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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
For the Farmers Wife
To Eradicate Stains.

Acid-Use ammonia or chloroform.
Blood-Soak when fresh in cold
water.
Chocolate-Soak in kerosene and
wash in cold water.
Coffee-Treat with boiling water
when fresh.
Frult--Soak fresh stains in milk ar
use oAalc aid.
Grass Rub the spot with molassea
and wash
Grease--Rub French chalk or fuller s
earth on the spots
Ink-Use salt and lemon juice.
Iron rust-Use lemon and salt or
hot solution of oxalic acid.
Mildew-Use lemon an salt or
Javelle water.
Mud-Soak in kerosene.
F'alnt--Use turpentine or benzine.
Perspirat ton - Nothing but boiling
will remove
Scorch-Wet and expose to sum
shine.
Tar-soak in warm milk and salt.
Tea-Use boiling water.
Wine-Put dry salt on fresh stains.
warm milk on old ones.
Mildew Is obstinate and difficult to
remove. If lemon and salt or Javelle
water do not remove 1t nothing will.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

well-bred, well-broken and well-kep
horses are now selling. s..
We will say that breeder is lucky
enough to have raised pair of four
year-olds, sound, good lockers, hearty,
with snap and style, weighing from
1900 to 400 pounds each, for the
pair $500 can easily be had in any Of
the big markets.
These are not fanciful figures but
are based upon actual experience Of
everyday farmers of breeding, raising
and selling colts.
Every farmer should, If possible,
keep one or more good brood mares;
not broken winded, worn out, city
hacks but sound, well-shaped, WE'LL
bred animals that possess Individual
merit and whose progeny will sell
readily when the dealer comes along.
Any breeder Of experience, knows
we'll that almost as much depends on
the brood-mare as on the stallion in
the raising Of any breed of good
horses.
Many colts take their conformation
from their mother, especially from
their shoulders back. For instance, If "a
mare has wide. ragged hips, her colts
are most liable to inherit this ten-
dency. Many colts also inherit their
dispositions from their dams
Brood-mares should be sound, Of
quiet disposition. strongly built, and
they should be we'll cared for.
1t is severe loss to the farmer who
pays $25 stud fee, loses two or three
months work of his mare, and then
| loses colt at birth, or afterward, and
all from neglect of some sort.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

mass but rather keep It In the gran
ular condition. The washing Of the
outer removes the buttermilk and
makes the butter keep for a longer
time. It also puts it in better condi-
ton for sailing.
The butter should be taken from
the churn in the granular condition
and the salt sprinkled over it before
it has been worked together. Usually
scant ounce of salt is added for each
pound of butter.
.One working, at the time of salt
ing, is usually sufficient. providing the
butter is hard enough when removed
from the churn. If the butter is
somewhat soft when taken out, it can
be sailed and set away for few hours
until it gets hard enough to finish.
Butter is usually worked enough
when the water has been removed so
that it will bend without breaking.
Too much working will spoil its grain
and make it salvy, while leaving too
much water in it will spoil it's keeping
qualities.
Pack or print the butter as soon
as 1t has been worked sufficiently and
put 1t in a cool place until it is taken
to the market. Remember that the
appearance of the package, as we'll
as the way the butter is packed, has
great deal to do with the selling
price.
In order to make uniform colored
butter for the entire year, some color
may be aused. Very little will be re-
quired during the spring and summer
months, when the cows are getting
green feed. Colored butter is not
only more appetizing, but can be sold
on the market for very much better
price than that which is not colored.
The color should be added to the
cream in the churn before starting to
churn.,9
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

