Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-01

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A wet summer Is usually followed
by an early fall frost and deep SHOWS.
Dollar potatoes are almost invariably
followed by twenty five cent ones the
next year.
This is hired mans summer unless
the old man has plenty of work in the
barn for the many rainy days.
Japan produced 239,OO0,OOO bushels of
rice last year, being twice the amount
of all other cereal crops grown.
1t is a wise thing to fire the hired
man who persists in smoking around
the barn before he fires the barn.
An inch of rainfall weighs about 113
tons to the acre, and about 300 tons of
water are required to produce one ton
of dry matter.
The best strawberries are produced
on the year old plants. The two year
plants will bear some fruit, but the
three-year-old plant is worth nothing.
Where there is a growth of daisies,
goldenrod and sorrel the soil Is quite
likely to be sour, condition which
may be remedied by the application OF
lime or ashes.
The high price of corn has not affect
ed the price of whiskyf20 cents worth
of corn juice now u Sing the same
power to raise the devil as when corn
was 10 cents bushel
By sinking bored we'll a foot IN di.
ameter IN a slough it can often be as
effectively drained as though it were
tiled If after penetrating the clay
subsoii a gravel stratum is reached,
such well will be a success as a
drainage system.
The growing Of the legumes-ciover,
beans, peas-and the blowing under of
such crops in a green state furnish
nitrogen to the soil. Common wood
ashes are about the only home supply
Of potash. while phOsphates must be
secured from outside the farm.
100000 bushels of wheat Of the
very best quality. and not twentieth
part OF its wheat producing area is
under cultivation. Western Canada
can easily furnish the mother country
with breadstuffs for years to come
1t is estimated that tue enormous
sum Of S150000OOO will be available
in the next thirty years for irrigation
works under the new law without
further appropriations. The wealth
contingent upon the expenditure Of
this money for this purpose can hard
ly be estimated.
Many so called impoverished soiis
are poor because Of lack OF proper till
age. whereby the plant food contained
in them may be made valuable, and
they really need proper mechanical
treatment rather than forced stimula-
ton. The blowing under of some green
crop in July and later blowing in late
August Will often renovate such fields.
Hambletonian was the most noted
sire America has ever produced. or
his 1888 colts 10 were in the 2:30
class, $50 Of his sons produced 1,47S
trotters Of standard speed, so Of his
daughters produced 40 trotters in the
2:30 list. and it is estimated that $1,000
Of the 17.625 trotters now In the 2:30
list trace blood back to this famous
horse.
We have found this season the Gan
DIV strawberry to be a valuable variety
TO have in connection with others 1t Is
not a heavy bearer, but the berries are
very large and Of the very highest fla
yor. and what makes it worth more
than all else is that it is late berry.
coming on just as the other varieties
are all gone and when every one has
got an appetite sharpened up for
strawberries.
We know OF a man who has thrown
ND a good farm and rented 1t and taken
a rura! mail route to run at 5000 per
year; this because of the trouble in
getting hired help on the farm. We
would not have done this. but would
have seeded the farm down. put some
Angus cows in the pasture and let the
calves DO the dairying. A man with
good farm is a simpleton to run mail
Route unless he wants office very badly.
So long as a man Is going to the ex-
pense and bother Of feeding and caring
for an animal of any kind why not
have a good kindl This applies to all
kinds Of farm stock and crops as well