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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

The above are crops that may be
successfully raised in every state in
the union. The figures fairly illus
trate the point to be made, namely,
that money is most surely to be made
by people of limited means on little
places and by intensive farming.
In handling an acre of Strawberries
picking, marketing, etc.--$50 would be
a fair average. Some would manage it
for less; others might pay out a
little more. No settled standard
between gross and net income can be
given.
The risk and investment in raising
Strawberries are more in the farmers
favor than in almost any other crop.
Now, If it is fact that a farmer can
: clear 5000 an acre on strawberries and
only $40 to $40 on grain it is due to
himself that he stir up his ideas and
get In line with the progressive move
ment of the day. What is true of this
4 product applies with equal force to
cucumbers, beans, onions and many
other articles in the vegetable line.
Live stock and dairying can be fig
ured on the acreage basis just as easily
as grain or fruit. If farmer with
fifty acres handles twenty five cows
and clears $1,000 after paying for help
and such feed as he is short of, his net
profit is $40 per acre. This would be
a high estimate, but the figures are
sometimes reached. He would be much
more apt to net $1,000 with ten acres
of fruit or five or six of onions and
beans.
A ma, with twenty acres can easily
handle 800 hogs a year, which will net
$500 to $1,000. A profit of IS per head,
or $500, is $40 per acre. This is at
least double as much as can be made
from dairying, and the work is a great
deal less.
The rule follows all the way through
the harder the work and the heavier
the investment the smaller the profits.
BY some perversity in the laws of
business those products Of the farm
which pay the least require the most
labor, the longest hours, the greatest
risk and the heaviest investment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
NOTES BY A WORKING FARMER

have found 1t a good plan to mag-
ket off the calves as soon as they are
Of marketable size and age The
milk is worth more than the calf after
that.
Push the lambs along as fast as you
can. The sooner you get them to mar
ket the more money there will be In
them.
The dairynan who receives his min
check every month and is compelled
to pay from shalt to wo-thirds Of
1t over to the feed dealer is not maxi
ing a success of the business. / do not
believe in buying lot Of expensive
grain feeds just to make manure to
put on the land SO that we may grow
larger crops to feed out with more
purchased grain to make more manure
to put on the soil, etc.
Neighbor Collect says: at don't
pay to give fancy price for the serv-
ices of bull or stallion" Collect
never does and that is why he can
never get decent price for colt or
a calf.
1t pays to use a good sire. IL man
is in the dairy business a sire from
milking strain should increase the
product Of his progeny by 1000 pounds
a year, yet a good many dairymen give
little thought to the sire If he raises
cattle for beef a good beef sire will
increase the price for his progeny. And
have found 1t costs less in the long
run to feed thoroughbred than a
| scrub.
The dairy COW is the greatest soil
builder that can be kept on farm
Perry Culver.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
A HELP IN FRUIT PICKING

In commercial orcharding it is gem
orally most economical to have pick
ing and packing work going on concur
rently. This saves putting the apples
on the ground and having to handle
them again. A portable sorting table
upon which pickers can empty their
bags is placed on low truck wheels
and a single horse can move it to any
desired point as the work proceeds
1t should be made large enough to hold
not less than two barrels of fruit
The rear bolster is higher than thai
at the open end, so that the culls car
be rolled out. A long, heavy plank is
placed on the ground on each side
of this table on which the barrels are
set for filing. The culls are allowed
to roll into a pile from the lower enc
of the grading table.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
SNAPSHOTS OF WISDOM

Silence is not always a sign of
genius. There's the clam, for instance.
Pride often sustains man when
nothing else Wilt it is pride in the
right sort of thing.
You cannot judge the value of a
hog by the size of his squeal.
1t is waste of time to grieve over
the troubles of yesterday. There are
enough ahead Of us to keep us busy.
sure test of a woman's affection
is her defense of him under criticism.
The man who always insists on hav-
ing his own way in everything will
some day be sorry he did not follow
another's advice.
One of the best remedies for sleep
lessness is to frame a Cancelled mort
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
TO PREVENT TOMATO ROT

This disease often attacks plants that
are not sprayed. 1t is first noticeable
as small black or brown spots on the
leaves and stems Of the plants, occur
ring first on the lower and older leaves,
but with favorable weather it spreads
rapidly till the plant is defoliated and
the spots on the stems have coalesced
into irregular blackish patches. If a
piece Of bark with these spots be ex-
amined under high power microscope
innumerable small, crescent shaped
bodies may be seen. These are the
fruiting spores of the fungus. Spray
with Bordeaux mixture.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
MACHINE HOE HELPS

