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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
HARVEST MITES, '1JyGGERS" or ~CHlGGERS'

death has sometimes resulted directly
or indirectly from their attacks
The eggs are laid on the ground.
The young, upon Matching, in the spe-
cies which have been studied, attach
themselves to insect hosts and draw
their sustenance from these for time,
dropping off when full fed. 1t is proba bly,
misjudged attempt to follow their
usual habit of parasitism that induces
them to burrow into the flesh Of human
beings and warm blooded animals, a
proceeding which invariably results in
their death.
Preventives and remedies: The Ohio
experiment station recommends that so
far as possible one should avoid sit
ting or lying in locations that are apt
to be infested. Where exposure is un-
avoidable, dust flowers of sulphur into
all the underclothes, especially into the
stockings and inside the shoes. Thresh-
ermen should sift it into all their
clothing and rub it over their bodies.
Where infested straw must be stored
in mows, dust the floor with sulphur
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

chopped fine and made hot with pepper
(chilD."
How those turkeys thrived! 1t was
not three days till they had frightened
UP and taken fresh grip on life. AT
the end of two weeks they appeared
we'll and had grown visibly, vying with
my kindly neighbor's own thrifty flock.
The red pepper cure Is of value in
any region where cold winds occur. It
should be used in well-coolSed foods:
can be used literally, but should not
be too strong for person to eat.
The chilli pepper is a mild red pepper.
and, like all red peppers, is a valuable
stimulant. Numerous parties in the
eastern states who have tried 1t on my
recommendation have sent favorable
reports concerning the Mexican method
of feeding. One point should be made
clear. 1t is not cure for roup or any
disease; rather it is preventive;
stimulant for weak digestion; tonic
for the feeble.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
FALL PASTURING OF WHEAT
Grazing Stock on Wheat FieIds
in the Fall is Beneficial to
the Growing Crop

Wheat is a crop that needs much
consideration II we wish to obtain the
best results possible. There are GER
tain times in the year when it would
be great mistake to pasture wheat
and there are certain fields that ought
not to be pastured; but there are also
some instances when wheat can be
pastured to great advantage. or course
the conditions must Justify the pro-
ceeding.
Early wheat as rule can be pas
tured quite hard in the fall, providing
all conditions are favorable. OF course
1t would be poor policy to pasture 1t
when the season was wet and the
ground muddy, as the tramping OF
stock on such land would puddle the
soil so badly that the entire crop might
be ruined, and perhaps the soil also
should the soil be very dry, on the
other hand, the stock is very apt to dig
up much of the wheat as the roots
! will not have firm hold in the loose
soil.
Land that has been very trashy and
plowed late in the season is actually
benefited by judicious pasturing, pro-
viding everything else is favorable: for
the stock will pack the ground down
nrn, thus closing the large air spaces
underneath, and at the same time keen
dust mulch on the surface. which is
very desirable. II such ground were
left unpastured the wheat would very
likely freeze out IL the winter should
prove severe owing to the fact that
the trash laying between the furrow-
slice and the subsoil causes large air
spaces which are very detrimental to
the root system.
As soon as the winter breaks up IN
the spring the stock should be kept off
the wheat, for 1t is at this time that
the wheat must make a good start in
order to cover the ground before the
weeds get start. Spring pasturine
wheat usually decreases the grain WELD
greatly and should therefore be avoided,
Horses are much harder on wheat
than are cattle, for they push the loose
sou away from the plants and mir
them off close Ito the roots, while cat
tie pull off only that which they can
easily get hold of.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
FIGHTING OF THE SCALE

Both the young and adults are now al
work, and the experiments of the past
season confirm the former opinion OF
Professor II. A. Surface that no in
secticide Will kill the adults without
also destroying the leaves. The youna
can be killed by persistent applications
as for plant lice spraying once IN four
or five days for a few weeks greatly
reducing the pest. Should the life OF
the tree be threatened, paint the bark
OF the trunk and branches with boiled
e-sulphur-sal wash, or Whale oil
soap, two pounds to one gallon, made
into a solution of the consistency of
common paint by the addition of hot
water may be used. This should NOT
come In contact with the leaves. but
may be used also as a spray after they
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
cows SHOULD NOT BE

