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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20

the nine hens (by resetting) 1S6 chicks.
The first few days | fed cornbread and
other stale bread, with plenty of fresh
water and young alfalfa to run on;
then later two more set with two of
the first settlers, making sixty eggs,
and l have raised from them forty
eight nice, healthy chickens, with not
an insect of any kind to bother them.
"a tablespoonful of quinine to a pint
of lard, used sparingly, is a splendid
preventive.
The above figures will show that
raised 243 chicks from my twelve hens.
Besides, | never missed getting eggs
but one day. Have had from one to
I three all summer, and now, although
| they have been melting, l get from four
to seven eggs day.
Il feed wheat, plenty of it, three
times day, with occasionally a feed
of oatmeal and corn for a change. and
all the Watercress and lucern they can
eat.
Il have never had a sick chicken
and have sold all my young roosters
at so cents apiece, and we use on an
average four a week on our own table
when l tell you l have only 81 left
out Of the 234 you will see 1 have not
lacked buyers"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
LITTLE NUBBINS OF FARM NEWS

The prairie fires in Minnesota last
fall, among other things, cooked the
potatoes in the ground. The farmers
had not harvested the crop and after
the fire passed they found >the tubers
actually cooked under ground.
Johnson grass has become a serious
obstacle to successful farming in many
portions of southwestern Oklahoma
and the farmers in several counties
have organized an association to pre-
vent the spread of the pest and to
secure enforcement of the law which
makes it a misdemeanor for any per-
son to allow Johnson grass to mature
ON his property and forbids his selling
hay containing it without notice of the
fact to the purchaser.
Los Angeles county, California, con-
templates improving every road, lane,
highway and byway within it's limits.
Three and one-half million dollars in
bonds is to be spent in grading the
roads and then oilng them.
Three hundred square miles of the,
favorite hunting grounds of water fowl
in this country is to be converted by
the National Association of Audubon
Societies into protected home for
birds. One large tract is in California
ana another In oregon.
John Myhra of Wahpeton, N. D., had
a 100-acre field of macaroni wheat
which yielded 29la bushels per acre
last fall Frank Pechlats of the same
place had forty-acre field which
yielded 80 bushels per acre of blue
stem.
In Alpowa, Wash, is an apple tree
still bearing fruit which was planted
in Nv MI.
is the oldest and largest in the state,
being as large as a tub at the base.
Twenty seven crisp, new 81 bills
weigh the same as a $40 gold piece.
1t takes but twenty-six old ones to
balance the gold piece. Probably that
is because the used bills gather an
accumulation of dirt in passing from
hand to hand.
herd of thoroughbred Holstein-
F'riesian cattle is being collected at the
Wisconsin School for the Deaf The
herd will be used for the study of agri-
culture as we'll as for supplying good,
fresh milk for the 26O students.
A man in California claims to have
some corn which has been buried about
1000 years in the mountains. He says
these kernels We're put in an urn and
deposited in the mountains by the AZ
tees. Well, maybe!
Last fail at Vermilion Grove, ILL.,,
bumblebees interfered with the har-
vesting of the second crop of clover.
In one small patch about 100 nests
were found and frequently the bees
drove the harvest hands from their
work.
Minnesota has 100000 cows, 296 900
horses and 100000 sheep on the assess
ment rolls.
In Louisiana there are $4,000, 900
acres of land, of which only 100000
acres are cultivated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
A W0MAN's POULTRY EXPERIENCE

The splendid achievements OF Car
held (Utah) woman with twelve hens
and one rooster cannot fail to be of
interest to those who think that only
poultry raising on large scale pays.
We give her experience in her own Ian
guage:
Il bought my hens on March 10, 1908,
and they We're brought about thirty
miles; in three weeks time l had six
hens sitting on fifteen eggs apiece.
From the first two set l got twenty
nine chickens and raised them all.
got from the six eighty one chicks and
raised all but two.
Il set one Of the first two hens over,
with two others, making three more
on forty-five eggs. Those three hens
Matched thirty-seVen chicks
Il put them all with one hen and set
the last two over aagin, with one more,
again making setting of forty five
eggs.
In the meantime the other four had
Matched tifty-two chicks. which were
all put with two hens
Two of them 1 set over again,
bringing tWenty-seven chicks. These
were all put with one hen. l broke the
other UP to lay.
IN the meantime the three previ-
,ously set on forty-five eggs brought
forty-one chicks, making in all with
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
sTRIPPlNGs FROM THE DAIRY