The machine wheel hoe is a great
thing in the garden. 1t makes garden
work a real pleasure il you have one
of the modern combined drill and wheel
hoe arrangements. They are not cost
ly and not hard to operate Any one
that has garden as big as a town
lot can afford to have one, as it will
save it's cost the first season and will
last for twenty years. You can do as
much work with one of them as ten
men with hand hoes and do it better.
The Iron Age and the Planet Junior
are both good, and prices run abou,
the same. You can get the machines
of any seedman and can generally get
them delivered, freight paid, at ths
list price.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
MUTTON RIVAL OF TURKEY
Holiday Markets Now Absorb
Former at High Prices and
Profits Are Big.

There is always fine profit in grow
ing dollhouse" mutton for the holiday
n1arket-not the half-fat, ordinary
scrub animal, but well-bred mutton,
farm finished in the best condition pos
Sible.
The demand for prime mutton, spe-
cially fed, is growing very fast, and
in large cities the demand is so large
as to affect the market for turkeys at
holiday times.
The grower of holiday mutton must
study his job and make no mistake in
feeding or in putting on the finishing
touches.
In producing mutton for the early
holiday trade efforts should be made
to give them an early start and have
them clean UP the odds and ends of
fodder. and forage that would other
wise be waste, feeding them just
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
KEEP THE cow BARNS CLEAN

Many farmers have the bad habit Of
letting great heaps of manure ac-
cumulate near or against the stable
1t is the source of bad doors that ruin
the air which the cattle are obliged to
breathe. If it is true that the oxygen
in the air is taken into the body and
builds up the system. it is just as
true that the foul doors which arise
from the manure are breathed by the
cattle and break down their systems.
The air and the cows get SO saturated
with the odor of manure that it gets
into the milk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

give them some green corn fodder or a
little linseed meal.
They need salt as much as the old
horses and should have a supply of
water where they can take a. sip when
ever it is wanted Plenty. of bedding
is indispensable, as sleeping on a foul
bed is liable to produce scours.
AS winter approaches give them an
occasional feed Of potatoes, steamed
oats or barley to keep their bowels free
and easy.
Bowels in good condition. plenty of
exercise and a moderate amount of
roughage will bring the colt through
the winter with health, snap and vigor,
and they will not have the dull-eyed,
ewe-necked, longhaired, motherless
colt appearance that is so commonly
seen in springtime.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

apple in by hand, and selecting for the
top layer fruit of the same color. The
top layer should be made up of apples
all of the same size if possible and
the fruit should come just to the top
of the slaves. Then the heading should
be carefully placed on top and gently
pressed down until it slips into the
chine. This can be done better by the
use Of a block placed under lever.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
THE RIGHT WAY TO PACK FRUIT

If the fruit grower simply tumbles
his apples into the barrel without sort
ing and without arrangement, in order
to get the greatest number into the
barrel, heads it up and ships to mar
ket, he will discover when he gets his
check that his fruit has been sold for
the lowest price. The only way to
get the top prices for fruit is to sort it
according to grades, arranging in bar
rels or boxes in layers, placing each
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

gage and hang it on the bedroom wall.
Agriculture not only cultivates the
land, but cultivates the people who live
upon it.
money miser grows rich by hoard
ing, but a good mans heart is made
richer by giving.
The top row of the apple barrel is
sometimes great liar, and a smooth
tongue may be in the same class
American Farm World
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
HELP; DON'T NEEDLE

There is vast difference between
helping our neighbors and meddling
with their affairs. Nobody likes boss
in the home or out of it, and most
people like to do things in their own
way, even if they have suspicion
that they are not doing them just
right
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
PROTECT THE CORN ROOTS

We shall never stop urging farmers
to protect the corn roots, because we
believe more harm is done by deep
blowing after the corn has been well
started than through any other cause.
In the picture it will be seen that the
corn roots extend three feet on either
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

side of the stalk and so down five feet
or more in search of moisture. This
drawing was made from a hill of
corn in Kansas and will no doubt be a
surprise to many farmers who have
never investigated the subject. In lay
ing by corn only the shallowest plow-
ing should be given, and from the
time the corn is planted until it is
laid by fine mulch should be main
tanned on the surface to hold the moist
ure in the ground.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
TO PREVENT CROWDING

