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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

When a man can get his dairy herd
up to an average of $50 pounds of but
ter per head, he can afford to entirely
ignore the beef kide of the business of
stock raising. Ach cows should be
bred to secure as many heifer calves as
possible which will do as well or bet
ter than their dams. The male calf
should meet theological fate-be dis
posed OF as deacOns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Ducks and geese are not nice sort OF
fowl to have around the farm home
stead unless they can be assigned a
lot by themselves and pond Of water
or a running stream. Then we don't
like this picking the birds for their
feathers while they are alive. making
the dignifled old gander look like the
head of the house turned loose in a
ragged mghtgown: in fact. it was al
ways a puzzle to US how a woman who
will make an awful fuss IL fellow
steps on her cats tail can deliberately
sit down and peel the feathers of an
old goose without any conjunction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The great advantage Of growing your
own fruit lies in the fact that you can
allow it to get to that stage Of perfect
maturity before using which makes it
palatable and desirable, while nearly
all of the imported fruits have to be
picked so long before they arrive at
this stage that much Of their flavor
and lusciousness are destroyed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

A good many farmers could do more
to improve their condition by visiting
some successful farmer In some other
locality and studying his methods than
they could in any other way. The man
to learn from is the man who does
things and not the man who can only
tell how they should be done. We
never yet visited a progressive and sue
cessful farmer but we found out some
things which were of value.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

A prominent fruit grower and apple
raiser tells us that he would rather
have the pigs clean up the windfalls
in his orchard than spray his trees If
he wanted to secure fruit free from
blemishes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

New Jersey produces two things
which are the best Of their kind
peaches and sweet potatoes. If she
would raise more peaches and potatoes
and fewer trusts, we could love her
better.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Twenty thousand Swedes came to
this country in the month Of July from
the hills, valleys and towns Of Sweden,
every one Of them, male and female, Of
the very best type Of foreign citizen
ship, all Industrious and thrifty and to
be most easily and readily assimilated
and transformed into good citizens
here. 49,.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The very meanest work which there
is to be found on the farm is to have
to dig potatoes where one-half Of them
are rotten, and that is the fix this fall
through much of the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The growers of sweet corn for the
canneries are this year getting SO per
ton for their product, equivalent to
return of about SIS per acre, besides
the forage, worth not less than 81 per
acre. AS this crop is cheaply pro-
duced and draws very lightly upon
the soil, it is a profitable one to raise.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

II in fit Of public spirit you buy a
wide tired wagon, your neighbors will
quite likely commend your public spirit
and keep right on using thear old mar
row tired outfits, letting you smooth
the highways for them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The growing of cotton Is being de-
veloped in southern Russia, about H.
600 bales of the staple being produced
last year. The growers now have rep
In this country examining
the machinery used for making cotton
seed Oil, the seed there produced hav-
ing been up to this time almost wasted.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Few have any correct idea of the
magnitude and Importance Of the meat
inspection work of the government ex-
perts. During the past year $1,000, 900
animals were inspected either before
or after being slaughtered. OF $3.50
600 cattle inspected only one-fourth OF
1 per cent were condemned, of $780,
900 sheep only one-tenth of per cent
and of 24,25O,000 hogs only one-third Of
1 per cent failed to pass inspection. a
really remarkable showing Of. the good
health of the stock Of the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

A beaping bushel basket of dead
sparrows was gathered up in one Sec
ton of small interior western town
after one of the heavy storms Of Au-
gust. Hail plays the mischief with
these birds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Man can build twenty story sky
scraper in year, but he can't make a
spiders web In night.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The most expert chicken picker in
the country is employed in poultry
packing house in Chicago. His record
is fifty chickens in SIN. Is. 1t is GER
tain that the feathers fly when he gets
to work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

We have rid large lawn of the
pesky squirreltail grass by persistent
moving during its Seeding period and
burning up the cuttings If you keep
this pest from going to seed, it will
disappear.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Central Iowa seems to be the center
of the atmospheric disturbances and
unusual rainfall of the year 1902, the
rainfall being reported at three feet
and even more In localities, doing I'M
mense damage to one of the finest
crops ever raised In the state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The byproducts of the Chicago pack.
Ing houses are worth $30,0OO0O0 per
year and are the sources of large prof
its connected with the business. Thir-
ty years ago most of these byproducts
We're wasted.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The old poky way Of farming with
oxen and doing most Of the farm work
by hand In France rs at hast giving
way to improved methods where the
horse supplants the OK and the modern
machine the hand labor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Rural mail routes VIII compel the
making of better highways. The gov
eminent. has not sentimental feelings
on this subject and simply gives the
alternative of fixing the roads or losing
the service.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The freight car with ball bearings,
something we have often wondered
did NOT come to the front, is out at
last and is a pronounced success and
If generally adopted is certain to still
further reduce the cost Of freight trans
portation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

