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New-York tribune., 1909-01-09
IncOrpOrated Charities.

TIME NEW YORK COLORED MISSION, 225 WEST
i 30th St. New city. he sick the moor
infrm. Aids the poor to become self supporting
IucUlcates high Ideals and right living. are
earnestly solicited for all these purposes especially
for the the Industrial classes for
Of in relieving the
cases of sickness and desttution Subscriptions saoud
he semi 10 i. HOIIINGSWORTH WOOD . wall
street York City, Treasurer of the Boari OF
Managers.
THE NEW YORK CHRISTIAN HOME FOR IN
temperate has than doubled its usefulness
to Chester Crest
ave hundred unfortunate wei
cnmed Paying guests accommodated at a cost
entirely in with Last the
Free Department cared for Three Hundred penness
men For this department Thanksgiving and Christ
mas gifts of money clothing solicited. Address
Rev GEORGE S. AVERY. Res. Manager. Rev D.
Stuart Dodge u. Pres Mr. Frank r
Vice-Fres. Mr.. s. Edgar. 43 Cedar ST. Treas; Mr.
z. Secy-
SsOCIETY FOR PROVIDING EVANGEILC Al. RE
~ liguus for the Blind Gur Phila..
Arthur E NeGtsold Treasurer J, P Morgan %,
A D Financial Sec'y $50 Nassau
FUNDS needed give blind International Sunday
School Weekly for 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09
BUILDING LOAN CONTRACTS.

r.-o.,,s ave g. sT4 2 I OF 1sIst 50. g. 4z10Ss;
Manhattan Mortgage CO loans Charles AS *@''
Y,t.rvale ave. s 2125 II n o. Freeman 81 *
SS OF irregular, Greenwich Mortgage co loaAs so0
Tulars Realty CO.. ~
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

At West End Presbyterian Church at II a m.
tomorrow DR.. Kegwin will take up his discussion
of new thought The topic will be "Telepathy-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

At the Religion and Health Class at Car
negie Hall. at 2. M tomorrow. the Rev. Freo
erick Preston will lecture, explaining Rational
Psychical Re-educaton' and distinguishing 1t from
the methods used In the Emmanuel Movement
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

The Rev. DR.. Samuel Schulman will preach III
Temple Bethel tomorrow morning on '1sms That
Mar Life: II-Philistinism.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

DR. Madison c Peterss subject tomorrow even
ing at the Majestic Theatre will DO "Busybodies:
Their Diabolical Enterprise
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

ITO Be Continued: An Address 10 Those Who
Are Young and TO Those Who Wish They Were
Young" will be delivered by the Rev DR. George
=. Eckman tomorrow evening in 81. Pauls Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

The subject of the lesson-sermon in the Chris
tian Science churches tomorrow will be "Sacra-
ment"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
ACT AIDS SMALL FARMERS

The creationSof the Blue mountain
forest reserve has done world of
good for the small farmers or home
builders of Oregon
Before the reserve was created it
began to look as though our days were
numbered and every one was more or
less discouraged and was talking of
selling out. Some did sell out, for
the large sheep men We're crowding us
to the wall
But now we are assured of plenty of
grass for our stock at reasonable cost
per head. 1t has increased the value
OF our land. every one has taken cour-
age and we shall prosper.
The government certainly is on the
right track when it favors the small
farmers, for it certainly is more Just
TO give many a chance to make an
honest living than it is to let a few
rich men hog the whole thing and pile
up money to look at or to use in trying
to freeze the small farmers out.
The largest profits have been made
by raising draft horses and beef cattle
But there would be more money in
sheep if 1t We're not for the COYOTES
They are a great drawback to that
business and almost prohibit the keep
ing of sheep by the small farmer, be-
cause they must be herded and this
is great expense for a small flock
H. +. Briggs, Starkey. Ore.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
BUSINESS FOR THE BOY
Poultry Raising Is Easy and Profitable if Painsaking
Care Is Exercised

