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dition. There was good frame house
on the farm and rather poor barn.
A tenant was engaged TO live in the
house and do the work on the farm
under the owners direction. Under
the terms Of the agreement the owner
furnished all the lime and clover seed
and half Of the other seeds and Of
the fertilizer. lie also supplied a po-
tato planter and digger. The tenant
furnished the rest of the machinery,
his own teams and all Of the labor. In
return he was to receive one-half OF
the oats. buckwheat and potatoes
raised and the income from the four
cows which he was permitted to keep.
II was provided. however. that he was
to feed all the hay and roughage on
the farm and to return the manure
straw. &C.. to the land. He was also
to do all the Improvement work for
which he had time. such as picking up
stones and cutting hedgerows.
The new owner took possession on
April I. The cropping system adopted
for the first season was necessarily
a makeshift owing to the lack Of time
for putting definite plan for inn
pToNeIuent 1HtO eScNut1On.
-Four acres OF potatoes were planted
The seed happened to he poor and
only 400 pounds Of commercial fer.
tilizer being used. the yield was only
80 bushels an acre. Five acres oi
buckwheat yielded 116 bushels. Lime
and acid phosphate were applied &c
one eight acre tract. and from this
field 300 bushels Of oats were har.
vested. At the same time an excelen,
stand Of clover was obtained In the
same field.
The next year about nine acres o
sod land were ploughed and put int
potatoes. The tenant l-.t some Of tn,
seed potatoes exposed for several days
was secured. Three paintings wer,
made. The first. from freshly cut seed
gave an even stand and yielded 15'
bushels to the acre. The next ant
largest planting made a very poo,
stand. yielding only so bushels to tn,
acre. while the last was good ant
yielded $50 bushels to the acre. From
- whole field SIG bushels were dug
an average Of about 90 bushels AZ
acre. These were worth n dollar {
bushel at the farm. however. which
In part made up for the low yield.
The clover sown the previous yea
made good showing. over four tom
Of hay were taken from two acr,
piece. while the remainder OF the new
seeding cut about a ton an acre
Eight acres OF oats. In which the usua
seeding Of timothy was made. yielded
1856 bushels Of grain. Lime and acit
| phosphate had been put on this field
Buckwheat yielded 120 bushels o
grain on 511 acres. Thirteen head o
young stock were summered on thi
pasture. An old orchard Of about tw,
acres, which the owner had reserved
was renovated and sprayed at a cos
OF 500.
! At the end Of the second year, al
though a number OF fairly expensiv,
improvements had been made. includ
ing the repair Of the barn at a cos
Of 800. the owners share Of the gros
receipts OF the enterprise amounte,
to 1905. This included $3.50 receive,
| for apples from the orchard which h
had reserved for his own use. HI
net income was Sse4.60. or 325 pc
cent. on his investment.
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A worn OUT farm In Broome
county. New York was bought for
1852 an acre. and in two years was
made to pay 32 per cent. on the in
vestmcut
This place was bought by farmer
who was already farming at a profit
In the valley below. 1t consisted of
nmety-iivc acres Of gently rolling land
The land had been cropped with hay
and buckwheat for years. and little or
no manure or other fertilizing mate
rial had been applied. Consequently
the soil was in very poor physical con =
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.nsportins apples in the orchard and

transporting uppIes III th0 orcHdru H"o
on the highway should have large
wheels. If even the front wheels are
small the jolting. which is to be
avoided. will be greatly increased.
Many girls are employed by this or
chardist. some of them working only
one-half OF each day. They are more
handy than men in sorting the fruit
and in facing the barrels. They often
assist In making barrels. While
Il gasolene truck IL In use on the place,
experience shows that teams Of mules
are the cheaper method of hauling APP
piles to the railroad three miles away.
The teamsters make four trips a day
of this three mile distance.
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ANNUAL ROSE SHOW AT PORT.
LAND, ORE.