The best evidence that cow has the
right kind of food and sufficient food
is a sleek, soft skin.
Utilize all foods to help carry the
cows in winter quarters in the best of
health and thrift.
Pumpkins fed with the grain will re-
suit in an increase in yield of milk over
grain fed alone.
Sweet apples are also most valuable;
not one should go to waste.
Sour apples may be fed, but very
carefully, as they sometimes make the
mouth sore.
On cold nights be sure that the cows
are in their stalls and have a good
supply of fodder; all they will eat up
clean
Exposure to colds, storms; short
frost-bitten pastures will reduce them
SO much that the whole winter will be
a loss.
Keep the stable more comfortable;
see that the windows are we'll fitted and
the broken glass renewed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
MONEY IN CATALPA TREES
Careful Study Of the Subject
Essential-A Kansas Grow
er's Big Profit.

Greater skill and attention to details
are required to grow catalpa profitablS
than perhaps any other tree.
In the first place, the seed of young
trees must all be of the particular spe-
cies known as hardy catalpa. The 9TH
ers, for production of wood are not
worth the planting.
The soil must be rich and rather
moist and must not contain too much
alkali.
Whenever the young trees are max
ing low branching growth so that
they will be unsuited for osts or poles
they should be "cut back"-that is, cut
off close to the ground-when two or
three years old, just as if they were
large enough for market.
Several sprouts Immediately spring
up from each stump and grow vigor-
ously, and the competition for sunlight
stimulates height growth and encour-
ages natural pruning.
This enables the tree to form a
straighter stem with fewer branches.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
MEETINGS BENEFIT FARMERS
People Gather at State lnsti.
tutes Seeking Advice and
information.
BY PROFESSOR W. F. MASSEY.

Some of my friends in Pennsylvania
whose good opinion l value highly
have been roasting me TO some
extent because of criticisms
have published in regard to the prac-
tees that have grown up in the Penn
sylvania Farmers Institutes which l
consider a waste of time and effort
and a waste Of the states money.
1 refer to the common practice OF
having some lawyer or local politician
make an address of welcome ana
some one respond, thus taking up
the greater part of one session win
matter of not particle of value to an
institute.
Then, the practice of holding general
night sessions that are solely for the
purpose of counting in attendance on
the reports, for they are crowded by
the Village folks, who come simply TO
be amused and care nothing for the
practical work of farmers Institute.
And they are amused, very gener-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
A POULTRY HOUSE

1t is reported that 1908 was the most
wonderful corn year central Kansas
has seen for many a year. The stalks
averaged from twelve to fifteen feet
high in most of the fields. The ears
We're of great weight and for the first
time in years the ears protruded
through the husks and the grain was
we'll filled entirely to th~ md of the
cob.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20

brake on wagon knows how annoying
it is to have the mud, ice, or snow
collect upon the brake block. 1t is
not only annoying, but the wear on the
tires and the extra weight on the team
are quite an item.
BY the arrangement shown in the ac-
companying sketch this worry and
extra weight may be overcome. In its
simplicity lies its greatest value, if we
will only apply i'll. Wesley Griffin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20

A Kansas grocer bought five sacks
of potatoes from a commission firm.
They weighed $50 pounds. In the five
sacks there We're siXty-five pounds of
earth, showing that the potatoes had
not been cleaned before packing. The
grocer wanted the commission man
prosecuted, but the attorney general
has ruled that the commission man
cannot be arrested, but that the farmer
can be, as he was adulterating his po-
tatoeS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20