during the winter months, but must be
led very carefully to avoid bad effects.
A good way to get rid of these ef-
rects is to feed small amount after
mllklng-not a short time before milk
lng-so the aromatic products have a
chance to pass from the system.
Aromatic weeds in the hay and
straw, If eaten by the cows, will taint
the milk just as readily and often to a
great disadvantage. It is almost an
impossibility to feed turnips and ruta-
bagas without noticing the odor in the
milk.
BY feeding six or eight pounds of
grain, mixed with some wet bran. a
cow may be fed as high as a half
oushel OF carrots or sugar beets with
out its being noticeable in the milk.
one-fourth of a bushel, however. is
about the right amount to feed.
A small feed of good sweet clover
nay half hour or more before milk
ing helps to carry the odor out of the
milk in the udder.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
WEEDS AND FEEDS 7A/NT MIX
WEEDS MJURE MIX.
ALLOWED TO EAT THEM

is it too broad a, statement to say
that pure, wholesome milk comes from
sound, healthy cows only, and that i'm
pure, unwholesome milk is produced by
unsound, unhealthy cows?
II is not my intention to go into a
discussion Of the diseases common
among cattle, but to emphasize how
easily the milk Of cows is tainted
through their food
aromatic plants, such as the ones
nave mentioned above, always possess
an odor peculiar to themselves, and
when taken into the body possess the
power to penetrate the entire system
even into the milk in the udder
Here We find the odor the same in
the milk as it is in the plant. These
plants cannot be said to injure the
health of the cows, but they injure the
sale of the milk and butter produced
by the cows that eat them.
Aromatic foods such as carrots, po-
tatoes, cabbage and turnips, which
produce unpleasant odors, are often fed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
LITTLE NUBBINs OF NEWS

IN the stomach of COW slaughtered
at ST. Joseph, Mo-, was found an iron
rod three -eighths of an inch in diam
eter ana thirteen inches long.
Wilbur Meady of Maine has curios-
ity in the shape of a living rat three
inches long in beer bottle. The bot
tie has small neck and the baby rat
must have crawled into the bottle
about as soon as it was born-at any
rate he cannot get out again.
Some one has said that there are
100000 dairy cows in this country
not paying for their keep. The Babcock
tester is about the only method of de-
tecting the offenders. but we have said
that before.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

paper. Afterwards cross was cut in
the paper, so that the rats fell into the
barrel. Many variations of the plan,
but few improvements upon it, have
been suggested by agricultural writer's
since that time. Reports are frequently
made of large catches of rats by means
of barrel fitted with light cover OF
wood, hinged on rod so as to turn
with the weight of a rat, as shown In
illustration No. 2.
The Burmese use an ingenious and
simple method of trapping rats. A
large jar with weighted cover is
sunken into the ground. A hole Is
punched in the side of the jar on a
level with the surface Of the ground
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
GOOD FOREST WORK

In point of variety and scope rne
forest work done on the Biltmors es-
tate. in North Carolina, Is remarkablo.
me forests, which cover 10000 acras.
are inade profitable by the production
OF various forms of material.
-Four million feet of lumber. oon
cords of tannic-acid wood and fuel.
thousand cords of tan bark, and sew
eral hundred cords of pulp wood ar,
cut every year. At the same time the
forest through wise management is
bettered and is steadily increasing in
value. Workmen employed along the
boundaries of the forest do duty as FIR
guards. Thus fire protection is secured
at least throughout all the accessible
parts of the tract.
In connection with all numbering
operations permanent logging roads
are built. These minimize the present
cost of transportation, and will greatly
reduce the cost of marketing future
crops. Thus the extension of the roads
is steadily adding to the Investment
value of the forest Moreover. tbev
serve also as network of fire lines
Forest planting is practiced where fire
will not threaten its success.
The experimental work in silvicu,tnra
which is done at Biltmore, is certain
to make important additions to tba
science and practice of forestry
A peculiarity of clover is that wa
may take off crop and leave the land
: ricner than IT was before.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

Better pitch your camp near a little
creek If possible, and hunt one day on
one side and the next on the other
side, so if you get turned round" you
will have better chance to find your
camp before darknesss comes.
Don't carry a gun with the muzzle
pointing at any one, either behind or
before you. If you are hunting in
company with others, and your com
panions are ahead of you, carry the
gun over your shoulder, the muzzle
pointing up at an angle Of 40 or As de-
grees.
If camping in the woods with several
companions, and you are all unfamil-
lar with the country, better all hunt
together, and there will be less danger
of your getting lost. as you can com
mare notes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

is in progress. The bait should be
kept fresh and attractive, and the kind
changed when necessary. Bats and
traps should be handled as little as
possible. Ordinarily, traps should be
frequently cleaned or smoked.
About sixty years ago a writer in the
Cornhill Magazine gave details of a
trap of which 1t was claimed that 1900
rats We're caught in a warehouse in a
single night. The plan involved toll
ing the rats to the place and feeding
them for several nights on the tops of
barrels covered with coarse brown
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

and just large enough to admit large
rat. Rice is used in the jar as bait
a writer states that he saw seventy
two rats caught in one such trap the
first night it was set
To destroy rats on farms, place a
little fresh milk, each evening when
the COWS are MIXED, in a shallow pan
where the rats can get it. Continue
this for week until the rats get bold
and impatient to get at the milk. Then
mix arsenic with the milk and await
results. This plan is said to entirely
clean a barn of rats.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
AROMATIC HERBS AND
BY q. s, MILLER.