the air to come in and one at the top
for the impure air to pass out. A hole
an inch square is large enough and
over this tack a piece of wire screen
ing to keep out any animal that might
kill the chickens.
In the fall, when the chickens are
nicely grown and need more room, buy
another piano box from the money you
may get from selling some of your sur
plus stock and remove the side of the
one you are using at present and fas-
ten them together.
Use the removed sides to build a
shed. Put some windows in the house.
After the woodwork is all completed,
cover the whole house with some good
tar paper and you have very cheap
house that will accommodate the stock
| that you want to carry over for breed
ers another year, say sixteen hens and
q rooster.
The cost of the building will be as
! follows: Two piano boxes, $500; nails
25 cents; roofing, s2.75; windows and
hinges, $500; total, $500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
70 ExTERMINATE THE MOSQUITO

Much has been written regarding the
many diseases carried over the country
by flies and mosquitoes. New Jersey
first started the mosquito campaign.
The house mosquito winters by pref
erence in cellars, vaults, dark shelters
of any kind, in shut-up rooms. I'M
heated homes, barns, manure piles, un-
der the loose bark of forest trees and
exposed roots. Only the females pass
the winter. Usually in May each sur
viyor lays about 200 eggs set up on end
and glued together in the shape of
raft, on the surface of a dirty pool
barrel, cesspool or in any other dirty,
6tagnant water and then dies About
three weeks later those eggs are full
of mosquitoes. Many broods hatch in
a single season, and each brood must
have dirty water for the wrigglers to
feed upon. In clean water they die.
Therefore, the only intelligent way to
combat this pest is to do away with the
breeding places. Kill every MOSQUITO
seen, keep them out of doors, allow no
pools of stagnant water to stand about
the premises. land in case there is a
rain barrel it should have tight ton.
Cisterns, cesspools and pits for LIQUID
manure should be guarded Cellars
should be fumigated every fall and
spring. In case pools of stagnant water
cannot be drained covering them with
low grade kerosene will kill off the
wrigglers in them at the time, as well
aggs there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
IMPORTANT BULLETINS

The following bulletins may be OBJ.
tanned free of cost by addressing the
director of any state experiment sta.
ton where published. In case OF gov.
eminent bulletins address the secretar,
OF agriculture at Washington, d. c.:
United States Department of Agri.
culture, Washington, ID. C.-"The Gull
tivation of Tobacco in Kentucky and
Tennessee" by w. H. Scherffius II
Woosley and c.. A. Mahan. Tobacco
was grown in America by the aborig-
ines long before the advent of the
white man, but In recent years much
has been done in regard to the Inn
proyement of the tobacco plant by
breeding and selection. The best
methods of cultivation, the best tools
and the marketing of tobacco are fully
explained in this illustrated bulletin.
Ohio Station, Columbus--"Propaga
ton of Plants" by Vernon H. Davis
Orchardists everywhere, especially
! those not thoroughly acquainted witt
methods of grating and cutting, Will
be interested in this bulletin, which
treats fully of the different methods Of
plant propagation. The Illustration,
show just how the work is done and
what tools are needed.
! Illinois Station, Urbana-"Market
Glasses and Grades of Sheep" by w. c.
Coffey. This beautifully illustrated
bulletin, which describes the different
classes and grades of sheep, should be
of money value to all shepherds who
have sheep to sell, as it tells how to
grade and which class brings the best
prices.
Indiana Station, Lafayette--"SteeI
Feeding" by j. H. Skinner and w. A
Cochel. This subject is treated in
three parts and treats of winter steel
feeding, different feed stuffs, the in
fiuence of age on the economy and
profit in fattening steers and the re-
suits of short VS.. long feeding periods
1 Nebraska Station, Lincoln-Bulletir
No. 107, by Il. A. Burnett. Part
Foods Supplementary to Corn In Fat
tening Pigs" shows that the use 0,
skim milk or tankage. added to corn
increases the daily gains, while the use
of ground bone did not affect the rate
of gain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
BY W. HANSON. ILLINOIS,