At the end of the season the sprout is
nearly as all as the 3-ycar-old tree
would have been.
When trees are cut back the planta-
ton must be sprouted, tier by re-
moving the undesirable sprouts while
green or by cutting them out the fol-
lowing winter with an ak. All but the
strongest one or two sprouts are re
moved.
After ten years under best conditions
the first crop has gained the size al
which it can be cut most profitably for
posts.
Each tree should then produce one
first-class post worth u or Ii cents
one second class post With cents
and two or three stays worth cents
each.
From the small and crooked limbs
considerable firewood is secured, which
in a large plantation is sawed into
stove lengths and piled convenient for
shipping at the same time that the
posts are sawed
After all material of value has been
removed mon go through the planta-
ton with long poles. which are pushed
ahead of them under the brush
When considerable amount has
been collected the pole is tilted up
right forming a neat pile of brush for
burning. The plantation is thus kept
free from distractions.
A. vigorous root system Las now de-
veloped and future crops are grown
from sprouts in eight years.
In catalpa hearthwood forms early.
This is in marked contrast with some
woods = black walnut, for instance,
which contains but little hearth wood
until after the tree is SO years old
On account of the tendency to ma
ture early catalpa is especially adapted
for wood crops of short rotation. 9th
er favorable qualities are it's speedy
growth, it's power of enduring fire.
quent cutting back and its light
weight. The wood is strong, straight
grained and durable
The Yaggy plantation, four miles
northwest of Hutchinson. Kan, COM
prises 500 acres. of catalpa and is one
of the most successful and profitable
in the country.
Mr.. Yaggy estimates the income from
his plantation for the first crop to be
as follows \the seedlings were home
| grown). Interest on the investment
not included in these figures, should
be considered:
INVESTMENT.
Cost of land, per acre first Year, .....S %. 00
| Cost of Seeding, per acre (frst year, sc
| Cost of transphnting, per acre first year, 32C
Cost of cutting back. per acre (third year, csc
! Superintendent, implements, fire guards.
| etc at 50 cents per acre, per year.. SOC
| Cutting and marking, per acre., 1000
Total. Observation-Disclosures. s 81. Il
| RETURNS.
| Value of posts, per acre. ............. S5l5 -
| Value of frewood, per acre. ........... l2W
| Total gross returns per acre. ..... .So2''2
Catalpa can be grown probably only
| with a beforehand knowledge of the
habits of the tree and care that the
| site and the market are favorable
| No farmer who has tended crop OF
corn or potatoes thoroughly has failed
to observe the benefits accruing from
| tho cultivation to subsequent crops.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
A SIMPLE, HANDY DEVICE

Attach coil spring, which should
be about one foot in length and OF
sufficient strength to pull brake block
free from the wheel as soon as the
level is released, to the brake block. At
tach the other end to the bottom Of the
wagon bed. This prevents rattle and
jar and holds the lever always In place.
Every one who has used a rublock or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20
A GOOD HILLSIDE BARN

These plans represent good hillside
barn SSX60 feet intended to be set
endwise into the hill. thus insuring
cool cellars in summer and making
them warmer in winter. The cellar is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20

No farmer who has tended a crop of
corn or potatoes thoroughly has failed
to observe the benefits accruing from
tho cultivation to subsequent crops.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-20

Total gross returns, per acre. So-''-
Catalpa can be grown profitably only
with beforehand knowledge of the
habits of the tree and care that the
site and the market are favorable.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-06
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Washington Gas was the leader on the
local stock exchange yesterday. the bid
for It beginning at 66 1-2 and gradually
going up to IS before any sales were re-
corded At that level sales became fire.
quent and when the record was read 800
shares had been sold from IS TO IS IL.
Several Of the brokers over night came
to the conclusion that the New York
court decision has not much bearing upon
the question affecting the local company,
and as far as il does have a bearing the
decision is favorable. II takes little ar
gument 10 place this Interpretation upon
the decision, as II Is difficult for the lay
man to see Just the difference between the
giving Of q franchise and the capitsNza-
ton OF a franchise already given, when
it lies within the puriieus Of the legislative
power granting the franchise 70 demand
it again.
But the brokers thought yesterday the
New York decision was no longer a bug
bear IN Washington and proceeded to
put Gas up again slightly. Efforts to
break the price were headed of and the
highest selling price stood at the close
as the bid price for the day.
Washington Railway common was also
very active yesterday, selling go shares
al 20. a high price for that security. The
preferred stock sold 125 shares at s.
Other trading consisted OF fractional
lots Of bank shares and Mergenthaler,
and a few traction bonds.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-06
CHARITIES ASK FOR BUILDING
ANIMAL Report Suggests Central
Point for Administration.
Calls Attention to InadeQuacy OF
Facilities for Care of INDECENT
and Helpless

