Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
Types.

Climate, food and environment pro-
duce types. The Holstein COW is just
as much natural product of the rank
pastures and mild climate OF the lands
reclaimed by the Dutch from the North
sea, as is the Kerry COW of the heather
clad hills Of Ireland. The American
cayuse is natures best effort to produce
horse upon the desert lands of the
west, while no one would conceive of a
Percberon very far removed from big
bin OF oats and abundant roughage. The
Jersey cow, when removed from her
native isle, and from being picketed out
is given the range of large and we'll
grasssd pasture, always increases in
size. An Arkansas rooter brought north
and given hog conditions common to
the corn belt-confinement and unlimit-
ed clover and would, in spite of
his degraded and aboriginal ancestry, in
the course Of Just few generations,
assimilate to the shape and type of
he Poland China of the corn belt A
parrot brought from Africa will almost
always learn to swear in the English
language. A northern man locating
south, no matter if he was up and
a-coming in the north, will, inside Of
five years, lean up against tree, snooze
peacefully while the weeds are growing
in his corn, and let things flicker with
as much indifference as his neighbor
the typical poor white of the south
One parrot years ago in New Zealand,
someway found out that the kidney fat
OF sheep was choice morsel, and as
sheep increased in number in that
country there developed type of sheep
killing parrots, which alighting ON the
back of the sheep, would tear the skin
open and eat the fat around the kidneys.
The dog. allowed to run wild, very soon
adjusts himself to his wild environment
and becomes gregarious like his pro-
totype, the woif, and more curiously
still, will, in very few generations, take
on the fawn like color which distin-
cuisines nearly all predatory and carni-
vorous wild beasts. The buffalo, il it
could be domesticated, would, in a short
time become greatly modified in form.
Its coat would grow less thick, it's enor-
nous fore quarters would be reduced in
size and its hind quarters enlarged. The
need to be constantly fighting and on
the run being removed, the power to
fight and run would be diminished. A
black walnut tree which grows tall and
straight on the rich, alluvial soil of a
river bottom, becomes little more than a
scrub tree when planted on the top Of
some sterile knoll. All this teaches US
the lesson that certain types do best
under certain conditions, and it is for
the wise farmer to find out what types
are best suited to his soil and conditions.
During the honeymoon OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Gladstone, il is said that the
ullug member of parliament said to
his bride: ''Do yon prefer to know
nothing and to be free of all re-
responsibility, or will you hear
everything and be bound TO strict
secrecy" Mrs. Gladstone was far
too true woman not to choose the
second alternative, and she never be-
trayed the trust reposed in her-a
course which naturally compelled
her often to appear Indifferent or ig-
norant of what was going on. In
deed, at one time stories of Mrs.
Gladstone's obtuseness were widely
current In society. In 1885 an indis-
Greet lady asked Mrs. Gladstone how
her husband was bearing up under
the many vehement attacks made on
him. II do not think he is much af-
fected by Them" replied Mrs. Glad
stone, "for | hear him every morn
ing singing in his bath" He is like
n kettle, them" replied the lady,
which sings when full of hot water"
| "A retort which. though il NAV not