There are farmers everywhere who
cling most tenaciously to the notion
that fall seeding of grass with fall
grains is best; that they obtain a better
stand and a better yield Of hay than
from spring seeding.
This fact suggests that the business
of farming is not one of absolute but
OF relative achievements. The kind OF
soil, lay of land and condition OF
weather, all these operate seriously as
to results.
What may be successfully carried
out in one locality, one field. will not
do in another locality and in another
field.
The fact that frequently better and
more hay may be secured through fall
than through spring seeding in some
cases may be attributed to the follow
ing reasons:
1t may happen that the soil is OF
loose texture and is easily worked
one that otherwise cannot long retair
moisture in the early summer and ir
times of drought; where burning of
of spring sown grass might follow. and
where location of field Is such that II
the winter the snow will evenly covel
1t, thus preventing it from freezing anc
heaving out.
When grass seed is sown upon earl,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
THE MAN AND THE cow

=
No matter If 1t Is to be sold for
cream or butter, milk should b,
cooled as soon as 1t Is drawn from thu
cows.
To make $40 clear from COW ever,
year you must get at least $45 out Of
her.
No other branch of live stock keep.
ing can compare with the dairy bust.
ness for enriching the farm.
Over-ripe cream means strong but.
ter; over-churned and over-worked
cream means soft butter.
BY actual chemical analysis quart
of milk is said to possess as much
nutritive value as a pound OF beef
steak.
What is the use of Weighing the
milk of each COW? Not much, only to
show exactly which of your cows are
paying their board. Isn't that enougha
Keep the cows clean and allow them
only pure water to drink and you Will
have little trouble with stringy milk.
A kicking COW has been known to
kick the boys clear off the farm and
| into the city If you have one. sell her
| to the butcher.
| The frequent application of elbow
grease insures clean milk, clean sep
arators, clean butter and generally q
lclean reputation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

her in the night to some nest in a box
or barrel, and after she has become
Quoted down place the eggs under her
and get her started to setting.
In selecting the eggs to place under
her discard all those that are not nicely
shaped and all that are more than
a week old or that may have become
chilled.
When you set a hen 1t Is best to fix
the box or barrel so that she can leave
the nest only when you let her out
to eat. She should be let out once a
day and be allowed to dust herself
pick up little grit and gravel and
have good feeding of heat producing
food. Feed the settlers a little corr
when they come off the nest.
When they begin Matching you will
need some little coops, and 1t will BIZ
very pleasant work to build these.
like tight coops for the hens and
chickens to prevent rats, weasels ant
skunks from getting in and killing thu
little chickens.
Leave a little hole at the bottom fo
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
If you GO HUNTING
Don't lean on your gun.

Don't lean on your gun.
Don't point your gun toward your
dog
Don't kill game wantonly. Stop
when you have all you need.
Don't get ratified. Keep cool, no
matter how big the game you are
after.
Don't shoot toward houses or fields
with long range guns when you are
anywhere near them.
Don't leave squirrel tails hanging
out Of your game bag or pockets Ior
some other sportsman to take shot at.
Don't forget that a gun is a. danger
Gus instrument, yet harmless as a
! piece Of wood If you use judgment ana
caution in it's handling.
Don't pull your gun after you When
,you climb or crawl through barpec
wire fence. Push it through trst, Wltf
| the muzzle away from you.
| If YOU fall in going down steep nils
or over rough ground don't drop YOU
gun. Hang onto it and keep the muzzl'
pointed the other way.
Don't shoot even approximately II
the direction of any one in the woods
as glancing bullet may strike then
quite a bit to one side of the ob1ec
at which you aim.
Don't forget that the smaller riff
or shotgun the more steady you mus
hold it when you shoot. 1t takes
mighty good shot to do long rang
shooting with small target rifle.
Don't pull the trigger until you ar
sure you know what you are shooting
at. Quite number of men are in thei
graves now because in quick glanc
the nervous hunter took them t
be deer or wild turkey among tn
bushes.
If you are in the woods long tim
and do a lot of shooting, don't fail t
give your gun one cleaning, especiall
if d target rifle or pump gun. 1t wi
shoot truer. Besides, a foul gun
more liable to explode than clea
one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