OF years until their places can be
Allied with younger ones which have
proven to be good breeders.
Formerly, heavy pork from hogs, IL
to "a months old land the fatter the
better) was demanded. Men who
worked hard in the open air, said
there was wasting quality about rig
pork-that it shrunk in the pot and
did not stick to the ribs"
Fortunately. this call for heavy pork
is decreasing. In the farmers family,
and with people generally en- o'e-cd
in indoor occupations In the towis
and cities. pork from younger 3
is preferred,
This pork is not only the best being
the tenderest and sweetest, brit it il
the quickest produced, at lower =. q
and at better profit to the produ ,ei
Young animals grow faster ard
with less food than when taey !.
come older, and pork from hog esq
than year old does not cost SO much
to produce as the pork from old hogs
To make the most money f ON
hogs, none, except those kept fsf
breeding purposes, should ever Ls
wintered over
A little alfalfa makes the corn stick
to the pigs ribs.
The well-fed litter of pigs must
have an opportunity to exercise, Sr
else thumps are liable to claim the
plumpest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

These youngsters are increasing IL
value and as they are yearlings nov
will help to make their living mex
season as two year olds. The brood
mares have also done much farm anG
road work.
Probably make a mistake in cred
iting each mare with colt every year;
so 1t is safer to say that counting for
accidents a mare should average two
colts every three years.
It would be rather a hard matter
to say just what product she will give
her owner each year Of her working
and breeding life. So much depends
on her quality and especially upon her
capacity as sure breeder and like
wise as a good mother.
Mares, like cows, differ greatly in
their flow Of milk and many times a
medium-sized animal with heavy milk
flow capacity will raise bigger and
better colt than much larger ami
NAL whose milk flow is insufficient.
The practical horse breeder and the
farmer Of experience is well aware of
these facts and one will often be sur
prised to see farmers keep breeding
mares that to the uninitiated appear
to be indifferent specimens.
Say that farmer has bought a
mare in January for $3.50. She is five
years old and he breeds her in March.
The stud fee is $685. but the money is
not due unless the mare proves to be
in foal.
The colt has cost $25 at birth and
at weaving time, four months later,
he should be worth IL good indi-
vidual and good grade, say $40.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
A Few Pointers
For the Dairynan

A poor mixer never gets the bes
results from COW. A nervous AMI
NAL resents the bungling touch OF {
rough or inexperienced hand.
Why not encourage the little Pc
culiarities of the well-bred dairy COW
She Is simply big milk machine ant
If her whims will produce more mill
ct her have them.
If we were going to select bull we
would select the one with the worst
emper, all other things being equal
because temper and vigor show male
characteristics which should not be
gnored
A gentle sleepy bull that can be
managed without a nose-ring does not
vs. rule produce the best calves
It is downright cruelty to keep q
DULL in small enclosure In the sum-
mer a victim to heat and fies-but
many men who claim to be good
dairymen, do this very thing.
How could we expect a cow to keep
in good health and give pure milk
when she is confined in foul and ILL
ventilated quarters, winter or summer.
A pair Of horse-clippers can be
bought for $3.50 and the use of these
once a month on the cows TANKS and
udder will make it an easy matter to
keep them clean.
How many cows on the average
farm give milk containing more than
twenty per cent of butter-fat? Per-
haps not more than one out Of every
100.
The separator should never be al
lowed in the barn or near 1T.
A half dozen window sash, glazed,
will make a dust-proof box in which
the dairy vessels can be summed and
kept absolutely clean.
Any enterprising farmer living near
a town Of 5000 or more can sell every
pound of his butter at full retail
prices or little above, the year round.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
THE OLD-FASHlONED GARDEN

money yellow and coral red being an
unusual and artistic combination.
SOW seeds in autumn, and they will
blossom the next spring. The plants
are easily transplanted and are es-
pecially fine when grown next to
shrubbery.
Inere Is still nothing more brilliant
than the old-fashioned silk peoples, .
IN solid colors or white-edged. They
seed freely and come up from year to
year from this self-sown seed. Con-
sequently garden of peoples is prac-
tically self-sustaining.
Though so fragile that they may
well be termed the butterflies Of the
floral realm, they are quite as beau
tiful as the handsomest of the winged
creatures.
There are so many varieties that
one can scarcely make mistake in
the selection; and for a brilliant dis
play with little work, they are GER
tainly to be recommended g..
The French marigolds, with dbl
cately-cut leaves and flowers of rich
golden brown color and velvety tex
ture, compare favorably with any Of
the modern importations, and are just
now general favorites.
Perhaps nothing comes back with a.
more vivid childish remembrance
than the golden buttons" the shining
petals Of which were, before the
crocus and snowdrop were common,
among the first spring flowers. Those
desiring to renew the old acquaintance
will find it listed as Ranunculus
repens, double variety.
AS proof of their work, one has butt
to traverse some of the by-places,
where the old-fashioned garden isl
still intact and prove that this is ore
of the loved things Of childhood we.L
worthy Of our affection
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
MAKING BETTER FARM BUTTER