The chief recommendation in the an
nuaI report Of the Board OF Charities.
submitted 10 the Commissioners y-ster-
cay, was 20 The effect that there should
be a building erected in which bene-O-
Iences might be centralized
The building would provide hospital
/ treatment and medical advice for the
I INDECENT, and would be a radiatng Ooiat
7 OF help for those IN want
such a central building" tie rsSO-t
declares. should furnish facilities for the
temporary care Of all kinds Of helpless
OF destitute persons. pending an javes1i-
CATION 70 determine the facts n each
particular case"
The present Municipal Lodging House IS
an old. out-worn structure thaS IS made
cuats 70 meet the demands made upon il,
says the board
In connection with the proposed build
ing. II is recommended that control o.
charity work be centralized
Some buildings are under the control
OF the District. others under the Depart
ment Of the Interior, and others under
the Department OF Justice and War.
3--aA---Ae= ADLLNE0 S4L4E u SAACs 0aAAA -
posedIy working In cooperation are IN
der different administrations, and con-
fusion and difficulties exist thereby the
report says
These additional recommendations are
made that psychopathic wards FOR the
treatment OF the acutely insane. and
Of persons suspected Of insanity, be
established; that additional provision be
made for the care Of the INDECENT sick,
and cOnvalsscents OF this class, that a
law be enacted for the care OF alcohol
and drug habitUeS. and that the old aims
house building be devoted 10 that PUr-
pose, that additinal hospital buildings
be erected on the site owned BY the Dis
rrict between Georgia avenue and Four
teenth street; that the w0rkhouse be en-
larged; that an addition be made 10 the
tuberculosis Hospital; that the EmeTg-
ency Hospital be placed under the I'M
mediate control OF the District govern
ment: that there be established a home
for feeble-minded children; that the
colOred mems department OF the Home
for the Aged and Infirm be enlarged;
that additional land Be purchased az Blue
Plains for institutional purposes; that an
appropriation II $50 be made for a watch
man at the Municipal Lodging House. so
that the institution may be kept open
al night during ths winter months
The Washington herald., 1909-01-06
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NsE YUk. Jan 5-BUTTER-ReCeipts. sos
packages. Firn- Crezms-y extra. 5z'zaS5; frS-s
2a5l; state Cairy- tubs, fles-, za37i go0d u
choice. rs
EGGS- Receipts. -0s3 csssS Easier. Near-by
white fancy. S9a8. mixed fancy. HAS; fresh
frts &l4s seconds, 2a294
SUGAR-Tle r1E EIVar market ruled stssiy
Late yesterday a sale q 500 bsEs of Porto Rico
centrifugal z-sa-, sao1t. vas confirmed AZ 379
basis 8 tsSt d-ty-uaid Tie -ariersl Quota
ton Is 361370 f0r 95 test centrifugal; 3I7a3-S
for g tes- lluSc7rado and 2e2zo5 for IS test
molzsses sugar Refined ssgar vas quiet and un
changed. The LCuio8 market for beet s1Sar was
Sd higher al around. With January quoted l0s
I'D. Fehrua-v. l0s cd. and May at I0s Ead
Stock II the United Kingdom is 700 tons
NAVAL STORES-The local market fcT sDiTitz
tr-rpeutius was abut = cent higher ard frTn.
with machine made barrels quoted az q At Savan-
nah the market ruled fm. with 3554 quoted.
Rosin vas steady ard unchanged
MIL FEED-LdcleSs, steady; no1inally IN
changed.
OATS-DuH and weak. No. ?. white. 55lsa5s: No.
g. white. 55a55iz, No (, white. 53a5pz: No 9
mixed, s51z; natural and clipper white, on tack
54s62
FLOUR-Firn: moderate ir1uiry. sTrfrz patents.
550z5 %: sprrE clear f.3oas53. winter straiEhts
L-01ls5. clears. E9lats5, Kansas. straights. II
Sl-kS 3Sla5.lo; kansas, clears, 4-s5a4.5o.
RYE FLOUR-Dealngs inactive. 4leai s.
CORN lIEAL-Weaksr. trading Q7iet. Kiln dried
fo- export ai5; coarse meal, N bagS. lSal3L
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-Steady, 25la250
HAY-Rcceipfs. 100 tons Steady: fair busi-
ness. Prime timothy, 9s9-ls; No !, s.: No 2
So. No 3. <
STKAW-Recsipts. % tons; strong. Long Rye.
L6
BEEF-Steady: moderate Jrzde. Family, I7.ooa
l751. racket. ll5aI5oo-
PORK-Sro1gT; quiet Ness R75aT7.Z5; fam
ily. s0
TALLOw-steady City. n hoSshsads, 81
LARD-Weakcr- PRIME Western. 9g5. citv. 10:
refined continent. 10; SC1th American. l0s5; re-
fined Brazilian. keEs. 12Z5; oleostearine. II: lard
stearle. stronger. \ evYo-k and Chicago. L.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-06
MARKET Is CONFUSED
Consolidated GaSExperiences
Another Sharp Decline.
IT AFFECTS ALL SECURITIES
Decision of the Supreme Court Re
eeived with a Mixed Sentiment
Many Investors Believe Gas Can
Be Made for Eighty Cents and
Pay q Reasonable Profit.