Portland. Ora, will celebrate two
important events in June--the tenth
annual rose festival and tie national
dedication OF the Columbia River
highway. For more than twenty
years Portland rosarians have been
giving attention to the growing Of
rose flowers. In 1907 the first fcsti-
val was held. During the last nine
years the event has grown in inn
portance until It Ia one of the best
demonstrations Of community spirit in
the country.
The production OF roses has in.
creased until florists estimate Portland
now produces moro than $4,000. .OoC
roses each year and billions of buds
There are more than 1000 miles OF
rose hedges in the city and thousands
OF bushes In the parks and lawns OF
private homes.
The largest single rose garden in the
world Is located at Peninsula Park. fif-
teen minutes ride by street car from
the business district Of the city. Dur
ink the rose festival, June Z, 8 and
q, more than 100000 roses. covering
$4,000 bushes and 700 varieties. viii
be in bloom at one time.
Two blocks In the heart Of the city
are given over to the nOral centre
Great beds OF bloom are formed by
thu tise ~ rosAs and ofhcr f1owers
This year the central feature will be
a rose fountain. where more than 15.-
900 Dorothy Perkins roses will b<
used to form the picture.
The national dedication of the Co.
lumbia River highway will take place
June Z. the opening day Of the fes.
tival. The ceremonies will take place
at Multnomah Falls, second highest
in the United States. This highwa,
makes the gorge OF ,he Columbis
River passable for automobiles for the
first time and opens up miles of pic
turesque scenery. The first fort!
miles OF the new road cost 81, 100000
Washington's Birthday is annua
rose planting day in Portland Thi.
year hundreds Of new bushes were Sc
out and old ones trimmed and made
ready for this years crop Of flowers
when II IL expected there will be thou.
sands Of visitors In Portland.
King Brothers, nurserymen OF Dams.
vile. y. Y. have started a quarterly
! publication called Kings Fruit Grocer
I, will be edited by Martin King. Jr.
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AN 500 ACRE APPLE ORCHARD
Reported By CHARLES A. GREEN


The slxty-frst annual meeting Of
the Western New York Horticultural
Society opened at Rochester. n. Y.
Oh the morning Of January IS, This
veteran association. perhaps the Oldest
In this country. was organized and
promoted by some of the most notable
pomologists Of the world. The scs-
sions We're ~ marked interest.
An interesting talk was given by J.
Az drew Cohill. an extensive orchard
list Of Maryland, who gave his practi-
cal experience in the mana cement of
the Tunoloway orchard Company. en-
bracing 500 acres OF bearing apple
trees. which bore 27,0oo barrels of
marketable fruit the past season.
This big orchard is managed almost
az economically in all its branches az
manufacturing business. Fruit
growers are coming to understand that
in orchardng az in everything else
economy Of management In necessary
in order to insure success. This does
no, mean that large expenditures
should be avoided. The hest economy
often means large expenditures. There
n men who might make failure
OF such "A large orchard as this. while
there are many others with greater
business capacity who make satisfac-
tory profits and dividends. This is
the case with every human enterprise.
Whether 1t will pay or not. whether
II will result in loss, depends upon the
management. There are few lines OF
business in which tho profits to he
secured are so large as to warrant ex :
travagance or wasteful methods.
In Maryland the San Jose scale IL
present. When the pickers are at
work gathering the fruit In August,
September. October and November
every apple tree In which the scale
Is observed has attached to 1t a con-
spicuous tag The pickers are re-
quested to observe closely whether the
scale IL present, All these tagged
trees showing the scale is present are
thoroughly sprayed. Those not tagged
are not sprayed, No difficulty is en-
pericnced through this method in pro-
tecting trees from serious injury by
scalc.
l. careful estimate Of expenses IS
kept. H. costs 80 cents to pick, pack
and deliver barrel OF apples. labor
being cheaper than in New York State.
BY careful management this expense
was reduced to 26 cents a barrel, and
the apples had to be hauled three
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MAKE BACK YARDS PR0DUC.
TIVE.


