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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
FOR THE SWINE BREEDER

More hogs are being raised in Colo
RADIO than for some time and it is pre-
dicted that it will not be long before
the state will supply a large portion
of its own consumption of pork.
The old-time pig sty should be ban
ished forever. 1t has given the hog his
reputation for filth-and has no place
now on the modern farm.
The hog is pre-eminently the most
corn and grain condensing animal on
the American farm.
The greatest menace to hog raising
has always been disease, but now the
Missouri experiment station has found
a real cure for cholera there will be
little of loss in the business.
Eliminate the hogs part in the econ
omy Of farm feeding operations and you
will remove the factor of profit in many
cases.
One of the shrewdest bankers in the
country rates his customers largely by
their ability to raise hogs.
The hog will make from twelve to
fifteen pounds of pork, live weight,
from bushel of corn; the sheep from
five.
oWiliS iiScu Illolo loOlLl, IlOIe IIee-
dom, more grass and succulent feed
than they get on the average farm.
Because hogs utilize grain products
so efficiently and economically, the mis-
take of feeding grain exclusively is too
often made.
When pigs are growing grazing is
important, and is conducive to health
and profit.
The farmer who turns off a good
bunch of hogs each year can always
get credit at the bank if he wants it,
To insure the best health, vigor, fe-
cundity and profit in hogs the herd
should be handled as largely as pos
sible in the open field and pasture, and
during period of six or seven months
of the year alfalfa, clover, rape and
other forage crops should constitute an
important adjunct to the grain ration.
No money invested in hog raising is
better spent than that used for portable
houses and pens. They make it posi-
BILE to distribute the brood stock over
the farm in clean, fresh quarters, there
by utilizing grass and forage to the
largest degree and at the same time
reducing the danger of disease to "A
minimum
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
BucKWHEAT FOR POULTRY

Buckwheat is the best grain crop
foraging groun. poultry.
! sow it late ~ July and allow the
chickens and turkeys to harvest it.
They are all the better for the exercise
and the only cost is for the seed and
work of preparing the soil and sow
ing it.
Late in last July I sowed about one
acre where the chickens and turkeys
could have free access. They began
to work on it as soon as the grains
were filled and have been at work on
it for nearly two months.
If it is trampled down on the ground
the grains will not damage unless it is
warm enough to sprout them. Buck
wheat will lie on the gr md all win
ter and grow in the spring.
A buckWheat stubble makes an ex-
cellent feeding ground for poultry dur
ing pleasant days throughout the fall
and winter season and the poultry en-
joy the exercise.
Our hens. pullets and September
Matched chickens are all in fine condi.
ton, largely due to the buckwheat te
which they have free access
The plan of allowing them to harvest
the buckwheat saves trouble of feed.
ing and it also teaches them to depend
upon their own efforts to obtain thei,
food. Buckwheat whole grain has 9
nutritive ratio of 1 to Z, which can he
reduced by furnishing some concentrat.
ed food.-A. j. Legg.
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time when the days, which usually
seem so long to the young, glided by
all too swiftly, filled with the delights
of opening the chestnut burrs, gather
Ing the cones reaping the luscious
wintergreen. which grew in abundance
on the towering hills well back of the
house, or wading in the cooling stream
which flowed from the hillside down
and through the meadow.
How cold and refreshing was the wa
ter in the deep, deep WELL into whose
depths one gazed fascinated with the
sight of the face in the water at the
bottom, which water was the very cold
est, purest and best ever quaffed by
thirsty youth and often dreamed of and
longed for in later years.
Could life be otherwise than peaceful
happy, useful, rich in all that is worth
having in such an attractive environ
ment?
Ten children blessed this home, three
sturdy sons, seven charming daughters
the latter possessing and still retain
ing all the graciousness of manner and
strength of character of the mother
filling the hours of each day with the
duties of farm life, homely tasks that
developed well-rounded. honest. up
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
new KINDS OF VEGETABLES
Delicious Radishes Of Unusual
Size the Result of Careful J
Experiments.

