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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
RIGHT WAY TO STACK WHEAT

To stack wheat or other bundle grain
SO the stack will not take water COM
mence the stack or rick any way de-
sired, but when the stack is built to
a height of five or six feet just re-
verse the usual way of stacking and
work from the center to the outside in
stead of from the outside to the center
When beginning at the center to
work out lay down two or three bum
dies so as to keep the center the high
est with a good slant to the outer
edge.
If at any time the outer edge gets
too high, stop before getting there and
go back to the center and come out
again.
Keep the center high and the outer
| edge low. This is about the same as
one shock on top of another, only a lit
tie more slant to the bundles.
There is no slip nor slide. 1t is an
easy and fast way to stack and will sure
keep the stack dry. 1t is not quite as
good as barn, but it is right next tc
it. 1t does not require an expert. Al
most any 14year-old boy can stack
this way.
1t is not so easy to make mistake
as in the usual way, but if stacking il
the usual way and the stack should
commence to slip or slide, just go to the
center and work out and see how
/ quickly it can be stopped. or fill the
i middle of the stack from the ground Vi
to the top and see how easy it is tx
keep the middle solid.
i Mix up the stacking a little and worl
\ from the center part of the time ant
you will soon find out the best way t,
stack.-W. II. u.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
DRAFT HORSES PROFITABLE
PRACTICAL SCOTCH BREEDER GIVES SOME SOUND
ERS SHOULD RAISE THEM.

colt will do much better If left in the
barn, and the dam will be better off
without the colt. Give the little fell
low some oats and bran in it's trough;
1t will soon lea.rn to eat and forget its
dam.
colt is easily weaned. and if proper
care is taken it will not stop growing
until it is matured Breed in this way
and in a very short time it will be al
most impossible to raise a poor colt
Look at the farmer who breeds one
year to draft horse and the produce
afterward bred to some cheap mongrel
His horses in ten years breeding are
no better than when he began. The
price of service fees should hardly be
considered. 1t is the matured horse tc
be considered. 1t costs as much tc
raise a low-priced horse as to raise g
high priced one. 1t is all in the breed
ing.
Always use a pure bred draft sire
a better individual than the dam-an6
then YOU are sure of gaining Selec
one breed or the other and stick to i
and you will come out ahead and b,
on the right road to success in tn,
| horse-breeding business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
SHEEP KILLING "PINGUE"

sible danger in giving it full publicity.
The sheepmen can in this manner give
it more extended trials and possibly
save themselves from the serious losses
which the eating of this weed by stock
has heretofore caused
The disease will be carefully studied
and the results of administering THIS
remedy watched with view to cor
recting any errors in its use should IL
not prove of as great value as is eH-
pected. Meantime every sheepman
whose sheep are sick or dying from
pingue will no doubt be only too eager
to give this simple remedy of hot water
and salt drenches every hour good
trial, because the annual losses have
been serious ones for the f1ockmasters
of the southwest, where the disease or
sickness appears to be most prevalent
at the present time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
A CHEAP AND EFFICIENT ICE BOX

There Is probably no need that is
so severely felt on many farms, par
ticularly in the south, as that of suit
able could storage for the preservation
of meat, dairy products and other food
supplies, and, as Professor John Michels
of the North Carolina station points
out, Gold storage of some kind is in
dispensable to a well equipped dairy.
Many, however, lack this essential,
probably owing to the high cost of
commercial refrigerators"
Professor Michels describes the con-
struction Of an easily made. cheap and
efficient ice box, suitable for dairy
purposes, as follows:
The construction of the box shown
in the first picture consists essentially
OF two boxes separated by one-incf
grips placed at intervals of about one
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
FERTILIZER FOR FALL USE
The Advantage OF Buying Highest Grades Is Con
clusivey Shown by Comparison of Analysis

