes two blades of grass grow
where one originally crew.. Wesley
Griffin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
MUST ASSIST THE DRY COW
Too Often She Is Left to Shift
for Herself, Which Al
ways Causes Loss.
BIZ MRS. 6. S. coRNMAN, MISSOURI.

On farms where dairying is not made
a specially there is often disposition
to let cow shift for herself after she
is allowed to go dry, and she is COM
PEELED to share luck with the other ami
mails in the lot and shed, no considera-
ton being shown her beyond the allot-
ment of hay or fodder and letting her
help herself to water when she can
have access to it.
This is not the best for the cow nor
for her owner. After giving milk
through the season and being again
far along in CESSATION before she was
dried up, it is not to be supposed that
she has laid up any surplus fat, there
fore she needs a warm shelter if she is
to be comfortable and get the most out
of the food she eats, for first of all ii
goes to keep up animal heat.
1t must be remembered, too, that she
is eating to support her unborn calf as
we'll as herself, and her ration should
therefore be generous.
Give her all she will eat of roughage
and supplement this with a reasonable
amount of grain, for, remember, you
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
CARE OF MEADOWS AND PASTURES

During the fall and winter is the
time to improve the meadow and pas
ture lands.
In the meadow the stumps and piles
of loose stones that you have been
moving around for several seasons
should be hauled off, the stumps
burned and the stones piled in the hol-
lows.
Cut all unnecessary shade trees and
bushes. 1t takes time to drive around
them and the hay is weak and insipid
near them.
Top dress the meadows with all the
stable manure. Here you lose no part
of the manure. All liquids go directly
to the roots of the grass and the
straWy parts serve as mulch
Do not throw the manure out in piles
and big punches and expect it not to
kill the grass Where it lies. Scatter it
lightly and if you make as much as
100 loads of manure during the winter
you are losing money if you are not
using manure spreader.
One load Of manure spread with a
good manure spreader equals two
spread with fork from a wagon.
The treatment of the pasture lands
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
SELECTING GOOD FEEDING STEERS

The steer on the left will make a
fairly good feeder. He is compactly
built and will lay on flesh evenly. The
detected looking animal on the right
will never be a profitable feeder. His
legs are too long, his hind quarters
too narrow, and while he has a tre-
mendous capacity for feed, very little
of this will stick to his bones. The
study of beef animals is one of the
most important ones to farmers, par
ticularly TO young men who contem-
plate going into the business of raising
beef.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
LEARNED BY HARD KNOCKS

While there is a great advantage In
securing good blooded stock. the prof.
it's of the herd or flock depend equally
as much on the care as the blood.
1t is the policy of the farmer to sup
ply what the city purchasers call for
and he should know that as much is
paid for attractiveness as for quality
AS far as possible the farmer should
adapt his products both in variety and
quality to the class of consumers who
are best able and most willing to pay.
1t is not always the animal that sells
for the largest amount of money that
returns the best profit, but rather the
one that has made the largest gain on
the smallest amount of food.
The stock on the farm is kept fol
profit and usually the better it is cared
for the better the profit, always keeps
ing in mind that if it pays to do
thing at all it pays to do it well.
The farmer who makes his business
pay must have something to sell each
year that will bring him the cash. The
more compact the form in which he
sells it the more profit does he make.
The profitable farm horse must havs
size and weight to give him the neces-
sary strength to perform the heavy
work required of him, and he must
have good powers Of endurance as
WE'LL
If there is one animal that enjoys
comfort above another it certainly ia
the hog. A full stomach will not giv@
it to him when he is exposed to the ele-s
ments. For perfect comfort good shell
ter must be given along with liberal
feeding.
While in the fall is one of the best
times to sow new grass seed for mead
ows it is waste of seed to SOW unless
the soil is prepared in good filth.
plenty of seed is sown and there is
sufficient moisture in the ground to in
duce a quick termination of the seed
and a vigorous start to grass.
Under average conditions and with,
the majority of crops and stock the
best time to sell is when fully ready
Holding beyond this time increases the,
cost and adds to the risk of loss, BEL
sides with grain there is always more
or less loss by shrinkage that is unss
avoidable.-N. ]. Shepherd, Missouri. s!
German inventor has produce 4
mems white collars from "a substanS
called gallaith, manufactured froS
SKINNED milk. The pure article 4,
transparent and can be colored in imi{
tation of ivory. tortoise shell, ambeS
and other articles. 1t is nom explosivei
John G. Scott and his associates have
bought 5000 acres of land near Enid,
Okla, which will all be planted with
peanuts next season. The average
yield of peanuts on good land is about
100 bushels per acre.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
LITTLE NUBBINs OF FARM NEWS

