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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-04
FEEDING DISCARDED LAMBS

There are various ways suggested to
make a eve. mother her own lamb or a
twin from another eve that has not
enough milk for both.
Some advise whipping the eve into
subsection, but this is very cruel and
seldom, satisfactory When a eve
loses her own lamb and it is desired to
make her own another it has been rec
onlrrended to skin her own dead lamb
and tie the pelt over the lamb that is
to be adopted.
This plan is sometimes. satisfactory
if the ewes. sense Of smell is not very
keen, although it more often fails
Other breeders have tried tying a dog
near BY, claiming that the maternal
instinct of the eve will exert itself and
It will own the lamb While trying to
shield it from the dog.
Perhaps the most satisfactory meth
Cd when a eve refuses to own her lamb
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POULTRY YARD NOTES

Good stock is the secret of success in
poultry raising, and good care goes
hand in hand with it.
Poultry products sell for cash and
can be sold at any time, as there is
always demand for them. Important
points in favor of the poultry business.
The first observable symptom of
gapes is a slight sneeze, with deli
cate rattle preceding it. 1t is often
mistaken for cold or so-called dis
temper
Give each chick as soon as this con-
dton develops a piece of asafoetida
as large as a grain of wheat. Usually
one dose is sufficient.
A small piece put in the drinking
water when a case has been observed
will be beneficial.
In some OF the European countries
geese are the principal poultry stock
kept, being considered more profitable
than any other domestic fowl
Our aim in winter should be to feed
all the food that can be converted into
eggs.
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FENCE RAIL PHILOSOPHY

Lack of credit often keeps the doctor
away from the place, and generally to
our advantage.
Never seek advice, but take all that
is offered and then use it or not as
your Judgment prompts you.
Look out for the man who is always
ready to agree with you Only real
friends have the courage to tell us the
truth about ourselves.
Your memory will bark back to
those pleasant fall days when you are
standing knee deep in the snow split
tlng wood and brushing the icicles
from the end of your nose these Feb
ruary days
Charity never begins at home, be-
cause it isn't charity that provides for
our own
The man who says nothing but de-
livers the goods is a mile and two
laps ahead of the fellow who makes
big promises and then fails to arrive
in time.
The man who never changes his
mind soon falls behind the procession
II a boy will not smoke or chew to-
bacco before he is 20 years old he is
not likely to suffer from it's use later
Any woman who ,rlarries man who
chews tobacco and allows the juice to
dribble through his whiskers constant
ly proves her love.
What has become Of the calamity
howlers who have been predicting that
increased crop production would bank
rupt farmers by lowering prices?
We can with safety go along pro-
ducing as much and as good farm,
produce as we can. The babies and
the foreigners that come along every
year will keep prices steady.
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NOW FOR THE HoTBEDs
A Little Extra Work Will Give
You Vegetables Earlier Than
Your Neighbors-
BY N. e. sAxroH.

In February prepare several boxes
in which to SOW seed for early tomato,
eggplant, cabbage and other plants, NIL
ing then, with moderately rich, sandy
soil after placing a layer OF broken
brick in the bottom for drainage; then
the boxes are set away in warm place
for two weeks and by that time the SOIL
is thoroughly warmed through. After
the seeds are planted the boxes are set
in the south window of a warm room
and the soil is kept moist and free from
rubbish which might cause the soil to
become noldy.
When the plants are few inches tall
they are transplanted to induce stocky
growth, and as soon as the weather
permits the more hardy ones are trans
ferred to the cold frames. When plant
ing time comes have nice lot of Wig
orous plants ready to be set out. and
any surplus may have is sold or given
to the neishbors.
AS soon as the land is in condition
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on the string, which should still be at