Nearly all butter sold by the farmer
is of poorer quality than it should be-
BY more careful handling and better
methods there is no reason why this
product should not only be improved
in quality, but better price should
be received for it. BY carrying out
the following conditions .nd methods
a very much better grade of butter
should be produced:
Hand separator cream produces
better butter than that separated by
any other method. The deep can sur
rounded by cold water Is second best;
pans and crooks are third best. and
the water-dilution method comes last.
The cream should be kept in as
nearly sweet condition as possible
until enough has been gathered for a
churning. This should then be
soured or ripened. To ripen the
cream warm it to a temperature OF
% 70 80 degrees, until it Is sour
enough; then cool down to tenn
perature Of from IS to 80 degrees.
which Is right for churning. Let 1t
stand at this temperature for an hour
or so before churning, If possible.
This will cause the butter to come in
better condition. Cream that is being
ripened should be thoroughly stirred
several times before 1t is ready for
churning.
It is often advisable to save some Of
the buttermilk Of one churning to be
used as starter (the same as yeast
In bread rnaking) for the next batch
Of cream Add a small amount Of
this buttermilk to the sweet cream
when enough has been gathered for
churning; thoroughly stir it, and it
will ripen very much more rapidly.
Care should be exercised to keep this
old buttermilk in as good condition
rs possible.
Strain all cream into the churn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

The mare can be worked up to a
week or two before the colt is
dropped. In fact, she is better off
for the regular exercise, but she
should be handled by careful man,
who will not excite her, and she should
have a roomy Nbox stall for her Sleep
ing quarters
Although many may disagree with
me, am firmly convinced from nearly
thirty years experience on breeding
farms, tina. 1t is risky business pur-
chasing aged mares, who have spent
the best years of their life doing work
in the cities, and trying to make brood
mares If them.
EveL If they are only eight or ten
years old, 1t Is an expensive expert
ment. The reason Is obvious.
In the frst place when a mare has
arrived at that age, and has never
had colt, her chances of getting In
foal are lessened each year.
Furthermore, 1t Is safe to say that
a reasonable proportion Of these mares
have slunked their colts, and for this
reason they have been sent from the
farms and sold in the cities, where
they can do excellent work. ......
In choosing brood-mares. always
buy young ones. say from three to five
years old, then you should be able to
count on all Of them getting in foal,
or certainly nearly every one, when, If
you pick up a lot Of second hand"
mares, of uncertain age,- your per-
centage Of colts will be extremely I'M
certain.
One good, sound young mare,
bought from some reliable farmer. or
breeder, is worth more for breeding
purposes than half dozen so-called
bargains" picked up in the city
c. M s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

For several years we have bought
farm butter from the same farmer, at
two cents above retail market price,
every month In the year and glad to
get 1t.
Never attempt to keep summer
butter for early fall prices, because
1t will not keep.
All milk should be aerated al soon
as taken from the cow. This can be
done by passing 1t through the separa-
tor. but it If not as good as a device
which divides the milk into many fine
streams and then allows 1t to flow
over wide surface In thin sheets
with plenty of Ice to keep the surface
cool.
If nothing better can be had, milk
may be aerated by placing the cans in
q trough of cold water and dipping
the milk with a long-handled dipper
and pouring 1t back into the can until
1t is thoroughly cool.
Never cover milk while warm. in
the cans. as 1t will produce . musty
odor.
The mixer who will thump a COW
for squirming under the attack of
flies, ought to be hoisted out of the
boots.
In some states, the law is that all
milk after July 1st, must be pasturized
before leaving the creamery. In Den
mark, milk is pasturized at all times.
Need not expect cows to keep up
the milk flow during the tail-end Of
summer, unless you have plenty Of
soiling crops to feed. Dead grass
does not produce milk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
THE VALUE OF COW PEAS.