Ten pounds phosphoric acid at
cents per pound equals so cents.
Sixteen pounds phosphoric acid at G
cents per pound equals 96 cents.
This shows the cheaper grade to be
worth so cents per hundred and the
higher grade SO cents per hundred.
Sixty times twenty is $1,000.
Ninety-six times twenty is 1920.
This shows that when 16 per cent
goods are selling at $500 per ton the
10 per cent goods are only worth COM
mercially $12 per ton.
Or If we assume the phosphoric aciC
to be worth cents per pound we cal
culate the 10 per cent goods.
Ten pounds phosphoric acid at
cents equals so cents
Sixteen pounds phosphoric acid at
cents equals so cents
Cheaper goods worth so cents pei
100 pounds and the higher goods worth
80 cents per hundred, which puts the
cheaper goods at
Fifty times twenty is $1,000 per ton
Eighty times twenty is $1,000 per ton
This shows a difference of Sc per
ton between the two different brands n
goods, which is quite an item in favsl
of the higher grade of goods.
This is an item that is often over
looked when buying commercial fer.
tilizer. Farmers often form the habi
OF buying by the brand rather thar
the analysis of the goods, withou
comparing values as shown by the
analysis, and thus get left.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
SUMMER SUGGESTIONS

A cow will waste as much energ
fighting flies as she requires to raise
calf.
Thoroughly stir the milk in the can.
in warm weather. A long handled sour
ladle is handy.
If you haven't a hog pasture it will
pay you to fence off corner of clover
meadow for them. The hogs will get
more value for you out of the clover
than it would be worth in the form Of
hay, and save the harvesting of it.
Put new straw in the pens every
week during warm weather and occa-
sionally pour a little coal oil around thu
cracks to keep lice out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
POULTRY NOTES

Mix powdered charcoal and sulphur
occasionally with the soft feed.
Coal oil applied to the roosts in small
quantities will kill parasites.
The flesh of birds differs in quality,
according to the food on which they
feed.
During the breeding season use two
cocks. keeping one penned up three
DAVIS while the other is running with
the hens.
There is no short cut to success in
poultry raising any more than there is
To success in anything else.
A broeder will raise more chicks thar
the average old hen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

foot. A double thickness of building
paper is placed on both sides of the
strips and tackled to the boxes.
A one-ineh strip two inches wide
covers the upper space between the
one-inch strips, thus making a dead
air space between the two boxes. The
construction of the cover is the same
as that of the bottom, with the ex-
ception that there is a fange at the
front and sides of the cover.
The sides, bottom and cover of the
refrigerator are built of three quarter
inch tongued and grooved lumber five
and one half inches wide. The ends
are constructed of one and one-eighth
inch tongued and grooved flooring
three and one-half inches wide.
The inside of the ice box is lined
with galvanized iron. To insure tight
ness, layer of felt is tackled around
The box and cover where the TWO meet
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
WHY HELP is HARD TO KEEP

If the men who own farms and hire
men could only understand how far
little timely praise goes toward help
irg man in his work they would moi
be quite so stingy about giving it. ]
once heard a man say: LAS long as !!
don't complain my men may know J
am satisfied, When l am not they
hear from me pretty quick" That's
the thing! All blame but no praise
A quiet word of commentator when
an extra big days work is done OF
some hard job is accomplished at
saving of time and money encourages
the worker and spurs him to do even
better next time. The man who i'm
AGNES that he has done his whole
duty or completely filled his contract
when he pays just what he agrees tc
for labor done is making a mistake
More is accomplished by genuine APP
probation and kindness than by hire
alone. A bit of praise goes farther
with most men than the giver ever
knows We all need encouragement and
appreciate a good word now and then
The meanest man l ever worked fol
lives in Michigan. His father left him
a considerable fortune, but the son lei
most of it slip through his hands al.
though he always kept his finger.
closed tightly on the pennies. In fact
he looked after the pennies so closely
that the dollars got away from him
This man had nineteen different man
ayers on his place in fourteen years
He always made written contracts
with his help, but they always turned
out to be full of holes through which
he could slip when he pleased. He
never praised anybody. He once told
me that to praise man for coed WORK
made him proud and put the thought
in his head that he ought to have his
wages raised. The result was that
every man who worked for him soon
became disheartened over his ind1ffer-
ence and sore over his grumbling and
would never go a step out of his way
; to do anything outside of his exact
duty under his contract. This brought
on hard feelings on both sides. which
. nearly always ended in quarrel when
. the man would quit. Then, almost
!, without exception, the boss would
hold out part of the mans wages and
; it would take a lawsuit to get the
; money. l know he once discharged a
man and refused to pay him the bal
ance of his wages OF $50. The man
i sued and it cost the boss $50 in law
\ yers' fees and court costs and he
. finally had to pay at the end of three
trials. This mans reputation is such
e now that he has had hard work ia
: get ANYBODY to work for HMM fact
: nobody except stranger will go to
). his place. This is an extreme case
e perhaps, and while my experience is
t that the great majority of farmers are
r lust and fair there are too many like
my old Michigan employer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
SUMMER WORK FOR HENS