California supplies quarter of all
the fruit eaten by the people of the
United States.
A COW fell into coal mine in north
ern Pennsylvania and lived without
food or drink for nineteen days before
she was rescued.
In the number of rural routes Illinois
leads all other states with 2,777. The
rural delivery service cost the govern
ment last year $34,700.
The Canadian wheat crop was sc
late last fall that in October country
mills had to send to Duluth for car
goes to keep them supplied.
Prune growers of San Jose, Cal, have
formed trust and are holding their
crop for higher prices. The product
of 500 acres is included in the trust
Colorado stands at the head of the
states in the production of sugar beets
Last year she raised 10000 acres
Michigan 10000, Nebraska 10000 and
| Utah 10000
! While opening a can of fermente0
sirup Mrs George Hoover of Waterloo
Iowa, was frightfully injured by the
explosion of the can. 1t is feared hel
eyesight will be destroyed.
Optimistic and enthusiastic Cana
dian land agents claim that nearly
100000 American farmers moved from
| the United States to Western Canada
during 1907. Maybe so, maybe not.
| At a fair at Monta Vista, Col, pota-
toes 16 inches long and 8 inches thick
We're exhibited. A man from Missouri
bet IS that they We're fakes, but the
exhibitor cut one open and proved il
was the real thing.
A miller at Waitesburg, WASH has
bought 100000 bushels of wheat which
| is piled in bags on the ground outside
of the mill, and more is coming every
day. The miller declares he will make
| a fortune or go broke on his judg-
ment.
| A farmer near Dayton, Wash, uses
thirtytwo mules to draw his combined
harvester and thresher. He has $4,000
tied up in these long-eared propellers
but declares he prefers them to trac-
ton engine, although the latter can dc
the work more cheaply.
The Texas Farmers Union Cotton
company found itself unable to make
further advances to farmers early ir
| October more than $7,500,000 being
tied up in loans on the crop. 1t is be-
lieved that the effort to hold the crol
| for Is cents is a failure
| In order to compete with the cattle
raisers of Texas and the southwest
| American states, Mexican breeders re-
Gently held Il great cattle exposition to
arouse the interest of farmers anG
breeders of the country. The govern
ment is back of the project.
The first sugar ever made in Iowa
| from sugar beets was turned out OF
the Waverly factory Oct 25. The fac
tory cost 100000 and the farmers are
receiving SIS per ton for beets. Fifty
| years ago early settlers made sugar
from the hard maple trees which grew
on the land now occupied by beets.
James Berkeley, a farmer near Boone
Iowa, recently lost Il number of valua-
BILE cattle. The animals first showed
signs of weakness in their limbs, finally
! becoming unable to walk or eat Ar
investigation by the state authorities
showed that the animals We're affected
by stroke of lightning which de-
scended among the herd several weeks
ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

operation about the dairy so that no
chance may be missed to make the
best possible product Butter making
depends upon the man or woman who
makes it more than any other product
of the farm.
Dairying hard work? OF course it
is, but it pays. We do not say that
dairying on all farms will pay as well
as other things, but many rough farms
which cannot be cropped to advantage
can be utilized better by dairying than
any other way. 1t requires less CAPT
tai than grain or stock farming and if
rightly understood will make good re-
turns and build up Improbable soil
into rich and productive land.
The railroads are beginning to ac-
cept the compulsory reduced rates with
good grace. When the laws We're
passed the railroads swore they would
never submit, but they did, and are
finding out that the low rate has in
creased travel to such an extent that
roads are making more money than
ever.
The farmer who has raised a boy in
such way that when he becomes of
age he promptly leaves the farm has
only himself to blame.
An eastern farm paper says that it
cost 100000 to raise one farm boy.
That was a poor investment A boy
that cost a thousand dollars a year
from his cradle until he was of age is
an expensive luxury. The really big
men of this country, the men who have
done things in farming, in commerce
and every branch of civil life are, as
a rule, men who have paid their own
way from the time they were old
enough to do so.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS
BY CLINTON NJ. sHu1rz.

