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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25
WHY THEY DIED FROM THE TOP.


A reader who says that he has lost
as many as three hundred apple trees
wishes to know why these trees have
invariably died from the top down,
followed by bunch of suckers spring
ing from their roots. We find that
there are several causes for the death
of the apple trees-borers, sun-scaid,
drought, extremes of temperature,
both heat and cold. Among these the
first named-the borer-is probably
the cause of the death of more apple
trees than any Of the others or all or
them put together. The tree, with
the worm at the root will usually COM
mence to die from the top, as it will
also in the case of blight and sun
scald. The suckers referred to spring
from the root graft as general thing,
the roots not being injured oy the
blight, the borer or the extremes OF
temperature. When a man sets out
an apple tree If he would place a
strip of common wire mosquito net
ting around the trunk of the tree and
leave it on winter and summerffor as
long as it will last, which is about
five years, he will have more nearly
solved the rabbit, borer and sun
scaid problems than in any other way;
this, coupled with thorough eultiva-
tion for five years and the keeping OF
all four,footed animals out OF the or
chard will secure for any man who
will do it an orchard which will be a
source of not only pleasure but pro-
tit for him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

We venture the opinion that the
greatly increased production OF goli
has already resulted in shortening the
commercial yard stick and reducing
the pound weight; in other words, the
purchasing power of the god dollar 's
already reduced, evidenced by the
general increase in price of con-
modities and all forms of labor. This
condition, if it may really be traced TO
this cause, is making easier times fci
the poor man, the man in debt and the
man on the farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The English sparrow has so increas
ed in number that all available crooks
and crannies about the farm building
have been appropriated as nesting
places and these birds are now begin
ing to do as they do in England
make their nests in the trees. giving
preference to the conifers, but where
these are wanting utilizing the tops
OF decidouos trees. A torch placed a;
the-end of long pole will dispose IL
hurry of these tree nesting ,sD2c
rows.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

We are reminded that the ways OF
he world are far more humane than
hey were in the good old days.
'olitical conditions made an army OF
'agrants and tramps in the time OF
King Henry VIII in England and he
disposed of them by hanging them, no
less than $4,000 Migrants being hung
during his reign of thirty-six years
Times improved some curing the
reign OF Queen Elizabeth, for she hung
only about 400 a year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The lopg-haired. frowsy yearling
colt rustling in the stalk field, is good
illustration OF many a twelve year old
boy on the same farm-the colt two
years later will develop into fine
draft horse worth $3.50, while the boy
q few years later will be the owner
OF a fine farm and running for gov
srnor. The roughing it in early life
has something to do with later work
and success.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

1t cost just as much for ocean trans
portaton to ship small sized beef
animal to England as it does large
one. Each occupies stall and the
tariff is on the number of cubic feet
OF space contained in the stall and not
on the weight of the animal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25
We mentioned lately that the shee

We mentioned lately that the sheep
might be allowed to run for a short
period each day in the orchard with
out injury to the trees. We believe
this statement is correct. but wish to
emphasize the fact that they must not
be left there, for they will soon learn
to peel the bark from the trees and
will stand up on their hind legs like a
goat to do it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The rabbit can get along all right
with the shotgun and the hound, but
the ferret is bad medicine for him.
A twelve year old boy and ferret
exterminated 200 Dummies last year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The men who get the position of
rural mail route carriers in the north
should be paid better wages than
their fellows in the south. In the
north for five months in the year it
costs them more to dress and more to
keep them because of the cold wealth
or. Some congressman should intro
duce bill in congress this winter to
rectify this.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

II the owl made as much noise with
his wings as he seeks his nightly
meals as does the migrating duck. or
the ruffied grouse, or prairie hen he
would go hungry, but the fan of the
owls wings is the most noiseless
motion in the world. and he drops on
his victim like feather falling from
the upper air.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Wild blood does not render either
animal or bird life immune against
the diseases which beset domesticated
varieties. The wild hogs of Arkansas
or Virginia healthy as roamers of the
woods, fall easy victims to the cholera
and swine plague when placed under
Poland China conditions in the corn
belt
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

So rare a thing 1t is. that the por-
trait OF young man who graduated
with honor from one OF our western
agricultural colleges and went from
the college back to the his farm is
given In the papers. This thing will
not be so rare a thing after while, for
The farm conducted along scientific
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The year Of 1914 was year OF
short crops for England and she had
no supply of wheat to draw upon from
America. Wheat that year went up
to S18.75 per bushel.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Keep that green boy Of yours or the
careless hired man who thinks he
knows 1t all, away from the corn
shredder or the surgeon is likely to
have a job.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Every man can make more of him.
self than he thinks is possible If he
will only go the right way to work.
The mass of men live and die prac-
tically undeveloped.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Whenever any politician gets foot
hold in any farmers organization, hav-
ing for its object the betterment OF
the farmers condition, it is all day with
IL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