New York. Jan. 5-PriCes Of securities
were to-day unsettled and confused under
the influence Of the one dominating factor
iR the market. further violent decline
in the quotation for consolidated gas
shares The stock in question experienced
an extreme tan to-day Of Is points. max
ing a gross decline Of 80 points from It's
opening price yesterday morning and al
though Consolidated Gas stock is BY nc
means one Of the most active issues OF
the security list il is still on the other
hand. BY no means an inactive stock and
Il IS obvious that such q great drop in
It's price as was witnessed yesterday and
to-day must have constituted an adverse
general market force Of no inconsiderable
weight.
Perhaps the fail in the gas shares to-
day was accentuated by The publication
Of a statement attributed 10 the counsel
Of the Consolidated Gas Company that
the company would have no difficulty in
demonstrating 10 the Supreme Court OF
the United States by al actual test that
it VIII be impossible 10 manufacture gas
at a fair price AT a selling price al 50
cents q thousand for the commodity.
Naturally enough buying OF the stock IS
apt 10 be limited while such a process
of demonstration" is going on
It seems clear al any rate that long
drawn out Sas litigation over with tenn
porarily and that the local gas lighting
company must now proceed TO furnish
gas for an indefinite time at the figure
lately fixed. Until this experiment IS con
cluded there hardly can be expectation
that the present ( per cent dividend dis
tribution upon the Consolidated Gas stock
VIII be increased. and. therefore. today
the speculative reasoning was al least
logical that as q ( per cent dividend pay
ing stock Consolidated Gas IS still quoted
at q rather high figure.
A more specific reason for the fail in
the market to-day as a unit was u
course the certainty that such a grea.
shrinkase in the market valuation Of
Consolidated Gas stock must have
brought loss 20 a variety OF financial In
terests, so much, perhaps, as 10 compel
forced liquidation Of other stocks by the
interests referred 10. II seems 10 have
been the case that a fairly large amount
Of Consolidated Gas stock Uas held
miscellaneous in speculative ventures FOR
the rise in good many commission
houses Presumably a great portion o.
tGis stock was pressed upon the mar
ket to-day not 10 speak Of that more or
less voluntarily sold oUr By larger cap
italIsts.
As regards yesterdays Supreme Court
decision in the matter sentiment in Wall
street to-day was a good deal mixed.
There was more or less confusion as 20
the exact bearing OF the decision itself
while there were not q few investors and
specUlatO-s who took the ground that
the Consolidated Gas Company could in
fact whatever pretensiOns 10 the con
trary might be made, make gas at q
profit at the S9-cent rate, and that sooner
OF later these profits would be exhibited
IN the price OF the Consolidated Gas
shares.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-06

Pekin, Jan. 5.-The American, German.
and English diplomatic representatives
here to-day decided to make a protest
against the reactionary tendency OF the
new regime, which was responsible for
the sensational dismissal Of Yuan ShI-
Kai, unless Unforeseen developments
make such a step inadvisable-
Their protest win not attempt a defense
Of Yuan, but viii caution the new regime
against adopting a TOO rigorous anti
foreign policy.
II they should protest against the &C
tual dismissal OF Yuan, the diplomats are
afraid they win lay themselves open 10
a snUb on the ground Of interference in
China's internal affairs.
II they do not take any action Il Is
feared il will be construed as a direct
encouragement OF tie Boxer and Anti
Foreign faction.
The chief difhculty is the grave dlstrust
OF the japanese. who are suspected Of
double dealing.
The japanese profess to be displeased
with Yuan's removal. but the foreign
diplomats here believe ,.at they aided n
bringing about the former grand coun-
Cilor's downfall