two pairs of legs as shown in cut. At
B they should be hinged to strip that
is fastened to the board to keep it
from warping. AT A the legs should
not be fastened, but rest against an
other strip fastened to the board.
When not in use the legs will fold up
against the, board and it may be stored
away in a narrow space.
Pumice stone by the kitchen sink or
table IS almost necessity. not only
for the woman who does her own dish
washing, but facilitates the work of
the housemaid as we'll, saving both
finger nails and patience; for 1t is a
capital thing for scraping and clean
ing iron vessels of the food that adj
heres to the bottom. and also keeps
them smooth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
FALL SEEDING OF GRASS
Many Hurtful Weeds Are Destroyed by Fall Plant
ing of the Grass Crop.

plowed grass sod the auturnn--even
very late--is a better time for seeding
than the spring.
At season when rains are frequent
there will not be as much reason to
bring the sod into good capillary action
as there would be in the spring, at
time when the young plants are forced
to depend in great measure on the
store of moisture that the land has
accumulated during the winter.
BY seeding grass seed in the fall the
seeds of weeds as well as those OF
grass will terminate, and the early
frost will then kill the terminated weed
seeds and not hurt the terminated
grass seeds.
In this manner weeds that might
otherwise do positive injury to young
grass are put out of the way alto
gether
| 1t must be remembered that grass
seed and cereal grain seed will germi-
nate and grow at much lower tempera-
lures than most of the really hurtful
weeds.
| Those weed seeds not terminating
/ will not cause annoyance to the grass
plantlets when those plantlets have
i once become we'll established. Fall
grain seeded with grass will help ia
hold covering of snow upon the land
during the winter and SO tend to shield
the grass from harm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
By K. x. MILTON.

The best business of all for n boy
with small capital is the poultry bust
rcss, for on most farms the poultry
business is not developed to its fun
capacity and parents will generally
gladly give over the care and profits
to the boys.
Purchase about six good hens all of
one breed and then buy a fine rooster
of the same breed, and then build them
a house and yard and go into the
business.
For house piano ok will de-
very well the first year and can be
made to accommodate six hens and q
rooster very comfortably after the cclt
winter weather is over.
After you get your poultry plan
established, keep close watch of youl
hens. Find which ones lay the mos
eggs and from those hens save egg
for setting purposes. Then if none O.
the hens are broody buy one and move
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

Logan Waller Page, director of the
Office of public roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has
appeared before state legislatures and
county boards in various sections OF
the country during the past few months
in response to invitations to tell what
methods are best for obtaining funds
for road construction and how the
roads should be maintained after they
have once been secured.
At the present time there are two
principal methods of raising funds for
these purposes, but Director Page be-
lieves that before plans are set on foot
for raising funds, much should be
said regarding the manner in which
such funds should be expended If
the voters of county show readiness
to spend a generous sum in improving
their roads, it is of paramount i'm
portance to them to first ascertain
what class Of roads should be con-
structed
A county which shows sufficient
progress to bond itself in liberal
| amount for the purpose of securing
| improved roads should keep it's money
| intact until it's officers have learned
exactly what class of roads will best
meet its requirements; what type OF
road it is best qualified to construct
and what it can best afford.
| When county officers learn to appre-
ciate the fact that road building Is an
art they will rely more and more upon
| expert advice and scientific demonstra-
ton, and when they have learned what
| class of roads is desirable they will
| construct them and then guard them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
FEED FOR STRONG PIGS

The Nebraska experiment station re-
ports some very interesting expert
ments in the effect of food on the
strength Of bone in pigs.
The experiment shows very marked
increase in the strength when tank
age or ground bone is fed in addition
to corn. To accurately determine the
bone strength, the two principal bones
in each leg of each animal We're re-
moved and broken in machine.
Four pigs were fed in each lot, max
ing the figures given in the average
The average breaking strength per 1ot
pounds live weight of hogs after TWEEN
ty-two weeks Of feeding was as fol.
lows:
Lot No. 1, corn, 1926 pounds.
Lot No. 2, corn and shorts, 39'
pounds.
Lot No. 8, corn and skim milk, so!
pounds.
Lot No. A, corn and tankage. So,
pounds.
Lot No. 5. corn and ground bone. ss:
pounds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