They can be grown as far north al
Dent corn can be grown and on land
so poor that clover would not catch
at all. They are called "the poor
mans clover" because you can get
such quick results. A crop of COW
peas can be grown in three months
and 1t will be fully equal to 1.-Two
years crop of clover. You can lin. =
the peas any time from May to aka
ust and can get good big crop fotN
lowing an early crop taken off in JunI
or July. Plowed under after the firsl
frost. they will leave the ground iH
elegant shape for crop next yearJ
The seed costs about $3.50 per bush !
81 and should be drilled in at the rats|
Of opefhalf bushel per acre.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
PRIDE IN THE COUNTRY.

We hear the term Civic pride" in
the city. 1t applies just as much to
the country resident. 1t means the
pride that causes you to keep your
premises clean and slightly and pre-
sentable to the stranger or passerby.
And then you yourself might get some
pleasure out Of well-kept farm.
Measured by the common standard,
keeping your farm tidy actually adds
dollars to its value and to the value Of
the products you have for sale. Let's
clean up and stop breeding trouble on
our farms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
ENEMY TO THE CHRISTOPHER

Among the natural enemies Of the
grasshoppers are the blister beetles
or old fashioned potato bugs. the
larvae Of which subsist almost wholly
ON grasshopper eggs. The blister
beetles become very abundant in
grasshopper years when food is plen-
tiful. However, little or nothing is
gained by substituting plague of
blister beetles for a plague Of grass
hoppers and the wiser course is to
destroy as many grasshopper eggs as
possible In the fall, thereby cutting
off the development of both sorts Of
pests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
BY H. NJ. BAINEs

Ih1s Will remove all clots and particles
or curd, and there will be no danger
OF white specks in the butter Do not
NIL the churn over one-third to one
half full. Give the cream room for
agitation, which insures quick churn-
ing. Turn the churn just fast enough
to give the cream the greatest amount
of agitation. s,e
Inc butter should be gathered until
the grains become about one-half the
size of wheat. Then draw off the
buttermilk through strainer and
wash the butter in cold water two or
three times, or until the wash water
Is removed practically clear. In
washing, care should be exercised not
10 bring the grains together in one
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
RAISING SUNFTOWERS PROF.
TABLE. -

Farmers have been advised to util-
lie waste spaces with sunflower crops.
e. K. Barlow, Of Syracuse, N. Y,
discovered that one acre of 1000 sun
flower plants would raise $500 pounds
OF seed. This may be reduced to TOO
pounds of oil or over 90 gallons, leav-
ing $500 pounds oil cake and fifteen
tons of stalk from which 500 gallons
of alcohol can be made
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
THE BROOD MARE ON THE FARM
The Horse Fills More
Other Animal.

When the active working season on
the farm will have little let up, the
farmer can have a moment to spare
to ascertain Of what value his brood
mares have been.
He will remember. In the first place.
that they have each given birth this
season and have raised to weaving age
nice promising colt that bids fair
TO develop into good salable horse
later on,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

BY next spring he should be worth
$75 and at two years old should bring
500 to $125. Now he can be put to
work.
From then until he Is four years
old he should earn his feed-say SIS
year-aEd give a profit of SIS per
year, although $50 would be nearer
the mark.
At four years of age he should be
worth 5000, Judging from the way
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

Millet seed is not only an excellent
poultry food, but, being very small,
there is nothing better to scatter in
the litter as an inducement for the
fowls to get the exercise they require
Throw a handful in deep litter in the
morning and it will keep the fowls
busy and active all day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28
HOLD ON TO THE GOOD BREEDERS
Filled With
Equals

A neighbor Of mine last year bought
an old SOW in the spring for $40. She
had 10 fine pigs in April, which were
fattened and sold to butcher In the
fall Of the same year, bringing him
$115. and he still has the sow for Z
breeder.
Sows should be kept for q numbei
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