About three years ago the United
states Department of Agriculture in.
troduced new radish from Japan
which Immediately made its way a,
something both striking and valuable
1t is an enormous white skinned radish
with leaves two and three feet long
The seed looks like that of the COM
mon radish, only considerably larger.
This radish is known by several names
the most common of which is Sakura-
jima.
1t is claimed to reach the weight OF
thirty pounds in Japan. The heaviest
one they were able to grow at the
Rhode Island station weighed eighteen
pounds, and in various tests with seed
secured from various places it aver
aged fifteen pounds, which made a
| pretty good sized radish.
1t grows about foot and a half long
ana about eighteen inches through. Its
leathery skin is easily removed, reveal
ing beneath a crystal whiteness, very
solid, and in texture like an extremely
me apple. 1t tastes like our earliest
radlshes of the highest quality. II
mas the rare merit of being free from
rankness or biting character even in
the heat of summer or fall. 1t never
grows corky or pithy and grows equal
~ well In every kind Of soil.
The Sakurajima may be eaten in
many ways. 1t is sliced and eaten
raw, or may be boiled and served very
much as we cook turnips; in China
and Japan it is sliced and sprinkled
with salt and allowed to stand fol
about tWenty-four hours, then washed
and served. The leaves also are edible
" hn m ~1y a.
more delicate than kale, and are finer
for this purpose than any of the well.
known greens used in different portions.
of the country.
Unlike the smaller members of the
great radish family, Sakurajima is a,
its best in the summer time, when al
other early radishes have become un.
eatable. Pulled the last of November
after several hard freezes, it proved
sweet and palatable.
Sea kale is not what can be termed
a new garden vegetable, but it ii
classed among the fancy" vegetables
1t is not common, because an idea ha,
prevailed that it cannot produce result
worth while in less than four years
This has recently been proved an err.
roneous idea. 1t is a most delicious,
vegetable, combining as it does tn,
favors of asparagus, caulifower and
celery. The edible portions are ths
naked leaf stalks, which are forced and
bleached.
They look at first sight like celery
stalks, but have a distinctive taste o.
| their own unlike any other vegetable
| 1t may also be cooked and served
with drawn butter, in which form l.
resembles stewed celery, tastes some.
thing like blanched asparagus, but has
withal special and delicious flavor
| all its own.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
THE SlLAGE FLAVOR IN MILK

Frequently some one objects to silage
as food for cows upon the grounds
that it gives the milk an acid flavor.
This may be true in some cases, but it
is not the fault of the silage. 1t is
due to carelessness in the barn
The most exhaustive experiments
have proven that when silage is han
died right it does not produce this I'M
desirable result.
The great problem of tainted milk is
in keeping it free from undesirable
odors and bacteria after it has left the
cows udder.
If the silage is cleaned up every day
there will be no trouble of this kind
Do not leave trail of it from the door
of the feed room clear through the
stable and do not leave lot of it lust
out of the reach of the cows.
Where it is within their reach If
will be cleaned up, but we cannot ex-
pect them to do more.
See that the air of the stable is kent
free from the odor of decaying silare
and that is about all that one need to
do to guard against the flavor of it in
milk.-Wm. Underwood, Illinois.
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right, faithful men and women, who
loved their calling and rejoiced in all
the wealth of natures verdure in sum
mer, her varied colorings in autumn
and her frosts and SHOWS in winter.
The restfulness of this ideal spot
among the hills stands out in vivid con-
trast to the ever-Whirling restlessness,
the unceasing, grasping after place and
power, the often inscriptions mad
rush for wealth seen in the city-the
city, that really fails to turn out men
and women better qualified to carry on
the work of the world than those raised
by the more humble fireside amid more
natural surroundings.
To the woman who has an intense
love for all that is beautiful and up
lifting in nature the city offers no com
pensation for the loss of "the simple
life" so really it depends entirely upon
the woman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
DAIRYING IN GERMANY

