Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-03

ir:o tie rye a Gaxseed will soon find it.
and may save a great deal OF pain and an
iuflamed eye.
Use a candle in the sick room in place
OF the Kerosene lamp, which eEits dis
agreeable odor when turned low. y
small steady light may be secured by
placing finally powdered salt on the wick
until the charred part is reached.
Put out some roots for the stock the
coming winter, and do it in time. They
will furnish a relish which pays as food
better than even the corn or the hay
10 remove rpiIdew from white cloth in
the absence of sunshine, dip in not So
luton of teaspoonfui of chloride of
lime in a quart Of water. As soon as the
spots disappear wash thoroughly in warm
water.
Some kinds of early corn will stand
closer planting than is usual. The field
will thus be practically enlarged. Rows
four feet apart will contain 2,l32 hills TO
the acre; if three feet apart 4.S40.
Sheep fatten much more easily than
cattle, and when slaughtered furnish not
only meat. but wool, the latter not only
keeping indefinitely, but paying for long
transportation.
Turnips are a natural feed for sheep
and may safely be pastured. permitting
the animals TO eat all they desire, in fact,
root crops are always good for any Of
our warm animals.
does not mean that We must not plan for
the future. There is too much doing of
that which is convenient, without
thought as to whether it is the thing
most needed to be done.
If farmers will cultivate the mind as
well as the soil, perfection in agriculture
could be approached in few years. The
tilling of the soil is destined to become
the most learned and practical of all the
professions.
The annual loss to this country by the
depredations of insects is estimated at
S3S 900 without including the labor
and cost of insecticides used as proven
! tives.
Spanish farmers use the same plows as
did the Moors when Isabella expelled
/ them. Machines for sowing. reapine %
| threshing are unknown. The grain Is
winnowed by women who toss ii into the
air.
Land too rough for cultivation should
either he seeded with good grasses for
/ sheep or planted with timber or fruit
trees. There is very little land which
should remain absolutely idle.
Straw alone contains but small pro-
portionate amount of plant food but If
properly used as an absorbent it pro-
vides one of the best of manures. To
| let 1t rot down in a stack is a poor
way.
Little things in agriculture represent
the difference between profit and loss-a
few more bushels of grain an acre, a lit
tie heavier yield of butter a COW. little
faster gain in the fattening cattle; proper
care will procure all these.
To remove iron-rust spots, i'm the abb
sence of sunshine. soap them We'll place
wet cloth on a very hot iron; when
| the steam rises lay the spots on the cloth
and Immediately rub with crystal of
oxalic acid or a damp cloth dipped in
powdered crystals. When the spots have
disappeared wash at once In several
waters. Guard the acid well, as it is a
deadly poison.
When pigs are about two weeks old
they will require some supplementary
feed other than their dams milk. The
very best way to supply this is in a
trough TO which none but the little pigs
can go. Feed that can be eaten quickly
and is of heterogeneous nature should be
given.
The purity of Paris green can be ascer-
tanned by dissoving it in ammonia. Take
Il half ounce bottle OF ammonia and drop 1,
| small amount of Paris green into it.
| Shake and let settle. The liquid will be-
come alright blue color. If any sediment
! settles in the bottom the sediment is the
| adulterant used in the Paris green. Its
| relative amount can be closely estima ted.
! Watch the young trees transplanted this
| season to Sc that they all retain their up
| right position. Especially be careful that
! they do not lean ever so slightly toward
the north. The winds will tend to throw
! the tree toward the north exposing the
! trunk to the sun. If the tree is slightly
! out of position stake and tie into true po-
sition at once. If left this season you will
probably never get it back.
| Apply white hellebore to currant and
! Sooseberry bushes in the powdered condi-
! ton. to kill the currant worm We have
| found it quite convenient to use in this
way, busting it on when the bushes are
wet with dew on calm morning
| washed table salt bag or other bag of
/ coarse cotton cloth. holding about a
| pound of the hellebore. can be used most
| effectively as a "duster'' for this work
| The same treatment is sure death to cab
bage worms and rose slugs.