The automobile shows in New
York and Chicago have again started
the cry that the draft horse is to be
put out of business by the machine.
Maybe so, but we notice that the
prices for good farm draft horses We're
never higher than now. Weanling
colts or months old, are being sold
throughout the middle west for 500
to $l25 at the barn door. AS long as
such prices prevail farmers need not
be afraid to continue raising good draft
horses, so long as they raise the best.
The scrub is fast passing away and is
being considered less every year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

putting adulterated feeds on the mar
ket as mixed feeds that do not come UP
to the guaranteed analysis, and the
feeder will find it very convenient to
keep watch of these feeds by sending
for the agricultural bulletins from the
various experimental farms where
these feeds are tested.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

remarkable
This
is
oree are
IN that nnals
ground should be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

The enormous attendance at the In
ternational Live Stock Show right at
the height of the financial furry is the
best proof in the world that the coun-
try is sound at the core-and the core
in this case means the farmer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

Butter making is not an exact art
and the quality will vary under the
best conditions. This makes it neces-
sary to use the greatest care in every
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

The largest orchards in the world are
near Berlin, Germany. They extend
without break for from between 12,-
900 and 10000 acres.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25
HANDY AROUND THE PLACE

Some, if not all, of the following de-
scribed home made articles should be
found on all farms:
A Bit Holder-Take a well-seasoned
piece of wood about four inches square
and eight inches long. Bore in the
end hole in which each bit is kept.
Bore the holes deep enough so the
worm of the bits is entirely hidden in
the block.
When completed put each bit in it's
about a dozen drops of lubricating oil
in on each bit
h The block will soon become thor
oughly saturated with the oil and the
bits will always be bright
The block not only keeps them
bright, but prevents their being dulled
by being thrown and also keeps them
in place when once the habit of put
ting them back when through with
| them is formed.
A light wooden box ten or twelve
inches square and six inches deep, di-
vided into four parts for as many
sizes of nails with an old bucket han
die, makes a very convenient article
The sugar trough variety of gourds
makes excellent salt buckets.
If you have none on hand include a
pepper or two in your order for gar
den seed next spring and grow them.
| A good garden rake is made of a
piece of tough wood and twenty-fiv
| 60 penny nails and a fork handle.
| The wood for the head of the rake
should be 1hx2 inches and two feet
long.
| Bore holes for nails with bit 1-16
of an inch smaller than the nails. Din
the nails in salty water as you drive
them in, then as soon as all are driven
| in rinse off the salty water and rub
with oil. The salt causes the nail to
rust at once in the wood, and it will
not come out easily.
Here is combination tool you can
have any blacksmith make I have
found it one of the most useful tools
on the place:
Spike puller, rock drill, pinch bar
cant hook and post puller: Get
a piece of India tool steel sew
n-eighths of an inch in diameter and
four and one-half feet long. Hexagon
is better than round shape. Make a
claw or spike puller on one end and
bend at right angles. At the other end
make a drill point that will drill a
hole IL inches. This will let stick
of dynamite in with ease.
The cant hook is attached to the bar
with strap of iron and two small
bolts as shown in the cut. W.
Griffin.
A suit has been filed in the Federal
court at Portland, Ore, to compel the
Oregon & California railroad to sell its
lands acquired from the government to
J settlers at $3.50 per acre, as provided
| in the land grant About 5000 600
acres of land in Oregon and California
! will be affected hY the Sllit
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

is excellent. The winter crop will be
as good and as large as ever before.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

Peas are rich in nitrogen and no bet
ter feed for sheep and pigs can be
raised. In many parts of the great
west hogs are fattened entirely on peas
without a bushel of corn. The pork
made from peas is firm and sweet and
western packers claim it is superior
to any corn fed pork produced.
In Colorado alone more than 100000
lambs are fattened every year on peas
alone. Farmers of the middle west
will do well to sow more peas and soy
beans.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

In dry farming contest at Spokane,
Wash, the prize was taken by a man
who produced 100 pounds of potatoes
in twelve hills.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

A suit has been filed in the Federal
court at Portland, Ore, to compel the
Oregon & California railroad to sell it's
lands acquired from the government to
settlers at $3.50 per acre. as provided
in the land grant. About 5000 900
acres of land in Oregon and California
will be affected by the suit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