If there is not a perfectly COM
Portable poultry house on the farm,
one should be planned and provided
this summer, at least before cold
weather sets in, for it is poor planning
to put off providing warm poultry
house until the time arrives for its
use. a comfortable poultry house need
not be a costly one nor a particularly
warm one. Every poultry house should
have two rooms with a tight partition
between them. If it is built In this
way, the flock may be crowded into
one room when very cold weather
comes, and the heat of their bodies
will keep the room warm. A hen does
not feel the cold as quickly as a man
does, for her blood is five per cent
warmer naturally, and if she can sleep
where there is no draft blowing on
her she will be very comfortable In a
room in which the temperature runs
as low as 10 to IL degrees below the
| freezing point
The poultry house should be located
on a dry spot, where water will not
stand at any time during the year. II
should provide at least three square
| feet for every fowl kept in it, and
should be lighted with good, bic
windows in the south side. 1t should
be made so that all the inside fixtures
nay be taken out and cleaned with.
out trouble and the perches should be
on a support that does not touch the
walls at any point. The perches should
be of the same height from the floor
not to exceed thirty inches. and under
them should be a tight platform t.
catch the droppings. This platform
should be eight inches below tn,
perches, thus giving the fowls the en-
tire floor space during the day.-Mille
Purvis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

The four vertical edges of the re-
frigerator are frightened and straight
ened by lacking over each a double
layer of paper, which is covered with
two six-inch boards.
A heavy weight attached to half
inch rope running over a pully fastened
to the ceiling raises the cover and
holds it open when desired. A short
piece of rope with hook attached
Is used to counterbalance the weight
by hooking to the side of the box, thus
allowing the full weight of the cover
to rest on the box.
A short piece of half-inch gas pipe
is inserted through the bottom of the
box to provide drainage, the outlet OF
This pipe being immersed in cup Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
TELLING AGE OF POULTRY

English authorities hold that there is
no certain test of age for poultry, but
they admit and indorse the experience
of the writer that in general the spurs
both of hens and cocks will distinguish
a. 2-year-old bird, but there are eNcep-
tions in which really young birds de-
velop old-looking spurs, While really
second year birds preserve the snort,
rounded spurs of a cockerel.
The texture of the legs is a guide 10
some extent and SO is the dellcacy ana
freshness of the skin of the face ano
comb. but still an occasional hen VIII
nreserve her youthful appearance to a
startling degree.
The skin of the body is better test
becoming coarser and drier looking
with age.
Formerly the wing feathers We're
considered an absolute test as between
pullet and hen, even after the long
practice of early breeding had made
the melting of early pullets quite COM
| mon.
To a certain extent the absence Of
pullet quills still is regarded as evil
/ dence of greater age, but for some time
these feathers also have been becom-
ing more and more uncertain as to the
! actual IdCl, uIlIStlltl any 0oliS Afet'SH
| ing have upset all the old rules.
1t is more difficult to judge the ag'
of water fowls than of other poultry
partly from the absence of spurs, partl.
| from greater longevity and partly be
cause the water keeps their legs sot
and fresh.
| Ducks waddle more heavily as the.
grow older, and after two or tire
years acquire a depression down tn
breast.
/ An abdominal pouch of great siz
Indicates great age in geese.
Turkeys up to year old are said t
have black feet, which grow pink u
to years of age, When they gradual:
turn gray and dull.
Age in pigeons is often told by tn
color of the breast. In squads the fles
. looks whitish as seen through the Skin
but becomes more and more purplis
as the bird grows older.-M. *. Boyer
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

