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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

The eradication Of the cattle tick
from the southern states Is a problem
OF prime Importance to the agricul-
tural interests OF that section. More
over. the good that would result from
the elimination Of tho tick would not
be entirely confined to the region d.
rActly concerned, and thus the matter
assumes to 4 certain degree national
The south needs more and better
live stock and larger dairy industry.
ana these objects would be greatly
D. omoted by the destruction OF the
Tick The increased production Of live
stock by reason Of It's important boar
Ing in maintaining and improving the
fertility Of the Doil would be of dis
tinct benefit in increasing the yield OF
flsld crops. An incidental though Inn
portAnt advantage OF stock raising and
dAirying would be found In the dis
tribution Of the farmers income
throughout the year. enabling him to
live on cash baais. It can thus be
seen that the dement's which would
Accrue TO southern agriculture from
the determination Of the cattle tick
would be very great and far-reachins.
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There are several species OF cattle
ticks. but tho chief ono 10 commonly
called the cattle" or Texas, fever
tick. It ts the, one most frequently
found on cattle and Is much more
abundant than the other species.
when the losses occasioned by this
parasite are once thoroughly Under
stood by farmers and stockmen there
Will be little need for arguments IN
favor Of tick eradication. Some OF the
losses ARE not directly noticeable and
consequently make little impression,
while other losses properly charge
able to the tick are frequently attriL
uted to other causes.
Various writer's have estimated the
annual loss due to the tick at from
100000 to S1o0.00o,o00. Those
figures should be ample argume nt,
even to the most conservative. for the
eradication OF the pest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.

Some folks say that the plow horssa
ought to be curried every day In the
winter and their hair kept short, bu,
nature does not ray, %.
II you are willing 70 pay your boy
the SO & month you would have u
pay a. workman to All HIS place. you
Will not hear % much about the
drudtery OF life on the farm.
The tree agents Afs abroad In the
land now. All right IL you know ths
houses they represent. But b care
full to get guarantee that win hold.
II the wind blows the mulch Oh
the strawberry bed replace II in I
hurry.
Some college men ray horses kept
in . stall In the winter do a. well a
those that have plenty OF exercise.
Ours never did.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

enough 90 that the sunlight can get
into ths center 81 the tSsS, thus add
,ins much 70 the color OF the fruit
BY cutting each seasons growth back
TO within fsw buds Of the last ses-
sons growth the tres - made to grow
much stockisr than ). othsfwise would.
The pruning after the third. year
Il very similar to that given IN TIL.
third ysar. Three or four twigs ar
selected on each growth. the 6the- Z
cut out. ana the remaining twigs cut
rack. All crols limbs Or limbs that
are too close together. or that rub
torether should 10 cut out
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

probably better fitted by nature and
Improvement to produce wool and
mutton:
Of throughout the west. The ewes
weigh from 125 to $50 pounds, are
very early maturing, producing very
excellent carcasses, and shearing from
Z to 10 pounds per head.
The Hampshires are a large sheep.
not quite 40 early maturing, but pro-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

from 1870 to 1870 pounds and are very
prolific. They shear 9 fleece OF me-
dunn weight. and yield good car
cass. They are particularly Valuable
because OF their extreme prolificacy.
producing frequently three times in
two years.
The Rambouillettes and Delaine
Merinos are fine wool sheep, and pro-
duce heeces which will yield from 10
to Is pounds per head They also
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
WHICH BREED TO BUY

ducing very large lambs at an early
age. They shear approximately the
same as Shropshires.
The Oxford are very similar to the
Hampshires in size and character.
The Southdown is particularly 4
mutton breed. producing neeco
somewhat lighter than the breeds
mentioned above. but nevertheless
producing a good fleece and most
excellent carcass OF mutton.
The Dorsets, when mature. weigh
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
HELPS FOR THE HOG RAISER.