In general. Germany is well adapted
to dairy farming. The country has an
abundance of we'll watered grazing
land, and forage is obtainable through
out the greater part of the year. al
though not in sufficient quantity to
supply the wants of the German cattle
raisers and dairymen, for considerable
imports of foreign forage are made
yearly.
The education of those engaged in
the dairying industry has advanced SO
far that separators are almost univer-
sally used, and the consumption of but
ter and other dairy products per capita
in Germany is large, especially of
cheese, of which the Germans are great
consumers.
The native production of the latter
product cannot supply the home de-
mands, consequently large importations
of foreign-made cheese are necessary
each year.
The value of the milk products last
year was more than 100000. 000-A.
w. Thackara, Consul General of Berlin
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
A CONCRETE clsTERN CROWN

& d !
10 build a form of wood for con.
crete cistern crown would be rather
expensive, but one made like the on,
shown in the pen sketch is reall.
cheaper than where the crown is mao,
of stone or brick. In great man.
places cistern may be made withou
walling up, just simply cut out tn,
desired shape and cemented to tn,
earth For cistern Of this type al
offset of six or eight feet about three
feet from the surface of the surround.
ing soil should be made upon which to
start the crown. Also cisterns that arr
already walled may have new concrete
crowns put on.
AS shown in the sketch, platform
should be made of inch lumber
just even with top of wall. This plat,
form should fit close up to the wal
and should be perfectly tight excep
an opening in the center twenty inche'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
WHAT is A GOOD DAIRY COW?
This Can Be Determined Only
by the Quality and Quantity
of Her Milk Production.
BY HENRY STEWART.

The pail is indeed the only true
criterion of the large mixer and OF
the big butter producer. One of the
most instructive exhibits in my collec-
ton of dairy facts is number of life
portraits of great mixers and butter
cows: but it would puzzle any good
judge of such cows to select the
champion COW out of the lot Of over
fifty portraits.
A heifer coming fresh in June would
have the best opportunity Of making
a good udder, and of course the better
the form or yielding ability of the
udder the more the cow would be
likely to develop into good mixer
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
RAIL FENCE PHILOSOPHY

Competition is all right In some
things-but not in crop growing. There
is not room enough in your fields for
both grain and weeds.
Part of the price we pay for a good
crop is alert watchfulness of every de-
tail, from the preparation of the GROUND
to the final act in the harvest field.
Sunshine in the house pays as big
returns as sunshine in the fields, with
the advantage that in the former it is
always ones for the making.
Make the whole family participants
in the profits from the farm, as well as
sharers in its work and worries.
Goodness is relative. A good horse
trader or good politician may be far
from being good citizen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
PEACHES THAT STAND ROT

Peaches are more liable to rot in
damp and muggy weather than when
cool and dry. Some varieties are more
subject to rot than others. That all
varieties with fuzz on them are less
liable to rot than the smoother va
rieties does not agree with my expert
ence.
Neither can correct conclusion be
drawn from one or two seasons ex-
perience, for soil, location, fertiliza-
ton and culture are also factors in
the rot problem. Fruit on rankly
rot than on one more moderately
grown. Yet think the weather has
more to do with it than any one factor.
quite subject to rot, while the next year
there was very little rot Yet with I'M
favorable weather Champions were
practically a total loss, Crosby, Stump
and late varieties practically free. I
do not think the matter Of fuzz VS.. rot
worth considering as a factor in set
wish to buy fuzz.
/. In regard to hardness of bud, a good
frost peach well grown will stand more
cold than any other peach tree we ever
had on our grounds. And varieties
of the frost type Gf may call them
so), Crosby, Pratt's, Hills Chill, etc,
are more hardy in bud than many other
varieties. especially of the Crawford
class, but with the varieties of the
Chinese type, which bear young and
have hardy bud, what little hardi-
ness, if any, the fuzzy varieties pos
sess above them is much more than
offset sby their failings.-H. Mead, Mas
sachuSettS
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velops into the maturity of her

powers.
There are instances in which this
natural ability may have been MADE
dormant by neglect, and for years the
COW has shown no special excellence
either as a mixer or as a butter pro-
Queer, until accident has brought out
the dormant natural ability. 1t is also
true that good mixers can be made
as well as being born. 1t is well known
that calves may be brought to milk
when a few months old by the mere
massage of udder which stimulates its
growth and premature development.
Then 1t may be reasonably hoped
that the calf of superior mixer may
be made to succeed the dam in this
way by the stimulation of the natural
function by massage. I have proved
the great value of this treatment in
the training of calves and at the same
time in the value of training in the
way of culture of the appetite and the
ability to digest ample rations of rich
food,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24