We have offered a premium of Is
cents each for all rabbits killed in the
vicinity of our orchard, and if bunny
values his, life he viii keep away from
that territory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

We came across a lady the other
day who was much surprised that the
German language could be under
stood over the telephone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The right way for a farmer to do
who desires to attend the farm in
stitute, is to hire a man for couple
of days to do all his chores and then
take his wife and attend all the ses-
SionS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Smut in the corn fields has killed
ten times as many head of cattle this
fall as were killed by lightning dur
ing the summer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Would you try to fatten twenty 100
10. snotes this winter with corn IS
cents a bushel? No, we would not.
In the latitude of southern Minnesota
the winters are too cold to make the
1attening of any animal during the cold
weather a profitable operation. We
would winter these pigs over, sell the
last OF June as 900 10. hogs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

The refuse OF the sugar beet factor
les in point of nutritive value is worth
about one half as much as corn silage,
pound for pound.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

A man has made failure of liv-
ing IL there is not a bigger crowd at
his. funeral than there was at his
wedding.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

Do not turn down the small boy
who is always asking questions He
will know more than you do If he
keeps on.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

readily herding like sheep as they
seek their coop at night. We doubt
If it is possible to train a flock of
Leghorn fowls which. have the range
OF a farm homestead to voluntarily
seek their yard and coop at night, the
instinct to separate and roost high be-
ing too strong. If we were troubled
with this sort of vagrancy in the poul-
try yard we would change the breed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

With barbed wire al the price it
is no man can afford to keep his boy
or girl out of school to herd cattle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

ines is in the near future going TO
offer better financial promise than do
any OF the so-called professions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-25

University inside of thirty
days after date of publica-
ton of this paper.
Memorial University is the
tribute of the American
people to the loyal men
and women of war times.
Send for booklet. Address
all communications to
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
TO SAVE SABLE ISLAND.
Graveyard of the Sea- to Have Tree,

Graveyard of the Sea- to Have Trees
Grown on Its Shores.
The government of Canada is taking
steps to prevent the washing away o.
what is Familiarity known as "the
graveyard of the Atlantic" During
his visit to the Paris exposition Major
Gourdeau, deputy minister of marine
and fisheries, made an examination OF
a number of sandy formations off the
coast of France, which the French
government has succeeded in preserv-
ing by the simple process of painting
them with particular tree, possessing
binding qualities in it's roots. The
Canadian government decided to inn
port some Of these trees as an expert
ment on Sable island and quantity
has arrived and now awaits shipment
to the island, where trees will be
planted around it's now threatened
shores. The urgent need of this action
can be gathered from the fact that the
island was once forty miles in length.
while today it is barely half that
length and only two miles in width.
The encroachments of the sea have
gradually shifted the sand until now
over half of the island is completely
submerged. 1t is anticipated that If
the island is covered with trees it will
stand out more clearly and sharply
defined to the officers of the ships in
the vicinity than at present and thus
prove a boon to mariners, who dread
this treacherous spot. Notwithstand-
ing its remoteness and inhospitable
characteristics Sable island possesses
many points of interest which make 1t
worthy of visit. It's race of ponies,
which are annually penned and ship
ped to Halifax for sale, is famous. 1t
also contains a small colony of people,
who, at least have no ground for long
ing "for a lodge in some vast wilder
ness" 1t is recorded that some years
ago a ship, in whose timbers a colony
of rats had its abode, went down off
the island, and the rats succeeded in
getting ashore. Before long they had
become a source of danger to the set
tiers, but it was not until they had
well-nigh destroyed all the food sup
plies on the island and had brought the
settlers face to face with starvation
that the latter bethought themselves
and imported some Nova Scotian cats,
which kept the pest in check until
passing ship left pair of foxes on the
island. That was the beginning of the
end of both rats and cats. The foxes
soon overran the island. They killed
not only the rats, but the cats as
well, and how best to deal with the
foxes is now under consideration of the
overnment.-Chicago Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
Ru..ln wants American Bicycle.