A hog II hog and badly balanced
rations and foods that are indigestibls
are responsible for much loss.
Many young pigs are severely In
jured BY using them for the purpose
Of Wasting food
The elem ert Of waste ID one Of the
most important factors In determining
proilts In hog feeding
It II an easy matter to get bunch
|,of young pigs on the main line, on to
the sid etrAck ana difficult matter to
ret thsm back again.
The possibilities Of expanding the
production Of pork are 20 great that
We will never see scarcity OF this
product
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

casses before the lambs reach the ne
Of ono year. These three breeds are
comparatively large.
But breed Is not everything In the
selection of breeding-rams and ewes
After one has made up his mind ~ to
the breed he wants then he must know
how to select tho best individual Of
that breed.
There are some mighty poor spsci-
mons OF the best breeds. and tho trick
Is to know enough to let these alone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

produce good carcassss Of mutton:
however. more smphasis has bssE
placed upon the fleece In the cass OF
these two breeds than in the breeds
mentioned above.
The greatest difference between the
Rambouillette and the Dslains Meri-
no IL in the greater sise OF the former.
The cotswold. Lincoln and Lester
are known ~ the long-woolsd breeds.
producing fieeces Weighing from tc
IL pounds, ana producing good car
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
ANcoNA Pot1r'RY.

inquiry u to the origin Of AnconA
chickens. which are becoming popular
IN the United States for esS produc-
ton. has developed the fact that they
A., Of italian origin; they are from
Ancona, italy They are considered
the best chickens. both - to eggs
and meat. In Italy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
PRUNING AND TREE SURGERY

Systematic pruning aAL tres :.ir-
gerry are very closely related. Tree
surgery includes the Intelligent pro-
lection OF ali mechs zeal injuries and
cavNbs Pruning requires previous
Intimate knowledge OF the habits ct
growth Of trees: surgery. on the other
hand. requires. In addition. . knowl-
sdgs Of the best methods FOR making
cavities alright and preventing de-
cay. The ~ArinG for cavities In tross
must be. ufged 80 t:-s only means OF
preserving Affected specimens, and
the pref ,rvAtion Of many noble spsci-
mems has been ct lsast temporarily
assured through the sffoFts Of those
practicing this kind Of work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

Most men who now raise sheep and
those who are about to make start
want q breed that will produce both
rood mutton and good wool--a rather
difficult combination.
There are some breeds. however,
that produce both, but like the dual
COW they Ire not in favor with the
men who believe that one must breed
for milk and butter. or for beef, and
not for all.
! The following. breeds OF sheep are
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
Planting Board. A. convenience
setting orchard trees accurately.

of the board. The hole at one end is
large enough to permit Of lifting that
end Of the board without withdrawing
the stake This being done. and the
board swung around out Of, the way
the opening for the roofs II dug. Now
the board is swung back In its first
position. BY inserting tho stem Of the
tree in the notch IL occupies the posi-
ton marked originally by the per. N
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
PLANTING ORCHARD TREES COR
RECTLY.

"A good method is to establish base
lines at right angles on say the south
and east sides Of the ground and
measure accurately the distances and
dfive peg exactly whore each tree
is to stand. A planting board Is riec-
essary Prior to removing the per
where tree is to stand place the
board on the ground, letting the cen-
trail notch inclosei tho peg. Stakes
for the purpose are pushed IN the
ground through the holes at each end
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
DAIRY HINTS.
Tickle the cows palate ana increas.

Tickle the cows palate and increase
production.
study the whole problem from I
business standpoint. f
Test, weigh. weed out. The margin
OF profit allows no guess work.
Study t6 control functions ana CO.
operate with the COW for better results.
Brains in the milk pail insures quail.
ity, quantity and cleanliness.
More sunshine FOR the big producers,
more fresh air for the whole herd.
No man can succeed by being 1imp.
" . machine capable OF performing 90
much labor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

what II sAid 10 bS the largest grape
vine in tins would Aourishes 1t San
Gabriel. Cal. 1t was planted by tho
San Franciscian friars and Is 10
years old. The stalk Is liz feet IN
diameter and feet high ana tho
branches and foliage cover 5000
square feet. Last year II produced
IN tons Of grapes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

The. Department Of Agriculture 10
experimenting with corn shipped from
China. Plants raised last year aver
aged less than 16 inches in height
with an average OF II green leaves
1t tts time Of tasseling. The ears
averaged 81 inches in length and
41-3 In greatest circumference with
10 and Is rows Of small grains.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

operation Of milking the cows. and for
several days never failed to watch his
master closely during the milking
time, morning and evening. When
one Of the cows began to fail in her
usual supply Of milk, investigation dis
closed the fact that the puppy was
supplying HIS own rations three or
four times day by milking the COW
himself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
LIKED FRESH MILK.