This feeding trough is a fine thing
for calves, as 1t prevents the stronger
from croWding the weaker away from
the feed. 1t is easily constructed, but
should be made of strong material, the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

Wyoming experiments in preserving
fence posts show that when the posts
were dipped in crude petroleum and
burned off so that the charred por-
tons come above the ground when set
they will keep indefinitely.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
NUBBlNs OF FARM NEWS

bee win on q hrsv dav draw sugar
from 10000 different clover heads.
One bnnared ana thirty- nina cows
comprising the hest of thirtv.six mi
nois herds nroducaa an average Of 3O1
pounds of butter fat last Year
A swiss oon,,fact,rar claims N have
perfectad an art;ficial uool from, lite
which win stand Observation-Disclosures
hitherto regarded as inonoss;hIe
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motives ana artistic temperament, II
teacnihs the women Oh New lamp
siilre now 10 MAKE handsome ana sara
PIC rugs from rags ana coarse Wooief
yarn. lhey are woven on inexpensive
ilaiid looms
In spite Of the fact that Professor
Milton whitney says that there IL
enough land east of the Missouri rive
TO sustain the population for the mex
fifty years, Texas drainage system
is expected to reclaim 100000 acres
! winch lie along the coast.
} AT the University of Illinois nearl,
100 students were last wear enrolled Il
the course in elementary bird study
} The object of this work is to proven
the needless destruction of birds ant
to teach farmer boys how to protec
} those which are useful to them.
The Garrett winery Of Norfolk Va
makes over 100000 gallons of win
every wear almost wholly fror, srn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15

Southwest Missouri is expecting an
immense peach crop this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-15
FARM HANDS SHOULD MARRY

The man who works on a farm for
others makes mistake if he allows
his twenty-fifth birthday to go by
without having wife and a bit of land
of his own. If he has learned his job
well he has provided for half the bat
tie of farming, and if he has only a
few hundred dollars laid by it will do
for a start. He can rent If he cannot
buy but good improved little farms
can be had on pretty easy terms these
days. It's better to be your own boss
and not depend on the whim of some
body above you for your job. And a
man past 25 and still a bachelor is
on the wrong track and is missing the
best part of life.
About one-half of the Sioux Indian
Standing Rock reservation will in the
near future be open to settlement. This
comprises some valuable agricultural
and grazing lands.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10
DEPORT ANARCHISTS is
ORDER FROM WASHINGTON
All Who Have Been in Country
Less Than Three Years
Will Be Sent Back

immigration officials at Washington
are determined that the laws governing
aliens who have anarchistic tendencies
shall be enforced, and orders have been
received at the local Office to investi-
gate the history of all anarchists, with
the intention of deporting those who
have not been in the United States
three years. T. +. Crawford, acting i'm
migration commissioner for this dis
trict, was notified yesterday to inform
Chief Biggy and United States Secret
Service Agent H. NJ. Moffitt of the order
and explain what the government wants
done.
An investigation will be made of all
anarchists and those who sympathize
with them II any are found who have
been in the country less than three
years they will be deported. In addi-
tion to this the immigration officials
viii deport those who have not been
in the country three years who are
guilty of crime in other countries The
local immigration Office has also been
instructed TO deport all women who are
known TO lead immoral lives and who
have not been in this country three
years. Two French women were or
dered deported yesterday by the immi-
grafton department
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10

.SUTRO HEIRS FIGHT
EXECUTR|X'S PLANS
Application to Spend Insurance
Money to Rebuild Cliff House
Causes Clash
Judge Coffey Grants DIR. Emma
Merritt Permission to G0
on With Work