There are many back yards, some Of
which may be kent I'm order but mr..
urnroa,c,,,. r.,,r, ro,.,r .,,, ,r...
VI PoSH's ie" S"'"os are sro""'
There are others filled with rubbish.
piles of ashes and Junk that might
lie cleaned up and cultivated. This
may he done by few spare moments
given to the garden every day or two
which thereby could be made beauti-
ful, producing flowers and fresh yege-
tables from the time the frost il out
Of the ground until the ground freezes
up again next autumn. The owners
would not only save money by pro-
ducing their own vegetables but would
obtain vegetables and fruits far slpe-
rior TO any that can be boupht at the
market Ercsb rad,shes lettuce
onions. peas. corn. strawberries. rasp-
berries and blackberries fresh from the
garden served shortly after they arc
gathered have a flavor that market
stuff never equals.
Some will saw "our nIot ia too ANAL, Z"
A space ten feet square will produce
n ouanti,y that will s,,rpr,se mos,
people IL a record IL kept OF the har-
vest
To begin with clean up the plot and
spread over II stable manure to a
de 9TH of a foot, IL this quantity can
/ he secured. II not use as much as
possible. with spade or garden
fork turn the manure under, sinking
the spade as deeply as possible in the
earth To loosen up the soil. Break up
the Jumps Of earth by striking with
the spade of fork. ant when this op-
GRAFTON is completed rake on the stones
and pulvcr!ze the surface soil as fineIy
as possible with the rake.
If stable manure IL not to ne had
SPADE up the ground w'thou' u. so"
the seeds AT the proper time and when
the seedlings appear use prepared
sheep or stable manure soid IN o"Ss
10y seedsinen or norists' Ihis is con-
centrated and must he nr"d with eau
tion' IL can ne sprinkled around me
pants ana raked MO the SOIL "PP"-
cations can ne given from '"ne ="
time 10 encourage Tue CROWN I" ''e
P'ih's' b'r'''I"''S VIII W sNe', III
o'h'i "'''.'eS d, !" ""'' " o'"' "".''
ana no" ~ CULTIVATE anu '''"'"'e '''
N't''
~ SN' -" 'u'" VI "n"' va" ue u''''
OH s''a' P''' WY w. 'uN''v 'e'
prou"eed more .hah ia'hi's W Nv.
'o"'" "n'' 'i'c'uu.'S eis'' |a''e''eS VI
grapes wv" "Narie'eS III P'""'S' ''e' '''s
ana pears anu peao"'S, cu't""'S' GOOSE
berries raspp"rrieS' pla'Kp"rr'es' rN"'
harh' ASPARAGUS rad'snes' Ie''"ce' COT"
onions. carrots. spinach he"ts ana pee'
greens. tomatoes ana movers from .he
early crocus' tuiips ana hSac'nths
through the entire season. until fros'
cut down the last late dahlias and cos
mos, and there was still room whert
many more plants might nave bee'
planted.
The grape vines extended ATOMS
he f"nc" on the north the fun l5'
feet. Tha rhuharb plants anf
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miles. The cost Of ordinary barrels was
30 cents each. but these were Of poor
quality: knotty and rough; therefore
better barrels we're demanded, which
cost 40 cents each. Then they hogan
to make their own barrels, buying
slaves and hoops ready made, and
found the cost to be 20 cents each. An
other advantage Of making the barrels
was that they were on hand when
wanted. which was not always the
case when depending upon the fac
tory.
The pick and pack is from 500 to
1000 barrels each day. The cost Of
growing apples is slight. A bushel
OF apples can he produced perhaps at
half the expense Of bushel Of po-
tatoes. The greatest expense Is In
picking. packing. .cost of the barrel.
drawing to the railroad. and expenses
connected with tho sale. which ac-
ccrding to the figures stated can all
be done at cost of SO cents when
managed on q large scale. as is done
in this orchard.
II may be assumed that a large
number Of pickers are necessary to
gather the fruit Of an 500 acre apple
orchard. No tramps are employed
since they cannot be relied upon and
are not desirable characters to have
around the premises. City men are
not wanted. II being found that
farmers boys. boys from the country
are the most experienced and the mos,
effective and the quickest in gathering
up apples. The men are not paid by
the barrel, a. IL customary in many
other districts. but are paid Ivy the
day and are allowed to take thcii
money whenever they want II.
1--WE have a general superintendent
or boss, who looks after the welfare
Of the camp. call IL a camp because
we house our men in tents, each ten,
containing four men. and each ten'
equipped with four blankets and cots
We object to shacks or shanties. since
they soon get infested with insects
No apple picker will stay and continue
to be profitable II Obliged 30 sleep In
q place that Ia infested. Tents are
inexpensive.
"If the general superintendent o,
boss fnds a man making trouble
whether caused by drink or otherwise
he In roughly handed and despatched
ut costs 75 cents per day for tn,
food alone for these men. We favol
good. nourishing food. dine with The
men every day and criticise the men,
and the cooking az would at a res
taurant or hotel. II anything goe.
wrong know It and correct II.
AS regards pruning. II We prunt
early We get numerous sucker growth.
He surprised the members by stat
ing that In his orchard they prunet
from June Is to August Is. consider
ing those the best dates for the bes
results. securing but little sucker
growth. Most orchardists prune dur
ing the dormant season Of the winte
months. which would be considered cr
roneous by this orchards
I assume that the apples are place.
in empty bushel boxes a. fast a.
picked. Pouring apples upon TIT
ground is a waste OF time. for the.
must he picked up again. II place.
In boxes the boxes may be readil,
loaded on the wagon and moved to tn,
| sorting house. Other orchardists poul
the apples as picked upon tables IL
the orchard and sort and barrel then
there. but wet weather is an argumen
against this plan. The wagons fc
The sun., 1916-03-26

King Brothers. nurserymen OF Dams
vile. n. Y. have started a quarterly
publication called Kings Fruit Grocer.
I. will 10 edited by Martin King. Jr.
The sun., 1916-03-26
|SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE GARDENER