In 1893 N. N. Hettinger of Hamilton
county Illinois, purchased farm of
24O acres at SIS an acre, or $500.
After farming it for fifteen years, gath
ering fifteen large crops, he sold his
farm at $130 an acre, receiving 400
for the same land. Mr.. Hettinger is
one of the best farmers in that part OF
the state and has kept his farm in a
splendid state of fertility and was able
to raise big crops. Certainly that kind
of farming pays.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

water to prevent entrance of air into
the box.
The entire construction of the ice
box is so simple that any one with a
little knowledge of carpentry can
ready build it.
The inside dimensions are: Length,
1-S feet; width. 21s feet; depth, 21-3
feet. An itemized statement of the
cost is as follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
GET READY FOR FRUIT DRYING

1t does not require a fortune to bn,H
a good fruit evaporator. There is
constantly increasing demand for evop-
orators by fruit raisers and TIT lack
of means or the supposed great cost OF
such houses allows great quantities OF
fruit to go to waste. Professor Good
man gives an excellent plan for such
drying house. Any good old building
can be worked over to this plan. II
should be about twenty four feet square
and twelve feet to the caves, and no
bottom floor is required.
The floor joists should be placed
about six feet above the ground and
be 2 by inches and ~ feet long,
resting on q support in the center of
the building. The upper floor should be
made of Stats one inch square and
beveled to prevent the fruit from clog
ging These are nailed to joists Is by
| u inch apart to allow the hot air to
pass up through the fruit, which is
spread on the floor. The whole space
on this floor should be used for drying
One or two ventilators in the roof
| should be enough to carry off the moist
| air.
Two large stoves with big drums and
| plenty of pipes on the ground moor VIII
answer for the furnace, and if the room
is only - by 16 feet one stove will be
enough
I The bins for the apples are always
made so as to be filled from the inside
| through the sliding doors. After slicine
the apples are placed on galvanized
wire trays 8 by 3 feet and at once
put in the bleaching house, where the
fumes of the sulphur soon bleach ou
all the discolored spots. If left in thu
bleacher too long the flavor will bs
destroyed.
The material for an evaporator 40 b,
40 feet is as follows: Stills, 2 by 6
sixteen pieces, 1872 feet, B. M; posts
by 4, twelve pieces, 1872 feet B. M
joists, 2 by 8, twenty pieces, 44s fee
B. M; plates, 2 by 4, twelve pieces, 9
feet B. M; rafters, 2 by 4, SIS fee
B. M sheeting, 1 by 6, rough. Ito
feet B. NJ; siding for main part. 1 b.
-, 90 pieces, 1900 feet B. NJ; sidin
for shed, 400 feet B. M; bins, 400 fee
B. NJ: floor material strips, 1 by
: inch, dressed and beveled; shingles
10000; glass, A panes 10 by IA inches
for glazing IL windows "a by % inches
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

Government inspectors shot herd
of 1875 cattle on the Dold stock farm
at LaSalle, N. Y, a few months ago.
DR.. c. H. Taylor discovered that sew
eral head of cattle in the herd were
affected with the foot and mouth dis
ease and reported it to the proper Off
Gals. They dug trench 10 feet wide
s feet deep and It's feet long and drove
the cattle close to its edge and shot
them, their bodies usually topping over
into the ditch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

A farmer living near Delhi. ILL.,,
rather than take I cents pound for
his turkeys, last fall, killed all his birds
and invited the neighbors in to feast
on turkey and cranberries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14
A GOOD FRAME

A brooder can easily be kept free
from vernin. Not so the hen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-29
BARRIERS DIPLOMAS
GO TO TWENTY-SEVEN

Utah barber shops are in a satisfac-
tory condition is the report of DR.. c. NJ.
Benedict and Inspector c. E. White.
Out of the thirty-three applicants,
twenty-seven BARRIERS were awarded di-
plOmas, as follows:
Salt Lake City,. p. Banks. D. o.
Simpson. Charles KafOry, Larry Wal
lace, Lewis Murphy. Everett Z. Main.
L. c. Stevenson, Joseph Wilding, ]. s.
Alfred. Bert Graham, K Yyeda. H.
Higucli, H. Hayashi. Ollie Spaugh, J.
w. SOwles. Ogden-BenOni Ratlae, d.
a. COntOs. A. G. SOrensen and Angel
TheophilOpulOs. GaTfield-BeFt Roberts
Green River. c. Berry. Richmond
F. X. Dine. Grantsville-Rufus Marsch.
Dragon. Uintah county-Warren Pea
cock. Bingham-Peter Stavrikis Clear
Greek, Carbon coUnty-Paul PescettO.
Panguitch-R. l. DAILY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-29
BUSY BUSINESS MEN
Science Helps Them Out After Reck-
lessly Abusing the Stomach.

