Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22


their board
The willow tree, planted ten feet
apart each way on moist, rich bottom
land, will cut about seventy cords of
wood to the acre inside of fifteen years.
The Whippoorwill pea is being high
ly commended as valuable legume
for use in nearly all the northern
states. But little is known of its mer-
its in the west.
If it was not that the English farm
hand expects and receives about three
pints of good. strong beer a day, he
would rebel and refuse to work for the
wages paid him.
Booker Washington. the modern Mo
ses of the Ethiopian race, AYERS that
the salvation of the negro depends up
on his being taught how to cultivate
the soil, which statement is concrete
wisdom.
The laws of Minnesota provide fine
of $40 for any farmer who allows wild
mustard to go to seed upon his prem
Uses. There are some men up there
who would have to go into bankruptcy
ie this law was enforced against them.
The American people have no inter
est whatever in the maintenance of
the sugar trusts refineries. but they do
have q vital and abiding interest in
the establishment and development of
BILE.
"a consignment of Mexican oranges
for San Francisco was recently seized
and burned up, boxes and all. They
were affected by yellow worm, new
pest. which if introduced into the cit
rus belt of the coast would work in
calculable damage.
We hardly believe it pays to bother
much to raise roots as a succulent win
ter ration for stock when silage can be
SO much more easily prepared, stored
and fed. But If one cannot put up
silage by all means have some roots
for winter feeding.
An acre of cheap farm land will quite
likely produce just as good and often
better crops than an acre of seventy
five dollar land. and while the crop
fnr
because of the higher freight rate the
sum total of this difference is not very
much after all.
There is one thing about turkey, or
anges and lot of other delicacies, one
soon gets very tired of them. while,
luckily for health and pocketbook.
good homemade bread. oatmeal. pota-
toes and buckwheat cakes we never
weary of. The best things, after all.
are the cheapest.
In most Of the states woman's prop
erty rights are not fairly and properly
protected. There is nothing fair or
right when a mans brothers and ia
Their can step in and take property
which the man and his wife alone
have accumulated by joint work. and
where no will is left this can be done
in several states.
The English walnut Is being success
fully grown in the state of New Jersey.
We have often wondered why this
most valuable nut tree was not given
more attention In Kentucky. West vir-
ginia and other states having like eli
matte conditions Up to this time Cal
ifornia is the only state which has
shown any interest In the cultivation
of this tree.
A lumber company during its last
winters work in the north woods. en-
ploying 200 men. had during the winter
no less than 1000 different men upon
its pay roll. The trouble was that
Just as soon as man had earned
enough to go to Minneapolis and have
Q rip roaring old time he would quit
work. This sort would be better of
az slaves than as free men.
A friend Of ours who has farm or
100 acres In the eastern part Of South
Dakota which he rents to a pretty good
tenant tells usfthat the two-tifths OF
the crop which he receives for his
share has netted him an average OF
$3.50 per acre for the past four years.
which Is equivalent TO g per cent inter
est on valuation OF S55 per acre for
the farm, yet where this farm is locat-
ed good farms are selling now at from
SOS 10 $50 per acre.
An American boy-young man per-
haps would be better. for he Is twenty
one years old. though he only weighs
ninety pounds-will draw a bigger sal
airy the coming year than the president
OF the United States $50, 000-as a
horse jockey under contract with the
king of England to ride the kings race
h.sses. The boy is probably cheap at
this price when the stakes he will win
for his royal master are taken into ac-