Nean rovcrlv T. Galloway ~ the
ysv lorh state College of Agricul-
,re. In "a paper presented before 81"
un.Am,r,rin Scientific Congress at
Nssh.u.,un, said:
nThc first function Of the Govern
,snt In is relation to the mark v
,-ohlcms H. 90 develop II united and
A real knowledge ~ the broader oues-
IONS az issue. Because Of lack of
Uniformity in the application VI sa ,e
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PEOPLE
A BE MADE NORMAL

Iowa City, Jan. 24.-Forty per cent
3r two-ffths of the backward children
ran be made normal by proper medi-
cal attention and common n appli-
cation OF the laws of Psychology, &C
cording to DR.. r.. H. Sylvester of the
state university psychological clinic.
He has examined hundreds of such
children throughout the state, and six
OF the larger cities have cooperated by
keeping records OF medical examina-
lions. Within a short time the sew
eral causes Of backwardness can be
ascertained and these causes remov..
ed, it Is thought.
Proper medical treatment, requisite
cooperation Of the school and home
and the help Of the psychological elm
lie are the agencies which DR.. Sylves-
ter is insisting upon as cures for the
backwardness of school children in
Iowa.
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OLD
TO BE

Keokuk, Jan. IA business tran
saction which dissolves a partnership
of years standing was revealed when
a deed was filed in the recorders Of
fee in which George s. Tucker con-
veys his interest in the c~opartnership
known as McManus & Tucker to Ed
ward P. McManus for $17,500 Mr..
Tucker and Mr.. McManus have been
conducting a stone quarry north of
Keokuk, and all Of the Tucker interest
in this has been sold. also interest IN
the buildings and horses, tools and
ice machines Of the company.
Mr.. Tucker has been association
with MI. McManus a number of years
but plans to retire. The purchaser of
the Tucker interests is at present post
master at Keokuk. He has served In
the state senate for a number OF
terms and is well known throughout
Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-25
GRENKO STABBED;
nov IN HOSPITAL

Centerville, Jan. ga stabbing at
fair in C%enterville and a shooting at
Mystic Sunday morning are both so
serious that fatalities may result.
Tony Grenko was shot at Mystic by
Zeke Stipanovich who after injurying
another man in the arm who attempt
ed to interfere made an attempt to
escape and was captured about seven
miles away near Numa, by Sheriff
Brown and the Mystic marshal. The
shooting occurred at Grenko's home.
He Is in the Centerville hospital with
a bullet wound in his chest and recov-
cry doubtful.
"Sallie" Halden was stabbed in Gen.
terville Sunday by an Austrian from
Brazil in a disturbance that arose on
the street between them. Halden has
several bad cuts in the back, but 1t Is
believed he will recover.
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ELDON

Mrs. Eunice Curry Of Burlington ar
rived Saturday to visit friends and
relatives.
Mrs. Harry Ball OF Fairfield spent
the week with Mrs. ALI Owens and
Mrs. Van Baldwin.
Mrs. George Trott Is quite sick at
this time:
Mrs. Eta Baldwin of Selma is visit
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
ALI Owens.
Mrs. Guy Hughes and Bessie Cum
nigham were in Ottumwa Saturday
business.
Mrs. Harry Ball, Mrs. ALI Owens
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XII" NOBLE NOW
TOTAL REF0RMER
MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR
LIFE WINS HIS WAY
OUT.

Fort Madison, Jan. 24.-The rewards
of a dozen years of model conduct
have come to Ira kid" Noble, former
prize fighter, who was released from
the state penitentiary here last
appointment as industrial agent for
the state prison has just been made
by Warden Sanders of the prison, and
coincident with 1t has come the an
nouncement that Noble nearly a
month ago married Miss Byrde Brock
hagen, private secretary of the war
den and a young woman of unusual
charm.
Noble was the most model of model
prisoners during his confinement at
the prison and enjoyed nor prjvi-
leges than had ever been extended to
another convict.
His story Isl a peculiar one, and
makes more, remarkable his recent at
tainments. Less than a of years
ago he was a prize fighter. He met
a woman who had lived a life that
was not wholly in keeping with con-
v%entional standards. They were mar
ried, and Noble became a b%arkeeper
az muSSdJllC. Vic udy 't III ilCl az
quaintance of Mobiles wife came into
the saloon and boasted of his knowl-
edge of her past and said he could pull
her down again. Noble killed him
and pleaded the unwritten law when
tried. He was sentenced to life I'M
prisonment, but his splendid be-
havfor at the prison won him a COM
mutation of sentence.
Mobiles first wife remained true to
him for some time after his convic-
ton, then, it is said, resumed her for
mer mode of living. She died several
years after his incarceration in prison.
For a number Of years Noble has
been an invaluable aid to Warden
Sanders. He was the warden's pri-
vate chauffeur, and was often entrlst-
ed with large responsibilities, He
vas anxious to improve his educa-
ton and studied hours daily. Noble
had always taken an interest in help
ing the other convicts and his ap-
pointment as industrial commissioner
was due largely to this fact.
His second marriage Is a romance
of the prison purely for In his daily
duties in Warden Sanders office he
made the acquaintance Of Miss Brock
hagen. Acquaintance developed into
love and on Mobiles release the two
went to Mason City, where they were
married at the parish of St. Joseph's
church. They have Just returned
from a honeymoon in the south.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble are now at the
warden's home, Mrs. Sanders and
her son being i'll and requiring atten.
ton.
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IOWA SUPREME
u DECISIONS