Russia has decided that it wants the
American bicycle, having tired of the
more clumsy English and German ar
ticle. Such are the comforting reports
received by the managers of the Am
erican Bicycle company which does
much of the exporting of American
machines. Russia finds more popular
use for the machine at a moderate
price than it has found heretofore, and
the many American-made machines
that travellers about Europe have seen
have convinced them of the superior
ity of our machines over those of Eu-
ropean make. So there is an unusual
demand this year, fact which pleases
the American maker who finds the
demand here falling off as compared
with that which existed when all Am
erica was bicycle mad.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
CUP THAT CHEERS.
Custom OF Treating Afternoon Visitors
to Fla cy Drinks.


to Fla cy Drinks.
II is the custom now in most houses
to make, for the afternoon especially,
when visitors are expected, bowl of
lemonade or some similar drink and
leave it in a cool nook where the thirs
ty may conveniently help themselves.
Great Jumps of ice to keep it cool, and
a silver ladle is used to dip the fluid
into the fancy cups that should stand
on the tray beside it. These bowls
differ according to ones tastes and
means. Cut glass is handsome, and so
is silver, but much service may mar
the bowl and few women care to trust
their cherished glass to the tender
mercies of the transient visitor. China
bowls are therefore more often used
than the expensive silver or glass. OF
the American bowls quaint ones dec
Grated in old-fashioned blue are
adorned with scenes famous in the
country''s history. Bowls decorated
with representations of famous scenes
abroad are also to be procured, while
others represent drinking carnivals.
The daintiest and prettiest decorations
are the hand-painted ones representing
gaily colored flowers. Chrysanthemums
and large flowers lend themselves most
satisfactorily to decorations of this
kind. Dark blooms, of course, contrast
more strongly than light ones against
the white of the bowl and the there
fore more striking.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
Growth O, the Egg Industry.

Bulletin 1913, Of the U. S. Department
Of Agriculture, says:
In 1890 the total number of eggs ex-
ported was in round numbers $1,000
dozen, worth $50 900; in 1899, 3,694,OOO
dozen, worth $641 900. In 1890 this
country imported 100000 dozen,
which were valued at $2.000,000, and
in 1899 only 225,0OO dozen, valued at
$21, 900. Taking into account the five
years up to and i: lluding 1898, 81 per
cent of the exported eggs were sent
to Cuba, 20 per cent to Canada. and IL
per cent to Great Britain, while the
remainder was distributed among
many other countries. During the
same period, 96 per cent of the eggs
imported came from Canada, per cent
from China, and the remainder from
various other countries. These Stats
tics of the egg trade are OF interest,
since they show the great growth OF
the poultry industry, and indicate
what 1t may become in the future.
Some of the developments may be fair
" attributed to the work OF the gov
eminent and the agricultural expert
ment stations. For many years con-
siderable number of the stations, es-
pecially those in Alabama, California,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts,. Michigan. New York,
North Carolina. North Dakota, Okla
homa, Oregon, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Utah and West Virginia, have
been experimenting upon methods OF
feeding and caring for poultry, the
comparative value of different breeds,
the possibility of increasing egg pro-
duction by proper feeding and the Sc
lection Of laying stock, and similar
problems. The station bulletins re-
porting the Investigations have been
circulated widely.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12

1t is hard to realize that the boot
black is an invention of the last half
century, yet he is now celebrating in
London the fiftieth anniversary of his
appearance. He came upon the scene
in 1851, the year of the great exhibition
in London, the first of the worlds
fairs" The city was full of visitors
from all parts of the world, and the
problem of the street Arab was a seri-
Gus one. Mr.. Macgregor of the famous
Rob Roy canoe suggested that the boys
he organized into great boot-blacking
brigade, and he himself made the first
box for holding the kit" the model of
those still in use. Idlers jeered the
boys at first, and sometimes stoned
them, but the public found their serv-
fees so convenient that the trade was
profitable. 1t has prospered ever since,
and is now, IL not one of the learned
professions, at least one with a his
tory.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
Profit I'm Poultry.

J. e. Lanphere, in an address at a
farmers institute in Warren county,
Illinois, said:
One of my neighbors, who started to
breed Barred Plymouth Rocks with
the intention of making 1t a profitable
business and has continued each year
to improve his stock, this last year
sold poultry to the amount of 500 be-
sides eggs to the amount of $50. To
give you an idea how they have been
selling their birds / will give you
prices. Most of the cockerels were sold
off early on the market at from to
SC per pound. The pullets have been
selling for IS per dozen which is very
cheap for the quality of stock. To IL
lustrate, n neighbor wanted to buy a
dozen pullets, on asking them the price
they told him So, which almost took
his breath. He said. II Just sold some
that only brought me about 50 per
Dozen" Now these were sold by
weight averaging about three pounds
each. and the IS birds averaged about
six and q half pounds which is stan
dard weight for Plymouth Rock pull
lets, so you can see the difference in
thoroughbred breeding and mongrel
breeding.
Another party who is breeding White
Plymouth Rocks began three years
ago with seven good birds. They have
been profitable to her each year. Last
season she kept 40 of her best pullets
and from these she sold SIS worth Of
chickens besides the profit on eggs
which would make her nearly 500.
Now these birds have mostly been sold
on the market. This lady has a COM
Portable house for her birds and they
get their living after the stock except
in bad weather.
There are 1884 banks in Japan, rep
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
r,a,y.. Part IN tn. worrd.s Progress.