A farmer Of Underwood, Wash.
had bull puppy shipped out from
Boston. The puppy's principal diet
had been milk eervsd from the bottle
During his first day on the farm the
puppy was intensely interested in the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

comfortable swinging stanchi0n.
Of many Of the patented stalls. and In
many ways more satisfactory. Some
Of our most prominent dairymer are
using stalls which were made from In
structions in stall construction sent
out BY various state experiment sta
tons, In preference to many OF the
patented stalls.
In the dairy business success or fall
ure to = large extent depends upon the
kind Of man In charge OF the busi-
ness. II man has no natural in
clination toward the cow. It he 10 UNI
willing to, give her the best that can
be HAD in the way Of cleanliness, feed
and care. his chances for profit from
her products are quite remote.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17
a HANDY FIRE ESCAPE.

It 10 not feasible 10 have = ladder at
every window. and In oaso Of IRE peo-
PIE In tho second story are often In
DANGER Of their :ivss. For safety. tie
large knots In strong rope. coll It
neatly on the Aoor Of some place
whore It can be Sound Immediately in
the dark Make loop Ut one end so
Il may b loopsd around Z bed post
or 1 stout hook placed In the window
frame. IN cAss of IRE throw out the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

1t 10 known that heavy pruning of
the tops OF fruit trees In winter or dur
ing the dormant period has q tomb
ency to produce wood growth. or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

Only few years ago the average
dairyman gave the sanitary stall lit
tie consid GRAFTON and used any method
Of housing his cows which best suited
his individual IDEAS. He troubled lit
tie about, tho condition Of the COW at
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

II your cows lie on cement nool
without q board covering or deep bed
ding look out for udder trouble.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

To- the manure pile growing into 9
mountain? Get 1t on the fields.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-17

Feed all the small potatoes to the
sheep and pigs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
Too Thick With Jspan.

London March l5.-Un, quivocal!v
asserting that amy "maneuvers
on the 4 exicAn border are designed
rs demons'rAuon against japan,
the Standard prints an article from
its American correspondent. which
has cspse,i a sensation. In part it
Gays: Intimacy with Japan. which
has increased to such an sx ent as to
threaten America with the possibility
Of disastrous flank attack in event
Of war for the mastery Of the Pa.
cific, is the real reason for massing
troops in Texas and concentrating
warships there. The demonstrate
ION is a warning to Mexico and no
tificalion to Japan that the United
States will not tolerate the establish
ment of a Mexican government pro
Japanese in sentiment. ,...
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
Negroes Shot And Lynched

Somerset, KY, March IA
Charles Swartz, at St. Souls detec
tive guarding non.union firemen on
No. 3 passenger train of the Cincin-
natl, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Railroad. was brought here to-day,
suffering from a bad gunshot wound
received near Glenmary. Tenn, thirty
miles south OF here, in riot early
this morning.
Swartz attempted to hold back a
crowd which attacked the locomotive
and tried to reach a negro fireman
An exchange of shots followed and
the detective was shot in the mouth
Il is reported that the fireman was
killed and the several other negro
iremep we're lynched near the Tenn
essee line. This however, could no.
B., verified.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
ODD OPERATIONS ON ANIMALS
Frenehman invented Eyeglasses for
Fowls and English Dentist Gave
Dog Set Of False Teeth.

