The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-24

Ter who knows; ana the way 10 cledI
a field of the vine is: Fence your field
for hogs and let them go in and root
Them out. The roots of the plants
.lare sweet and the swine like them.
Another way to get rid of them is to
turn a flock of sheep in field which
has been thick with the vine and they
Twill keep the tops down and in time
1.-THE roots will die out. OF course this
lis meant after the corn has been
,lpicked. 1t may take two or three
lyears before the field is cleaned OF
the vines"
4 E. r. called at the w. H. Thatcher
home and found Mrs. Thatcher in the
'lstrawberry patch. She babe him help
himself, which he most willingly did.
They have about half acre OF the
Ifruit this year and next year they Will
nave an acre. They pick the fruit off
1.-THE vines for two seasons and then
lplow them up and put in new vines.
Better berries and better prices can
be received by doing this way. They
lplant out new bed every year so
they always have plenty. Mrs. I.
says fruit growers can raise straw
berries at $3.50 a crate and make
money at it. ..a
| e. C. Morris has just opened a coal
/ mine on his place east OF Oskaloosa'
He will sell the coal on the local mar
Iket.
| Geo. Herring has one of the best
vineyards in the county. He mas
Iabout an acre of vines set out and ne
hut out three hundred new vines this
lyear to replace the dead ones. he
made about 500 off the fruit last
year. He is planning on making a
regular fruit farm of his place and
this year he planted over thirteen
hundred blackberry plants.
| The sun has caused the ground to
dry enough so that the earth turns
nicely in the corn fields. Only few
| of the fields show signs of being back
ed. Have you noticed how the crops
AVE taken on new color and how
they are springing up? With few
more days like Monday the corn will
be too large to pillow.
Say, is that squeaky windmill
yours? Why not oil it little and it
will pump twice as much water for
you, and do it in much less time than
lit did before. The mill will last long
er too. Better fix it before you for
lget it. -.1...- j. .. .-
| An unusual sight can be witnessed
lin a certain part of the rural district
| east of Oskaloosa. There is fam
lily of foreigners out there and they
nave two girls that go out in the
lhelds and plow. They were out plow-
ling in the corn fields Monday and
lseem to enjoy the labor. One rides
1.-The horse while the other guides the
Iplow: That is something unusual in
this part of the country. In another
Ifield the writer witnessed a woman
going through the corn field pulling
out the morning glory vines. Won
lder if these women really get used
to that kind of work? 1t is said that
,ne of these girls would rather WORN
lin the field than in the house. A far
liner who has been up in the Dakotas
says it is a common thing to see the
whole family out in the harvest field
helping father put up hay. a
o
1t looks as though every farm east
Iof Oskaloosa has either been or is
Inow being used as coal mine. AL
most every piece of land has slope
lon it for removing the rock from the
lground. Over ten holes were counted
lin driving less than half mile. /
Thought all of the coal out that way
was removed years ago, but maybe a
NEW vein has been struck or some
local was left that was not worth re-
moving at that time, but at the pres
lent prices it can be taken out and a
Iprofit made by so doing. We are be.
looming more economical.
John Carlson, formerly with Frank
lel's Dry Goods store, is now tilling the
1.-THE soil on the Jas. Rodgers farm
least of O2kaloosa. His wife states
that they like to farm for change.
Geo. Mitrisin and son, Jack, have
an advantage over some of the farm
ers of this county. They are carry
ling on two industries on the same
lpiece OF ground. In the winter time
when the weather will not allow them
Ito farm they work underground re-
moving coal from their place; in the
summer they work on top tilling the
lsoil They are very industrious. ;.
| B.
Geo. Ringcamp is having quite a
Isiege of sickness. He has been con
fined in the house for four months on
account of heart trouble.