Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-02-28
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Edited for PUBLIC OPINION by
J S. TRiOO. Rockford. Iowa.

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country to su. ply her own peop'e
She caters tn thu English taste in these
products and ts her own price and
then buys our goods at cheaper rates
Whyf Well. whas 10 tn. use OF asking
the question? Have We not sense
enough to make gods which England
would take OF usf But we have not.
Daniel Doughertyr Of Cerrro Gordo
county, Ia. p anted an srpls orcharl OF
q acres in 1873 All the tsnderer vari.
cites OF apples =, ri nted long ago died !
an pro ably not to exceed one.th;rd OF
the origin trees are left. the being
largely Duchess ard Wealthy. Aside
from the fruit used by the family, he
has sold from this little orchard in tn,
coy ars since the trees began to bear.
fruit-apples to the value Of $40 500. max
ing an average annual income from each
acre Of the orchard Of el05. which has
been nearly all clean profit, as the fruit
has been always sold upon the tree.
One OF the most successful co opera.
tive farmers organizations in the entire
country is at Rockwell, Iowa., where a
grain, lumber and fuel business OF over
$50 700 was done in the year 1899 at a
cost of less than per cent. While this
organization has been most complete
success, hund eds OF similar organizat ons
have failed, and always because, while
cooperative enterprises, the members
did not cooperate.
There is nothing in a small way--and
it Is not 80 very small either which is
Of more interest to north estern farm
ers just now than the possibilities con-
nected with the introduction IT the
Turkestan alfalfa, a legume which finds
congenial home under droughty con-
ditions and which APPEARS to be perfectly
hardy north of latitude AZ Such leg
ume must prove to be Of almost inesti-
mable value when once introduced.
DAIRY FORM mas more TO do with the
good milk COW than dairy breeding.
The tactical function is very largely an
individual one, and. while more good
mixers are to be found in some breeds
than in others, good mixers are to be
found in all breeds. The successful
da ryman will do we'll to keep this fact
in mind and 80 pay more attention to
dairy form than to dairy pedigree
With Shorthorn cows. Polled Angus
cows and just common scrub cows
showing up records OF over 300 pounds
OF butter, it is very evident that the so
called dairy breeds have no monopoly Of
the milking function.
A man whom we know had five pup
pies, water spaniels, all black and all look
ing just exactly alike. Four Of the pup
pies grew up to be just common dogs.
One was taken by dog trainer and ed
ucated The four pups which j1st grew
up were never worth over IS apiece, il az
much rs that, because they did not
know anything and could not do any
thing except wag their tails and bark at
the moon. The pup which was careful
ly trained by the dog fancier became
worth $1,000, and that sum was refused
for him because he knew something and
could do something Let US call the
five puppies five boys, and how does the
proposition look to you? 1t is easier tc
train boy than dog. II you have
boys, study this problem over.
from a number OF reports winch we
have recently tabulated, it appears that
the average annual gross product in
cream or milk sold of the average COW is
about $23, or, put in another way, she
produces about 165 pounds Of butter
which nets the patron Of the creamery
about II cents. To this sum should bt
added the value OF her calf, which viii
run from IS to s15. depending on breed
and care given it There are few dairy
men who make these figures $50 instead o
S2S, and still smaller number who make
their cows show gross return in butte
OF $40. We believe that by proper SO
lection of animals for the dairy herdiant
proper feeding and care this $2S ma.
easily be made $40 under average condi
Il
tons. One way to do this is to test eacl
COW in the herd and get rid OF thos
which do not pay their way. .--.
There is no better balanced fertilize
Of farm lands than the barnyard una
nure. and it is shame that SO much O
this valuable soil renoyator is permitte'
to go to waste. There is no farm in tn
country where load of barnyard ma
nure is not worth at least fifty cent
when applied to a crop of corn, and YER
often much more than this.
The principal reason why more cattl
do not de from tuberculosis IS tina
they are killed and eaten by Us befor
the disease has run its course. Tn
steer seldom sees four years OF life an
the COW seldom more than twelve.
The men who have made study {
the scientific side of agriculture til
men conducting the experiment station
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