The most reckless man in regard to
health is the busy business man. At
noon he rushes out for a bite TO eat. He
bolts his food without proper mastica-
ton. and heaps on his stomach an ex-
ira burden greater than it is able to
carry without breaking down.
His oveTwOrked stomach is crying for
help; it appeals to him for relief in va
rious ways: Expulsion of sour gas, Wa
terbrash. sour taste in mouth, heaVi-
ness after eating, shOTtness Of breath,
bad breath. etc.
One Mi-o-na tablet taken with or
after each meal will help any sufferer
from dyspepsia wonderfully. 1t aids the
stomach in the work Of digestion which
it must perform.
Mi-o-na tablets are sold by T. g.
Schramm at so cents a large box. with
a rigid guarantee to cure dyspepsia and
all stomach troubles, or money back.
They make eating a pleasure.
Mi-O-na cleanses and purifies the
stomach and bowels and puts vigor and
strength into the OveTworked tissues.
1t is the surest stomach tonic in the
world
Sold by leading druggists everywhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-29
NO MORE SAL DON LICENSES.
The Cry Taken Up by, ProhibitiOnists
in ProvO-CoUncil Is
Urged TO Act.

Provo April 2S.-There IS a movement
on foot. started by prohibitionists, to Pc
tition the city council to refuse granting
any more liquor licenses If this IS
turned down, an effort will be made TO
conduct the CITY election this fan on pro-
hibitiOn lines. President Joseph B. kee-
Ter of the Utah stake and other church
men IT. the Mormon church and other
churches are at the head of the move
ment
Charles Thornburg was charged by
Louis E. Meyer in Justice Moons court
with battery this morning anG viii be
tried this afternoon. Meyer and Thorn
burg had a business dispute. which ended
in ThOrnbuTg striking Meyer a blow in
the face, cutting, his cheek open below
the left eye
The city council last evening devoted
the time to the consideration of bill for
an ordinance to grant a franchise to the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
Dany The matter will come up again
Thursday night for further consideration
The franchise viii be for thirty years and
is a renewal of the franchise under which
the company has been operating, with
some slight changes
Sheriff Judd has informed the mer-
chants and salOOnmen Of Tucker, Cotton
and Thistle Spanish Fork canyon towns,
where the Sunday closing law has not in
the past been observed, that the law will
be enforced hereafter He found no OPP
position to this on the part of the bust
ness men. who rather preferred having
day Of rest
Isaac Bullock is in from his ranch near
Burnt Fork. Wyo.. to visit relatives.
Examinations for a male clerk and car
rier for the Provo pOStOffice will be held
here on MAY 19 Information can be OBJ
tanned from Joshua r. HOdsOn, clerk of
the board of examiners.
Verdi Jeffries. the infant daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jeffries. was struck
in the eve few days ago with a staple.
1t was feared the child would lose the
sight of the eve. but fortunately this fear
was grOundless and the little fellow is now
beyond danger.
Warren Strong and Addie Robb, both of
Provo.
NJ O. Packard Of Springville and Hugh
Lisonbee of Monroe are in the city today
in connection with a sale Of their sheep
to the Murray Sheep company
The B. Y L. students will have an old
time MAY day festival Miss Edith Hinck-
Iev has been elected MAY queen and Nil
ton II. Sevey May king, it having been
decided to have a May king as well as
May queen
Judge Bartch and Bishop Diamond of
Bennion ward Salt Lake county. were
here last night TO confer with the knight
peopIe in the matter of capital for big
railroad and colonization project in Mex
leo. in which Bartch and Diamond are in
tereSted-
In spite OF the bad weather the stu
dents of the 3. Y L turned out today TO
build road on Eighth North street from
second East street to the top of Temple
hill. on which the campus Is located Con-
siderable work was done. and the road
will be completed as soon as the weather
il more favorabls. The domestic science
department provided dinner for the work
CTS.