on the string, which should still be at
tached to his neck.
The word "Ho!" is also used by some
trainers to indicate that the teacher is
through with him for the time being,
and the dog soon learns to understand
it,
While driving sheep it is convenient
to have the dog understand the word
Speak" which means that he is to
begin barking, and he can be taught the
word very easily by holding up some
thing which he wants to eat and using
the word
The meaning of "Out' is easily
taught when the dog is in the house
by opening the door and pronouncing
the word.
After this preliminary education he
NAV go out with an old trained sheep
dog. By running With him the pup will
Don learn much about the business,
but should be watched to see that he
does not try to go to the heads of the
cattle.
After letting him try with the older
dog fer few times he should be taken
to the sheep or cattle without the other
dog.
II the cattle nave CeeH uSeu 70 psiiS
driven by dogs they will not turn upon
him, an occurrence which might in
jure his driving qualities for some time
to come.
He should learn the meaning o!
STEADY" when inclined to drive the
cattle fast and if the first training is
well done will stop promptly when tolc
to halt.
The word Fetch" is commonly USED
when sending the dog to drive sheer
and the word GO" for cattle, and the
dog will learn to understand which hi:
master wants him to drive.
He should be taught to know the lef
from the right, obeying the motion O
the hand in either direction.
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HAVING EARLY VEGETABLES

Tomatoes, cabbage, cauliaower, man
gel peppers, beets and onions in a
hotbed located as the one illustrated
Just to the right of this have another
bed of six sashes; then to the right of
it cold frame by So feet In the
tWo-sash bed plant seed of early torna-
toes beets, onions and nangel peppers
about the middle of March. Then
about April 10 make up the six frame
bed, and by the time it heats UP and
the weed seeds are pretty well sprout-
ed the seedlings in the first bed are
ready to transplant into hotbed No. 2.
Aim to do this en- a warm, cloudy
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to be worked it is plowed deeply and
thoroughly narrowed. 1t must be made
fine and mellow to give the best re-
suits, and we keep the harrow going
until the soil is in the best possible
condition. Most of the manure is
hauled out in the fall, from thirty to
fifty tWo-horse wagonloads being ap-
Piled to an acre, besides heavy dress
ing of ashes for several kinds of veg
etables
Usually my first vegetables ready for
the table are young onions from sets
planted in the fall and covered with
coarse stable litter. When the beds are
uncovered in March the onions make
rapid growth and are ready for use in
about three weeks They, with the rad
ishes, beets and lettuce grown under
sash, bring great many dollars weeks
ahead Of any other green garden truck
and are out of the way in time to plant
the ground to later crop
! The first seed to be planted in the
open ground is peas, which stand con-
siderable cold without injury Begin
ming about the goth of March plant
every two weeks untn July, and so have
peas all summer though the later ones
do not always do SO well as the early
crop. They must be planted deep and
the ground should be rich and well
drained. If the plants show signs of
nlldeW spray them several times. I
plant in double rows with four foot
supports between. The very low-gr
ing varieties have never yielded sat
isfactofily for me, sometimes scarcely
paying the cost of seed and planting, SO
l have quit planting them, preferring a
larger sort that does not bear quite so
early but gives a good yield
Beets, radishes and lettuce must be
grown extra early to obtain profitable
prices. unless they can be sold to reg
ular customers. After my earliest plant
ing are disposed of raise quite enough
to supply our table and the chickens
planting beans in their place Mohawk
and Speckled Valentine are my favor
lite snap beans, but some of my Gus
toners. prefer the yellow podded varie-
ties, SO grow Long Yellow Six Weeks
for them. I plant as soon as DANCE,
from frost is past in rows two and a
half feet apart. Sometimes I get their
in the, ground before it is thoroughly
warmed and the beans rot but to have
them extra early it is necessary to take
some risks, and think it is worth
the trouble when ! get $3.50 to 5000 g
bushel' for them
s'The 10th of July is about as early a:
can get tomatoes. on the market bu,
even then they bring high prices TO,
two weeks, or until the main crop be.
gins to come in. Plants must be start.
ed in the house, transplanted severa
Y times to make them vigorous and stocky
and when setting. them out the root
! should be. disturbed as little as possible
; A. clay loan is the best soil, and i
S should be well enriched with manure
f and ashes. Put shovelful Of we'll
3 rotted manure in each hill
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best and the early pullets Matched that
will be wanted for fall and winter
layers.
We do not have to wait on the sit
ting hen to hatch out few chickens
when we have the incubator to hatch
them by the dozens
a good incubator will pay for itself
over and over the first season of its
use. 1t is indispensable in the poultry
business To all those who conten-
plate purchasing would say, don't get
one that is too cheap Get good one,
even if you do have to pay more.
The good ones are the cheapest in
bators that have to be watched close
~ to give results, but these are the
thin walled kind that will not hold
even. temperature. Our'incubator does
not get any watching after it is once
set going.
We leave home for an all-day visit
any time-even at Matching time-and
it takes care Of itself
For the amount invested an incu-
bator will make, more money than any
machine ! know Of. Our flock of
chickens are "a thing of beauty and a
joy forever" and they are all "incu-
bator biddies" with the exception of a
few new ones we bought to add to our
flocks. ~, ~
We raise pure S. C. Brown Leghorns
and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. We
| believe in raising the best. Any poor
ones are culled out closely and go tc
the market and the cream of the flock
| is kept for breeders and for shipping
and Judging from the letters we gel
from pleased customers our biddies
please others as well as us.--Mrs. L. e
: R--ris
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FOWLS TAKE COLD VERY EASILY