What you desire, probably, is
portable staging that is light enough to
push about. Build a platform of the
kind indicated in the drawing and
attach pair of wheels. Old wagon
wheels or wheels made of boards will
suffice. They should be not less than
twelve inches in diameter. The dimen-
sion of the other parts should be-:
Length of platform, three to four feet;
width of platform, two and a half to
three feet; height, thirty to. forty in
rches. board nailed across the han
dies will render it easy for the worker
to ascend and descend.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
CITY OR TOWN HOME LIFE !?
Which Is the Better Depends
Very Largely Upon Ones
Own View Point.
BY S. G. MILLER.

The question, as country life as de-
sirable for women. as city life?" was
asked recently by one who had given
the matter some thought and of one
who had tried both.
The mind of the one inquired OF in
voluntarily reverted to quiet home
nestled among the hills of southern
Ohio. Hills whose trees are the grand
old oak, the chestnut, the shellbark-
hickory, the rich walnut and the dainty
beech, interspersed with the fragrant
pine. whose cones covered the front
yard Of this quaint, old fashioned
dwelling.
Memory loves to linger in that far off
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24

Admiral Togo is a blue FLOODED ami
NAL, his sire having been imported from
South Africa, and was the winner of
the first prize over all other goats OF
the United States at the ST. Louis ex-
position. His mother, Lady Holmes,
was high-bred animal and many
times prize winner.
The mohair which was used to make
Mr.. Tafts trousers was of six months
growth when it was cut last March.
1t yielded ten pounds. 1t was re-
markably large clip; in fact, the Texas
people claim that it is the largest ever
taken from an Angora.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
NOTES OF THE SHEEP FOLD

Sheep are better fitted to grind their
own grain than most animals, so it is
not necessary to do this work unless
the sheep have poor teeth. Valuable
breeding ewes are sometimes kept until
quite old and their feed should be
ground.
Bowel troubles are generally caused
by errors in feeding.
Success attends only the breeder who
takes the utmost pains in selecting his
stock
AS long as people wear fine woolens
Just SO long will merino wool be in
aemand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
HE GREW THE TAFT TROUSERS

The trousers worn by President Taft
when he was inaugurated were sup
piled by some patriotic and enthusiastic
Republicans of Texas. The mohair
from which the cloth for these trousers
was woven was clipped from Admiral
Togo, Syear-old Angora goat owned
by E. 0. Landrom of Montell. Tex.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
RULES DAIRyMEN MUST OBSERVE

Nearly seventy excellent rules and
recommendations have been made by
the health department of New York
city which must be observed by farm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
A HANDY STOOL

A very convenient stool for use in
milking the cows in yard or field is
shown in the cut. 1t is merely one
legged stool to which are attached four
straps connecting with broad strap
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
PLATFORM FOR DRIVING POSTS

Can you direct me how to construct a
platform for driving posts? A wagon
drown by horses is very unsatisfactory.
B. o. S,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24

square. This should be boxed up, let
ting the box extend little above tn
ground.
The space around the box may theI
be filled with wet, fine sand, as show
in sketch; then start directly upon thu
wall with concrete made of one part
Portland cement, two parts good, clean
sharp sand and three parts coarse
gravel or crushed stone Mix the sant
and cement together dry, moisten thu
stones or gravel, then mix with Tho
cement and sand; then add water unit
mixture is the consistency of stiff NOR.
tar. Put on four or five inches thici
and smooth with wooden float; lie
stand about two weeks, then open
hole in the platform, which should b,
previously arranged, and let the SAINT
run out into the cistern. The platform
may then be torn to pieces and handed
out. The sand may then be drawn on
with rope and bucket. A crown mads
| of concrete will never need any re,
lpairing.-J. Wesley Griffin, Warsaw, Ky
According to reports, Uncle Sam ha
still sizable farm to give away. II
the United States and Alaska there /,
enough government land to give 5,000,.
600 settlers a farm of $50 acres each
To be sure, this is not all first-clasl
land. but no doubt ways will be figured
out to farm it profitably.
| In many things silence is golden
but nevertheless it pays to advertise
IIf you have good stock for sale, tel
about 1t through the papers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24