. 1t is the busiest men who always
have the most work to do. The more
such a man does the more he finds
that wants doing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

In wet seasons, while a man may
raise bigger crops, he always loses
more of them. August rains make
terrible waste.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The general government has finally
abandoned further efforts at the i'm
provement Of navigation on the Mis-
souri, river. The railways have beaten
the boats and captured nearly all the
freight which was at one time carried
on the river.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Rabbits are very fond of blackberry
canes and will eat them up clean to
the ground. The only remedy Is to get
rid Of the rabbits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

With all the food In sight and all the
pigs and cattle, it must be that before
many months the price Of meats will
get down to figure where they will
cease to be luxury.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

There is one comfort for the poor
man this winter, even if his coal is
likely to be high priced, and that is
that he will be able to get all the good
potatoes he wants at 80 cents bushel
or less.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

One of the aggravations of age is to
have the rheumatism when the bass
fishing is good in October.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

California is coming to the front
with new crop of growing impor-
tance-the soft shelled almond. This
year the crop amounts to 267 carloads,
or 2,67O tons. worth about II cents per
pound. sHe
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Careful experiments made show that
pigs weighing about fifty pounds each.
about twenty-five to the acre, placed
In an alfalfa pasture. will make gain
Of 100 pounds each during the grew
ing season. This on alfalfa alone. If
given a supplemental feed of grain.
the gain will, of course, be still better.
This figures up fine return for the
use of an acre Of alfalfa-2,5O0 pounds
of pork, worth, at the low figure Of ~
per hundredweight, 800. Another good
thing is that hogs so fed are almost
always free from disease.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

seeing a s,eH day since +
beanie a atomaS twenty
five years ago), until SIX
months ago when I began
the use Of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discov.
cry and Pleasant Pei.
let's They are the best
medicines on earth made
for women and their COM
plants No matter what
the disease may be even il
called incurable by the
doctors. If any suffering
woman will write Doctor
Pierce he will write her a
fatherly letter and give her
good advice and if she
will follow his instructions
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

Considering the titanic power Of the
lightning stroke and it's great frequen-
cy during the summer months, the
wonder is that more damage is not
done.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

The government experts are working
on an irrigation problem on the Salt
river, in Arizona, which includes the
building of dam and reservoir in a
canyon In the mountains and the I'M
pounding Of body of water twelve
miles long. a hundred feet deep and
three miles wide. or sufficient water to
irrigate 1,0OO,0O0 acres of desert land.
Coupled with the use of the water will
be the utilization of the immense wa
ter power thus created. which, in the
language of the expert In charge, Will
be such that the power created by the
discharge of the water needed to irri-
gate one acre of land will be sufficient
when transmitted by electricity to
pump water from deep wells to irri'
gate another acre.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

If you turn over the nice heifer calf
to your wife to raise, she will be almost
sure to get it too fat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

A binding Irvine lighter in weight
and of superior tensile strength to the
Irvine in ordinary use has been made
this season from flax fiber alone. When
we consider the enormous amount of
Irvine now consumed and the fact that
the raw material from which it is
made is all the product of some for
eign country and imported and the
further fact that 100000 or 100000
tons of fax straw are as good as vast
ed each year in this country, the i'm
portance of this discovery and inven-
ton may be in some measure realized.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-05

1t is claimed that the russell apples
make the best vinegar-not stronger,
but better favored.
The sun., 1902-03-09
NEW STRIKES ~ THE YUKON.
One st Old PeIly. Another on Lost Chicken
Creek.

VICTORIA. B. c.. March THE steamer
Amur arrived from Lynn Canal this after
noon and brought news OF a very rich gold
find on Old Pelly. which is causing great
excitement at Dawson and at northern
points. whence stampeders are daily hiking
over the ice-bound trails TO the new dig
gings
Louis Rudolph and 7, l.. Powell who
arrived at Skagway on Sunday. report
that they left Dawson on Feb. 20. They
say that all Dawson and everybody along
the trail were excited over a strike at Old
Pelly, about thirty miles from Whalen
Roadhouse, about tNeLGy miles below
Selkirk, and between the Old Pelly and the
Yukon River.
There were stories OF finds ranging all
the way from rs cents TO 90 to the pan.
Dick Butler, well known among old-tirners
and stampeders, is the discoverer of the
new Eldorado.
News comes from Dawson that a strike
has been made on Lost Chicken Creek.
which runs as high as si2 to the bucket.
McDaw, an od-timer in Forty Mile, is the
discoverer of the new ground, no having
made his strike on feb. 10.
The sun., 1902-03-09
LETTERS TO WORKING GIRLS.
Purpose Of = New English Society which
Is said 10 BE Doing Good.