On cold nights the fowls roost close
ly together and In this way keep warm.
Should they crowd on the roost they
are apt to sweat and in the morning
when they get down on the floor of the
pen are apt to feel chilly on account Of
the difference in temperature. If,
however, there is litter on the floor and
the night before s-rain was thrown
among this litter it will not take the
biddies long to understand that by
scratching they will not only keep
warmer. but there is a strong possibil-
ity of finding something to eat Hens
are not az dumb as they look.
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HOW TO TREAT THE WORK TEAM

Horses employed for farm worl
should not be pampered but shoul (
be fed generously so as to sustain vigo
and good spirits. A team ill-fed an
consequently in poor condition an
feeble will not accomplish much req
hard work and it is a waste of time t
hire an expensive hand to drive sucl
a team.
The work horses should be fed earl.
in the morning and they should haw,
a. liberal feeding. The comfort ant
rest of the team will be vastly pro
noted if the harness is entirely re,
moved at noon while they are feeding
Allow them plenty of time for goot
meal and partial Digestion before thel
are put to work for the Afternoon. Is
is poor policy to put them to Wcrl
right after eating hearty meal OF
upon a full stomach.
If we would allow the teams NOR
rest at noon we would accomplish
more work than when they are onl.
allowed time to swallow their food. A
evening let them be well groonaed ant
their legs, bellies and feet relieved
from all mud and filth.:
The practice Of, many farmers o
diving team through cold water t.
wash. the filth off their feet and Leg
is dangerous, as It causes many dis.
eases that they! are subject. to-
A warm or overheated team shouli
not be put in a cold, airy place, bu
| first exercised and then blanketed and
putin a warm stable, and after the
blankets are removed they. should be
wiped dry with .traw or cloths.
When a team has been exposed ia
rains they should not be left to he.
come dry but should be rubbed dry AZ
ehills, fevers and other ailments often
result from allowing them to dry by
the evaporation of the moisture from
their bodies.
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day. Set the plants two inches apart
each way and keep the9 shaded a. few
days until well started
The plants are allowed to grow in
this bed until they begin to crowd;
then are shifted to the cold frame-this
generally about the 5th to the 10th of
May. The cold frame has covering
of heavy sheeting.
The plants are all taken from hot
bed No /, new manure put in and then
it is ready for early cabbage, cauli-
flower, celery and main crop of toma-
toes.
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Mrs. E. H. Outerbridge of New York
has probably saved the farmers near
Kineo, Me, a great deal of money and
annoyance She tracked and killed
ion ne.,na hIeok bar thAss last .f-,,
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is to fasten her in between two hurdles
such as shown in the accompanying
illustration
This gives her a chance to eat and
at the same time prevents her from
turning around to butt the lamb In
such a position, however, the eve will
often lie down: This may be prevented
by passing a light pole through the
hurdles, resting it on the lower bars
beneath her belly.
The eve can be confined this way
throughout the day, and if the lamb is
az all lively he will manage to get
enough to eat. The eve should always
be released at night.
\ day or two of such confinement is
often sufficient to bring an obstinate
eve to reason. Such hurdles can
easily be made by any farmer and il
Is we'll to have them on hand for just
such emergencies,
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=, William? Smith of Mustang, Okla.
has a "spud house" which holds nearly
10000 bushels of potatoes 1t is built
on top Of the ground with a. cement
foundation, well braced with heavy
tin1bers. Mr.. Smith raised a very large
CROP of potatoes last year.
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on @ o a se @ aa pe s pnn @ h
The National tribune., 1909-07-22
Pittsburg Memorial Hall.

