Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-12

A moderate and steady decline in
meat prices may now be looked for,
and it will be welcomed by all salaried
men who have families to support.
1t is said that more timber is used
each year in this country to make
matches than to furnish the railways
with ties III SO, it is striking fact e.:
We have had to NOW the lawn ten
times this season in order to keep it
looking decent. 1t cost whole lot to
put on little style and be respecta-
BILE.
We have grown 200 chrysanthemums
this summer in the garden, giving them
thorough cultivation and plenty Of
moisture. They have been but very
little trouble so far.
When fruit trees begin to bear heav.
lily, then they need fertilizing. The
cause Of your small gnarly crop Of
fruit may be found in your ignorance
Of this fact or your neglect to heed 1t.
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A good many men have got the hay
fever this year because their second
crop of clover was ready to cut before
the weather would permit them to get
the small grain either thrashed or
stacked.
Some towns we have lately visited
have good reason to be thankful for
the unusual floods Of water which have
visited them, for the water has killed
out all the weed growths on the unoc-
cupied lots.
Last year in Colorado on irrigated
land the producer got $50 per acre net
for his crop of sugar beets and $50 for
his potatoes, and the beets Slapped his
land, while the potatoes benefited 1t
for the following crop.
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Great Britain will want 200,0O0O00
bushels of wheat this coming year,
France 100000 bushels, Germany
100000 bushels, Belgium 100000,
Holland 100000 and Italy 34.0OO.OOO
bushels, and America can supply a
good share Of their needs.
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The territory embraced in Siberia
which is capable of producing wheat is
almost illimitable, while there is an
undeveloped principally in the Cana
dian northwest where No. hard, thir-
ty bushels to the acre, is as easily
grown as cockleburs. in western corn
field.
We would like to ask of what earth
ly use it is to plant such apple trees
as Hibernal, Longfield, Mcmahon,
Haas, Strawberry Red and whole
raft of other low grade fall apples
when one can raise the Wealthy, an
apple as much superior to the list
named as wheat is better than rye.
The possession of a good big pile of
dry wood for winter fuel enables one
to view the coal strike and consequent
shortage of hard coal from a purely
sympathetic standpoint, while the man
without the wood pile, with bleared
eyes and smutty nose, will gaze into
the sulphurous depths of soft coal
fire and cuss the coal barons.
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Refinement and intellectual develop
ment are in no way divorced from ag-
riculture as profession. Daniel Web
ster found his truest friends among the
cattle on his farm, Cincinnatus was
called to an imperial service from his
pillow, while Burns found an inspiration
for one Of the sweetest poems in the
language as he turned up the mouse's
nest with his piowshare.
The effect Of the working Of the new
oleomargarine law is becoming more
visible each month. For the month of
August 141 900 fifty pound tubs less of
the stuff were manufactured than for
the month Of June. The manufacturers
are hunting every day for Sunday to
find out some method either mechanic
al or chemical which will enable them
to evade the provisions Of the law. The
scheme of educating the people to the
uncolored article IL a failure.
In the pioneer days Of the west we
have had copfelds visited by such
swarms Of wild geese. ducks and sand.
hill cranes that there would have been
nothing left had the birds not been
driven of. Why did we not shoot
them? There was no market for them.
and after one has had mallard duck.
Canada goose or prairie chicken as a
steady diet for three weeks there is
nothing tastes so good as a piece of