Evidences of a sharp difference OF
opinion between the heirs OF Adolph
Sutro relative to the rebuilding of the
Cliff house cropped out yesterday. 1t
was during the course of the hearing
before Judge Coffey of an application
by DR.. Emma Merritt, executrix of the
estate, for permission to expend s46.00o
insurance money in restoring the resort
destroyed by fire. DIR. Merritt plans
to erect a new reinforced concrete
structure. She is supported in this by
her brother, Charles Sutro, but the
other four children of Adolph Sutro-
Kate Nusbaum, Rose Morbio. Clara
objecting to the building Of a new Cliff
house. hold that they should have part
in the spending of the money.
DR.. Merritt's application was opposed
by Attorneys J. F. Bowie and Joseph
Mayer on behalf of the four objectins
heirs, who own two-thirds of the en-
tire estate.
while the resort should be restored
they should have something to say in
the expenditure of the money" stated
Bowie. 1.-The six heirs are entitled to
say how this insurance money shall be
expended, and not the executrix alone.
We therefore oppose the application
and ask that the $4,000 insurance
money be distributed Immediately"
Attorney j. c. McKinstry, attorney
for the executrix, called DR.. Emma
Merritt to the stand, and she intro
duced in evidence the lease executed
with John TAFT, under which it was
agreed that in the event Of the Cliff
house being burned down the insur-
ance money should be applied to its
restoration.
Those words are pretty plain" re-
marked Judge Coffey. The application
to spend the money is granted
An application to spend an additional
$4,000 from the estate was then taken
up. The new Cliff house is to cost
$4,000. Bowie opposed the expendi-
ture of the extra $4,000 on the ground
that no account OF her executorship has
been filed by DR.. Merritt since 1904.
Judge Coffey put the matter over to the
end of the month in order that an ac-
count might be filed in the meantime
He intimated, however, that he would
author lze the expenditure Of the addi-
tional $4,000, and told the executrix
that she could go ahead at once with
the erection of the concrete structure
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10
CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY
New Drug, Poslam, Now Obtain
able in Small Quantities

Since it's discovery one year ago, the
new drug, poslam. has successfully
cured thousands OF chronic cases of &C.
zema and other distressing skin af1ic-
tions Heretofore poslam has been dis
pensed solely for the benefit OF eczema
patients IN large jars sufficient for
months treatment. This was found to
be an Inconvenience to many thousands
who use 1t for minor skin troubles,
such as pimples, blackheads. herpes,
acne. scaly scalp. complexion blemishes.
itching feet, piles. etc. which require
but a small quantity to cure. To over
come this, and IN response to urgent
appeals. the dispensers OF poslam have
been obliged to adopt, in addition to the
regular two-dollar package. a special
fifty-cent size, which in future may be
found on sale at The Owl Drug Co. and
other leading drug stores in San Fran
cisco, or may be ordered direct from the
Emergency Laboratories, 80 West
Twenty-ffth street. New York Cftys In
all eczema cases poslam stops itching
with first application, and proceeds to
heal Immediately; chronic cases being
cured in two weeks. In less serious
skin troubles. results are seen after an
overnight application
Samples for experimental purposes
may still be had. free OF charge. by
writing to the laboratories for them
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10
QUESTION OF AFFINITY
PUZZLES JUDGE CONLAN
Two Women Fight Over Man
and Problem Is to Be
Solved Thursday

Has Charles Freeman. foreman for
the Bay Developing gravel works at
Third and Berry streets an affinity In
the person of Rita McCrary, pro-
nounced blonde living at the Enter
prise hotel. 1890 Folsom street? Is a
question puzzling Police Judge Con-
Ian, and the judge has subpenaed Free
man to be in his court Thursday to
answer the question
Mrs. Ella Freeman. who says she Is
the wife of Freeman. was arrested
Sunday afternoon with Miss McCrary
at Sixteenth and Folsom streets by
Sergeant Hook for disturbing the
peace. Mrs. Freeman accused Miss
McCrary of keeping company with her
husband and a fight followed, which
attracted a crowd and also Sergeant
Hook.
In Judge ConIan's court yesterday
morning Miss McCrary denied that she
knew Freeman, and said she was very
much surprised and indignant at the
accusation made against her by Mrs
Freeman
why. judge" interjected Mrs Free-
man, when we were in jail yesterday
that woman telephoned to the Enter
prise hotel and asked that her hus-
band who was in room IL. should be
told of her plight and to come to jail
and bail her out And who do you
think came to the Jail to bail her out?
NV husband So she need not pretend
that she does not know him."
Miss McCrary was silent and the
Judge decided to continue both cases
until Thursday, ordering subpenas TO
be issued for the appearance OF Free
man and the proprietor of the Enter
prise hotel
II desire to find out" said the Judge,
"iust who is this man Freeman's wife.
There is something here that requires
alucida ton"