Therein lies one of the most i'm
portant of all American highway ques-
tions. Americans build as good roads
as Englishmen or Frenchmen, but, haV-
ing done so, they rest contented with
their efforts and let each passing
breath of air, speeding automobile or
drenching rain blow or wash the road
surface away.
In the countries of Europe, where the
wellnigh perfect roads are the pride
of the citizens and the envy and adj
miration of visiting Americans, most
jealous care is constantly given; care
full day-by day inspection Is made and
every depression is quickly filled and
all inequalities rolled or tamped.
Millions of money have been wasted
in building roads which local condi-
tons made impracticable and out of
all cost proportion to the county
revenue.
There are exceptions to all rules
however, and Pike county, Alabama
stands as glittering exception to the
usual construction blunder. There the
county officials had planned to ex-
pend large sum In the building OF
gravel roads.
w. L. Spoon, United States superin-
tendent of road construction. being Sent
to make an inspection of the county'k
road possibilities, learned that zoe
miles of important routes needed i'm
provement. He figured that the cost OF
gravel roads would be $4,000 a mile
plainly sum greater than the county
could be bo1fded for. Conditions, how
ever, were ideal for sand clay con.
struction. and he strongly urged its
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
AN EASILY MADE ICE BOX
a Cleverly Devised Refrigerator Which Keeps Milk,
y Water, Fruit and Butter Cool Without Ice.

To make one of these coolers skel-
eton frame made of 2x2 inch posts.
Joined by 1x3 inch strips, is set up.
In this shelves are put at convenient
distances apart and the four sides are
covered with burlap. I used barley
sacks for this purpose
The cooler l made was three feet
square. Ordinarily water-tight box
eight or ten inches deep the size of the
top is made and set on the top of the
frame. Around the box near the bot
tom a row of gimlet holes is bored and
these are fitted with plugs.
The box is filed with water and the
plugs in the holes are loosened until
the water seeps out just enough to run
down through the burlap on the sides
and keep it wet all the time. The bur-
lap on the front side is fastened to
only one post, the top and the other
side being kept in place by rings along
| the edge which are slipped over nails
partly driven in.
| This constitutes the door through
which access is gained to the inside OF
| the cooler. Once in while saw one
with skeleton door over which the
burlap was stretched as screen wire
would be over screen door, but this
was considered rather elaborate for
most people.
For a time I hesitated because
could not contrive how to make a wa
| ter-tight box with the tools at my
command. At last happened to think
of a superannuated galvanized iron
washtub and I used this with perfect
success, punching the holes in it with
wire nail.
Tnis sort of cooler could be used
anywhere during the hot weather anc
| is real boon to those who live where
ice is not procurable.
| Any carpenter can build a nice one III
few hours. The principle on which II
works is a well-known one in physics
that evaporation extracts the hea
| from the air.
The water, seeping down through
the loose burlap sides Of this cooler
evaporates as rapidly as it drips from
the box and thus cools the interior
many degrees below the outside tenn.
perature
Such a cooler requires that the water
! box be filled once or twice day, rarel,
more than once and the benefits de
rived from it much more than com
pensate for the labor involved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
BY MILLER puRv1s.

While was in California last sum
her ] saw almost everywhere coolers
pr refrigerators which were used to
keep milk sweet butter firm, and to
POOL water; all this being done without
lhe use of ice. made one of these
koolers myself, and most of those saw
were made by local carpenters, al
though they are kept on sale in some OF
The towns.
I am not an expert with tools, and in
fhe remote place where happened to
be tools were scarce, but with only a
bquare, saw and Ratchet I made the
eooler, and it worked just as well as
bny other one ever saw.
We kept butter perfectly firm in it
and fresh meat cool and sweet. AL
ports of stewed fruit was kept in il
much longer than it would have kept
outside, as the temperature was above
100 degrees for weeks at time anc
went as high as ITO more than once.