John Stulen, Pittsburg, Pa. writes
that it may be of interest to many of
the comrades to know that their mil
lion dollar memorial hall is nearing
completion. The County Commission
ers are now considering from sketches
submitted the most appropriate subjects
and battle scenes with which to adorn
the beautiful building. One of the
sketches is by a Delaware artist. and
excites comment because of the very
prominent positions given to the figures
in gray The figure in the center is
that of Lincoln, while Lee is the GEN.
trail figure in the group TO the left.
There is little likelihood of this sketch
being adopted. and yet there are many
who see no harm in it. 1t would be
well for those whose. feelings get the
better of their Judgment to examine
and understand what the gray uniform
worn by Lee and his soldiers stood for.
We may have forgotten. but we cannot
forget from Fort Sumter down to APP
pomattoX that the officers and men who
wore the gray were enemies and rebels
to their country. Why perpetuate this
uniform in a building erected to the
memory of the soldiers, sailors and
marines of the Union? No one is more
ready than the boys in blue to lay aside
the bitterness of the war when the
other side is ready to do so.
The National tribune., 1909-07-22
LONG AND USEFUL LIFE.

Rev. John Linn Milligan, D. D., for
40 years Chaplain of the Western Peni-
tentiary at Pittsburg. died at the home
of his brother-in-law, J. III. Irwin, July
12. at the age of 72. Six months ago
he received an apoplectic stroke while
in his pulpit in the penitentiary chapel.
He was appointed in 1861 a member of
the Christian Commission. and entered
enthusiastically upon its great work.
AT the time of Lees invasion Of Penn
sylvania he enlisted in the Beth Pa,
and became a Captain. After the ex,
piration of his three months service
he was appointed to the 140th Pa. and
served in that regimen. until the close
OF the war. He made a marked repu-
tation for gallantry and devotion to the
sick and wounded. He never fiinched
from the firing line, and was among
the first to reach any wounded man.
The men of his regiment loved and
admired him in q way that can only
be won by brave. indefatigable Chap
The National tribune., 1909-07-22
One Flag Too Many.

Editor National Tribune: The poem in
your issue of June 8, entitled "Sleep On
Ye Fallen Comrades" is good in senti
ment, but the last four lines, it seems te
me, is not altogether true; especially tbs
words, You've given us one banner"
am in possession of printed program oi
Memorial Day in Jacksonville. Fla. heal
ed by the Confederate flag. The exercises
were under the auspices of Z. e. Lee Camp
50, u G.. ", and three Chapters of the
u. ID. c., and the last two lines of the
third verse that was sung at suci, memo
rial service. entitled "Do they love Us still
in Dixie?" are these words:
"The new South answers to the old,
In spirit we're the same"
Now, l for one believe such language
as well as the Haunting of the rebel flag
in parade or public displays. to be trea-
sOnable, and no other Government but ours
would allow it to pass unnoticed. We
claim that "the penalty of treason is
DEATH" but the sins of rebellion and trea-
son were forgiven by generous Nation.
We believe it to be high time for the
rebel flag to be relegated to the destruction
it symbolized, and loyalty TO the Union
be insisted on by the zone and indivisible
Nation" of 46 States. We forgive our
erring brethren for the sins of the past,
but theF should always remember that
they are part Of this glorious Union. "One
country and one Flag.'-Geo. Il. Tilly,
Lieutenant. Co. B, 18th N. Y. Eng. Ja'
maica, n. Y.
The National tribune., 1909-07-22
The Ccosa and the TalIapoosa.