If weeds are allowed to grow in the
deld they will in great many ways
depreciate the value of farm products
During the season of the year When
the grass is short cows should not De
allowed to feed upon pastures Where
noxious weeds such as sumac' mix
weeds, poppies, skunk cabbage and rag
weed grow.
Neither should these weeds be left
to grow in meadows and grain fields
where they are cut with the hay and
grain to be fed to cattle. A few hours
spent in cutting and destroying weeds
is time we'll spent.
Cattle will eat the foliage of these
plants at any time of the year, but are
more likely to feed upon them dur
ing the months when the grass In the
pasture is short.
A stream of pure, clear water comes,
beyond a doubt, from pure source. In
a like manner it may be said that
healthy, we'll fed cows produce pure,
wholesome milk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
GOOD ADVICE TO HUNTERS

Some of you will be better observers
than others, and will have taken
notice of things as you go along. This
is of more Importance where the coun-
try is low, fiat and featureless and
timbered with trees that from their
size, number and general appearance
give sameness to the woods.
A better way is to carry it under
your right arm, pointing toward the
ground in front of you, as from this
position you can shoot quickly.
Don't let the shoulder straps of your
game bag and other hunting parapher-
MALTA swing around and catch the trig-
gers when you have the hammers
drawn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
DESTROYING RATS
The NEED FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION ON THE FARM AMI
A FEW METHODS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS

rags, placed in burrows and runs.
5. Gas tar daubed about the burrow
entrances.
6. Powdered red pepper scattered in
rat runs and burrows.
s. Gas tar daubed about the burrow
entrances.
7. Caustic potash placed in the bur-
rows and runs.
The best bait to use in trapping is
usually food of kind that the rats
do not get in the vicinity. AS far as
possible, food other than the bait
should be inaccessible while trapping
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
No. with stir paper cover.

very great Farmers suffer enormous
losses, both before and after their
crops are harvested, from these pests.
Among methods for driving away
rats that have proved useful under
some circumstances are the following:
l. Freshly slaked lime placed dry in
all burrows and runs of rats.
q Freshly made thin whitewash
poured into the rat burrows.
3. A strong solution of copperas
ferrous sulphate) sprinkled in runs
and burrow entrances.
4. Chlorid of lime. loose or in old
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
CORN SELECTION PAYS

This spring there was not enough
good seed in the corn belt states to go
around and the man who had good
sound seed could have made big money
had he made a business of selecting
and selling it.
Prof. Joseph A. Jeffrey writes that
great deal of shock and crib corn has
been used for seed in that state. He
gives an interesting example of what
good selection means:
have before me two illustrations
of what this will mean. One farmer
who saved seed last fall exhibited two
ten-ear lots at a local corn show. Both
samples were excellent corn, and if he
had 5000 bushels equally we'll saved
he could easily dispose of it. AS a
matter of fact he had saved just about
sufficient seed for his own use, but
had considerable amount Of the same
corn in the crib and larger amount
in the shock.
have tested twelve ears of his shock
corn, using the official method of maxi
Ing the test, planting five kernels from
each ear. Of the twelve ears five pro-
duced no examinations, three germina-
ted one kernel out of fine, three germi-
mated three out of five, and one only
terminated all five kernels, and one OF
these kernels sent up very sickly
plant.
OF eleven ears Of the corn from the
crib, five produced no termination
three produced one, two produced two
out of five and one produced three, all
of which indicates very unfortunate
state of affairs.
In another instance farmer sent
us four ears to test. Two out of the
four ears showed sufficient vitality to
warrant their use for seed.
The failure of farmers to select their
seed corn in the field will cost them
several millions of bushels
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
A MODEL HAY FRAME

