Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25
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If your dog seems out of sorts, take
no chances with him. Shut him up at
once or kill him.
The war of the weeds is on or should
be. Ten young weeds are more easily
killed than one old one.'
The year 1857 was so wet all through
the west that it came about that corn
was worth 81 per bushel and hay only
$3.50 per ton.
A wet May insures big crop of hay.
The best beef is called export beef"
this because we seldom get any of it
to eat at home.
With tank full of water, piece of
hose and couple of good dogs a farm
gophers. This plan is success.
/ The surest cure for intemperance is
to simply quit drinking whisky. and
the surest cure for the alleged eXtor-
tons of the meat trust is to quit using
meat.
1t is estimated that not less than
100000 newly shorn sheep and their
lambs were destroyed by an unseason-
able blizzard of snow which prevailed
in May in the Wyoming mountains.
So long as the American woman re-
fuses to take a hand in milking the
cows-and it is likely to be quite
spell-just so long will there be no
danger of OVERRIDING the dairy business
in this country.
We noted pigeon taking drink the
other day and found that this bird
drinks just as cow or horse does and
not by sips and throwing up of the
head, as is common to most birds when
in the act of drinking.
What seems to be wanted more than
anything else in this country is some
central authority from which there is
no appeal which shall fix prices both
for labor and all commodities 1t would
save lot of scrapping.
The next revision of the Bible should
change the rendering of that passage
where reference is had to the man put
ting his hand to the pillow and looking
back, for nine out Of ten farmers In the
west now ride the pillow and do not
hold it.
The young fellow who has worked
for farmer for five years and only
has $25, a spawned horse and an old
buggy to show for it is pretty poor
financier, and when he dies the order
to which he belongs will probably have
to foot the bill for his funeral.
One of the most practical expert
ments In forestry of recent date is that
Of the Illinois Central Railway compa-
ny, which has had planted $50 acres Of
catalpa trees in the south for the pur-
pose of furnishing future ties for the
road. One thousand trees were plant
ed on each acre Of ground.
A friend, farmer, needing good
woman in the house to help his wife,
spent three days In vain racing over
the country to find one. He said it
seemed queer that when man could
find dozen good women who would
marry him and do his homework for
nothing it was impossible to hire one
to do 1t.
A higher grade Of cereals-wheat,
oats, barley. fax and rye - can be
raised north of the territory known as
the corn belt than within its borders,
which Is no small compensation for the
disadvantage of not being able to
grow the corn. And not only is the
quality Of such cereals better. but the
yield per acre is usually larger.
A farmer friend of ours said to us re-
Gently that he would like to have bust
ness continue in this country on
basis of 90 cents bushel for oats.
This would mean sixty cent corn, seven
dollar hogs and beef cattle, thirty cent
butter, hundred and fifty dollar horses,
ten dollar hay and five dollar farm land
rent prices. If such prices were to be-
come standard, there would have to be
a readjustment of compensation for all
men receiving fixed salaries.
The steers of the western plains held
convention lately and resolved that
SO long as they are arbitrarily prevent
ed from occupying a position as the
head of the herd and are now to be
further prevented from cooperating
In the dairy business of the country
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