The farmer who has raised a boy in
such a way that when he becomes OF
age he promptly leaves the farm has
only himself to blame.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

A German inventor has produce
mems white collars from "a substanS
called gallaith, manufactured froA
SKINNED milk. The pure article i
transparent and can be colored in imi
tation of ivory, tortoise shell, ambe
and other articles. 1t is nom explosive
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-25

John G. Scott and his associates have
bought 5000 acres of land near Enid,
Okla, which will all be planted with
peanuts next season. The average
yield of peanuts on good land is about
100 bushels per acre.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-28
-Dut Miss The Big SHIRT WAIST Sale aes the New Cash SMe SATURDAY
Auction Sale.

will offer at Public Sale al
my farm | mile west and IL
miles south OF Wagner and 1
miles east Of Greenwood, begin
ming at 10 O'Clock sharp on
Wednesday March 4, 1908
HORSES Il black mare 0 yrs
old VT 100, gray horse 10 yrs
old VT 100. bay mare 8 years
old VT 100. gray mare 8 years
old VT 1900, I black mare with
foal. 9 yrs old VT 1900
Five mich cows, 2 year old
heifer, 3 yearling heifers, ! bull
calves, 4 heifer calves, "a head
Of shoats, Is brood sows.
MACHINERY--l Milwaukee
binder, l new Mccormick bind ;
er, 6foot Keystone mower
nearly new, l 5 foot Deering
mower, ] corn planter, disc
harrow, B section steel harrow,
l hay sweep, | disc gang plow,
3 lumber wagons, l hay rack,
2 sets heavy work harness, aud
some household furniture.
Free lunch at noon
TERMS-Sums Of $40 and
under cash; over that amount
time will be given to October /,
1908 on approved notes bearing
10 per cent interest; 2 per cent
discount for cash on sums over
$40. b. L WESTOVER.
Il. w. Nipple, Auctloneer.
4. S. Strohbehn, Clerk.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-28
March Woman's Home Com
panion.

Tic March number Of the
Woman's Home Companion
again captures public notice
with It's charming cover picture
Of a japanese girl--one Of the
daintiest magazine covers that
has appeared IN years. This To-.
sue is the Spring Fashion nun.
ber and for IL Grace Margaret
Gould, the fashion editor, has
prepared many delightful pages =
illustrating in detail the advance
spring styles.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale con
tributes . charming talk on
'Home Reading" Kellogg Dur.
land the author OF The Red
Reign has an article OF absorb.
ing interest entitled Women Of
Revolt, containing some heart
rending anecdotes Of the part
that certain brave women have
played in the Russian revolu.
ton.
DIR. Woods Hutchinson writes
on The Mental Growth OF Babies
Ia refreshingly bright article,
and Irving Bachelor. Francis
Lynde, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
and many others contribute
fiction. The usual departm ents
presided over by Margaret 4.
Sangster, Fannie Merritt Far.
mer, Anna Steese Richardson
others are helpful and attrac-
tive. The whole number IL
beautifully illustrated.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-28

Denver has q fine new audi
torium, q big one, and the city
has propounded the question
''How shall we open it?" Var
ious ways are given by various
people such as: Open it with q
debate by Bryan and Taft. One
good republican says: My own
impression is, being democrat
ic convention hall, it should be
opened with . circus. Another
advises using q jimmy. But
the one who advised opening it
with . pair OF jacks or better,
met with more approval by the
citizens than all the rest.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-28

Last Thursday Mrs. Soph.
ronia Reed Ross. Burkett- Wicki-
zer- Juvansl Bollinger Griffin
Gleason, age 70, began suit in
Indiana for q divorce from her
eighth husband. All Of 'em are
living but two, though how they
nanaged to pull through is a
ystery.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-28

The insurgents have not sue
ceeded very well in their cry
that taxes are lower this year
than they were in 1903 and 1905.
The state auditors report for
those years shows that the state
taxes in 1908 we've S948, 986; in
1905 $878, 829; in 1907 81, 1O3, 756.
And still, in the face of these
figures, they keep on explaining
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-02-28

In one place in Illinois sweet-
hearts are forbidden to talk to
each other over the telephone,
because they "block legitimate
business. Wonder if the Of
ficers Of that telephone company
ever had sweethearts of their
own?