It Is well known that the progeny
from mature parents are superior to
those descended from young progeni-
tors not fully developed. Bears and
sows. for breeding, should be kept in
a good thrifty condition. but not fat
The writer has always been troubled
to keep his breeding sows from be-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

The Chrysanthemum is an Excellent
Plant for Fall Towering, Lasting to
the Edge of Winter. This Flower Has
Been Cultivated and Improved Until
1t is Now One of the Most Beautiful
of Our Autumn Flowering Plants.
garden, though yellow variety from
Colorado now ranks among the
largest and most beautiful of the
species. The native Columbine of the
east, Cadnaense, also readily adapts
itself to cultivation. the blending Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

Some farmers think it waste Of
time to groom work horses in order
to make them look sleek and shiny
and would rather leave them in their
natural state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

The steam siren, under seventy-two
pounds pressure, has been heard for
forty miles, in tests in the navy. The
next most powerful noisemaker Is the
steam whistle, audible twenty miles,
while the ordinary whistltng buoy has
made itself heard fifteen mills.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

With the portable colony house
twenty five hens are about as many as
can be kept in one flock and in the
permanent house fifty hens are the
limit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

Poultry raising is destined to be one
Of the greatest factors Of western
Washington and great increase in the
industry Is promised.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

Pay attention then to the little de-
tails.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-12
TuCsFcb0
81 VI MONS.

IN the superior court, in the County
of Imperial, State of California.
]. G. Hamilton, plaintiff. vs.. ]. w.
Martin, defendant. Childers & Bruce,
attorneys for plaintiff
The People of the state of Califor-
ne send greetings to: j. w. Martin
defendant
You are hereby directed to appear
and answer the complaint in an action
entitled as above. brought against you
in the Superior court of the County of
Imperial state Of California, within ten
days after the service on you of this
summons, if served within this coun-
ty; or within thirty days if served
elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that un-
less you anpear and answer as above
required. the said plaintiff will take
judgment for any money or damages
demanded in the complaint, as arising
upon contract, or he will apply to the
court for any other relief demanded ia
the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
OF tho superior court of the County
Of Imperial, State of California, this
4th day of November. A. d. 1914
(SeeD NJ, $. COOK, Clerk.
Deputy Clerk. TuFeb23
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-12

whereas, Frank Hill and Lue Hill,
MS wife, both of Imperial County, Cal.
trust bearing date the 22nd day Of
January, 1914, to Dan V. holland and
l.. j. Thomas, both of Imperial Coun-
ty, California, as trustees t2r the bene-
fit and security of Hilda NJ. Fleming
of the same county and state, which
deed of trust WAS recorded in the Of
flee of the County Recorder of lmpe-
rial County, California, on the 21st day
of February, 1914, in Book rs of Deeds,
at Page 3SS, Imperial County Records;
and,
Whereas, the said Frank Hill and
Lue Hill, his wife, have made default
in the payment of the promissory note
secured by said deed of trust, and the
said Hilda NJ. Fleming has demanded
l.. J. Thomas, do forthwith proceed to
sell the lands in said deed of trust
described;
Now, Therefore, Pursuant to said
trust deed, and in accordance with the
terms and under the authority of said
trust deed, the said Dan V. Noland
and L. j. Thomas, as such trustees,
DO hereby give notice that on Tuesday
the 9Th day of February. 1915, at the
hour of 10 o'clock, in the forenoon OF
said day, at the entrance of the court
house in El Centre, County of Impe-
rial, state of California, they will sell
at public auction, to the highest bid
der for cash, in gold coin of the Unit
ed states, all that certain piece or par
eel of land situate, lying and being in
the County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, and particularly described as
follows, to wit:
The northwest quarter (NW "a of
Tract 131, Township 10 South, Range
IL East. S. B. NJ, Imperial County.
California, according to the re-survey
thereof authorized by Act of Congress
July l. 1902, together with thirty-two
(3O shares of the capital stock Of
Imperial Water Company No. 1.
Dated this 9th day of January, 1915.
DAN V. NOLAND,
l.. j. THOMAS.
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