The Girls Letter Guild IL an English
organization whose popularity Is rapidly
i creasing and whose influence is said 10 be
ex ,ellent. Now there is talk Of trying the
scheme in this country. but Il is doubtful
whether our democratic working girls
would take to il kindly.
The Bishop of Coventry il President Of
the English nld. and the idea of the or
trained girls Of the working classes into
touch with women of culture and refine
ment, through correspondence.
Each gentlewoman who joins the guild
agrees TO pay one shilling a year, and to
write every month long friendly letter 10
any one OF the girls who may be- allotted TO
her. She il to take an interest in the girls
welfare, her work and amusements and
hopes and ambitions.
She must, II possible, win the girls liking
and confidence and do all that she can 10
advise her. to correct false ideas, vugarity,
improperly, To inspire Wholesome ideas
ana ambitions.
The large factory towns have been tho
chief centres for guild work and the work.
ers tell enthusiastic tales Of the good re-
suits that have been obtained, but though
there are always a host Of working girls
a. Xlous to De admitted 10 the society II is
difficult TO find enough women of education,
tact and sympathy to meet the needs Of
the work.
One letter a month seems little thing 10
give in good cause, but a. one of The
workers SAYS:
You don't OF with the one letter a
month. You get Interested In the girl.
She writes out everything To YOU, and YOU
find yourself with a 70 ious responsibility
also facing an opportuL TO do worldof
good
The sun., 1902-03-09
THIS CONVOY CAN SHOOT.
Feats Performed by capt, Hardy for Gov
Savage of Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 7-Some re-
maTkabe rife and revolver shooting was
done here the other day by Capt. A. A
Hardy, a cowboy friend Of Gov. Savage
When the Governor ATTENDED big roundup
| al Hyannis last fall he ran across Hardy
who punches COWS on the range most OF
the year.
After his return the Governor began
telling tales Of Hardy's prowess that were
greeted with jeers by local marksmen
To r. establish his reputation as a vera
| cious sportsman he invited Hardy down
! to give the city fellows some points on no "
| 20 hit things,
| Hardy has rever given public exhibitions
of his skill for money. Here are some Of
the thiu gs he did before the 400 sports
men on the grounds Of the Lincoln Gun
| Club.
He handed Gov. Savage a handful Of
hickory nuts and asked him to throw them
up in the air ar fast as he could, one after
the other. Not one escaped his fire bull
let. Five or six cents thrown fifteen feet
in the air never came back.
AT a distance Of fifteen PAGES he cut
clean in two an ordinary business card
held by the Governor. H directed a
friend to hold a card out at arms lerg 9Th
and within space the size Of nickel he
placed five bullets as fast at they could
, be fired.
Half dozen hazel nuts. stuck on skewers
and formi three-quarters circle on
the head Of a man, were shot of in succession
from distance Of twenty PAGES, The
six nuts were shot OF In ten seconds, and
all the skewers were left ,1lctly the same
lea 9Th, shown K that he had hit each nut
squarely In the centre.
The Captain borrowed "A watch from one
of the spectators. He marked on a card
a spot about the size Of "A cent This card
he gave TO the man assisting him and sta
ito cd him ten PAGES Lorth Of him.
The Captain faced TO the elst with his
body, but turned his head due south He
rested his rife on his extarded left arm.
sighted u 10y means Of a reflection in the
case of tn watch and put bull, within
a quar- er Of an inch Of the spot on the card
Arch NJ his body until his feet and hls
head touched the ground, he put five bul-
let's, as last as he could deliver them, into
a small business card held by his assistant.
Some one called his attention 20 an In
glish II arrow roofing in a dirt pile ffty
yards away. Hardy picked up his rife
but had scarcely got IL TO his boulder, aud
had seemingly taAyn nO aIm. wnen the
bId rol 81 over d, ,ad. An examination
showed hat its h, ad had been cut Cit an OF
He had his assistant throw three glass
balls in rapid suoc, ssion, as fast as no
could. Eacn one vas spllntered, the last
one Iust a. IL began The descent.
Some fine revC liver ttats followed He
filled card 3 by inches with bullets.
II was hcid not ten PAGES from him by a
friend, but his nerve never failed him.
SeVeial f.ats with thumDng the re-
volyer were shown. He took the gun In
the ordinary position, whirled u round
IN his fanj and ns il iell into position, put
bullet al bullet into "A small mark. Tie
Whirled il around his thumb and sent
cAory nuts thrown into the air in every
direction.
The sun., 1902-03-09
A GAIN FOR BRITISH TRADE.
THE NEW WESTINGHOUSE WORKS
IIEWED BY AN EXPERT.
He Thinks They VIII Enable England TO
Recover NJ q stride Lost Ground
In Electric Engineering - American
ideas Ised In Their Construction.

LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The writer Of the
series Of articles on American Engineer
ing Competition" which appeared in the
Times in 1900, has written for that paper
an account of the British Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company s
works at Trs frord Park, Manchester. The
erection OF these works is considered by
the writer distinct gain for British COM
merce
Owing, he says, to various reasons, Of
which ill-advised legislation is perhaps
the most prominent, England has fallen
behind the United States in electrical engi-
neering. but the erection of these rev
works, he considers, enables England 20
profit by American experience and re-
cover lost ground at a stride.
The company has had the advantage
of the experience Of the Westinghouse
Pittsburg works to build upon, and when
II starts manufacturing operations IL Is
declared that IL should be at least equal
to any establishment of a like nature in
the world. The capital is 81 10000 au-
thorlzed; Of this ESQ, 600 has been issued
as per cent. preference shares and a like
amount of ordinary shares.
The writer in the Times points out that
the confidence that American business
men have in British engineering industry
Is shown by the fact that they are willing
TO wait until per cent profit has been
made on the manufacturing operations
before they receive any returns At pres
ont the buildings alone are complete. Tho
business Of putting in the machinery is
proceeding. and it is hoped that practical
work will be begun before many weeks
have passed.
The buildings az they stand, are sufficient
10 show tie extensive soale on which the
undertaking Is to be carried out. There
ia 100000 square feet Of floor sraoa under
the roofs Of tho various buildings.
The buildings are all on the ground floor
except certain galleries and large Office
building, which forms the frontage to the
principal entrance. This building is six
stories high ard 250 feet long by 80 feet
deep, the total floor space being 5000
square feet.
The main machine shop consists OF five
lays, with three galleries each 81 feet wide.
The length Of this building is 1000 feet
and the width AZ feet, so that the area
s not far short Of that Of a ten-acre field.
The five bays are all 10 be fitted with
electric travelling cranes, each Of so tons
!fting capacity. The roof is noticeable
from its light construction both in regard
The sun., 1902-03-09

o it's illuminating feat ures and construo
| tive design.
The floor is Of asphalt bricks. in ordel
10 render It fireproof, IL having been founc
that wooden floors, especially when satu
rated with oil. do much to spread a con
| fagration. There is as a further precau
| tion, a sprinkler system which comes into
play automatically in case of fire.
A feature 10 the roof is worth attention
There are In this bu ilding about 3Oo,o ,oot
square feet OF glass in the skylights. AL
this has wire netting Incorporated in the
glass panes, cast in. as it were, during the
process Of manufacture. With this arrange.
ment, even II a pane be fractured, the piece
will not fall TO injure any one below.
The wired glass is, however, so strong
perhaps owing to extra thickness, that a
man can walk on IL. The cost Of ordinary
glass is about I'd. per square foot, but the
wired glass is I'd. per square foot.
A detail in the construction Of galleries
appears to be new. They have naturally
to be substantial, as they will have often
10 carry machine tools. The floors are
built without joists, being composed OF
solid rows OF boards inches thick and 10
inches deep, placed edgewise and touching
each other. so that they can be spiked to-
gether On this solid foundation a light
flooring is laid.
The steel girders supporting the floors
are feet deep and 10 inches apart There
Is l2-inch concrete foundation over
the whole area Of the machine shop, on the
top Of which are laid the asphalt bricks
already mentioned.
In this building alone there are 1900 tons
of steel; the line shafting for driving ma
chine tools will be over three miles In length
and the quantity Of timber, including the
sheeting Of the roof. is 5000 900 cubic feet.
Lines Of standard gauge run into each
bay, 80 that railway wagons can be brought
into the shops TO be discharged. Heating
lighting and ventilati have all received
consideration. The temperature will be
maintained at 90 degrees Fahrenheit what
ever the weather may be outside.
The other principal buildings consist Of
a steel foundry in which there will be two
eighteen-ton open hearth basic furnaces. IL
being considered a convenient thing for
the company to make their own steel: an
iron foundry, a brass and malleable iron
foundry. a pattern shop. drying and
dipping shop, a box factory and the boiler
rooms and pumping station.
The steam power plant is calculated 10
be sufficiently powerful for two years, at
the end Of which time it is anticipated an
extension will be needed. Gas engines
will then BE- put in. the present boilers being
used for heating purposes
The first four Of these departments con-
sist Of large buildings, though not so ex.
tensive a. the machine shop described, and
have many features Of interest 70 engineers.
Among the general features that may be
noticed are the tunnels which connect the
various buildings carrying pipes and cleo
trio wires They are constructed Of brick
and are feet high by 8 feet wide. There
is mile Of these tunnels in all.
In the various buildings there are i0,oo0.-