A French inventor has taken out
a patent for providing fowls with
eyeglasses. We have heard before of
cows which wore spectacles, and it
was an American who hit on the de-
vice Of tinting them green. About
twelve years ago a dentist in the
West end Of London provided dog
with set Of false teeth. The opera
ton took ten days of difficult work
The animal was first Of all chloro-
formed, then models of its mouth
were taken, metal dies were cast and
plates made to fit each jaw. In. the
end the fortunate animal was able to
crunch bones to powder as easily as
any of his fellow-canines. One OF
the animals pups was afterward sold
to the princess of Wales, now the
queen-mother. Doctor Csvineh, h
veterinary surgeon of Atlanta, once
performed the unusual surgical OPP
Grafton of trepanning lions skull,
which had been fractured in a ter
rife fight with another of its species.
The king Of the forest was rendered
insensible by ether and then bound
feet and head. An incision was made
in the skull and the crushed bone
was raised. The animal felt some
pain and dashed its tail, but in the
end the operation was entirely sue
cessful.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
LUBEc THE sARDINE QUEEN
interesting Town That 10 the Most
Easteriy on Mainland Of tho
United Ststes-

Although Eastport, the king
Ssrdine City of the World" claims
the most easterly point of Uncle
Sans great farm, PASSPORT is built
on Moose island. Dubec claims the
most easteriy mainland in the United
States. Lubec herself has a ssrdins
output of no stingy size, and her
agricultural enterprise is second to
few towns of her acres. II she had q
railroad, says she, PASSPORT would
have to look to her crown. AZ it il.
tho ferry. between her wharf and
Eastport is her chief means Of trans
portation, next TO the steamers which
touch her planks before leaving for
! Portland and Boston. Lubec has q
history as we'll as future, for her
abandoned lead mines tell tale Cd
failure, and here Jernegan foisted
his "gold from sea water" fake upon
hundreds of investors in his watered
stocks. Lubec's future wealth, how
ever, still lies in her earth and her
waters round about-if not in min
erals such as Lead and gold, then IN
golden butter and little silvery fish.
Lewiston journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
DESERVED THE PRIZE.

A farmer calling at the village
school was asked by the master if he
would like to question the scholars.
So he said TO the class: "If either of
you can tell me the weight of the
moon, the depth of the sea and what
| am thinking about l will give a
prize of sixpence." There were twin
brothers in this class named Sam
and Joe. Now Joe put up his hand
and the farmer said, "Well, Sam,
what is your answer" Joe replied /;
"The weight of the moon is four
quarters, the depth Of the sea is a
stones throw" and then he paused.
The farmer responded, "Well, Sam,
what am l thinking about?" "Why,
you are thinking you are talking to
Sam, when it is his brother Joe p
Ideas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
pARsoN SAUNDERS WISDOM
Having Made Mistake In scripturaI
Reading He Said "Hcre Erdcth
the Wrong Lesson"

Champ Clark, the noted Demo-
cratic leader, was condemning, in a
speech in Bowling Green, a political
measure.
ats wrong measure" he said,
''and our friends would do well to
admit It's a wrong measure. To adj
NIT an error wins people over-to
admit an error is almost as good as
10 retrieve it.
"rakc the case Of Parson Saun-
ders.
"Parson Saunders, little per-
turbed one Sunday morning over the
high cost Of living OF some such
worldly matter, made a mistake in
the reading of the Scriptural lessons.
He read the second lesson where he
should have read the first.
CAS- he .neared the end of his read
ing the parson saw that he was in
error. he saw that his congrega-
ton knew he was in error. How,
then, concludep
'HTo conclude in the orthodox way
Here endeth the second lesson
would hardly do, as it was not the
second lesson, but the first; nor
could it, on the other hand, BE called
the first lesson, since it properly was
the second.
"Parson Saunders, after a mo-
ment's thought, wisely and frankly
concluded:
"'Here endeth the wrong lesson.'"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
Unc e Sam Sends Official Re-
quest To Mexico.
MAY BE COMPLICATION
Demands Freedom For Men
Held At Juarez---Arrest
Made on Border.