that is buckled around the waist. The
stool is quickly fastened to the mixer
and is always in a position SO one can
rit down anywhere. Such a stool with
short leg is also useful in the garden
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-10-01

player, but after Kingdom went to Columbia the
game was somewhat broken up; there was
fine professional tennisplayer at Lakewood he
took up court tennis instead. 1t is game that re.
quires unusual strength and quickness Of motion,
but he soon became so expert at 1t that when he
was II he won the American championship, ana
when he 18 he carried off the English cham
pionship, which is, of course, the championship of
the world
Neither Mr.. Gould nor myself is an advocate of
boardng-schools We believe that the very best
associations that children have during the
formative years of their lives home associa-
tions and that guardianship is equal to the
loving watchfuness of 1; tho and mother There
fore have kept our children right in the home
nest and have had them educated by tutors and
governeSses.
In educating the children we have tried to de-
velop each along the line of his or her own
natural bent. For instance, Marjorie adores read
ing, particular poetry and romance. She is good
musician and, as | said, speaks four languages; but
she does not for what you might call the
drudgery of study, and have not afflicted her with
1t. But Vivian has profound mind. She loves to
study and to delve into deep subjects
II am very proud of my two big boys. They are
clever and they are strong, manly boys, and best
of all, in a mothers eyes, they good boys
Neither of them has ever caused me a moments
uneasiness or single heartpang. Kingdom is Il
and Jay is 20, and neither of them smokes or has
ever tasted liquor. Not that am prohibitionist
at all, or have tried especially to keep such
things away from them, but they just have no de.
sire for stimulants And that take 1t, Is about
the best indication of their health and strength
well as vindication OF my method OF raising chill
dren for after ALL it's the healthy body that gives
healthy mind and healthy impulses, isn't lit"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-10-01
When ENGLAND Had Lotteries.

1t was not until 1926 that the gov
ernment lotteries were abandoned in
Britain. For the thirty years preced-
ing an average annual profit of over
$1,725,000 was accrued, one contra0
or alone spending $15O,000 in adv2r
tisements in single year. The mouey
thus raised was usually for particu!
lar purpose, such as the improvement
of London, the purchase of Tompkins'
picture gallery, or the repair of vari.
Gus harbors.
From the seventeenth century to
the reign of George w. the crown re
peatedly drew considerable revenues
from such sources.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-10-01
Mars the Next Field.

There are many who will part from
the north pole with regret. All their
lives it has seemed the one unconquer-
able salient of natures fortress, the
very synonym of the impossible goal
of human endeavor. With the pole
itself succumbing, the world is no
longer the same, and everything seems
within the realm of mortal achieve
ment. We must now think of talk
ing with Mars with more respect
The professors mirrors may prove
any day a relity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-10-01
HUMOR BURNED AND ITCHED.
Eczema on Hand, Arms, Legs and
FACET Was Something Terrible.
Complete Cure by cutlcura.

about. fifteen or eighteen years
ago eczema developed on top Of my
hand. 1t burned and itched SO much
that was compelled to show 1t to a
doctor. He pronounced it ringworm.
After trying his different remedies the
disease increased and went up my
arms and to my legs and finally on my
face. The burning was something
terrible. l went to another doctor who
had the reputation of being the best
in town. He told me it was eczema.
His medicine checked the advance of
the disease, but no further. / finally
concluded to try the Cuticura Rene
dies and found relief in the first trial.
l continued until I was completely
cured from the disease, and have
not been troubled since. G. Burkhart,
236 w. Market St., Chambersburg, Pa,
Sept 10, 1905"
Potter Drug s. Chem. Corp, Solo Props. Boston.