The Italian is the handy man of the
world. He will go to India at the re-
quest of the government, to teach viii
culture, or to Brazil to collect rubber.
He will crush gold quartz in West At
rica as cheerfully as he turns barrel
organ in London streets. When a
great Snowman wanted fifty supers the
other day be sent to the Italian con-
sulate in Finsbury square and got
them without trouble. AS for the res
taurants of London, it is difficult TO
know how they would exist If it were
not for the def and frugal son of the
south.-London Express.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12
Poultry Briefs.

From time to time the colo. question
in market poultry assumes a good deal
of Importance in the public mind. In
Europe the white skinned birds are
preferred, the consumers declaring that
such birds are of more delicate flavor.
In most of the American markets yell
low skinned birds are preferred, the
American consumers believing that the
yellow skin denotes richness. It is as
tonishing how firmly the yellow color
has taken hold of the American fancy.
1t is probably due to the fact that
yellow is the color of pure cream and
butter. We want yellow cheese, yell
low eggs, yellow milk and yellow
skinned fowls. However, we believe
the days of the color fad are about
over. In our markets at the present
time white and yellow skinned fowls
are selling side by side at the same
prices.
Markets have demands they must
meet even though the demands seem
peculiar. One of the demands met
with in the poultry market is for fowls
to have their heads and legs on when
offered for sale. A Minnesota corre-
spondent Of poultry paper objects
and has this to say: "Some of
our larger market men want chickens
and turkeys undrawn and with their
heads on. This is fine for the seller,
for 1t saves work, and he gets pay for
ho 10 ~ or
pounds of stuff that Is actually worth
less than nothing. To the dealer it
makes no difference for he buys and
sells and certainly tries TO sell all he
buys, and the more and often r the bet
ter for him. But now we -omo to the
consumer, the housewife VENTS nice
5 lb. chicken for dinner. Is It not a
robbery to charge her 121sc. for intes-
tines and a chickens head, both of
which are worth less than nothing to
her? And it is no more practical or
honest to expect the consumer to pay
12hc. for intestines and head than IL
would be to buy four or five pounds
of beef at the market and have the
butcher add one pound OF beef intes-
tines and part of head-thus make
the consumer pay for one-fifth of stuff
that is really a nuisance. Keeping
qualities will apply the same way
Who on earth would think of eating
steer (even the finest Polled Angus), a
pig or sheep, which had been killed
and the intestines not removed for a
week or two after being killed? Now
stop to think. Would you prefer your
poultry to go to the market that way,
hang around for a week and then used
for food on your table? If chickens are
conditioned, nicely fattened, neatly
cleaned dressed as we commonly say,
l will venture to say that they Will
have preferen &c in markets every time,
and bring the long price," But we can
assure this gentleman that he is mis-
taken. Fowls with heads and legs OF
and with entrails removed may sell
readily in the markets of the small
towns but never in the great cities.
The man that buys poultry IN
Chicago warts some evidence OF
the age and health of the birds. He
thinks he can tell the age by the legs,
and the health by the head. IL they
are removed he imagines the removal
has been made to remove tell-tale evil
dences of disease or age.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12

~, The submarine Narval, conveyed by
the sea-going torpedo boat Zouave, has
returned to Cherbourg from a series of
deeplsea trials. These trials extended
over a period of fifty hours, and were
eminently satisfactory. Rough weather
caused great inconvenience to the tor
podo boat, but the Narval sank out of
the rough surface water and remained
below in perfect security. Five times
she tOrpedoed the Zouave, and on her
return to port it was found that she
still had sufficient supply of oil on
board for twelve hours consumption,
although she had steamed from Cher
bourg to ST. Lo and back.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12

The statue of the late Empress Eliza
beth recently unveiled at Godollo Cas-
tie. a seat of Emperor Francis Joseph,
near Budapest, is a bronze figure of
more than life size on high pedestal
in Gothic style. She is represented in
a walking costume. such as she most
frequently wore at Godollo; in one
hand a sunshade, in the other a few
wild flowers, and she appears to be
resting after one of her long excur-
sions. Her head is crowned only with
rich pleats of hair. The figure is the
work of the Hungarian sculptor Roma,
and stands in a part of the park most
frequented by the empress.
The Yale expositor., 1901-07-12

More people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than in the
higher ATTITUDES. According to the
last census of the German Empire OF
a population of 81, 900, 900 only seventy
eight have passed the hundredth year,
France, with population of $1,000, 600,
has 213 centenarians. In England
there are 146; in Ireland, SIS; and in
Scotland, As. Sweden has 10, and Nor
way 2S;. Belgium 8; Denmark. 2;
Switzerland, none. Spain, with popu-
lation of 100000, has 401 persons
over 100 years old. OF the 2,25o. 900 in
habitants of Servia $50 have passed
the century mark.