Washington, March i5.--An inves
tigation having convinced the Ameri-
can Government that Edwin Blatt.
Of Pittsburg. and Lawrence Converse
Of Los Angeles. held as prisoners at
Juarez. Mexico. had been captured
on American soil. the State Depart
ment to day asked the Mexican Gov
eminent to release them. The re-
quest was delivered to the Mexican
Embassy at Washington The case
has been under INVESTIGATION for
several weeks by both the Depart
ments of State and Justice.
Blatt and Converse were arrested
February % and confined in the
Federal prison at Juarez on charges
in connection with the revolution
against President Diaz.
Ambassador de Barra was asked
what procedure would be adopted
by the Mexican Government. he
said he would receive the State De-
partment's note at the Embassy to
morrow and would transmit it to mis-
Government. but beyond the state
ment that it would be the subject Of
further negotiations he declined to
comment on the future course Of
Mexico in this case.
The War Department yesterday
authorized the sending of six add.
tional troops of cavalry to join the
forces patroling the Mexican border,
ia an attempt to check the smuggling
operations Of the Insurgents. The
troops modified at San Antonio and
Galveston. Tex, expect orders to be-
gin maneuvers at once.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
GOAL OF The AGES NEARER
Rapid Progress That the World "a Me-
king Toward Time When Pe.os
and Happiness VIII Reign.

Already, as Edison tells US, we can
read word through SO inches Of
solid wood. OF the unguessed cur
rents and forces which play through
a little room we arc only at the be-
ginning Of knowledge. Within the
present generation medicine sudden
" leaps into a new realm, annexes
the kingdom Of mind and assaults
disease from a fresh vantage ground.
Religion adds to her old-time empha-
sis Of individual righteousness a
new vision Of social justice, calling
on the fresh springs Of science, with
out forgetting the old wells OF sym
patty, to irrigate and fertilizs pow
erty and ignorance. The law itself,
too often felt by the enemy Of the
downtrodden and the tool Of tbs
sstuts, is turning its ability toward
shackling hostile manifestations of
massed wealth. Increasingly, indus
try seeks the efficiency, health and
good will Of its workers. Quietly, in
million homes, life is we'll lived,
honorably ended. Education both
widehs its own domain and spreads
itself among the unlearned. The de-
sire for peace at home and abroad
gains ON mems unruly impulses.
Sectionalism and factions die out.
Civil wars are forgotten. The goal
of the ages is nearer than it was a
thousand years ago; nearer than q
hundred years ago.-Colliers
Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
EQUALLY AsToNisHED.

A story is told in Edison, Hi
Life and Inventions" the new bi.
ography of the inventor, which illus
trates the different point Of view that
comes from a close intimacy with
greatness. His little daughter, when
visiting a friend in the nursery,
brought with her q doll fitted out by
her fathers magic with a phono.
graphic attachment, which excited
the wonder Of her less fortunate
play-fellow, who exclaimed in amaze
ment: why. your doll can talk I"
The equally astOnished reply of the
inventors child was "Why, don'l
all dolls talk ?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-16
BURNS BRIDGES
Soldier Releases Is Country.
men and Puts Railway
Out of Business.

FL Paso. Texas. March 15.-Capt.
Oscar G.. Creighton. an American,
and Harvard graduate. with a band
of insurrectos. many of whom are
Americans.is encan ped fifteen mil, s
south of Juarez.
No fear is felt that the insurrec-
tos are planning an attack on the
city. where business continues as
usual. but the proximity Of the rev.
olutiOnists is looked upon as an eff
fort to induce Gen. Navarro's 1000
men to take the field. Creighton's
men came within ten miles of Juarez
and the shock of an explosion when
he blew up a railroad bridge was
felt in the city.
Creighton reached the vicinity of
Juarez after march from the south
of about 100 miles along the Mexi.
can National railroad and after leav-
ing in his wake a trail of burning
bridges. His arrival near the bor-
der line was spectacular. for after
releasing twenty five other Ameri-
cans who had gone into Mexico to
investigate mine and who had
sought his protection. he waited un-
ill dark and then announced his
presence by q terrific explosion,
which resulted in the devastation of
a bridge at Mesa. a few miles south
Of the city.
The destruction of the bridge has
tied up the road. which for a time
has been open as far as Candelaria.
1t also put an end 20 the hope of
sending relief by train to the city
Of Chihuahua.
Citizens Of the United States are
rapidly being put forward as leaders
Of small bands of insurrectos, &C
cording to reports from the interior
received by the junta here. Where
they are experienced enough to take
commands they are grouped in COM
mand under their own countrymen.
Scores of Americans are applying
for enlistment at the insurrecto
junta. despite the threat Of the Diaz
Government to punish with death
any one participating even in a
slight degree with the revolution.