Editor National Tribune: f. T.. Mann.
9th Ohio Cav. in criticising the account
of the Rousseau raid as given in The
National Tribune War History. says It
was Excellent up to the crossing of
the Coosa River" Comrade Mann has
described the crossing of the Tailapoosa
River very vividly. and seems to have got
the two incidents mixed. My diary tells
me that We struck the Coosa River on
July 13, at Green Mountain. in the even
ing, after ride of SO miles that day.
About o O'Clock p. m. Maj. Graham COM
menced crossing his (the I'D battalion
of the Sth Ind. Cav. on a small hand rope
ferry that would carry but Il men and
their horses. The rest of the command
went into biyouac for the night without
crossing At daylight of the morning of
the 18th the command was aroused by
skirmish engagement of Grahamis battal-
ion with Gen. ClantOn's command of three
regiments of Georgia troops. Boots and
saddles were blown. The command
mounted and moved off down the river to
river between two Islands. The large
boulders, of which the river bed was full,
had been removed from the roadway, with
water less than beliy-deep to the horses.
As the command moved down to the ford
in plain view, the rebels fell back to
that point and took up a strong position
behind the large trees and great bOulders
that skirted the river. From the first
island the 1st and Sd battalion of the Sth
Ind, with some other regiments, engaged
in the skirmish. We failed to be effect We.
The Sth Ind. was recalled to the head of
the island, where we found Gen. Rous-
seau and our Colonel (JOnes) discussing
the possibility of a charge across the
river. 1t was soon decided that a charge
was impracticable. ard Col. Jones was
ordered back to the ferry 10 cross and re-
inforce Maj. Graham in two hours. We
had proceeded on our way about a mile and
half, when negro made his appearance,
who guided us across very deep and
dangerous ford lust below an old mill that
stood on the east side of the river. We
reached Graham in less than two hours,
but Clanton, having business farther south,
left his strong position just before We
got TO it. and the command then crossed
without further opposition.
Saturday. July 16. after travelling 30
miles, We struck the Tallapoosa River at
Stoves Ferry. The ferryboat, presume,
had followed ClantOn south. At least, it
was not to be found. Again a negro came
to the rescue and guided the command to a
ford. We filed left through plantation
till we came to the river. Down a steep
bank and into a deep, swift current we
plunged, and then began the Zig-Zag route
to the opposite bank. where We were dis
mounted in water belly-deep to our horses
and ordered to take them by the tail. that
they might assist us up the steps and
slippery bank where we went out. AL
though it was light of the moon, the night
was dark and cloudy and misting rain. so
that guides were placed at each angle of
the route, just as Comrade Mann described
it. ". Jones, Co. A, Sth Ind. Cav,
Copan, Okla.
The National tribune., 1909-07-22
TO INCREASE PENSIONS.

A number of comrades of Denver,
Colo. headed by d. II. Furnan. 18th
Mich, ask us to publish the following
bill. 1t has been introduced in the Sem
ate by Senator Guggenheim:
THAT the Secretary of the Interior
be, and he is hereby. authorized and d.
rected to increase the pensions OF all
persons who are now penSioned under
the general pension laws of the United
states for disabilities incurred in active
service in the field in line of duty, who
shall pass or have passed the age of 62
years. to an amount equal to 25 per
centum of the pension that is now being
paid such persons; the same to COM
mence at the age of 81 years. and at
the end of each period of five years,
after such persons shall have passed the
age Of 62 years, their said pensions
shall be increased an additional amount
equaling 10 per centum of the pension
that is then being paid to such pension
ers: Provided, That no medical exami-
nation shall be required in claims pre-
sented and settled under this act; said
increase to be granted as a matter OF
course. by reason of increased disabiI-
ity resulting from old age, as well as
from the wounds or injuries received
And nothing in this act shall be con-
strued as applying to those who are
pensioned for specific disability, MOI
shah it be construed as affecting the
rights Of any pensioner to a higher
rating who may become so helpless as
to require the frequent and periodical
aid and attendance Of another person
Sec. 2. That this act shall be in
force and carried into effect as soon n
practicaDie after Ats passage and ap.
proyal"