Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-18

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If abortion appears in the dairy herd, nm
one of the first things to do is to change be
the sire. mi
The nutritive value of 10 cents worth tio
of per cent milk is equal to % cents ba
worth of round-beefsteak. FIR,
Hay which will sell for 81 per ton
from the barn next winter is better CIV
sold from the field when made at S.: ro
pl;
When a fat hog sells for $50 and a do
fat steer for 500, as today, it is no tio
wonder there is boom In farm lands. of
June butter is going into cold storage
at about % cents per pound this year, no
nearly cents higher than it has been NJ
for many years. no
Farmers seem to lend a willing hand -
to the bears on the boards of trade by A.
Dragging too much about the prospec- -;
tive yield of their crops.
Nature very reluctantly combines an
size and good quality in any of her is
products. The largest things Of a CIV an
en- type are by no means the best. or,
ad
Steady work for the bull at the head ia
of the herd will not only make him Of fir,
far greater value as a sire, but will
make him orderly and well behaved. .
Cold storage has made it possible is
for the producer to get ID cents for alb
May and June eggs Before the days of cic
cold storage cents was good price. tex
We
No moral training which the house Wa
cat receives will ever prevent her from
robbing the young birds from the nest :
in the tree by the door If it is possible re,
for her to get at it. .u.s...r,.. DR.
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An elaborate experiment made with in,
the strawberry at the Iowa agricul- GA
tural experiment station proved that sh
pistillate varieties were more produc- ve
tive than the staminate. tai
The suspicion is prevalent that q
good deal of old horse meat is passing
in gold labeled cans as "choice corned ne
beef" There is quite likely to be some So
kicking over this matter. mt
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When you milk cow and fatten her I'M
10, the hIooL OF tho soma limo you kit
will succeed in making the toughest re'
of haef We do NOT know wbv this ia tn,
so, but it's fact just the same.
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While the Jersey cow Is almost GER oe
tain to be one of the gentlest and most ca
ladylike of her kind. every way Iowa Us
BILE. her mate is quite likely to be the II
ugliest little devil in four states. uh
So many American farmers are buy e
ing land and locating in western Can o..
ada that it is going to be nip and tuck '''
which shall be celebrated as holiday J.,
the kings birthday or the Fourth Of
July. an
We think that we can see the time tol
near when load Of musty oat straw raj
will not bring S. when it is wanted for ne'
stable bedding or to cover a strawberry In
\ bed. The old granger won't work this his
racket next winter. hill
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Some farmers are becoming so well
fixed that they think they can afford to Y
do their farm. work with q five hun %
dred dollar team Of horses, and 1t al sto
most makes play Of the work when lar
done with such team. fro
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Some people will not let Virginia mr.
creeper decorate their porch on the Or,
aground that it's luxuriant growth cling in
ding to the woodwork is liable to rot 1t. be
rs is mistake. We have never found lin
ri 1T had any tendency to do this.
~ The curse Of the mustard follows t.
&lose In the wake of the fax crop -.
TVhrough all the northwestern territory 80
ghere fax is grown. 1t Is an easy IN
batter to get farm infested with this 20,
lest and a very hard thing to get rid 81,
it -,
La woman gets big contract on her ga
hnds when she finds that she has mar .ns
led man who is bound to have hot ioi
(scuit at least once every day, and the ere
|orst of 1t Is that she is quite likely to W.
i've cranky old dyspeptic to cook
before he is a grandfather.
sol
rhere never has been a time when toll
rs e simple factor OF weight counted asl
4 SO much In q horse as at pres tire
b The sixteen hundred pound horse bro
9 a distinct advantage over the bel
elve nundred pound horse for all be,