Des Moines, Jan. 24.-Recent gu
preme court decisions follow:
f. j. Younker and ]. H.. Anderson,
appellant, VS.. Horace Susong, city
clerk of Des Moines; test Of validity
Of municipal court election; affirmed
Opinion by Preston, Deemer, Sallinger
and Evans dissent.
David Lynch, appellant, VS.. A. ].
Schemmel. Kossuth county. Judge N.
J., Lee. Action on four promissory
notes aggregating $4,000. Reversed
and remanded. Opinion by Evans.
Baldwin and Riggs against the Rock
Island Co. The high court affirms
Judge F. M. Hunter In refusing to al
low the plaintiff damages.
j. w. Riggs Of Douds, and j. A.
Baldwin of Selma, claimed damages
for injuries to cattle in transit to
them from St. Paul in March, 1912.
They also sued for damages on a ship
ment to Chicago a short time later.
In the latter Ease they contended that
the cattle arrived too late for the
market on a particular Wednesday
and that the shrinkage was too heavy.
The railroad in defense produced the
contract, which showed that in case
of damages the shipper must notify
the company not. later than the day
following that on which the damage
occurred. The contract further speci-
fed that in case suit was begun 1t
must not be later than six months
after the damages took place.
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EDDYvILLE

Frank and Loren Raxs returned 90
urday from Rochester wn eres LOST
Miss Fda Hargescheimer epent sun:
day in Lockman visiting her fr'eno
Miss Edith Suites.
Lewis Allison and son are spenalns
the week in Knoxville visiting relatives
Frank Griwwen, Carl Powell are
Frank Gallagher were recent AID
Miss stella Sheats OF Coilvlile
Idaho is the guest this week OF her s's1
ter Mrs. Wylie Fry. !,
Mrs. w. Edwards is seriously III AZ
the home OF her daughter Mrs. Wi'ilaH
Lewis. Mrs.
Mrs. Jennie Chitwood is nursing Miss
Edwards during her illness. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Berry OF III
tumwa spent sundas r u rIes Kns.
sart home. ,.,.,t.d
Mrs. G. Akers Of Selma vislteo
friends in Eddyville this week
Mearl Wharton spent SUNDAY WIZ
relatives in Fremont
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LEAVES MONEY FOR
r

Council Bluffs, Jan. 22.-The will of
the late General Granville M. Dodge
was filed for probate here. Certain
charitable requests are made, but the
bulk of the estate is left in trust until
the death of the youngest grandchild.
The sum of $4,000 is left for the
establishment of a library for railroad
men in Council Bluffs, $4,000 for the
relief of civil war veterans living in
Council Bluffs and their families and
$50, 900 for the endowment Of a
chair Of engineering at Norwich uni
versity. Northf1eld, vt.
After the death of the youngest
grandchild the estate will be divided
between Council Bluffs, Norwich uni
versity and the heirs.
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FREEZES HIS FEET
To WIN ON WAGER
JEFFERSON MAN WALKS BARE.
FOOT AROUND SQUARE IN
ZERO WEATHER.

jefferson, Jan. 22.-Charles Dobsine
has a pair of frozen feet and an *
ira dollar as the result Of a wager that
he could walk barefoot around the
public square here with the tempera-
ture below zero. Dobsine made his
wager on n Of the recent days Of be-
low zero weather and bet 81 at even
money that he could perform the
feat.
Early evening was picked as the
time for the exploit and the tempera-
ture stood at 10 below at the time.
Dobsine pulled of his shoes and socks
and started out bravely. The distance
was four blocks and by the time the
mar had negotiated 1t he was weak
from pain but game to finish the Job.
He got the dollar but his feet are bad
ly frost bitten. He Is scarcely able to
walk as yet. The loser said he had
his moneys worth.