The side pieces are made of 1xs- Inch
elm or other strong plank 1S feet long
The end pieces are 2x6 inches feet
long. The front brace (No. ~ is made
of hard wood 8 feet long, and takes the
place of the bolster on the wagon. The
main rails of the frame (No. 50 are
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

made of 2x6-inch pine 26 feet long. No.
6 is the rear bolster of the wagon The
cross pieces ono. y are fastened to the
main rails with stirrups of " inch iron
with strip bolted on the under side.
At No. there is a knee foot tall,
mortised into the frame, raising the bed
away from the front wheel The boou,
ladder mo. 81 is made of 2x4-inch
stuff feet long, and attached to the
frame by a roller.-J. Wesley Griffin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
WORDS OF WISDOM

A man may succeed in grabbing off
more land than any of his neighbors,
but that is no sign he is the best farm
er.
Some farmers get into debt through
ambition, some through laziness, some
through genuine misfortune which no
man can avert and ometimes-though
rarely-through trying to tighten the
burdens and make happier the lives of
helpless ones-but we can forgive him
this weakness.
Do not forget if the manure pile is
allowed to grow the bank account will
later shrink. Manure means money
and 1t quickly loses its producing
power by leveling.
Book knowledge of farming is in
dispensable, but SO is actual practice.
One will not work well without the
other.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
BY DAVID E. 1ANrz.

By DAVID Z. LANTZ.
Inc rat Is the worst mammalian pest
known to man. Its depredations
throughout the world result in losses
amounting to hundreds Of millions of
dollars annually. But these losses,
great as they are. are of less impor-
tance than the fact that rats carry
from house to house and from seaport
to seaport diseases of all sorts
Few attempts have been made to
collect statistics of damage done by
rats in America but 1t is known to be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

The COW alone of all domestic ami
mails Is able to utilize profitable farm
land worth $50 an acre and up. The
raiser and seller of grain or hay cannot
use such land; it is too costly for the
production of beef or mutton or pork,
save as the hog is a by-product of the
dairy. The silo is indispensable on such
land, as is well-kept poultry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

Mrs. Jane C.. Barrow has for the
past eight years supported herself
and two children on the earnings of a
four acre farm and lived better than
she had formerly been living in large
city on salary of $50 per month.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09
THE SKELETON OF A HORSE

This Illustration is faithful repro
duction of the skeleton of a horse. The
description of the most important
points follow:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

H, First cervical vertebra (atlas);
z II, seventh cervical vertebra; 1 R,
first dorsal vertebra; R, sixth rib;
17R, seventeenth dorsal vertebra is r,
eighteenth or last rib; L, first lumbar
vertebra; L, sixth or last lumbar
vertebra; K. sixth rib cartilage; l.,
scapula shoulder blade); 2, spine of
scapula; 8, radius; 10. carpus: 12,
metacarpus (shin bone); IA, sternum
(breast bone); IS. femur; 20, Patella
(knee cap); 21. tibia; 23, fibula; "a,
tuberosity of calcaneum; 26, phal-
anges; 81, internal trochanter Of
femur; 2s, external or third trochanter
of femur.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

A lump of copperas as big as a pea
will destroy all the green scum in a
water tank that holds fiftv gallons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

1t is said that the opening of an
electric road in western Pennsylvania
has enhanced the value of farms for
merly offered at 800 per acre to an
asking price of $500 to $500. The road
brings these farms into quick touch
with Philadelphia. thereby greatly in
reasing the value of their products.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-09

A popularity of clover is that Wa
may take off crop and leave the land
richer than 1t was before. '.A
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-03-25

Ben lInr Mining Company
election June II, 1908. Directors:
George II. Keep, Frank Bell, F.
H. Bell, W. j. Weaver, Saltese,
Mont; George r. Trask and Rich
ard Daxon, Wallace. +. II. BELL,
secretary; office. Saltese. Mont.
Alameda Mining 4 Milling Com
pany ~ election June %, 1908.
Directors: w. G. Dierks, +. l..
Mayo. Butte. Mont; Paris II.
Renshaw. Spokane; f. H. Pattison
and A. G. Kerns. Wallace. E. H.
Pattison. secretary and treasurer;
Office. Postoffice block, Wallace.
Leslie Mining Company-elec-
ton June 81, 1908. Directors:
Wesley Everett, Herman ]. Rossi,
Wallace; H. w. Mclaughlin, A.
M. Stevens and @. E. Peppard,
Missolla, Mont. Herman j. Rossi,
secretary and treasurer. Office.
sos Bank street. Wallace.
Sailor Mining Company-elec
August 3, 1908. Directors: My
ron Topliff. ]. H. Williams. H. G.
Topping, Sam G. Brown, Wallace;
and Fred Hensalt. Missoula, Mont.
II. G. Topping. secretary. Topliff
block, Wallace.
Mineral Farm Mining Company
election September Z, 1908. Di-
rectors: Dan McQuarrie, D. r.
Beck. DR.. f. G. Ellis, Missoula,
Mont; Louis G. Jaquish, Spokane;
DR.. NJ. Robert Widener, Dalton,
Ill; NJ. ]. MclIugh and l. D..
Whitmorc, Mullan. /. D. Whit
more, secretary and treasurer;
Office, Mullan.
Idora Mining Company-election
February ~, 1908. Directors:
Frank Johnson, ]. B. Carson, II.
J. Kaiser, Spokane; j. Ekre, Ia
coma; and John II. Nordquist,
Wallace. John II. Nortlquist,
manager; office Of company, Spo-
kane.
Trapper Mining Company-elec-
ton February Is, 1908. Directors:
Herman J. Rossi, II. +. Howcs,
Thomas McGown. G. II. jackson,
i. J. Hunter, Wallace; A. G..
Roberts, Blackfoot, Idaho; G. +.
Burr, Gcnese, Idaho. Jackson 4
Hunter, managers; office, Wallace.
Montana-S Standard Mining Com
pany-election August Is, 1908.
Directors: NJ. J. Lislc, O. A.
Scllcnck, B. B. Baker, John Chest
er, Columbus, Ohio; II. Eddy,
Chicago; J. D. Murphy, Spokane;
and NJ. J. Maher, Burke. O. A.
Schenck, secretary and treasurer;
office, Columbus, Ohio.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-03-25

Gertie Mining Company--elcc-
ton October IA. 1908. Directors:
L. W. Hutton, A. A. Booth, J. H,
Griffith, Spokane; and N. j..
Maher. Burke. J. H. Travers,
secretary; Office, Hutton block.
Spokane.
Temple Mining Company cleo
ton September %, 1908. Direct
ors: John Stambaugh, Bonnell
McKelyey. Youngstown, o.; David
Gross, A. H. Featherstone, DR..
Chas. +. Mowery, G. F. Q. Mer-
riam and Herman ]. Rossi. Wal
lace. A. H.. Featherstone, secre-
tary and treasurer; Office, Otterson
block, Wallace.
Sister Mining and Milling Com
pany-election June 2, 1908. Di-
rectors: Frank p. Maxwell, f.
H. Pattison, Otto A. OLSON, Wal
lace; Charles v. Genoway, Spo-
kane; and James a. Perkins, Col
fax, Wash. E. II. Pattison, secre-
tary and treasurer; Office Postofice
building. Wallace.
Pittsburg Lead Mining Company
election July 30, 1908. Direct
ors: Henry s. Collins, Julian
Kennedy, ]. Fred Byers, S. Sever
ance, G. B. Obey, R. c. Patterson,
Ralph Longenecker, Pittsburg, Pa;
Christopher Murphy, Chicago; and
B. F. O'Neil, Wallace. Henry l..
Collins, president; offices, 607 Ber-
ger building, Pittsburg, Pa.
Snowstorm Mining Company
election July %, 1908. Directors;
7. l.. Greenough, A. G. Clancy,
Missoula, Mont; T. L. Greenough,
Jr., Larson; w. d. Greenough,
Spokane; J. Howard, Arizona;
p. J. Kline. Helena, Mont; and
james Bean. Mullan. I. Leo
Greenough, Jr., manager. Office,
Larson. Idaho.
Hypotheek Mining and Milling
Company-elcction April 81, 1908.
Directors: Octave Quay, Frank
Quay, Kingston, Ida; b. S. Knud-
son, A. B. Wingett, Spokane,
Otto A. OLSON. Wallace. Otto A.
OLSON, assistant secretary and
treasurer; Office, Barnard block,
Wallace.
H. E. NJ. Mining Company-In-
corporated May %, 1908. Direct
ors: Howard Haseltine, H. V.
Edwards, J. w. Higgins, Spokane;
C. A. Montgomery, Harpster, Ida;
and Charles Buckley, Hillyard,
Wash. H. V. Edwards, secretary;
Office. Hyde block, Spokane.
Occur d'Alehe Standard Mining
4 Milling Company-election Janu-
airy IL, 1908. Directors: ]. B.
Carson, Thomas Goodwin, A. ].
Wendler, Frank f. thinner, H. A.
Bostwick, John T. Huetter, Spo-
kane; Thos. Anderson, Tekoa,
Wash. A. ]. Wcndler, secretary
and manager; Office, Spokane.